Blue Collar Union Negotiation Meeting Minutes 9/17/07CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
NE FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' LOCAL 630
"BLUE COLLAR"
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
The negotiation meeting was called to order at S:OS PM. Those in attendance were:
City: George Foster, Chief Negotiator
Union: Jack Baldwin, Union Steward
Desmond Green, Union Member
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)
3. 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.
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George Fost
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beach
Atch: Summary of Items
BLUE COLLAR -STATUS AFTER 09 / 17 / 07 MEETING
BLUE COLLAR - 09/17/07
ART. CITY PROPOSAL UNION PROPOSAL STATUS
Art 7.4 Delete paragraph an 09/12/07 -Union - No
probationary period. 09/17/07 -Union - No
Art 11 Change method of selecting 09/12/07 -Union - No
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Art 17.4 09/12/07 09/12/07 -Withdrawn by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Art 17.20 09/12/07 09/12/07 -Withdrawn by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 09/17/07 -Union - No
to 10 years.
Art ZO Change health insurance 09/12/07 -
pravided to employees Being Lnplemented
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 07/17/07 -Open
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 mid oint
BLUE COLLAR -STATUS AFTER 09 / 17 / 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" 09/17/07 -City - No
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 09/17/07 -Union - No
that is demoted due to no fault
of their own.
Signature Administrative update. 09/12/07 -Open
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Exhibit A Administrative update. 09/12/07 -Open