City of Milwaukee - File #: 081272

• File #: 081272
• Version: 1
• Type: Charter Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/16/2009
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 2/10/2009
• Effective date: 4/28/2009
• Title: A substitute charter ordinance relating to the utilization of the medical panel for duty disability applications based on mental stress for policemen.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CHARTER ORDINANCES, POLICE DEPARTMENT, RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/26/2009	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
2/18/2009	1	MAYOR	RETURNED NOT SIGNED
2/10/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
2/4/2009	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individuals present: Jerry Allen, Executive Director, Employes' Retirement System Troy Hamblin, Labor Negotiator, Dept. of Employee Relations	Pass	4:0
1/29/2009	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/20/2009	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
1/16/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
081272
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
070012
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to the utilization of the medical panel for duty disability applications based on mental stress for policemen.
Sections
36-02-20 am
36-05-3-c-1-a am
Analysis
Current charter pension provisions utilize a medical panel for duty disability applications based on mental stress for members of the Milwaukee Police Association and members of the Firefighters Local 215. This ordinance amends those provisions to include all policemen.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 36-02-20 of the charter is amended to read:

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 [[represented by the Milwaukee Police Association]] 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. In the case of a policeman or fireman who is not represented by a certified bargaining agent, "medical panel" shall mean the medical council. All decisions of the medical panel shall be made by a majority vote.

Part 2. Section 36-05-3-c-1-a of the charter is amended to read:

36-05. Benefits.
3. DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE.
c. Firemen and Policemen Duty Disability.
c-1-a. Recommendations. Except for policemen [[represented by the Milwaukee Police Association]] who become members after June 28, 2005, and firemen represented by Local 215, IAFF, ...