Police Union Negotiation Meeting Minutes 9/18/07MINUTES
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
FLORIDA STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
The negotiation meeting was called to order at 2:05 P.M. Those in attendance were:
City: George Foster, Chief Negotiator (Human Resource Manager)
Mike Classey, Negotiator (Police Captain)
Union: Gary Evans, Staff Representative
David Cameron, Local FOP Chairman (bast day as FOP Chairman: 09/21107)
Ed Peck, FOP Member (new FOP Chairman effective 09/22/07)
Dale Hatfield, FOP Member
1. The City and Union reviewed the current status of items. (see attached summary table)
2. The Union and City also discussed other items such as health insurance and why/how it had
been changed and the Union's concern that Officers this year were not receiving an adequate
pay adjustment due to the increase in their pension contribution rates. The Union also
expressed concern that Officers were not being provided with a pay or benefit package that
was comparable to that being provided by other municipalities and indicated that our senior
Officers were being provided with lower pay, not necessary starting pay, than Officers in
other municipalities. After a heated discussion concerning these issues to include employee
pay increases, the meeting was concluded. (see attached summary table)
3. The date and time for the next negotiation session was left open with the Union to contact
the City when they desired to meet.
4. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 2:35 P.M.
George Fo r
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beach
AFTER 9/18/07 MEETING
ARTICLE CITY PROPOSALS UNION PROPOSALS STATUS
Cover Fage Administrative change to dates Administrative
Agreement Administrative change to dates Administrative
Art 11.1 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-1r0 09/18/09 -Union - No
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 08/23/07 -Item Open
holiday shall receive 8 er-~0 09/18/09 -Union - No
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 08/23/07 -Item Open
Section 12.1, and not the date 09/18/07 -Item Open
the holiday is observed by the
Ci
• .. • • • •
Art 13.3 Increase Fersonal Leave Accrual 08/23/07 -City - No.
rates by 1 hour per Pay Period or 09/18/07 -City - No
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+ 10.47 11.47
Art 19.1 Frovide officers in grade Sgt or 08/23/07 -Item Open
above tuition reimbursement for 09/18/07 -City -Use City Policy
Masters Degree at discretion of which allows with
City. City Manager
a royal
Art 19.5 Increase City provided 0$/23/07 -City - No.
Educational Incentive by $50 per 09/18/07 -City - No
month as follows:
FROM TO
AA Degree $ 50 $100
BAC De ee $100 $150
Art 20.2 Health Insurance 08/23/07 -Discussed with Union
Discussed with Union possible changes being made 10/Ol/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 09/18/07 -Item Open
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 midpoint
07-17-07 = No Proposal
08/23/07 = 5.7%
Art 26.4 Change "employee" to "Police 08/23/07 -Union - TA
Officer" to clarify that Police
Sergeants do not receive
Detective Pay
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 09/18/07 -City - No
service:
YOS FROM TO
0-5 0 0
6-10 25.00 35.00
11-15 50.00 60.00
16-20 75.00 85.00
21+ 100.00 110.00
Add a Shift Differential Pay 08/23/07 -City - No.
$ .50 per hour for 4 pm to 09/18/07 -City - No
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 09/18/07 -City -Use 2 hours at
at time-and-a-half for a total of back to work time and a half
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 total of
4.5 hours of a
Art 29 Add recently utilized Sergeant 08/23/07 -City - No.
promotional polices to uxuon 09/18/07 -City - No
contract
Art 34 Administrative changes Administrative
Atch A Changed notes to agree with
above chan es Administrative
08!27!07 Change distance for a take home 08/23/07 -City - No.
Current policy is in Police Car from 5 miles to anywhere 09/18/07 -City - No
Department Policy: ADM 26 within Duval County
and Cit olic a roximatel 40 miles
Add COLA for retirees: 08/23/07 -City - No.
Use national CPI rate and add at 09/18!07 -City - No
least every 3 years on a CPI
com ounded basis