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HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-25 2026 Police Salary Ordinance ** City of South Bend * Common Council * '111 County-City Building • 227 \\ .Jellu r,Oi► 131v I * South Bend, Indiana 16601 September 17, 2025 Canneth Lee President Sheila Nieizgodski Filed in Clerk's Office Rachel Tomas Morgan South Bend Common Council Vice President th Bianca Tirado 4 Floor, County-City Building City Clerk, South Bend, IN Troy\Vanier Chairperson, Committee South Bend, IN 46601 of the Whole Re AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY Canneth Lee OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND First District MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR Ophelia Goodell-Rodgers 2026 Second District Sharon I,. McBride Dear Chairperson Niezgodski: Third District On behalf of Council Members Sheila Niezgodski, Rachel Tomas Morgan and Troy Warner myself,as the Council's advisory members participating in the negotiations with the Fourth District South Bend FOP#36, I am submitting the attached draft ordinance for filing. This ordinance sets forth the salary and other financial considerations provided to the Sherry Bolden-Simpson FOP in its contract.contains Filth District Please note,the ordinance contains several blank spaces for the compensation Sheila Niezgodski figures.. This is because, although there is a tentative agreement on the table,that Sixth District agreement has not yet been ratified. This filing will allow first reading on September 22,2025. A substitute bill with the new compensation plan will be filed before Dr. Oliver Davis second reading and public hearing on October 13, 2025. At Large Please file this proposed ordinance for first reading on September 22,2025 to be Rachel'Tomas Morgan assigned to the Personnel and Finance Committee for second reading and public At Large hearing on October 13, 2025. Thank you for your consideration. Karen I,. White At Large Sincerely yours, rA '4°4 *e;? Canneth Lee, President, South Bend Common Council (57 I) 235-9321• Fax(57 I) 235-9173 •TDD (574) 235-55(i7 • http://www.southbcndin.gov Filed in Clerk's Office BILL NO. 68-25 Bianca Tirado ORDINANCE NO. City Clerk, South Bend, IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The South Bend Common Council, pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3(d) is charged with establishing, before November 1st, the annual compensation and monetary fringe benefits of the South Bend Police Department. The City of South Bend is concurrently negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36. This ordinance sets forth the negotiated items which fix the annual pay and salaries of the sworn members of the South Bend Police Department as defined in Indiana Code § 36-8-1-9; salaries of the First Class Patrolman as defined in Indiana Code § 36-8-1-11; salaries for upper level policy making positions in the department as defined in Indiana Code § 36-8-1-12; and other monetary fringe benefits. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: Section I. Recognition. The South Bend Common Council recognizes the negotiating team which represents the Fraternal Order of Police South Bend Lodge No. 36, as the sole bargaining agent for the sworn members of the South Bend Police Department for purposes of negotiating annual pay, monetary fringe benefits and other monetary items which are addressed in this ordinance, excepting the Police Chief, the Division Chiefs, and the Captains, who are governed by Indiana Code § 36-8-1-12. Section II. Sworn Member Annual Pay Classifications; Recruit Pay; Lateral Entry; and Career Development Incentive Programs. (a) Annual Pav Classifications for Sworn Members of the South Bend Police Department. Annual pay for the sworn members of the South Bend Police Department,including upper level policy making positions defined by Indiana Code § 36-8-1-12 for calendar year 2026 shall be set as follows: Pay Classification 2026 Police Chief Division Chiefs Captains Lieutenants Pay Classification 2026 Sergeants Detectives Patrolman First Class Patrolman Second Class (b) Police Recruit Annual Pay. A Recruit of the South Bend Police Department shall be classified separately from sworn members of the Department. A Recruit shall complete the State of Indiana training program or its equivalent and commence duties as an officer before being sworn in as an officer of the South Bend Police Department. Upon the effective sworn date, a Recruit shall be paid as a Patrolman 2"d Class. The maximum annual pays of a Police Department Recruit shall be as follows: Pay Classification 2026 Police Recruit (c) Lateral Entry Program. The Common Council authorizes the South Bend Police Department to offer between three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) as a one-time bonus, to be paid in equal quarterly installments in the first year of employment, to any individual found to be eligible and qualified to be a candidate on the Department, who has the requisite law enforcement experience and certification(s) for such a lateral entry into the South Bend Police Department. Any sworn member who received monies pursuant to this Lateral Entry Program and who leaves employment from the South Bend Police Department before his/her one (1) year anniversary with the Department, shall be required to pay back to the South Bend Police Department any and all lateral bonus monies received. A lateral entry officer with two (2) years or less of service as a certified officer shall enter the South Bend Police Department as a Patrolman Second Class. Upon completing Field Training Program (FTO), such lateral officer shall be eligible for promotion to Patrolman First Class. (d) Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program. The Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program which originally became effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. Any City of South Bend Employee who assists in the recruitment and hiring of any full-time new sworn police officer, may be eligible upon Department verification of each of the stages listed below: 1. Upon an individual,who has been recruited by a City of South Bend Employee,graduating from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) shall be allocated for payment for that City of South Bend Employee who assisted in the recruitment. 2. Upon that individual then successfully completing the Field Training Program (FTO), the sum of five hundred dollars($500.00)shall be allocated for City of South Bend Employee who assisted in the recruitment. 3. For the City of South Bend Employee to be eligible to receive the bonuses described above, the candidate must have successfully completed the specified phase of the hiring process and be hired by the South Bend Police Department as a full-time sworn member. Any City of South Bend Employee desiring to participate in the Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program shall be required to timely complete all required forms with the Department, and upon verification of their recruited candidate successfully meeting the hiring standards, processing for payment of the recruitment bonus shall commence. All Police Department regulations governing this program must be complied with by the City of South Bend Employee in order for them to be qualified and eligible to be paid under this program. (a) Lateral Police Officer Recruitment Incentive Program. The South Bend Police Department Lateral Police Officer Recruitment Incentive Program which originally became effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. Any City of South Bend Employee, who verifiably assists in the recruitment and hiring of any new full-time lateral sworn police office is eligible for a one-time bonus payment of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Said bonus shall only be processed for payment upon the following conditions being met: 1. The lateral police officer candidate successfully completed a Law Enforcement Training Board-certified 40-hour Pre-Basic Course, and is hired as a full-time sworn member of the South Bend Police Department; 2. Verification of the City of South Bend Employee's recruitment activities and their timely completion of all required forms with the South Bend Police Department; 3. The lateral police officer candidate, completed the annual mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, use of force training, firearms training, and emergency vehicle operations training; and 4. All Police Department regulations governing this program must have been complied with by the City of South Bend Employee in order for them to be qualified and eligible to be paid under this program. (b) Police Officer Education Incentive Program. The South Bend Police Department Education Incentive Program which originally became effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. In order to be eligible under this program, a person must be classified as a full-time South Bend Police Department sworn member, must have successfully completed at least one (1) year of full-time service on the South Bend Police Department, and must have completed the annual mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, use of force, firearms training, emergency vehicle operations training; and provided all of the documentation which verify the completion of the following degrees/hours: Degree 2026 Associate Degree or 60 credit hours $450 Bachelors Degree(BS/BA) $600 Masters Degree or higher(JD, PhD, $850 Written etc.) proof from the educational institution certifying the completion of such degree and/or hours, along with compliance with all Police Department regulations governing this program by the sworn member of the South Bend Police Department is required in order for them to be eligible to be paid under this program. Qualifying sworn members shall be paid at the highest degree only, with such payment being made in December of each calendar year. (c) Former U.S. Military Recruitment and Retention Incentive Programs.' The South Bend Police Department Former U.S. Military Recruitment and Retention Incentive Programs which originally because effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. 1. One-Time Military Recruitment Bonus: In order to be eligible for a one-time military recruitment bonus, which may be offered to any individual found to be eligible and qualified, who has prior active duty service with the Armed Services and received an Honorable Discharge from a branch of the U.S. military and desires to join the South Bend Police Department as a full-time sworn member after January 1, 2015, said individual would be eligible to one (1) of the following bonus incentive payment amounts upon graduating from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy: Service Length 2026 Two (2) years of past U.S. military $450 active duty service Four(4) years of past U.S. military $600 active duty service Six(6) or more years of past U.S. $850 military active duty service Such one-time bonus incentive payment shall be paid at the highest year of U.S. military active duty service experience only, upon proof of such service and tenure being substantiated and verified utilizing the submission by the person requesting the bonus of the Report of Separation, DD-214 issued by the Defense Department. Any person, who received such a bonus incentive payment and who leaves his/her employment with the South Bend Police Department before his/her one (1) year The International Association of Chiefs of Police(IACP)in partnership with the U.S.Department of Justice,Office of Justice Programs,Bureau of Justice Assistance(BJA),has published a guidebook for service members who are transitioning out of the military and are considering a law enforcement career. That publication entitled Combat Veterans & Law Enforcement: A Transition Guide for Veterans Beginning or Continuing Careers in Law Enforcement is available at http://www.theiacp.org/vets2cops anniversary with the Department,shall be required to pay back to the South Bend Police Department any and all bonus monies received under this program. 2. Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program for Recruiting Former U.S. Military Service Member. Any City of South Bend Employee, who verifiably assists in the recruitment and hiring of any new full-time sworn police officer who is a former U.S. military service member is eligible for a one-time bonus payment of five hundred dollars($500.00). Said bonus would only be processed for payment upon the following conditions being met: i. The former U.S. military service member who is a police officer candidate successfully completed a Law Enforcement Training Board-certified 40- hour Pre-Basic Course, and is hired as a full-time sworn member of the South Bend Police Department; ii. Verification of the sworn member's recruitment activities and their timely completion of all required forms with the South Bend Police Department; iii. The former U.S. military service member who is a police officer candidate completed the annual mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, use of force training, firearms training, and emergency vehicle operations training; and iv. All Police Department regulations governing this program must have been complied with by the City of South Bend Employee in order for them to be qualified and eligible to be paid under this program. 3. Former U.S. Military Retention Incentive Program. The South Bend Police Department Former U.S. Military Retention Incentive Program which originally because effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. In order to be eligible, a sworn member of the Department who has prior active duty service with the Armed Services and received an Honorable Discharge from a branch of the U.S. military, must have successfully completed at least one(1) year of full-time service on the Department and must have completed the annually mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, fire arms training and emergency vehicle operations training, and provide documentation as required by this section with qualified sworn members being entitled to the following: Service Length 2026 Two (2) years of past U.S. military $450 active duty service Four(4) years of past U.S. military $600 active duty service Six (6) or more years of past U.S. $850 military active duty service Such bonus incentive retention payments shall be paid at the highest year of U.S. military active duty service experience only. Proof of such U.S. military service and tenure must be substantiated and verified by utilizing the Report of Separation, DD-214 issued by the Defense Department. Qualifying sworn members shall be paid said bonus in December of each calendar year. 4. Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive. Any new full-time sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who is employed after January 1, 2015, would be eligible to apply for a Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive, so long as their new personal residential address is located within the South Bend City limits. This relocation bonus may not exceed two thousand dollars($2,000.00)for each qualifying full-time sworn member in each calendar year. Section III. Additional Areas of Compensation. (a) Maximum Amounts. All monetary amounts set forth in this ordinance shall be the maximum amounts permitted in each calendar year addressed. (b) City Residency Incentives. Sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department, who establish verified legal residence within any neighborhood within the City of South Bend city limits and reside on a continuous permanent basis within the South Bend city limits, and comply any additional department governing regulations on this topic shall be entitled to the following residency incentive bonus: 2026: $ 3,500.00 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2026 (c) Court Time Pay: If an officer or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department appears under subpoena, court order, or at the request of City Legal during off-duty hours before any court, administrative body(i.e. civil,probate, Board of Public Safety,Alcohol Beverage Board, etc.), or at the County Prosecutor's Office to validate a complaint or warrant pertaining to incidents investigated by such officer as a result of their duty assignment, whether civil or criminal in nature, excepting only disciplinary matters in which the officer concerned is the accused, said officer shall receive overtime pay. Such court time shall be paid at two (2) times the officer's regular rate of pay. a. When such appearance is in-person or requires the officer's testimony under oath, the officer shall receive a minimum of four(4)hours of pay for appearing on their scheduled day off; and a minimum of two(2)hours of pay for appearing when off-duty on a regular scheduled work day. b. For all other appearances, such as virtual (by phone, computer, or other electronic means), the officer shall receive a minimum of one(1)hour of pay for appearing on their scheduled day off or when off-duty on a regular scheduled work day. Officers regularly assigned to the third detail, who are not otherwise on-duty, shall receive a minimum of: i. Four(4) hours of pay when such appearance is in-person or requires the officer's testimony under oath. ii. Two (2)hours of pay for all other appearances. (d) Overtime Pay: If a sworn member is required to remain on duty in excess of the regularly scheduled workday, they shall be entitled to overtime pay. Such sworn member shall be paid at the rate of two (2) times his or her regular rate of pay. Overtime shall be calculated by quarter-hour increments, except as provided in the next section(e). (e) Critical Duty Day Pay Stipend: A critical duty day pay stipend is continued in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars($250.00). There shall be eight(8)Critical Duty Days established by the Board of Public Safety by proper Board Resolution. Officers and sworn members assigned to the Special Victim's Unit or the South Bend Community School Corporation,while so assigned, shall not be eligible for the Critical Duty Day pay stipend, while working as a part of their regular duty assignments. (f) Shift Premium Pays: An officer or sworn member scheduled to work and permanently assigned to any of the following types of detail shall be entitled to the following shift premium pays for such work: Type of Detail 2026 Second Detail [Afternoons] $2,200 Third Detail [Midnights] $3,000 Detective Bureau [Evenings] $1,200 (g) Special Duty Pays: An officer or sworn member who is qualified and scheduled to work in special hazardous duty and/or highly specialized areas of service, shall be entitled to receive Special Duty Pay for such assigned and designated specialties: Type of Special Duty 2026 Strategic Focus Unit $2,100 K-9 Unit $1,200 SWAT $1,200 Bomb Technician $1,200 Hostage/Crisis Negotiator $1,000 Uniform Crime Scene Technician $1,000 Homicide Crime Scene Technician $200 Patrol Shift Supervisory Sergeant Pro- $450 Pay Rapid Response(RRT) $450 Diagrammer $700 Detective Bureau—Violent Crimes $1,200 Detective Bureau—Major Crimes $500 Traffic (TDO, FACT) $500 (h) Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Specialty Pay and Sign Language Proficiency Incentive Pay: A Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Pay Program and a Sign Language Proficiency Incentive Pay Program, overseen by the City's Human Resources Director or their designee, who shall monitor the Department's requirements. All qualifying sworn members who meet the requirements and who are regularly assigned to perform such duties shall be paid the following specialty pay in a lump sum in the last payroll in December of each year of such assignment: Type of Special Pay 2026 Limited English Proficiency (LEP) $400 Sign Language Proficiency $400 with such incentive program payments being limited to the total yearly amount budgeted for the same. (i) Field Training Officer (FTO) Pay: A qualified Field Training Officer (FTO) shall be entitled to FTO day for each day which such person is qualified, assigned and performs field training activities with new recruits. 2026 FTO Daily Rate $50 (j) Division Chief Stipend: The Chief of Police may assign one (1) Division Chief to be "acting Chief'when they are unavailable. Said Division Chief shall receive a stipend of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year. (k) Annual Cash Allowance: Officers and sworn members shall receive the following annual cash allowance amounts to be paid each year in December: 2026 Annual Cash Allowance $500 (1) Longevity Pays: Qualifying officers and sworn members holding the rank of Patrolman First Class and above, shall receive addition compensation in recognition of cumulative service on the South Bend Police Department. Such longevity pays shall be paid in the following amounts in each year: Cumulative Years of Service on Commencement SBPD Date 2026 2—3 years Beginning 3rd year 4—9 years Beginning 5th year 10— 14 years Beginning 11th year 15 — 19 years Beginning 16th year 20—24 years Beginning 21 st year 25+years Beginning 26th year (m)Tuition Reimbursement: Qualifying officers and sworn members of the South Bend Police Department who participate in the Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amount(s) for approved course tuition: Course Maximum Amount Reimbursed by the City of South Bend Grade A 100%of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,500 B 75% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,000 C 50% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$500 Officers and sworn members who wish to participate in this program must give notice to the Services Division Chief prior to registering for a course which has tuition fees, so that funds may be allocated for potential tuition reimbursement on a "first come, first serve" basis up to the maximum amount budgeted for such purposes for each calendar year by the Common Council. Tuition reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum reimbursement amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year to any officer or sworn member participating in the program. All governing regulations must be complied with by any officer or sworn member who participates in the program as a condition of being paid any tuition reimbursement. (n) Voluntary Physical Fitness Program: The Common Council continues the authorization previously set forth in Ordinance No. 10042-10, Ordinance No. 10192-12, Ordinance No. 10332-14, and Ordinance No. 10472-16 to implement a voluntary physical fitness program, which may have the potential of any officer and/or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who qualifies under the governing policies and procedures implemented by the Department to earn up to a maximum of one(1)personal day per calendar year. Such personal day may not be used if such usage results in overtime costs to the City. (o) On-Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On-Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted six hundred fifty dollars($650.00) per category per year, and shall be divided among the assigned police officers in each of these categories. Such division of pay shall be determined according to the frequency of assigned on-call days in the respective category and shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The On-Call Duty Pay categories are as follows: All officers assigned to the Detective Bureau Traffic On-Call Diagrammer Traffic On-Call Duty Officer (p) Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage on all sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department in an amount equal to the amount of the sworn member's and officer's base pay. (q) Health Insurance: Each active sworn member and upper level policy makers who are also referred to as officers of the South Bend Police Department who has met the eligibility requirements shall have the opportunity to participate in the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program. The contribution of such individuals shall be no greater than the contribution of other City employees receiving the same benefits, and the level of benefits shall be no less than the level for other City employees. Benefits for qualifying police pensioners shall not begin until such pensioner or dependent spouse of such pensioner meets the State minimum standards for pension eligibility and immediately able to draw a pension, and shall cease when such pensioner, or the dependent spouse of such pensioner, reaches sixty-five (65) years of age or become Medicare-eligible, as further addressed in the 2026 Working Agreement, to be approved by the Board of Public Safety. Section IV. Severability. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section V. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. Canneth J. Lee, Council President South Bend Common Council Attest: Bianca L. Tirado, City Clerk Office of the City Clerk Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of , 2025, at o'clock .m. Bianca L. Tirado, City Clerk Office of the City Clerk Approved and signed by me on the day of , 2025, at o'clock .m. James Mueller, Mayor City of South Bend, Indiana