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Highlights of Proposed Meet and Confer Agreement
Posted by J.J. Berry on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Proposed Agreement Highlights

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROPOSED MEET & CONFER AGREEMENT

March 9, 2011

 

This document is only intended as an overview of the major improvements to the Meet and Confer Agreement.  We would suggest that you read the document for a fuller understanding of the terms, conditions and obligations.

 

RETENTION of CURRENT BENEFITS

 

The following benefits officers have enjoyed will continue in effect throughout the duration of this new Agreement;

 

All current step pays

All current assignment pays

All current language pays

All current clothing allowances

All current education pays

All current training pays

All current weekend pays

All current shift differential pays

All current equipment allowances

  

BASE PAY INCREASES

 

ARTICLE 33; Salary, Pay, and Benefits

EXHIBIT A

 

Base pay increases will begin the first full pay period in June of each year of the agreement.

 

*If the City does not meet the minimum hiring objectives as outlined in Article 53, the Percent of Contingency Increase will be paid in addition to the Percent of Increase.

 

 

Benefit Year

Percent of Increase

*Percent of Contingency Increase

Total

2011

0%

2%

2%

2012

0%

2%

2%

2013

3%

 

3%

2014

3%

 

3%

2015

4%

 

4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATROL OFFICER INCENTIVE PAY

 

ARTICLE 33; Section 14

 

This incentive pay is intended for uniformed Officers and Sergeants in the patrol call for service loop whose;

  • Primary responsibility is responding to calls for service
  • Routinely in marked police cars or on foot, and
  • Are listed on the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) as available for dispatch

 This incentive pay will be effective and paid beginning the first full pay period in July 2013.

 

Patrol Pay Steps

Years of Seniority

Incentive Pay

Step I

4 years

$600 annually

Step II

6 years

$1200 annually

Step III

8 years

$1800 annually

 

  

NO VALUE LEAVE (NVL) UTILIZED IN PHASE DOWN

 

ARTICLE 44; Section 12(A)

 

All officers who currently carry a time bank defined, as No Value Leave (NVL) will after the ratification of this Agreement, be entitled to utilize a certain number of their total NVL hours in Phase Down as specified in the table below;

 

Years of Seniority from Sworn Date

Number of Hours Utilized in Phase Down

Officers with less than fifteen (15) years

150 hours

Officers with fifteen (15) years or more, but less than twenty (20) years

250 hours

Officers with twenty (20) years or more

150 hours

 

 FIELD TRAINING (FTO)/MENTORING PAY

 

ARTICLE 33; Section 5(B)

 

Pay will begin for all Field Training Officers and Field Training Sergeants currently assigned to those functions after ratification of this Agreement. THIS PAY WILL NOT START AND STOP

 

FTO/FTS are presumed to be continuously training or mentoring unless the department specifically notifies them otherwise.

 

The department will determine mentoring guidelines and responsibilities for entitlement to this pay until such time the LRC develops and establishes the mentoring criteria.

 

 

EXEMPT EMPLOYEE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TIME

 

ARTICLE 35; Section 3

 

The City will authorize (their discretion) Exempt Time Compensation or Exempt Time Credit (ETC) for Lieutenants and Captains for all hours worked in excess of the regular duty hours on a daily basis.

 

Lieutenants and Captains will perform all required training and qualifications while on duty.

 

CONVALESCENT OFFICER LEAVE POOL (COLP)

  

ARTICLE 39

 

The City agrees to establish a convalescent leave pool with an initial balance of 5000 hours.

 

  • This pool will be replenished with donated time that would be lost as a result of officers exceeding the number of hours that may be accumulated and carried forward in a benefit year.

 Hours in the convalescent leave pool are not tied to the rate of pay of the officer donating such time.
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