HomeMy WebLinkAbout9866-08 Annual Pay and Monetary Fringe benefits of Police Officer's of the SB Police Dept for calendar year 2009 (2)ORDINANCE No. s
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 22,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 23,
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Ciry Clerk
President of Common Council
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me September,t3, 2008
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Ordinance No. ~ b ~~ " ~
Substitute Bill No. 57-OS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF FIREFIGHTERS OF
THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2009
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
Pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-8-3-3, ¶ (d), the South Bend Common Council, as the legislative
body of a second class city is charged with establishing before September 30th the annual
compensation of all members of the South Bend Fire Department.
On April 28, 2008, the South Bend Common Council unanimously adopted Resolution No.
3861-08 which appointed anagent/negotiator for the labor negotiations with the Fire Negotiating Team
representing the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International Association
of Firefighters AFL-CIO.
For the past several weeks the City's Advisory Negotiating Team, whose membership included
Personnel and Finance Committee Chairperson Thomas LaFountain, 4~' District Council Member and
Health and Public Safety Vice-Chairperson Ann Puzzello, 6~' District Council Member Oliver Davis as
members, and Health and Public Safety Committee Chairperson, Council Member at Large Karen L.
White and 2nd District Council Member Henry Davis, Jr., as alternates; to serve with City Controller
M. Catherine Fanello, City Attorney and Board of Public Safety Agent Charles Leone, Board of
Public Safety Attorney Thomas Bodnar, Assistant Fire Chief Frederico Rodriguez, Assistant Fire
James Lopez, Assistant Fire Chief Mark Nowicki and the Council's Agent/Negotiator Kathleen
Cekanski-Farrand has been meeting with the Fire Negotiating Team which consists of Ken Marks,
IAFF Local 362 President; Todd Skwarcan, IAFF Local 362 Vice-President; Pump Operator James
Weinberg, Captain Chris Baker, Engineer Gerard Ellis, Retired Battalion Chief Mike Wegenka, and
Thomas "Chip" Lewis III, Spokesperson.
The City's Advisory Negotiating Team and the Fire Negotiating Team reached a tentative
agreement on Monday, August 25, 2008, regarding a 1-year salary and monetary fringe package for the
2009 calendar year. Informational meetings with the sworn members of the South Bend Fire
Department are in the process of being scheduled; with voting on the package taking place thereafter.
The negotiating teams were committed to the principles of interest-based bargaining which
were used throughout the negotiating process. The salary and monetary fringe benefits set forth in this
ordinance are in keeping with the goals and objectives established by the South Bend Common
Council, the City Administration and the Fire Administration. The ordinance is believed to be in the
best interests of the South Bend Fire Department and the best interests of the City of South Bend,
Indiana.
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Section I. Reco nib: The South Bend Common Council recognizes the Fire Negotiating Team
which represents the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International
Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO as the sole bargaining agent for the sworn members of the South
Bend Fire Department, except the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chiefs and Battalion Chiefs for purposes
of negotiating annual pay and monetary fringe benefits which are addressed in this ordinance.
Section II. (a). Definitions: For purposes of this ordinance, "Salary Classifications" mean
categories for salary and annual pay purposes only. Rank does not mean salary classification.
(b). Annual Pay for Sworn Members of the South Bend Fire Department: Maximum annual
pays for the sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department shall have the base salaries paid
effective 01-01-09 being at the same maximum amounts as those paid in 2008, and the 2009 salary
increases becoming effective 04-01-09, which shall be as follows:
Salary Classification
Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chiefs
Battalion Chiefs
Captains
Engineers
First Class Firefighter
Firefighter
Effective O 1-01-09
$76,920
$70,560
$60,892
$50,075
$48,270
$44,150
$35,535
Effective 04-01-09
$78,189
$71,724
$61,897
$50,901
$49,066
$44,150
$36,121
(c). Annual Pay for Firefighter Recruit: The maximum annual pay for a Firefighter Recruit of
the South Bend Fire Department shall be $35,613 for the 2009 calendar year.
(d). Salaries for Non-Rank Specialties: Qualified sworn members of the South Bend Fire
Department who are regularly assigned to perform any of the following non-rank specialties, shall be
paid effective 01-01-09 at the same maximum amounts as those paid in 2008, and the 2009 non-rank
specialties increases becoming effective 04-01-09, which shall be as follows:
Non-Rank Specialties:
Arson Investigators
Inspectors
Instructors
Lieutenant/Paramedic
Pump Engineer/First Driver
Effective O 1-01-09
$50,075
$50,075
$50,075
$49,670
$48,860
Effective 04-01-09
$50,901
$50,901
$50,901
$50,490
$49,666
Section III. Specialty Pays:
(a). Medical Specialty Pais: Specialty pays shall be paid to the sworn members of the South
Bend Fire Department who meet the department's requirements for each specialty and are regularly
assigned to perform such special duties. All specialty pays shall be prorated to the date of the regular
assignment for such special duty or duties and paid accordingly. Individuals performing any of the
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following Medical Specialties shall be paid at the highest certification only. The following Medical
Specialty Pays are established for calendar year 2009:
Medical Specialties 2009
First Responder $250
EMT $350
AEMT $750
AEMTI $900
Reserve Paramedic $1,250
Paramedic $5,000
Any sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department hired after January 1, 2001, when the EMT
certification became a condition of employment, shall not be entitled to the above-listed EMT medical
specialty pay. All sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department who were hired prior to January
1, 2001, and who maintain his or her EMT certification shall be entitled to the listed EMT medical
specialty pay(s).
(b). Special Operation Team Specialty Pays: The following specialty pays shall be paid to the
sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department who meet the department's requirements for each
specialty and who are regularly assigned to perform such special duties. All specialty pays shall be
prorated to the date of regular assignment for such special duty or duties and paid accordingly.
Individuals hired prior to January 1, 2001, and performing any of the following Special Operations
Team Specialties, shall be paid for each such specialty. The following Special Operation Team
Specialty Pays are established:
Special Operation Teams: 2009
Hazardous Materials
Response Team Member $1,200
Swiftwater Rescue Team:
Swiftwater Scuba Diver $1,200
Swiftwater Specialist $ 600
Switwater Technician $ 500
Tactical Rescue Team
Member $1,200
Team Leader for each
of the above-listed
Special Operation Teams $ 400
2009 South Bend Fire Department Salary Ordinance -Page 4
(c). Payment of Specialty Pays: All Specialty Pays shall be paid on a bi-weekly basis expect
the following which shall be paid as indicated below:
First Responder On or before December 15th of each calendar year
EMT On or before December 15th of each calendar year
AEMT On or before December 15th of each calendar year
AEMTI On or before December 15th of each calendar year
Reserve Paramedic On or before December 15th of each calendar year
Special Operations
Team Member On or before December 15th of each calendar year
Team Leader One-half (1/2) of or before June 15th and the remaining
One (1/2) on or before December 15th of each calendar year
Section IV. Recall of Duty Pay and Emergency Duty Pay:
(a). In the event that a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is recalled for duty,
and he or she reports for duty, he or she shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/Z) times the
sworn member's hourly rate of pay and shall be guaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours of work with
pay. Any additional fraction of an hour over thirty (30) minutes shall constitute one (1) hour for
purposes of this paragraph.
(b). A sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department who works emergency duty shall be
paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 %2) times the sworn member's hourly rate and shall be
guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours of work or pay.
(c). In the event a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is called to work
emergency duty-for extra-alarm fires or disasters, seniority provisions will not apply. Recall will be in
accordance with procedures outlined in the official orders governing the dispatching of South Bend
Fire Department units for extra-alarm fires or disasters. In any emergency where personnel with
specialized skills are needed, seniority or procedural terms described in the 2005-2008 Collective
Bargaining Agreement governing extra-duty or recall are not applicable. The Fire Chief or his or her
authorized designee, may specify which off-duty personnel with specialized skills, including but not
limited to sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Response Team,
Swiftwater Rescue Team, Tactical Rescue Team, or with needed medical specialties.
Section V. Working Out of Classification Pays.
(a). If a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department is temporarily assigned as a
Battalion Chief, Captain, Paramedic, Lieutenant/Paramedic, or Pump Engineer, that sworn member
shall be paid while so performing such duties at the rate of pay for that position, provided that the duty
assignment is for a minimum of four (4) consecutive hours as verified by a Working Out of
Classification form, as verified by the officer of the rig or the Battalion Chief.
(b). If an AEMT is assigned to an ambulance, then that AEMT shall be paid while he or she is
performing such duties at fifty percent (50%) of the rate of special pay for paramedics.
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(c). If an AEMTI is assigned to an ambulance, then that AEMTI shall be paid while
performing such duties at seventy-five percent (75%) of the listed rate of special pay for paramedics.
Section VI. Longevity Pay:
(a). The Common Council hereby establishes a longevity program for qualifying members of
the South Bend Fire Department.
(b) Qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department holding the rank of
Engineer and above, who are employed by the South Bend Fire Department as of January 1, 2009
through the last pay period in December 2009, shall receive additional compensation in recognition of
the cumulative service on the South Bend Fire Department. (SBFD). Such longevity pay shall be paid
in a lump sum in the last payroll period in December 2009 and shall be attributed to the annual salary
base for pension purposes. Longevity pay shall be paid as follows:
Cumulative Years on SBFD Commencement Date Amount
5 to 9 years Beginning the 6th year $200
10 to 14 years Beginning the 11th year $350
15 to 16 Beginning the 16th year $450
20 years and above Beginning the 21St year $575
(c) In the event that the City of South Bend secures additional funds through the enactment of a
County Option Income Tax (COIT) and the Public Safety Tax passed by the COIT .Councils, longevity
pay for qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department holding the rank of Engineer
and above, who are employed by the South Bend Fire Department as of January 1, 2009 through the
last pay period in December 2009, shall receive additional compensation in recognition of the
cumulative service on the South Bend Fire Department. (SBFD). Such longevity pay shall be paid in a
lump sum in the last payroll period in December 2009 and shall be attributed to the annual salary base
for pension purposes. Longevity pay shall, instead, be paid as follows:
Cumulative Years on SBFD
5 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 16
20 years and above
Section VII. Station Allowance.
Commencement Date Amount
Beginning the 6th~ear $250
Beginning the 11 year $500
Beginning the 16th year $1,000
Beginning the 21St year $1,500
The South Bend Common Council shall budget in an account for each assigned twenty-four hour
sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department an allotment of fifty dollars ($50.00) to each fire
station where housekeeping duties (spring cleaning and regular maintenance) are performed. Needed
station purchases shall be approved by a majority vote of the assigned sworn members at each
approved fire station and submitted by each House Captain for review, approval and purchase by the
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Fire Chief and the City Controller. Such monies may not be carried over for yeaz to yeaz and must be
used by December 31St of each yeaz.
Section VIII. Clothin~/LJniform Allowance.
(a). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be $795.00 in calendaz year 2009. Clothing/Uniform
Allowance shall be paid in four (4) equal payments payable on or about Mazch 15th, June 15th,
September 15th and December 15th of each calendar year.
(b). Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro-rated to the date of termination of employment
for all qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department. Clothing/Uniform Allowance
shall not be paid during an individual's first year of employment with the department as a Firefighter
or Firefighter Recruit. Clothing/Uniform Allowance shall be pro-rated from a sworn member's first
anniversary date until the end of that calendar year.
Section IX. Other Monetary Benefits.
(a). Safety Officers: The regulazly assigned Safety Officers shall receive, in addition to his or
her base salary, the sum of $3,000 in each of the calendaz year 2009.
(b). 8-Hour Incentive Pav: An 8-hour Incentive Pay shall continue to be paid to those
individuals regulazly assigned to work a forty (40) hour work-week [not to include temporary duty
assignments (TDB]. The sum of $1,154 shall be paid to such qualifying individuals in each of the
calendar year 2009.
(c). Inspector/Instructor Pav: Those Engineers who aze qualified and regularly assigned [not to
include temporary duty assignments (TDB] as an Inspector/Instructor, shall be provided with duty
shirts and a badge, and shall be paid at the non-rank specialty pay as an Inspector or Instructor.
(d). Shift Instructor Pav: Shift Instructors who aze qualified and selected to teach on-duty in-
house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space rescue, rope techniques, water
safety, watercraft techniques, CPR, and other authorized departmental instruction, shall be paid at the
rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour up to a maximum of $1,500, with any teaching thereafter
requiring the approval of the Fire Chief. Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall
be ineligible for any pay under this pazagraph.
(e). Pay for Other Instructors: Other instructors who aze qualified and selected to teach
specified on-duty in-house instruction programs for rookie schools, driving, confined space rescue,
rope techniques, water safety, watercraft techniques, CPR and other authorized departmental
instruction, may be paid at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per hour, upon the approval of the Fire
Chief. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the qualifying individual's salary classification
and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Boazd of Accounts.
Full-time instructors and company training instructors shall be ineligible for any pay under this
paragraph.
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(f). Pay for Certified SCBA Repair Specialists: Those sworn members of the South Bend Fire
Department who are qualified, certified and regularly assigned by the Fire Chief to perform self-
contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) repairs, shall be paid at the rate often dollars ($10.00) per hour
up to a maximum of $1,000 in any one calendar year. Any self-contained breathing apparatus repairs
to be performed which exceed this maximum amount in any calendar year must be approved by the
Fire Chief. Said hourly rate shall be paid over and above the sworn member's salary classification
amount and shall be paid in a manner consistent with applicable regulations of the State Board of
Accounts.
(g). Critical Duty Day Stipend: The maximum Critical Duty Day Stipend for calendar year
2009 shall be two hundred four dollars ($204.00), which may be pro-rated for time actually worked at
the rate of eight dollars fifty cents ($8.50). As an alternative, each sworn member of the South Bend
Fire Department who is eligible for a Critical Duty Day stipend shall have the option of receiving one
hundred two dollars ($102.00), plus a credit of a total of twelve (12) hours of compensatory time in the
City's Compensatory Time Account, if the maximum hours under the compensatory time policy have
not been reached. A decision as to which option under this paragraph is to be utilized must be made by
the deadline for submitting payroll following the Critical Duty Day worked. Those sworn members
who actually work overtime on a designated Critical Duty Day shall be entitled to the hourly Critical
Duty Day Stipend on a pro-rated basis for hours worked.
(h). Deferred Compensation: The City of South Bend, agrees to continue to maintain the
Deferred Compensation Program which became effective on January 1, 1997 for the South Bend Fire
Department. This program provides that for the first one hundred dollars ($100.00) deferred by a
sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will
match said amount $0.50 on the dollar, and for the next three hundred dollars ($300.00) deferred by a
sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department each calendar year, the City of South Bend will
match said amount, dollar for dollar.
(i). Life Insurance: The City of South Bend shall continue to provide life insurance coverage
on all members of the South Bend Fire Department in an amount of not less than twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000).
(j). Health Insurance: Each sworn member of the South Bend Fire 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. The monthly contribution for health insurance coverage
for active sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department for calendar year 2009 shall be at the
same rate as those in calendar year 2008.
The monthly contribution for fire pensioners who are members of the South Bend Firefighters
Association Local # 362, who retire after January 1, 1997, and who desire coverage from the City's
self-funded insurance program for calendar year 2009 shall be at the same rate as those in calendar
year 2008.
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Fire pensioners who are not members of South Bend Firefighters Association Local # 362 shall pay an
additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per month over and such rates, subject to the obligations of Local #362
as set forth in the 2005-2008 Collective Bargaining Agreement currently in effect between the City of
South Bend and Local # 362 to not unreasonably withhold membership, with said agreement
remaining in effect for the 2009 calendar year, except as may be otherwise agreed by a Letter of
Understanding.
(k). Individual Flexible Spending Account: The City of South Bend shall continue to
contribute five hundred dollars ($500.00) to each sworn member's individual flexible spending
account in 2006, 2007 and 2008, so long as such individual was employed as of October 1st of the
previous calendar year.
Section X. Education Tuition Reimbursement Program:
(a). The South Bend Common Council agrees to continue the Education Tuition
Reimbursement Program for the 2009 calendar year and budget monies for such program at an amount
of fifty percent (50%) of the 2008 budgeted amount. The Council notes that this program initially
became effective in the South Bend Fire Department on January 1, 2005. Qualifying sworn members
of the South Bend Fire Department participating in the Education Tuition Reimbursement Program
shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amounts for course tuition and other expenses
directly related thereto:
Course Grade Earned Maximum Amount Reimbursed by City
A 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed related to said
costs up to a maximum of $1,250
B 100% of tuition costs and other expenses directed related to said
costs up to a maximum of $ 900
(b). Education tuition reimbursement shall be on a "first come, first serve basis", subject to the
maximum dollar amount budgeted by the South Bend Common Council for said program in calendar
year 2009. All Fire Department regulations governing such program must be complied with by
qualifying sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department in order for an individual to be paid
under this program.
Section XI. Other Monetary Benefits Continued.
The South Bend Common Council acknowledges that the 2005-2008 Collective Bargaining
Agreement entered into between the -Board of Public Safety and the South Bend Firefighter's
Association Local No. 362 includes several Articles which have monetary costs associated with them.
The Council agrees to continue to budget for those expenses in 2009 so that such monetary benefits
will not be diminished, unless otherwise agreed to in a proper Letter of Understanding.
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Section XII. Severabilit_y.
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 XIII. Effective Date:
This ordinance shall be in full for ~ e e fr an after its passage by the Common
Council and approval by the Mayor.
~~ Thomas LaFountain
and Fin ce Chairperson
~isorv aotiatin~ Team
Health and Public Safety Vice- Chairperson
City's Advisory Negotiating Team
Co~ncil Member Karen L. White`-'
Health and ~rz~lic Safety Chairperson
City's~djv~ , Negotiating Team-Alternate
Oliver Davis
~tiatins Team
Council Mem er Henry Davis, Jr.
Health and Public Safety Committee Member
City's Advisory Negotiating Team Member-Alternate
Vo rde, City Clerk
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Z3~` day of September, 2008, at Lti3a o'clock ~. m.
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Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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CITY C ERK SO BEND, IN.
TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
57-08 A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE
BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2009
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion, this bill is
being recommended to the full Council with a favorable recommendation as substituted by
anew page 1 and 3.
Derek Dieter
Chairperson, Committee of the Whole
City of South Bend
Common Council
441 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Blvd
South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830
Timothy A. Rouse September 3, 2008
President
Members of the South Bend Common Council
Oliver J. Davis 4~' Floor County-City Building
Vice-President South Bend, Indiana 46601
(574) 235-9321
Faz (574) 235-9173
TDD (574) 235-55G7
http://www.southbendin.gov
Derek D. Dieter Re: 2009 Salary and Monetary Fringe Benefit Ordinance for Sworn Members
Chairperson, Committee
of the Whole of the South Bend Fire Department
Derek D. Dieter Dear Council Members:
First District
The undersigned Council Members who represent the Common Council on the City
Henry Davis, Jr. Advisory Negotiating Team, are pleased to file the attached ordinance for your review,
Second District discussion and approval. This ordinance will establish maximum salary and fringe
benefit amounts for sworn members of the South Bend Fire Department for 2009.
Thomas LaFountain
Third District The ordinance sets forth the monetary components of the tentative agreement reached
Ann Puzzello on Monday, August 25~' between the Fire Negotiating Team representing sworn
Fourth District members of the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No. 362 of the International
Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO and the City Advisory Negotiating representing
David Varner the Common Council, Board of Public Safety and the Fire and City Administrations.
Fifth District
Voting on the package by the South Bend Firefighters continues this week, and results
Oliver j. Davis will not be available before the filing deadline for this proposed ordinance. Indiana state
Sixth District law requires the Common Council to pass a salary ordinance by September 30~'.
Al "Buddy" Kirsits
At Large
Some of the key provisions of the monetary package which we are recommending for
your approval include the following:
Timothy A. Rouse
At Large • Creation of a longevity program in recognition of cumulative years of service on the
South Bend Fire Department
Karen L. White
At Large . Base pay increases effective the first payroll period in the second quarter of 2009
Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand (April 3, 2009) of 1.65% across the board for all ranks except Firefighter 1St Class
Council Attorney who will receive effective January 1, 2009 a 2% increase.
• All other monetary fringe benefits will remain at 20081evels.
As members of the City Advisory Negotiating Team, we would like to thank all members of the Fire
Negotiating Team representing sworn members of the South Bend Firefighters' Association Local No.
362 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO for their working with the City Advisory
2009 South Bend Fire Department Salary and Monetary Fringe Benefit Ordinance
September 3, 2008
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Negotiating Team under the auspice of interest-based negotiations. As a result, the best possible
package, which is believed to be fair and reasonable, was achieved.
We recommend that the South Bend Common Council refer this ordinance to the Personnel and
Finance Committee and the Health and Public Safety Committee for a joint meeting to be
scheduled for Monday, September 22°d. We further recommend that this ordinance be passed that
evening by the Common Council.
A joint press release was jointly issued by the Firefighters Local No. 362 and the City of South Bend
on August 25th after the negotiating teams reached a tentative agreement. As noted then "...the teams
worked hard to assure that firefighters and the public safety services which they perform on a
24/7 basis remain a~ey ~ijority in the City of South Bend". Thank you.
LaFountain
ns Team Member
Negotiatine Team Member
Council Member Henry Davis, Jr.
City's Advisory Negotiating Team-Alternate
ember Ann z llo
City Advisory DaTegotiating Team Member
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Council Member KarC~n ~,. White
City's Advisory Negotiating Team-Alternate
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Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand Es uire
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Council's Agent
Attachment