09-17-07 White Collar Union Meeting MinutesCITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
NE FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' LOCAL 630
"WHITE COLLAR"
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
The negotiation meeting was called to order at 5:05 PM. Those in attendance were:
City: George Foster, Chief Negotiator
Union: Jack Baldwin, Union Steward
Becky Orders, Union Steward
The City provided the Union with a summary of the City's position on pending City issues
and advised the Union that the City needed to have Article 20, 10 year pension vesting,
approved by the Union along with the Union accepting the City's Article 26 pay proposals.
(see attached summary table)
2. The Union responded that the City had changed it's position in that during the last meeting
the City had agreed to remove all items and also had agreed to provide the Union with the
pay increases as previously proposed. After a heated discussion concerning these issues to
include employee pay increases, the meeting was concluded. (see attached summary table)
The next meeting date was established as September 26th at 5:00 PM in the City Commission
Chambers.
4. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM.
George Fos r
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beach
Atch: Summary of Items
WHITE COLLAR - STATUS AFTER 09 / 17 / 07 MEETING
W"TTR. VOI T.AR - 09/17/07
ART.
CITY PROPOSAL
UNION PROPOSAL
STATUS
Art 11
Change method of,selecting
09/12/07 - Union - No
party for arbitration.
09/17/07 - Union - No
Art 17,4
09/12/07
09/12/07 - Withdrawn by
Increase maximum Comp Time
Union
hours from 50 to 80 hours
Art 17,13
09/12/07
09/12/07 - Withdrawn by
Provide shift differential of+5%
Union
for all hours worked other than
on the normal day shift.
Art. 20
Change pension vesting for
09/12/07 - Union - No
new employees from 5 years
09/17/07 - Union - No
to 10 years.
Art 20
Change health insurance
09/12/07 -
provided to employees
Being Im lemented
Art 26.1(a)
#1. Pay Scale increase of %
09/12/07
09/12/07 - Union agrees to
08-02-07 = No Proposal
Pay Scale increase of 3%
City Proposal
09/17/07 - Open
#2. Pay increase for employees
09/12/07
with less than six months service
Pay increase for employees with
of _%
less than six months service of
08-02-07 = No Proposal
3%
#3. Pay increase for employees
09/12/07
with more than six months of
Pay increase for employees with
service of _%
more than six months of service
08-02-07 = No Proposal
of 6%
09/12/07
#1 =2.7%
#2 = 2.7%
#3 = 5.7% of new midpoint
Art 26.1(a)
09/12/07
09/12/07 - Open
Add a lump sum "Top Out"
09/17/07 - City - No
bonus of $1,000 if employee at
top of pay scale, in addition to
any COLA
09/12/07
Changed Top Out bonus to $500
Art 26.6
Change wording on pay
09/12/07 - Union - No
adjustment for an employee
09/17/07 - Union - No
that is demoted due to no fault
of their own.
Signature
Administrative update.
09/12/07 - Open
page
WHITE COLLAR - STATUS AFTER 09 / 17 / 07 MEETING
ART.
CITY PROPOSAL
UNION PROPOSAL
STATUS
Exhibit A
Administrative update.
09/12/07 - Open