Blue Collar Union Negotiation Minutes 9-12-07CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
NE FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' LOCAL 630
"BLUE COLLAR"
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 12, 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
Emanuel Brown, Union Member
Desmond Green, Union Member
1. The City provided the Union with their recommendation for employee pay adjustments.
(see attached summary table)
2. The Union provided proposals far:
- Pay increases of +3 % COLA and +3 % Merit.
- Changing maximum Camp Time from 50 hours to 80 hours
- Providing a "Top Out" Bonus of $1,000
- Providing +5% pay adjustment for all hours worked outside the normal day shift
(see attached summary table)
3. The next meeting date was established as September 17th at 5:00 PM in the City Hall North
Conference Room.
4. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM.
George Fo er
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beach
Atch: Summary of Items
BLUE COLLAR -STATUS AFTER 09 / 12 / 07 MEETING
BLUE COLLAR - 09/12/07
ART. CITY PROPOSAL UNION PROPOSAL STATUS
Art 7.4 Delete pazagraph on 09/12/07 -Union - No
probationary period.
Art 11 Change method of selecting 09!12/07 -Union - No
art for arbitration.
Art 17.4 09/12/07 09/12/07 -Withdrawn by
Increase maximum Comp Time Union
hours from 50 to 80 hours
Art 17.20 09/12/07 09/12/07 -Withdrawn by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
to 10 years.
Art 20 Change health insurance 09/12/07 -
provided to employees Being Implemented
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
#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 mi oint
BLUE COLLAR -STATUS AFTER 09 / 12 / 07 MEETING
ART. CITY PROPOSAL UNION PROPOSAL STATUS
Art 26.1(a) 09/12/07 09/12/07 -Open
Add a lump sum "Top Out"
bonus of $1,000 if employee at
top of pay scale, in addition to
any COLA
09/12/07
Chan ed To Out bonus to $500
Art 26.6 Change wording on pay 09/12/07 -Open
adjustment for an employee
that is demoted due to no fault
of their own.
Signature Administrative update. 09/12/07 -Open
page
Exhibit A Administrative update. 09/12/07 -Open