1967-003AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR INSURANCE AND
DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR POLICEMEN
WHEREAS, the Regular and Reserve Police Personnel are now
receiving and have received sundry disability benefits, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the President and Board of
Trustees to clarify the insurance disability and salary benefits
to avoid misunderstanding and misconstruing of same, and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that a petition will be filed
with the Village Clerk for a referendum requesting that the
matter of whether the Village adopt Article 3 of the Illinois
Pension Code prior to a determination by census that the Village
has a population of 5,000 be placed upon the ballot.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS:
ARTICIE I.
REGULAR FULL TIME POLICE PERSONNEL
Section 1. This article shall only apply to full time police
personnel, both male and female.
Section 2. The Village will maintain in full force and effect
the existing workmen's compensation insurance or a comparable
workmen's compensation policy covering all full time police personnel.
All medical bills for provable service connected disability as
defined by said workmen's compensation policy or policies shall be
paid in accordance therewith. The decision of the workmen's compensatioi
insurance company with respect thereto shall be final, provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall preclude the right of any
one to any claim or action before the Illinois Industrial
Commission, the appropriate administrative body, or the courts.
The Village will be bound by any final decision in connection
therewith.
Section 3. In the event of a service connected disability, the
Village, while such disability continues and for a period not to
exceed one year from date of the accident, will pay the disabled
individual his or her regular weekly take -home pay, provided, there
shall be deducted from the payments made by the Village amounts
received from Social Security benefits, Workmen's Compensation
insurance, amounts received pursuant to Article 3 of the Illinois
Pension Code when the same becomes effective, and payments (other
than medical) made through health and accident insurance, if any,
provided by the Village.
Take -home pay shall be computed on a 40 hour a week basis.
A certification by a medical examiner for the workmen's compensation
insurer that a person is able to return to work shall be prima
facie evidence of the same. The disabled individual shall be
required to submit to a medical examination by a physician selected
by the Village and upon the request of the Village. In the event
the disabled person receives a lump settlement from the workmen's
compensation insurer, the salary payments hereinabove described shall
cease upon receipt of same.
Section 4. All injuries resulting from service shall be reported
to the Chief of Police in writing within 48 hours after the injury.
Failure to report same and the denial of liability by the workmen's
compensation insurer as a result of same shall relieve the Village
from any payments under Section 2 and 3 hereof; provided that in
the event the Industrial Commission of the State of Illinois or a
final court decision (as the case may be) orders payment, then the
liability of the Village under Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be
fixed accordingly.
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Section 5. The normal work day of police personnel shall
consist of 8 hours per day, exclusive of lunch periods, and the
normal work week shall consist of 5 days. Each police personnel
shall be entitled to one day vacation for each full month worked
up to May 1st of any year, to a maximum of ten days. Police
personnel with more than one year but less than ten years contin-
uous service shall, as of their anniversary date, receive 2 weeks
vacation. Police personnel with 10 or more years continuous ser-
vice shall receive 3 weeks vacation. Vacations shall be assigned
during the months of May through September and shall be allocated
by the Chief of Police with due regard to the safety and general
public welfare of the Village. Vacations shall not be cumulative
and must be taken during the year earned. The Village shall have
the right to waive vacations upon request and pay police personnel
for their vacation period in the event the same is not taken during
the period earned.
The police personnel shall be paid for 6 National holidays.
in the event a holiday falls during a vacation period, the indivi-
dual shall receive an extra day's pay or an extra day's vacation.
ARTICLE II
RESERVE POLICE PERSONNEL
Section 1. This Article shall apply only to Reserve Police
Personnel, male and female.
Section 2. The Village will maintain full force and effect
the existing workmen's compensation insurance or a comparable work-
men's compensation policy covering all reserve police personnel.
All medical bills for provable service connected disability
as defined by said workmen's compensation policy or policies shall
be paid in accordance therewith. The decision of the workmen's com-
pensation insurance company with respect thereto shall be final.
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provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall preclude the
right of any police personnel to any claim or action before the Illinois
Industrial Commission, the appropriate administrative body, or the courts.
The Village will be bound by any final decision in connection therewith.
Section 3. In the event of service connected disability and
while such disability continues, the Village will paypolice personnel
his or her regular weekly take -home pay on primary job for a period
of not to exceed one year. Take -home pay shall be computed on a 40 hour
week. In the event a person is on a commission basis, his take -home
pay shall be computed on the basis of his average weekly income for the
year prior to commencement of disability, taking into consideration
moneys allowed for expenses. There shall be deducted from such payments,
moneys received from Social Security, Workmen's Compensation payments,
(other than medical) made through a health and accident plan, if any,
provided by the Village, and voluntary salary payments made by the
person's employer during disability.
A certification by a medical examiner for the workmen's compensation
insurer that a person is able to return to work shall be prima facie
evidence of the same. The disabled individual shall submit to a medical
examination upon request of the Village. In the event the disabled
person receives a lump sum settlement from the workmen's compensation
insurer, above payments under sections 2 and 3 hereof shall cease
upon receipt of same.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its approval and passage according to law.
I�AYES
ATTEST:
Clerk.
+t9 _NAYES
APPROVED:
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President.