Number
151274
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
101158
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to benefits for employees represented by the Milwaukee Police Association as a result of contract settlements.
Sections
36-02-20 am
36-05-1-f am
36-05-3-c-1 am
Analysis
This charter ordinance establishes that, for employees represented by the Milwaukee Police Association, effective on or after June 19, 2016, “medical panel” shall mean the medical council for duty disability retirement applications. It also establishes that a policeman represented by the MPA, who first enrolled in the retirement system on or after December 20, 2015, will be eligible for a service retirement allowance after attaining 50 years of age and 25 years of service as a policeman. Finally, an application for duty disability retirement filed on or after June 19, 2016 for an MPA member shall be referred to the medical council in lieu of the medical panel.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 36-02-20 of the city charter is amended to read:
36-02. Definitions.
20. MEDICAL PANEL as it relates to policemen and firemen shall mean a panel of physicians consisting of one member to be selected by designation of the city; one member to be selected by the certified bargaining agent for the affected policeman or fireman; and the 3rd member to be selected by the other 2 members. In the case of a policeman who becomes a member of the retirement system after June 28, 2005, or a fireman represented by Local 215, IAFF, who becomes a member of the retirement system after December 13, 2005 and who applies for, or is granted, a duty disability retirement allowance based on a mental injury, “medical panel” shall mean the medical council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “medical panel” shall mean the medical council as it relates to a policeman represented by the MPSO who files an application for a duty disabi...
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