FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE  01/15/10

The Lodge met with the City and Arbitrator Benn on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. The contract arbitration case has gone through both the negotiation and mediation stages and will progress to the actual arbitration stage. The next date before Arbitrator Benn will be Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Arbitrator Benn has also set aside Thursday, March 4, 2010 as an additional hearing date.

RECOGNIZED OPENINGS  01/15/10

Recognized vacancy announcement 10-02 was issued today. There are not any recognized vacancies available for bid.

EMPLOYEE CERTIFICATION FORMS  01/05/10

Members, who currently have dependent children who are nineteen years old and above, should have received or will receive an Employee Certification Form from the City of Chicago Benefits Management Division. This form refers to dependent children who receive medical benefits through the member’s healthcare plan. Members must complete and submit this form for tax reporting purposes by March 31, 2010. Members who fail to complete and submit this form run the risk of potentially having taxes levied against them for receipt of these benefits.

Members should note that this process is one of the results of Public Act 95-0958 with an effective date of January 1, 2010. Dependent children’s benefits are not affected in any way by the completion or submission of this form. Costs for dependents currently covered will also not be affected. Any questions should be directed to the Benefits Management Division at 312-747-8660.

PRIMARY POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS  01/05/10

The Political Action Committee met on December 16, 2009 for the purpose of interviewing candidates for political offices in the Primary Election set for February 2, 2010.

The recommendations are compliant with the established procedures in that only candidates who request the endorsements were considered for same. Candidates for statewide offices were not considered per the decision of the Illinois FOP State Lodge to not make such endorsement for these primaries. The Committee made recommendations to the Board based upon submitted materials and the interview procedure. Those recommendations were voted on by the entire Board on January 5, 2010 and that vote resulted in the following endorsements. Please give consideration to these Board endorsements when you vote in the primary.

Primary Political Endorsement List

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS

Please contact Rich Aguilar.