Exh 61 Wages
2 Article 26
3 Salary Proposal
4 December 10,2004
5 26.1 Employees covered by this agreement on October 1, 2004 will have their salaries
6 adjusted as per attached Schedule A. This salary increase is reflective of the City
7 proposal based on the Palmer& Cay plan but includes an adjustment for
8 employees with 5 or more years of service as a police officer with the City of
9 Atlantic Beach.
10 a) Employees with less than 6 months of service will receive a 3%
11 percent pay increase.
12 b) Employees with more than 6 months but less than 5 years of
13 service will receive 6%percent of the new midpoint for their pay
14 grade.
15 c) Employees with 5 years or more of service will receive a 6%
16 of the new maximum for their pay grade.
17 d) New minimums, midpoints, and maximums will be
18 established by increasing previous levels by 3%. Salary
19 adjustments listed in (b) and (c) above will be made after the
20 3% COLA has been applied.
21 e) If an employee does not receive at least a"Meets Requirements"
22 overall evaluation,they shall not receive a pay adjustment and
23 the supervisor may take action to terminate the employee or the
24 employee may be counseled,placed on a 90-day improvement
25 period, and reevaluated in accordance with the City's
26 performance evaluation program guidelines.
27 f) Employees of the bargaining unit are eligible for a bonus based
28 upon performance in accordance with the City's performance
29 evaluation program guidelines.
30 26.2 Except as provided herein, original appointment to the classification of Police
31 Officer will be made at the entrance rate of pay. The City Manager may approve
32 initial compensation at a higher rate than the minimum rate. Such decision shall
33 not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions of this agreement.
34 However, a new employee may only be hired at a rate above the entrance rate of
35 pay established for the position if:
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1 a.The needs of the City make such hire action necessary
2 and all other employees within the same classification
3 have their base salaries adjusted to be at least equal to
4 that of the newly hired employee or;
5 b. The new employee has job related training and/or
6 experience that clearly exceeds that of current employees.
7 Prior to City Manager approval of initial pay under this
8 provision,the City will notify the union, in writing, of the
9 proposed action and allow the union (3)workdays to
10 provide comments.
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12 26.3 Employees covered by this agreement shall contribute one(1)percent of their
13 salary into their Pension Fund.
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15 26.4 Any employee covered by this agreement who is assigned by the Chief of Police
16 to work in the Investigative Division as a detective shall receive pay at a rate of
17 ten(10%)percent above the employee's regular rate of pay. Such percentage shall
18 not be added to the base pay but shall be in addition to the base pay and apply to
19 all pay, overtime, compensatory time paid, etc. received by the officer. Detectives
20 shall receive an annual clothing allowance of six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00)
21 in accordance with Article 23.7.
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23 26.5 Any employee covered by this Agreement who is assigned to the Crime
24 Suppression Unit(CSU) shall receive pay at a rate of five percent (+5%) above
25 their normal pay. Such percentage shall not be added to the base pay but shall be
26 in addition to the base pay and apply to all pay, overtime, compensatory time
27 paid, etc. received by the officer. In addition, Crime Suppression Unit members
28 shall receive an annual clothing allowance of six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00)
29 in accordance with Article 23.7.
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31 26.6 Any employee covered by this Agreement who is assigned as a Patrol
32 Investigator/Evidence Technician shall receive pay at a rate of five percent(+5%)
33 above their normal pay. Such percentage shall not be added to the base pay but
34 shall be in addition to the base pay and apply to all pay, overtime, compensatory
35 time paid, etc. received by the officer.
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37 26.7 Any employee covered by this Agreement who is required by the Chief of Police
38 or his/her designee to perform the duties of a Field Training Officer(FTO) shall
39 receive pay at a rate of ten percent (+10%) above the employees regular rate if
40 pay while the employee is actually performing the duties of an FTO. Such
41 percentage shall not be added to the base pay but shall be in addition to the base
42 pay and apply to all pay, overtime, compensatory time paid, etc. received by the
43 officer.
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45 26.8 Any employee covered by this Agreement who is assigned as a member of the
46 Special Weapons and Tactical Team (SWAT) shall receive a rate of pay five
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1 percent (+5%) above their normal pay while such officers are performing SWAT
2 duties, not including training. Such percentage shall not be added to the base pay
3 but shall be in addition to the base pay and apply to all pay, overtime,
4 compensatory time paid, etc. received by the officer.
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6 26.9 Any employee covered by this Agreement who is temporarily required by the
7 Chief of Police or his designee to perform the duties of a Sergeant or Lieutenant
8 shall receive pay at rate five (+5%) percent above the employee's regular rate of
9 pay,provided that no other Sergeant or Lieutenant is on duty and that:
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11 a. The duties and responsibilities of the higher classification are assumed in full
12 for a minimum of four(4)uninterrupted hours; and
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14 b. The assignment is not for the purpose of on the job training.
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16 If the two (2) conditions set forth are not fully satisfied,the employee will receive
17 the rate of pay of his/her regular assigned classification for each hour worked in
18 the Sergeant or Lieutenant positions.
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20 Such percentage shall not be added to the base pay but shall be in addition to the
21 base pay and apply to all pay, overtime, compensatory time paid, etc. received by
22 the officer.
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24 26.10 Promotion. Officers promoted to the rank of Sergeant shall receive a salary
25 increase at the time the promotion becomes effective,to at least the minimum of
26 their new pay range or an amount equal to the percentage difference between the
27 current and new grade midpoints (not to exceed 12%), whichever is greater.
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29 a) Calculating a Promotional Increase. Since a promotional increase is granted to
30 recognize the assumption of additional job duties and responsibilities,the size
31 of the increase is calculated as a function of the size of the promotion, rather
32 than as a percentage of current salary. The formula used to calculate the
33 promotional increase is as follows:
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35 New Midpoint—Current Midpoint=Promotion Increase Amount(%*)
36 Current Midpoint
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38 Or
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40 An increase to the minimum of the new pay grade,whichever is greater.
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42 Not to exceed 12% unless required to bring the employee's salary to the
43 minimum of the new pay grade.
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45 b) Anniversary Date. A new anniversary date will be established as the effective
46 date of promotion.
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1 c) Minimum Pay. In no case shall a promoted employee's salary be set below the
2 base salary of the position to which they were promoted.
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4 26.11 Longevity Pay. Employees shall receive an additional twenty-five dollars
5 25.00)per month,for each five years served with the City as follows:
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7 Years of Service Monthly
8 Starting Thru Payment
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10 0 5 0.00
11 6 10 25.00
12 11 15 50.00
13 16 20 75.00
14 21+ 100.00
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Police Pay Agreement
Attachment A
Pay Scale
Title Grd Min Mid Max
Police Officer 19 $32,676 40,851 49,046
Hourly Rate 15.71 19.64 23.58
Detective 19 $35,942 44,928 53,955
Hourly Rate 17.28 21.60 25.94
Sergeant 21 $37,398 49,878 62,338
Hourly Rate 17.98 23.98 29.97