Number
041649
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
041438
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to retirement benefits for employes represented by certain bargaining units.
Section
36-02-12-b am
36-02-20 am
36-05-3-c-1-a am
36-05-3-c-1-b am
Analysis
The approved collective bargaining agreement between the city of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Police Association for 2004-2006 includes provisions that the annual certification payment received by a police officer is to increase to $1,000 effective for calendar year 2004, to $1,100 for calendar year 2005, and to $1,260 for calendar year 2006 and each calendar year thereafter. For service retirements occurring in 2004 and after, the amount of certification pay that is to be included in earnable compensation for purposes of determining a police officer's retirement allowance is increased to $1,000, and only the first $1,000 of certification pay is to be pensionable. For service retirements occurring in 2004, the amount of certification pay to be included in earnable compensation is the amount the police officer would have received had he or she stayed in active service for all of 2004. Thereafter, the amount of certification pay to be included in final average salary is the amount the employee received for the calendar year previous to his or her effective date of retirement, up to a maximum of $1,000.
The agreement also includes a provision that effective pay period 1, 2004, the biweekly payment paid to the 3 police liaison officers shall increase to $150 biweekly. Effective for retirements occurring during the 2004-2006 agreement, such biweekly payments shall be included in earnable compensation.
Finally, the agreement provides that for a policeman becoming a member of the retirement system after the effective date of this charter ordinance and who applies for or is granted a duty disability retirement allowance based on a mental injury, that the medical council rather than the m...
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