Number
151113
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
150312
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to benefits for employees represented by certain bargaining units as a result of contract settlements.
Sections
36-02-20 am
36-05-3-c-1-a am
36-08-7-b am
Analysis
This charter ordinance establishes that, for employees represented by the Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization, effective January 1, 2016, a “medical panel” shall mean the medical council for duty disability retirement applications. It also requires that the medical council shall make the required determination and certification and any other recertification for the duty disability retirement. Finally, it requires a pension contribution of 7% of MPSO members’ earnable compensation, effective with Pay Period 1 of 2016, for MPSO members enrolled before October 3, 2011.
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 disability retirement on or after January 1, 2016.<< In the case of a policeman or fireman who is not...
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