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Home My Public Portal About3171-1977 - ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY PAY FOR POLICEMENORDINANCE NO.3171-1977 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY PAY FOR POLICEMEN. WHEREAS, The Board of Public Works and Safety, has negotiated with representatives of the Bargaining Unit representing all members of the Richmond Police Department with the rank of Patrolmen, and in said negotiations have agreed, subject to the approval of Council, to pay increased longevity pay to members of the Richmond Police Department, and; WHEREAS, the longevity pay now being made to policemen was fixed by Ordinance in 1972, and does not provide for substantial longevity payment, and in the opinion of the Common Council of the City of Richmond and others who have examined longevity pay, such longevity pay should be increased; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that: SECTION 1. Retroactive to the first (lst) day of January, 1977, any member of the Police Department on active duty shall receive, in addition to such member's base pay by prior ordinance, additional longevity pay, which shall be determined on the basis of the length of active service in the Police Department, which said additional longevity pay shall be as follows, to -wit: 1. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than three years and not more than six years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sun of $20 in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed three years of active service with such member's department. 2. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than six years and not more than nine years of active service in such member's depart- ment shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $40 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay, the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed six years of active service with such member's department; 3. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than nine years and not more than twelve years of active service in such member's depart- ment shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $60 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed nine years of active service with such member's department; 4. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than twelve years and not more than fifteen years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sun of $80 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed twelve years of active service with such member's department. 5. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than fifteen years and not more than eighteen years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $100 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed fifteen years of active service with such member's department. 6. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than eighteen years and not more than twenty-one years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $120 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date which any such member shall have completed eighteen years of active service with such member's department; 7. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than twenty-one years and not more than twenty-four years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the sum of $140 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed twenty-one years of active service with such member's department; 8. Any member of the Police Department who shall have had not less than twenty-four or more years of active service in such member's department shall receive as additional longevity pay, the stun of $160 per year in addition to such member's base and longevity pay; the annual payment shall commence upon the date upon which any such member shall have completed twenty-four years of active service with such member's department. SECTION II. It is intended that the eligibility for additional longevity pay and Me amount of longevity that is to be paid to each member of the Police Department shall be`determined as upon that date upon which such member shall have completed three years of active service with such member's department, and upon that same calendar date in each ensuing year thereafter. SECTION III. It is further intended that any member of the Police Department who has not accumulated three years of active service shall not be eligible for additional longevity pay. PASSED AND ADOPM by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this It' day of 11 , 1977. Pre ent of Common Council ATTEST: ✓ City Clerk PRES D to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this -5L11'i day of n;� 1977. City C er APPRO by the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this ll� day of 1977. yor ATTEST City Clerk w en rf es r, C-0 -S to n ell, m 0 0 (D 0 4% rQ C" EO ;�w CD CL (D ow vi.