Police Union Negotiation Meeting Minutes 11-01-07MINUTES
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
FLORIDA STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
UNION NEGOTIATION MEETING
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
The negotiation meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M. Those in attendance were:
City: George Foster, Chief Negotiator (Human Resource Manager)
Mike Classey, Negotiator (Police Captain)
Union: Gary Evans, Staff Representative
Ed Peck, FOP Chairman
The City and Union reviewed the current status of items. (see attached summary table)
2. The Union and City also discussed the issue of a retiree COLA with the City providing the
Union with copies of a July 21, 2006 actuarial evaluation on the cost for a retiree COLA.
The City also advised the Union that this could be an item that they desired to consider as a
one-time item based upon current Section 185 funding within the pension plan.
3. The Union advised the City that the fallowing changes to the Union contract were needed:
- Add a Tuition Assistance provision for Masters Degree
- Increase Educational Incentive Pay and add for a Masters Degree
- Increase Longevity Pay
- Add a Shift Differential Pay
- Increase take-home car distance from 5 miles
The Union further advised the City that the following items were not "deal breakers":
Limiting Holiday pay to maximum of 10 hours for 10 hours or greater shifts
Increase in Personal Leave Accrual rates
Call Back pay
The following items are still "open" with the Union:
- Pay proposal -Union is to provide a 3-year pay proposal for City consideration
- Add Sergeant promotional policies to Union contract
- Provide a COLA for retirees
4. The date and time for the next negotiation session was left open with the City to contact the
Union after a City Shade meeting with the City Commission.
5. Adjournment. The meeting a 'ourned at 3:10 P.M.
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George Fost r
Chief Negotiator
City of Atlantic Beach
AFTER 11/01/07 MEETING
ARTICLE CITY PROPOSALS UNION PROPOSALS STATUS
Cover Page Administrative change to dates Administrative
Agreement Administrative change to dates Administrative
Art 11.1 From: 08123/07 - Union agreed in
Arbitrator from the Federal concept with final action to
Mediation and Conciliation depend on working out the
Service administrative details.
To: 11/01/07 - No change
Selected Party Not a contract hold
u
Art 12.2 Employees that do not work on a 08/23/07 -Item Open
holiday shall receive 8 ,~-~ 09/18/09 -Union - No
hours of holiday pay in ... 11/01!07 -Union - Not a deal
08/23/07 breaker
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 e~8 09/18/09 -Union - No
hours of holiday pay in ... 11/01/07 -Union - Not a deal
08/23/07 breaker
City proposal changed to 8
hours for 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 11/01/07 -Union - Not a deal
Ci
• ~ • breaker
Art 13.3 Increase Personal Leave Accrual 08/23/0? -City - No.
rates by 1 hour per Pay Period or 09/18/07 -City - No
26 hours per year as follows: 11/01/07 -City - No
Union - Not a deal
YOS FROM TO breaker
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+ 14.47 11.47
Art 19.1 Provide 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
Approval
11/01/07 -Union -Need to have
N
Cit
3/07
5
Art 19 Increase City provided o
y -
-
08/2
. Educational Incentive by $50 per 09/18/07 -City - No
month and add for a Masters 11/01/07 -City - No
degree as follows: Union -Need to have
FROM TO
AA Degree $ 50 $100
BAC Degree $100 $150
MAS De ee $ 0 $200
ith Union
d
Di
07
2
Art 20 Health Insurance w
scusse
-
08/23/
. Discussed with Union possible changes being made 10/01/07.
Art 23.7 c es
Change payment of Detective
08/27/07 -Union - TA
Uniform Allowance from
quarterly to monthly.
Retain same total amount
1
Art 26 Pay Scale increase of % 08/23/07 -Open
. 07-17-07 = No Proposal 09/18/07 -Item Open
08/23/07 = 2.7% 11/01/07 -Union - to provide a
three year proposal
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 = S.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: 11!01/07 -City - No
YOS FROM TO Union -Need to have
0-5 0 0
6-i0 25.00 35.00
11-15 50.00 60.00
16-20 75.00 85.00
21+ 100.00 110.00
Add a Shift Differerrtial Pay 08/23/07 -City - No.
$ ,50 per hour for 4 pm to 09/18/07 -City - No
2:00 am 11/01/07 -City - No
$1.00 per hour for 8:30 pm to Union -Need to have
6:30 am
O
/23/07
08/27/07
City's current policy is 2 hours
at time-and-a-half for a total of
3 hours of pay with no overtime
on overtime if multiple
callbacks Add Call Back pay of +3 hours
minimum for Detectives called
back to work
08/27/07
Union request is for 3 hours at
time-and-a-half for a total of
4.5 hours of a pen
-
08
09/18/07 -City -Use 2 hours at
time and a half
11/01/07 -City - No
Union - Not a deal
breaker
N
Cit
7
Art 29 Add recently utilized Sergeant
promotional polices to union
contract o.
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y -
08/2310
09/18/07 -City - No
li/Ol/07 - O en
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Art 34 Administrative changes ve
n
stra
Adm
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Atch A Changed notes to agree with ve
Administrat
above chan es
08/27/07
Current policy is in Police
Department Policy: ADM 26
and Ci olic . Change distance for a take home
Car from 5 miles to anywhere
within Duval County
(a roximatel 40 miles) 08/23/07 -City - No.
09/18/07 -City - No
11/a1/a7 - Union -Need to have
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 11/01/07 -Open
corn ounded basis