03-25-96 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING ORDINANCE NO. 8663 -96 RESOLUTIONS MARCH 25, 1996 AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING - THE ALLEY TO BE VACATED IS DESCRIBED AS THE FIRST NORTH -SOUTH ALLEY WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET FROM THE NORTH RIGHT - OF -WAY LINE OF THE FIRST EAST -WEST ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST MADISON STREET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE OF WEST MADISON FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 198 FEET AND A WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET. PART SITUATED IN ORIGINAL TOWN OF SOUTH BEND, SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA RESOLUTION NO. 2350 -96 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPOINTING.A CITY NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR FIREFIGHTER NEGOTIATIONS Whereas, 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 Whereas, 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 Whereas, the current Fire Department Salary Ordinance and their current Collective Bargaining Agreement expire at the end of the calendar year; and Whereas, 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 Deparmtent matters addressed in the Collective Bargaining Agreement; and Whereas, the advisory City Negotiating Team shall not be considered a JPublic Agency or lGoverning Body as defined in Indiana Code §5- 14- 1.5 -2; and Whereas, 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. 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 an advisory City Negotiation 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 negotating team shall be as follows: Roland Kelly Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Spokesperson Stephen Luecke Kevin Horton Thomas L. Bodnar 1 1 1