HomeMy WebLinkAboutFixing Annual Pay & Monetary Fringe Benefits Police Dept 1985 & 1986ORDINANCE NO. 7358 -84
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
July 23, 19 84
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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City Clerk
of Common Council
IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me �9
Clerk
BILL NO.
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY
FRINGE BENEFITS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 1985
AND 1986
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
The South Bend Common Council has responsibility for fixing by
ordinance the annual compensation of all members of the Police
Department, pursuant to Indiana Code 36- 8- 3 -3(d). Under that
authority, the Common Council's Wage Committee and the Wage
Committee of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36, held
discussions on several occasions concerning annual pay and monetary
fringe benefits for sworn members of the South Bend Police
Department for calendar years 1985 and 1986. As a result of those
decisions, the Common Council adopts in this ordinance the
agreement between the parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. (a) The South Bend Common Council recognizes the
Wage Committee of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36, as
the sole bargaining unit for the annual pay and monetary fringe
benefits for sworn members of the South Bend Police Department
excluding the Police Chief, Division Chiefs, and Captains.
(b) The Police Chief, Division Chiefs and Captains of the
South Bend Police Department are designated in this ordinance as
"Officers."
SECTION II. Annual pay for the Officers and other sworn
members ot the outh Bend Police Department, by rank, for calendar
years 1985 and 1986 shall be as follows, provided, however, that
nothing herein shall exclude the applicability of Section III of
this ordinance should events set forth therein occur:
RANK
1985
1986
Police Chief
30,630.00
31,243.00
Division Chiefs
28,230.00
28,795.00
Captains
26,030.00
26,551.00
Lieutenants
22,630.00
23,052.00
Sergeants
21,630.00
22,052.00
Corporals
20,630.00
21,052.00
Patrolmen First Class
17,750.00
18,172.00
SECTION III. In the event that a Local Option Income Tax
becomes effective and tax income from that Local Option Income Tax
is received by the City of South Bend in its general fund in 1986,
the annual pay for the Officers and other sworn members and
recruits of the South Bend Police Department for the calendar year
1986 shall be as follows rather than as listed in Section II,
above:
RANK 1986 WITH LOCAL
OPTION TAX
Police Chief
32,162.00
Division Chiefs
29,642.00
Captains
27,332.00
Lieutenants
23,685.00
Sergeants
22,685.00
Corporals
21,685.00
Patrolmen First Class
18,805.00
Recruits
16,538.00
SECTION IV. Additional Pay
(a) If a sworn member is subpoenaed to court or has to go to
court or is required to appear at any given location to validate a
complaint, warrant or recall, and if that sworn member is off duty,
the sworn member shall be paid at the rate of time and one -half
(1/2) their regularly scheduled pay during a work day, in an amount
not less than four (4) hours if they are on their regularly
scheduled day off at the time of the required appearance.
(b) Any sworn member required to work overtime shall be paid
at the rate of one and one half (1 1/2) time their normal rate of
pay in an amount not less than one (1) hour for any overtime beyond
their normal work day schedule.
(c) Each sworn member shall be entitled to receive Sixty -Two
Dollars ($62.00) for each of the holidays listed below, whether
such holiday is worked or not. Pay for such holidays shall be
received during the pay period in which the holiday occurs;
however, no holiday shall be paid in advance of its occurrence.
Paid holidays:
New Year's Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Memorial Day
4th of July
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
(d) Night incentive and hazard pay shall be paid at the rate
of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per year.
SECTION V.
Other Monetary Fringe Benefits
(b) Dependent Health Insurance. The annual contribution by
the City for dependent health insurance on behalf of sworn members
requesting such coverage shall be increased by Two Hundred Sixty
Dollars and Thirty -Two cents ($260.32) per member above the amount
paid during calendar year 1984.
(c) Each sworn member working under the Overtime Foot Patrol
Program shall be paid at the rate of Seven Dollars and Fifty cents
($7.50) per hour.
SECTION VI. Applicable Terms
(a) The first service year for a member of the Police
Department commences upon the individual being sworn in before the
Board of Safety as a member of that department. The second service
year shall begin on the next succeeding first day of January and
service years shall continue to increase until the member attains
the maximum salary for the particular rank they may hold.
(b) Advancement from the rank of Patrolman First Class to
Corporal is dependent upon three (3) complete years of service plus
a determination of satisfactory performance of duty and promotion
by the Board of Safety.
SECTION VII. Health Care Insurance Cost Reduction Program
There shall be created a Board of Health Care Insurance
Oversight, which will operate in an advisory capacity to and under
the direction of the City Controller. This Board shall be composed
of representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 36,
and employees of the Department of Administration and Finance of
the City of South Bend, together with other employees of the City
of South Bend. It shall be the responsibility of the Board to
review, under the direction of the City Controller, on a regular
basis the activities of the City's Health Care Insurance Program.
In addition, in an effort to control health care costs, the
City's current health insurance package shall be modified to
provide a program containing comprehensive major medical health
insurance which would provide for first dollar deductibles of ten
percent (10 %) of the cost of such major medical expenses, with
maximum annual cost to the employee for such coverage of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
SECTION VIII. Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program
The following Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program shall be
effective on an experimental basis for calendar years 1985 and 1986
and shall apply to all sworn members of the department. This
program shall be considered an experiment in encouraging the
conservation of sick time and the costs thereof.
Effective December 1, 1984, through and including December 1,
1986, sworn members shall be compensated for the conservation of
sick time as follows:
(a) One (1) day's pay for four (4) unused sick days.
(b) Two (2) days' pay for nine (9) unused sick days.
The rate of pay for compensation for conservation of sick time
in the schedule listed above shall be the then - current rate of pay
for the rank of Corporal. Payment shall be made to sworn members
for sick time conservation on or before December 15th of each year.
The Sick Leave Cost Reduction Program shall not affect the
current sick leave policy authorized by the Board of Public Safety.
SECTION IX. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage by the Council and approval by
the Mayor.
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
75 -84 A BILL FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF
MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CALENDAR
YEARS OF 1985 AND 1986.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion THIS BILL SHOULD BE
RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL FAVORABLE.
JOSEPH T. SERGE
Chairman
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