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Home My Public Portal About037-1995 - APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 1996 POLIORDINANCE NO. 37-1995 AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 1996 POLICE OFFICER SALARY ORDINANCE WHEREAS Indiana Code 36-8-3-3 (d) requires Common Council to fix the annual compensation of all police officers by ordinance before August 2 of each year for the ensuing budget year, and WHEREAS the City of Richmond through its Board of Public Works and Safety and John Hennigar Lodge No. 63 of the Fraternal Order of Police have reached an agreement on salary levels for 1996. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that the following positions be compensated not in excess of the respective sums hereafter set forth during calendar year 1996, to wit: Section 1 - Police Department Bi-Weekl, S 1.01 Captain (6) 1,153.42 1.02 Lieutenant (5) 1,116.88 1.03 Sergeant (5) 1,078.42 1.04 Investigator (11) 1,045.73 1.05 Patrolman (47) 999.58 In addition to the bi-weekly salaries set forth in Section 1 above, the members of the Police Department bargaining unit shall receive overtime pay, paid holidays, longevity pay, a clothing allowance, shift pay, education incentive pay, and certification -acceptance pay as more fully set forth in the current collective bargaining agreement between the City of Richmond and John Hennigar Lodge No. 63 of the Fraternal Or er of Police. Passed and adopted this �*day of 1�. ,�,_, 1995, by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana. ,President (Sarah L. Hutton) ATTEST( LXAAA O City Clerk Torma Carnes) PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Ri ond, Indi , this. day of .__ E , 1995, at 9:00 a.m. ,City Clerk (Norma Carnes) APPROVED by me, Rog:13 mond, Indiana, this day of N , 1995, at ,Mayor er Cornett)ATTEST. (Norma Carnes) CITY OF RICHM®ND DEPARTMENT OF LAW 50 North 5th Street Richmond, Indiana 47374 Phone (317) 983-7220 Fax (317) 966-2255 June 15, 1995 Common Council Richmond, IN 47374 RE: Ordinance No. 37-1995 ROGER CORNETT Mayor THOMAS S. MILLIGAN City Attorney Dear Council Member: Indiana Code 36-8-3-3(d) requires Common Council to adopt a police officer's salary ordinance each year for the ensuing budget year. All civilian employees of the Police Department, the two Majors and the Chief will be included in the regular City Salary Ordinance to be introduced with the 1996 budget later this year. The attached collective bargaining agreement was approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety on June 15, 1995. Ordinance No. 37-1995 implements the agreement for 1996. This ordinance can be adopted in a single meeting with motions to suspend the rules. Sincerely yours, Thomas S. Milligan City Attorney Enclosures TSM/ags City of Richmond / F.O.P Lodge 463 Tentative Agreement (1996-99) Page 1 CITY OF RICHMOND / F.O.P. JOHN HENNIGAR LODGE # 63 / COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TENTATIVE AGREEMENT - MAY 18,1995 I. Term of Agreement a. Two (2) years (from January 01, 1996 through December 31, 1997) as to those matters contained in Article 16 - "Wages" and in Article 29 - "Insurance". Bargaining on a successor agreement for Articles 16 and 29 shall begin by no later than March 01, 1997. b. Four (4) years (from January 01, 1996 through December 31, 1999) as to those matters contained in all other Articles of the Contract. II Article 16 - Wages a. Patrolman's Base Pay 1996......................$25,989.00 (increase of 7.50%) 1997......................$25,989.00 (increase of 0%) b. Permanent Wage Differentials per year in ranks over Patrolman as follows (effective 01-01-96): Investigator ........... $1,200.00 Sergeant ................$2,050.00 Lieutenant .............$3,050.00 Captain ................. $4,000.00 III. Article 15 - Grievance Procedure a. Insert "Major" as anew 4th step in process after "Captain" and before "Chief'. IV. Article 27 - Educational Incentive a. Additional yearly compensation to those with advanced educational degrees as follows (effective 01-01-96): Associate Degree .....$ 500.00 Bachelors Degree ....$1,000.00 Masters Degree .......$1,600.00 V. Article 34 - Body Armour The City of Richmond shall replace each members personal body armour as prescribed by the manufacturer's warranty. All body armour shall conform to level two (2) threat, be of current state of the art design constructed of a "Kevlar" fiber and include trauma plate and side panels. All replacement shall occur prior to the expiration of the manufacturer's warranty applicable to the armour being replaced. City of Richmond / F.O.P Lodge 963 Tentative Agreement (1996-99) Page 2 VI. Article 29 - Insurance (Status Quo on current language with the addition of the following new paragraph) The City shall pay the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year per retiree toward the premium cost of group health insurance coverage for the benefit of "Eligible Retirees", as herein defined, subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. No health insurance premium contribution shall be required of City for those Eligible Retirees who obtain subsequent employment after retirement from the City, and through which subsequent employment there is available to the retiree participation in the subsequent employer's group health insurance program at a cost to the retiree that does not exceed the employee/retiree's premium contribution for coverage under the City's plan by more than ten percent (10.0%) for the comparable type of coverage selected (i.e single member or multiple/family coverage). Each retiree shall, upon request of the City, certify that he/she has obtained no such subsequent employment whereby he/she enjoys an entitlement to such alternative group health insurance participation. 2. An Eligible Retiree who has obtained subsequent insurance coverage through a successor employer and later loses that coverage for any reason may re -enroll in the City's insurance plan and be entitled to the above annual contribution toward such insurance. If the retiree re -enrolls during a calendar year, the City's contribution for that calendar year shall be pro -rated on a monthly basis starting with the month that the retiree becomes eligible for coverage under the City's plan. In any such case, the retiree and his/her dependents shall not be covered for pre-existing conditions as those conditions are then defined at the time of re -enrollment by the City's plan documents. 3. The City's contribution for retiree health insurance benefits shall continue until the retiree becomes eligible for Medicare coverage as prescribed by 42 U.S.C. 1395, et.seq. The amount of the City's contributions to any retiree hereunder shall be subject to subsequent modification through the collective bargaining process and any resulting change in the terms of this Collective Bargaining Agreement, whether such changes occur before or after a particular retiree's effective date of retirement. 4. For purposes of this Article 29, an "Eligible Retiree" is defined to be any member of the F.O.F. Bargaining Unit who retires from active duty on the force, in good standing, and with twenty (20) or more years of accredited service as recognized in the particular retirement program in which the member is a participant [i.e. The 1925 Police Pension Fund (I.C. 36-8-6-1, et.seq.) or The 1977 Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension and Disability Fund (I.C. 36-8-8-1, et.seq.)] or any member who, while an active member of the force, becomes disabled as determined by the PERF Board. City of Richmond / F.O.P Lodge #63 Tentative Agreement (1996-99) Page 3 5. The insurance contribution benefits hereunder shall only be available to those Eligible Retirees whose first effective date of retirement is on or after January 01, 1996, and to those retirees and/or dependents of a retiree who are participating in the City's group health insurance plan as of December 31, 1995. VII. Article 32 - Prevailing Rights Delete phrase, "...and when approved by the Chief of Police" from the last sentence of the current contract language. VIII. Article 36 - Effective Date This agreement shall become effective January 01, 1996 and shall continue in full force and effect until 12:00 Midnight, December 31, 1997 as to Articles 16 and 29, and until 12:00 Midnight December 31, 1999 as to all other Articles. In the event that a new agreement is not signed by the City and the F.O.P. Negotiating Committee by the respective contract expiration dates set forth above, this agreement shall remain in full force and effect until a new agreement shall be signed by both parties. The exceptions to the term of this agreement as stated above are: (a) The parties agree to an automatic re -opener for the purpose of negotiating salaries (Article 16) and insurance benefits (Article 29) for the years 1998 and 1999. Bargaining on a successor agreement in those articles shall begin no later than March 01, 1997. (b) Either parry may request to re -open this agreement for the purpose of resolving a mutual problem not anticipated at the time of ratification and execution of this agreement. (c) The parties further agree to work together in an attempt to control health insurance costs while maintaining adequate benefit coverage. The parties agree to begin dialogue on this issue as early as possible in 1996, and each understands that such discussions may result in a need to amend Article- - In r All other provisions of the agreement would be "status quo" - unchanged, except where textual change necessary to reflect the time and term of this new agreement. City of Richmond / F.O.P Lodge #63 Tentative Agreement (1996-99) Page 4 Tentative Agreement this /fday of May, 1995, by Ronald L. Cross, Asst. City Attorney, SUBJECT TO approval by the Mayor and by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond. G C'r Rona1d L. Cross, Asst. City Atty. Tentative Agreement thiski'day of May, 1995, by the F.O.P. John Hennigar Lodge #63 Negotiating Committee SUBJECT TO ratification by the members of the bargaining unit CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA By its Board of Public Works APPRO,YEDA Roger Cornett, Mayor DISPOSITION OF ORDINANCE NO. -19'� RESOLUTION NO. -19 by Common Council Drdinance No.� Resolution No. Elstro Lundy Brookbanx. 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