Bargaining Minutes.050412 (2081377 1)City of Atlantic Beach and Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association
Minutes of Bargaining Meeting
May 4, 2012
1. Attendance — see sign -in sheet
I1. Management Proposals — see attached
III. Union Proposals — none
IV. Other Material Exchanged — see attached
Attendance Sheet
City Of Atlantic Beach /PBA Bargaining
May 4, 2012
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City of Atlantic Beach Proposal
May 4, 2012
1. Amend the Atlantic Beach Code of Ordinances, Part II, Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 4
( "Police Officers' Retirement System"), Section 2-310.27(a)
to change member contributions from 4.815% of salary to 8.00`% ofsa ary Contributions")
2. Amend the Atlantic Beach Code of Ordinances, Part II, Chapter 2, Employee Benefits
Article VI, Division 4 ( "Police Officers' Retirement System-) its
2011-216, Laws of Florida (Senate Bill 1 l 28). � to conform to Chapter
3. Amend Article 4, Employment Guidelines, to eliminate Section 4.2.
4. Amend Article 6, Special Meetings and Association Time Pool, to eliminate Sections
6.5, 6.6, and 6.7. 6.4,
5. Amend Article 7, Probationary Employees and Seniority, Section 7.1 to eliminate "with
cause" at the end of the sixth line of said Section.
6, Amend Article 13, Personal Leave Hours, Section 13.1 a, paragraph 2 to provide that an
employee planning to use Personal Leave or Compensatory Time Off must submit his
request for the leave in writing to the Policy Chief, or his designee, at least thirty (30)
calendar days prior to the first day of the intended absence, and to further provide that the
Police Chief, or his designee, shall respond to the request within ten (10) days of receipt
of the request, excluding Saturday, Sunday, or holidays.
7. Amend Article 13, Personal Leave Hours, Section 13.1 a, paragraph. 3 to provide that the
employee's Division Commander may approve any leave without thirty (30) days prior
notice so long as the employee is not absent for more than forty (40) hours, and to
substitute the title, "Division Commander" for the title "shift supervisor" in the last
sentence of said Section.
8. Amend Article 13, Personal Leave Hours, Section 13.1 a, d and f to: (1) eliminate the
last paragraph of Section 13.1 a; (2) eliminate annual cash out of accrued leave in Section
l 3.1 d; {3) amend Section 13.1 d to provide for a limit on maximum accrual of 480 hours;
{4} provide for a one -time buy -out of accrued hours in excess of 480 hours on September
30, 2012; and (5) amend Section 13.1 f to provide that employees who resign from
employment with at least a two (2) weeks' prior written notice of resignation to the City
Manager, or who retire, or are laid off, are eligible to receive 50% pay for any unused
accruals up to the maximum allowed.
9. Amend Article 13, Personal Leave, Section 13.3, Personal Leave Accrual Schedule, as
shown on Attachment 1.
10, Amend Article 17, Hours of Work and Overtime, Section 17.7, to provide that the
cation of the
minimum number of hours for time spent traveling to and from the lo
deposition, trial, or hearing and for the time spent in performing duties as
two (2) hours. a witness be
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City of Atlantic Beach Proposal
May 4, 2012
11. Amend Article 26, Wages, Section 26.11, Longevity Pay, to eliminate longevity pay
effective October 1, 2012, however, to roll the current longeVity pay for which an
employee is eligible on September 30, 2012, into the employee's base pay effective
October 1, 2012, in the prorated amount of $5.00 per month per each year of completed
service up to the maximum amount of $100 per month for twenty (20) or more completed
years of service as of September 30, 2012.
12. Delete Article 28 — Anti - Discrimination.
13. Delete Article 29 — Promotional Process.
14. Amend Article 34, Duration of Agreement, to provide for an effective date Until midnight
on the thirtieth (30th) day of September, 2015, and to eliminate the phrase, "or until a
successor agreement is ratified," and to further provide that each pa y may reopen three
(3) Articles of their choice in 2013 and 2014
Attachment 1 —Accrual Schedule
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Attachment 1
13.3 Personal Leave time shall accumulate during each pay period and shall be credited to
the employee at the end of each pay period.
Years
Hours rs Per
Total Annual
Pa Period
Hours
Beg.
I" through 21a year
3.08
Beg.
2 through 3h year
4.31
80.04
Beg.
rh
4 through 51h
5.54
1 82.00
Beg.
6'h through 7th year
6,15
I44.00
Beg.
8`h through 10,n year
6.77
160.00
Beg.
1 I th through 12th year
7.38
176.00
Be §.
13'h through 14" year
8.00
1 92.00
15' years
and more
8.62
208.00
224.00
Ground Rubs
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH /PBA
1. Meetings will be held at a site agreed upon by the parties and at times agreed upon by
the parties. The parties agree to bring their calendars to each bargaining session so as
to facilitate scheduling subsequent bargaining sessions. Meetings may be cancelled
by either party upon twenty -four (24) hours notice to the other party,
2. The City and the Union shall each select its own bargaining team. Each team member
will sign an attendance sheet for-each meeting.
3. All proposals shall be written, dated, and shall indicate the party making the proposal,
and 5 copies shall be provided to each party.
4. Each side is responsible for taking its own notes during negotiations. No mechanical
recording of the session will occur.
5. Any tentative agreements reached shall be initialed by both parties, it is understood
that any tentative agreement reached on the entire contract is subject to approval of
the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach and ratification by the bargaining
unit membership.
6. Caucuses may be called at any time, by either party. If a caucus will last longer than
thirty (30) minutes, the party requesting the caucus shall notify the other party of the
expected duration of the caucus.
7. The City of Atlantic Beach recognizes the Union negotiating committee as the sole
spokesperson for the bargaining unit. Therefore, the City shall negotiate only with
the appointed committee. Likewise, the Union recognizes the City's negotiating
committee and expressly agrees to negotiate only with this committee.
8. Both parties may agree to the appropriate order that issues /proposals should be
addressed.
9. The Chief Negotiators agree to exchange contact information including e -mail
addresses and fax numbers.
10. The parties agree to resolve all non - economic issues before negotiating over
economic issues.
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