Number
010670
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to retirement benefits for employes represented by the Milwaukee Police Association, Local #21, I.U.P.A., AFL-CIO.
Sections
36-02-12-a am
Analysis
This charter ordinance modifies the code's definition of earnable compensation to make clear the intent of the parties in the 1998-2000 City of Milwaukee Police Association contract with respect to the issue of pensionable longevity pay. Under the terms of the ordinance, the earlier benefit will be continued except for members who retire on service retirement allowance after January 1, 1998, who would have accumulated 20 years of creditable service by the end of the calendar year in which they retire.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 36-02-12-a of the charter is amended to read:
36-02. Definitions.
12. EARNABLE COMPENSATION shall mean: a. the annual regular base salary that would be payable to a member if he or she worked the full normal working time for his or her position, provided, however, that where service is credited during periods of absences as provided in s. 36-04-1-b, the employe shall be considered to have an earnable compensation during such periods of absence equivalent to his or her earnable compensation as of his or her last month of employment prior to the beginning of such absences. In cases where compensation includes maintenance, the board shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not payable in money. Policemen, excluding sergeant of police, detective lieutenant and ranks above same, retiring on a service retirement allowance [[between]] >>on or after<< January 1, 1983 [[and December 31, 1997]], shall have longevity in rank pay, if any, payable at the close of the calendar year immediately preceding their retirement included as earnable compensation [[. Policemen]], >>exc...
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