HomeMy WebLinkAbout5176-26 Appointing an Agent/Negotiator and an Advisory Common Council Negotiating Team to Represent the Common Council in the Upcoming South Bend Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #36 Negotiations RESOLUTION No . 5176-26
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
June 22, 20 26
Attest: 4City Clerk
Bianca L. Tirado
CAttest: ) President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
June 2Y, 2026
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RESOLUTION NO. 5176-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPOINTING
AN AGENT/NEGOTIATOR AND AN ADVISORY COMMON COUNCIL
NEGOTIATING TEAM TO REPRESENT THE COMMON COUNCIL
IN THE UPCOMING SOUTH BEND FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE #36
NEGOTIATIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety is the administrator of the Police Department and
has the "exclusive control over all matters and property relating" to it and the authority to adopt
the rules governing the Police Department pursuant to Indiana Code §36-8-3-2; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code §36-8-3-3(d), the Common Council has the
exclusive authority to fix by ordinance the annual compensation for all members of the South Bend
Police Department and other appointees by the Board of Public Safety until November 1, 2026;
and
WHEREAS, such ordinance may grade the members of the Police Department and
regulate their pay by rank as well as by length of service; and
WHEREAS, the 2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of South Bend
and the South Bend Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #36 will expire at 11:59 p.m. on December
31, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council desires to appoint a Chief Negotiator and an advisory
Common Council Negotiating Team to represent it and to provide updates during executive
sessions called for the purpose of discussing strategy with regard to collective bargaining pursuant
to Indiana Code §5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(2)(A); and
WHEREAS, the Advisory Common Council Negotiating Team shall not be considered a
"governing body" or"public agency" under Indiana Code §5-14-1.5-2; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council believes that this Resolution is in the best interests of
promoting positive and harmonious labor negotiations.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the Common Council of the City of South
Bend, Indiana, as follows:
Section I.The Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana hereby appoints Robert
J. Palmer as its Agent for the upcoming labor negotiations with the South Bend Fraternal Order of
Police Lodge#36. Mr. Palmer shall be the Common Council's Chief Spokesperson and Negotiator
concerning all matters related to the Common Council's right to establish the compensation of the
Police Department by ordinance. The Common Council also appoints as an advisory Common
Council Negotiating Team, Council members, Rachel Tomas Morgan, Sheila Niezgodski, and
Canneth Lee.
Section II.This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from this date until an ordinance
regarding the Police Department's compensation is passed by the Common Council.
Dated this 22nd day of June 2026.
Canneth J. e, Council President
South Bend Common Council
Attest:
Bia ca L. Tirado ity 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 29 ' day of_June , 2026, at 4 o'clock p.m.
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Bianca L. Tirado, City`. erk
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Approved and signed by me on the Ierl day of JIih! , 2026, at / o'clock
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Jame ueller, Mayor
City f South Bend, Indiana