NUMB:
981100
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
980736
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Resolution approving inclusion of Lieutenant James C. Shepard as an eligible party to the settlement in the action entitled Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, U.S. District Court Case No. 96-C-402. (City Attorney)
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution approves the inclusion of Lieutenant James C. Shepard as an eligible party to the settlement in the action entitled Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, U.S. District Court Case No. 96-C-402.
BODY:
Whereas, The Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, by resolution passed on September 23, 1998 in File No. 980736 approved the terms of settlement of the above-entitled action, which concerned whether the City had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ยง 201, et seq., in the manner in which it administered various aspects of overtime compensation within the Milwaukee Police Department and in the manner in which it compensated police officers in the employ of the City of Milwaukee for overtime work commencing April 8, 1993; and
Whereas, One of the terms of settlement concerned the provision of compensation for certain work-related travel time engaged in by police officers who were members of the Milwaukee Police Department's "Background Investigation Unit" for the period commencing on April 8, 1994 and ending on October 17, 1997; and
Whereas, Lieutenant James C. Shepard of the Milwaukee Police Department, during his tenure of service as Detective, had served as a member of the Milwaukee Police Department's "Background Investigation Unit" for the period commencing on November 28, 1994 and ending on April 5, 1995, thus making him eligible for compensation for certain work-related travel time in which he was engaged during said period pursuant to the terms of settlement of the above-entitled action; and
Whereas, The above-entitled action was dismissed on October 21, 1998 on the basis of the part...
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