Good evening.

I will now call to order the rules and public policy meeting to order for April 21st.

We'll begin with introductions of my colleagues on the first row, second row.

Thank you, Madam President.

Mike Dilk, District 24.

Thank you, Madam President.

Brian Mowery, District 25.

Thank you, President Lewis, Andy Nielsen, District 14.

Thank you, Madam President.

Kristen Jones, District 18.

Good evening, Councilor Jarrett Evans, representing District 17.

Thank you, Madam President, and Dan Boots, District 3.

Thank you, Councillors Maggie Lewis, District 5.

The first item on our agenda is proposal number 102, reappoints Kenneth Allen to the Indianapolis Commission of African American Males.

Mr.

Allen, if you would like to come forward and share why you're interested in continuing to serve in this capacity.

Thank you, Madam President, to your esteemed colleagues.

Again, my name is Kenneth Allen.

Have the pleasure and privilege of serving as the Vice Chair of the Indianapolis Commission on African American Males, as well as also serving as the chairman of the State Commission of the Social Status of Black Males, which unfortunately our work will come to an end on May 20th as the legislator has moved to consolidate our state commission.

So I'm very excited to continue the work at the local level and being reappointed to the Commission on African American males.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for your service.

Questions, comments from counselors.

Is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to proposal number one zero two?

Seeing then I entertain a motion.

So move second.

The motion has been properly moved and seconded.

Those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, same sign.

The motion carries.

Again, thank you for your service.

The next item on our agenda is proposal number one zero three, reappoints Judge Gaither to the Indianapolis Commission of African American Males.

The floor is yours again if you just share why you're interested in continuing to serve in this capacity.

Good evening, Council and uh members attended.

Um my name is uh Jeffrey Gaither.

I'm a judge in the um family division here in Marion Superior Court.

I've been on the bench since 1995, and I've served in a number of capacities.

I particularly enjoy professionally the service on the Indianapolis Commission because that we we do good work.

And uh we could do more work if we could do better work, and I'm happy to contribute however I can.

Thank you, sir.

Questions, comments from counselors.

Seeing no one in the audience, I entertain a motion.

So moved.

The motion has been properly moved and second.

Those in favor signify by saying aye.

Those opposed, same sign.

The motion carries.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your willingness to serve.

Yes, ma'am.

The next item item on our agenda is proposal number one zero four.

Reappoints Gregory W.

Porter to the Indianapolis Commission of African American males.

Representative, thank you, madam chair, ladies and gentlemen of the committee.

Uh Gregory W.

Porter, House District 96, a member of your Indiana General Assembly.

I also senior vice president for Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County.

Uh really enjoy my tenure there uh on the on the commission.

Uh, we really been working hard with statistics to understand where we are, uh, particularly from the health perspective of it, and as well as public policy.

It's important that we understand that the big initiative here in the city of Indianapolis through Dr.

Kane and our corporation is mental health.

Mental health for young men and what they're going through is very important.

So we want to continue that effort to gather the data so we can move forward and come with some real solutions dealing with the African American males and males in general uh here in the city of Indianapolis.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

Questions, comments, counselor boots.

Thank you, Madam President.

I'd just like to express my appreciation for Representative Porter for what he does in the State House for Indianapolis and Marion County.

Thank you so much, and please keep up the great work.

Truly our pleasure.

Additional comments, questions.

Seeing no one in the audience, I'll entertain a motion.

So moved, second.

The motion has been properly moved and seconded.

Those in favor signify by saying aye.

Those opposed, same sign.

The motion carries.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for your willingness to serve.

With consent, I would like for us to come back to proposal number one zero two, reappoints Marshan Wally.

Have consent to come back to 102.

10 as a five, isn't it?

Yep, 105.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm like, what?

Yep, 105.

Thank you.

The next item on our agenda is proposal number 107.

Directs the rules and public policy committee to review and prepare a report pertaining to the fiscal impact statement associated with the collective bargaining agreement between the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, and the American Federation of the State, County, Municipal Employees Council 962.

Yes, sir.

Good evening, President Lewis and members of the committee.

My name is Jake McVay, Deputy Controller from the Office of Finance, Office of Finance and Management, and we'll be presenting on this proposal.

So this proposal fulfills the requirement set by municipal code section 291-610 for the controller to present the fiscal impact for any new union agreement before that agreement becomes effective.

IFD and AFSME local 962 finalized a labor agreement in March of this year.

So once this contract is executed and the council has formally approved this proposal, the negotiated wages will be uh retroactive back to January 1st of 2026.

So the contract will be effective for 36 months beginning January 1st of this year.

This table shows the fiscal increases for each financial component of the agreement from the base year of 2025 for all three years of the contract.

So beginning in 2026, employees will receive an annual increase to base wages of 4%, followed by 3% in 2027 and 2028.

Longevity pay begins the third year of excuse me after three years of service at a rate of half a percent of the deputy fire marshal two position and increases by an additional half percent annually through the 21st uh year of service.

Members with certifications that enhance job performance specified in the contract will also receive an additional pay not to exceed four dollars an hour.

And lastly, positions covered under this contract will qualify for an additional pay based on the level of their education that exceeds the requirements for their position.

So $300 for an associates, $500 for a bachelor's, and $700 for a master's.

Uh include this contract in the 2027 and 2028 budgets.

Um with that uh that concludes my presentation and say this will be the uh last presentation I give for a little while in the union negotiations, um, and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you so much for your presentation.

Questions from counselors, counselor Nilson.

Thank you, President Lewis.

Um thank you, uh Mr.

Deputy Controller.

So the can you provide what the approximate delta is from the COLA to what will need to be funded?

So the uh fiscal impact estimate uh for 2026 is about 300,000.

The COLA amounts to about 30,000.

That delta if I can go back here and see.

So the actual salary estimate is 60,000.

So that delta between the COLA and the salary is 30,000.

The additional components we estimate, assuming the uh far end.

So for example, with certification pay, that makes up over half of that estimate at 171,000.

We're assuming that every employee in our in our estimate is qualified up to that additional four dollars an hour.

That does not reflect reality.

Um that range I can give you is 30,000 to the um 240, sorry, 270,000 would be what comes from the supplemental.

Yes.

Thank you, Mr.

Deputy Controller.

So, like we're talking, you know, kind of base, we're looking at about 60 potentially 60K.

Is that is that fair to say?

Yeah, okay.

Okay, that thank you very much.

Thank you, Madam President.

Additional questions, comments?

Madam Council, we do not have to take a vote.

We just accept the report.

Okay.

Thank you so much for your presentation.

Thank you.

Counselors, we do have uh going back to proposal number 105 reappoints Marshawn Wally to the Indianapolis Commission of African American Mails.

He is attempting to park.

What's your pleasure?

Again, it is a reappointment.

Does Mr.

Wally serve as your chair?

Yes.

Does anybody want to speak on his behalf?

Again, this is a reappointment.

Again, Kenneth Allen, Madam President, Vice Chair of the Indianapolis Commission of African American Mills.

I believe our chair Marshawn Wally is doing an amazing job leading the efforts in hope that you all will reappoint him to continue to work.

Counselors, thank you, uh Mr.

Allen.

Uh you have uh the the chair of the commission's information in your packet.

Are we comfortable moving this forward?

Leader?

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, I was just gonna say, you know, after known uh Marshall's work over the many, many years, he doesn't do anything that's not exceptional.

So I would very much uh move that we do go ahead and um accept his nomination.

Is there a second section?

The motion has been properly moved and second.

Seeing no one in the audience, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Those opposed, same sign.

The motion carries.

Thank you all for being here this evening.

Seeing no other business before this committee, I'll entertain a motion for adjournment.

So moved.

We are adjourn.