Police Union Negotiation Meeting Minutes 8-23-07MINUTES
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
FLORIDA STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
AUGUST 23, 2007
The negotiation meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M. Those in attendance were:
City: George Faster, Chief Negotiator (Human Resource Manager)
David Thompson, Negotiator (Chief of Police /Director of Public Safety)
Mike Classey, Negotiator (Police Captain)
Union: Gary Evans, Staff Represemative
David Cameron, Local FOP Chairman
The Union provided the City with written copies, in Article format, of their recommendations for
contract changes and each proposal was discussed. (See attached table summary under Union
proposals)
The City went over the tentative decisions that were made by the City Commission during the budget
workshops and the City proposed contract changes were discussed. (See attached table summary under
City proposals)
3. After discussion, 3 items were agreed upon with 12 non-administrative items remaining open. (See
attached table summary under status)
4. The next negotiation session was established as September 11, 2007, 2:00 pm., in the City Hall South
Conference Room.
5. Adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 P.M.
George Foster
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beaeh
AFTER 8/23/07 MEETING
ARTICLE CITY PROPOSALS UNION PROPOSALS STATUS
Cover Page Administrative change to dates Administrative
Agreement Administrative change to dates Administrative
Art i i .1 From: 08/23/07 - Union agreed in
Arbitrator from the Federal concept with final action to
Mediation and Conciliation depend on working out the
Service administrative details.
To:
Selected P
Art 12.2 Employees that do not work on a 08/23/07 -Item Open
holiday shall receive 8 er-IO
hours of holiday pay in .. .
08/23/07
City proposal changed to 8
hours for 8 hour shift workers
and 10 hours if shift is 10 hours
or more.
Art 12.3 Employees that work on a 08/23107 -Item Open
holiday shall receive 8 ec-ls
hours of holiday pay in .. .
08/23/07
City proposal changed to 8
hours far 8 hour shift workers
and 10 hours if shift is 10 hours
or more.
Art 12.7 On the holiday as set forth in 08/23107 -Item Open
Section 12.1, and not the date
the holiday is observed by the
C'
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Art 13.3 Increase Personal Leave Accrual 08/23/07 -City - No.
rates by 1 hour per Pay Period or
26 hours per year as follows:
YOS FROM TO
1-3 5.81 6.81
4-7 6.78 7.78
8-11 8.31 9.31
12-15 9.85 10.85
16+ 10.4'7 11.47
Art 19.1 Provide officers in grade Sgt or 08/23/07 -Item Open
above tuition reimbursement for
Masters Degree at discretion of
Ci .
Art 19.5 Increase City provided 08/23/07 -City - No.
Educational Incentive by $50 per
month as follows:
FROM TO
AA Degree $ 50 $100
BAC De ee $100 $154
Art 20.2 Health Insurance 08/23/07 -Discussed with Union
Discussed with Union possible changes being made 10/01/07.
c es
Art 23.7 Change payment of Detective 08/27!07 -Union - TA
Uniform Allowance from
quarterly to monthly.
Retain same total amount
Art 26.1 Pay Scale increase of % 08/23/07 -Open
07-17-07 = No Proposal
08/23/07 = 2.7%
Pay increase for employees with
less than six months service of
07-17-07 = No Proposal
08/23/07 = 2.7%
Pay increase for employees with
more than six months of service
of % of new zndpoitrt
07-17-07 = No Proposal
0$/23/07 = 5.7%
Art 26.4 Change "employee" to "Police 08/23/07 -Union - TA
Officer" to clarify that Police
Sergeants do not receive
Detective Pa
Art 26.5 Clarify that the Sergeant 08/23/07 -Union - TA
performing as Supervisor of
Detectives is eligible to receive
clothin allowance
Art 26.11 Increase monthly Longevity Pay 08/23/07 -City - No.
by $10 per each five years of
service:
YOS 1~IZO1Vl 'TO
0-5 0 0
6-10 25.00 35.00
11-15 50.00 60.00
16-20 75.00 85.00
21+ 140.00 110.Q0
Add a Shift Differential Pay 08!23/07 -City - No.
$ .50 per hour for 4 pm to
2:00 am
$1.00 per hour for 8:30 pm to
6:30 am
08/27/07 Add Call Back pay of +3 hours 08/23/07 -Open
City's current policy is 2 hours minimum for Detectives called
attime-and-a-half for a total of back to work
3 hours of pay with no overtime 08/27/07
on overtime if multiple Union request is for 3 hours at
callbacks time-and-a-half for a tote! of
4.5 hours of a
Art 29 Add recently utilized Sergeant 08/23/07 -City - No.
promotional polices to union
contract
Art 34 Administrative changes Administrative
Atch A Changed notes to agree with
above Chan es
08/27/07 Change distance. for a take home 08123/07 -City - No.
Current policy is in Police Car from 5 miles to anywhere
Department Policy: ADM 26 within Duval County
and Ci olic . roXimatel 40 miles
Add COLA for retirees: 08/23/07 -City - No.
Use national CPI rate and add at
least every 3 years on a CPI
com ounded basis