NUMB:
990892
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITLE:
A substitute charter ordinance relating to retirement benefits for employes represented by the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association, Local 215, IAFF, AFL-CIO.
SECS:
36-02-12-a am
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This charter ordinance implements the 1998-1999 labor agreement between the city and the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association relative to longevity pay for firefighters and special pay for emergency medical technicians. For firefighters who retire on or after January 1, 2000, longevity pay benefits shall be included in the final average salary for purposes of computing normal service retirement. For emergency medical technicians, the amount of special pay that is includable in earnable compensation is limited or "capped" at a maximum of $550 per year.
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 as follows:
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 on or after January 1, 1983, shall have longevity in rank pay, if any, payable at the close of the calendar year immediately preceding their retirement included as earnable compensation, and a...
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