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RESOLUTION
NO. 2350 -96
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
March 25, I9 96
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 26, 96
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Clerk
of Common Council.
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 1))W b IZ / 19 .
Mayor
PRESENTED
SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 96 -25
RESOLUTION NO. ZJ- _-%
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CTTY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, APPOINTING AN ADVISORY CITY NEGOTIATING TEAM TO ACT
WTI'H THE CITY'S AGENT AND PERSON AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT THE
CITY FOR FIREFIGHTER NEGOTIATIONS.
'OQl XMS, the Common Council has the mandatory duty to fix by ordinance the annual
compensation for members of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Code §
36 -8 -3 -3 (d); and the Board of Public Safety has the exclusive right to oversee all matters
excluding compensation of the South Bend Fire Department pursuant to Indiana Code §
36 -8 -3 -2 (b) (1); and
'II btrtaS, the City of South Bend, Indiana, has determined that a unified effort would
be in the City's best interest when addressing, through the negotiations process, such items
as wages, salaries, fringe benefits, and working conditions; and
Vntrt40, the current Fire Department Salary Ordinance and their current Collective
Bargaining Agreement expire at the end of this calendar year and
V btrtaS, the Board of Public Safety will take action on a similar Resolution which
will appoint an advisory negotiating team to work with the City's agent and person to
represent the Board regarding upcoming Fire Department matters addressed in the
Collective Bargaining Agreement; and
VbtrtaS, the advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a "Public
Agency" or "Governing Body" as defined in Indiana Code § 5- 14- 1.5 -2; and
"O btrtaS, the Common Council and the City Administration jointly agree that a unified
effort through an advisory City Negotiating Team to work with an authorized agent and
person to act on their behalf for Fire Negotiations, is the best and most positive approach
for the City.
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SECTION I: The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby appoints
an advisory City Negotiating Team to represent and recommend to them on salary and
monetary fringe benefit matters; and authorizes Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand, as their agent
and person to act pursuant to I.C., § 5- 14- 1.5 -6.5, to negotiate on its behalf with the South
Bend Fire Fighters Association, Local No. 362. The members of the advisory City
Negotiating Team shall be as follows:
Roland Kelly
Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand, Spokesperson
Stephen Luecke
Kevin Horton
Thomas L. Bodnar
SECTION II: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect om�pnd after its adoption
by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. (( „
teph n Luecke, First District
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NOT APPROVED
Washington,
�oseph E. Kernan, Mayor
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