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RESOLUTION NO. 92-- 311 -
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
FRATERNAL, ORDER OF POLICE, LODGE NO. 20 =
RELATING TO THE 1984-1988 POLICE LIEUTENANT'S _
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION AT AN ESTIMATED
COST OF $471 750.00 WITH FUNDS THEREFOR BEING
ALLOCATED FROM CLAIMS PAYABLE ACCOUNTS OF THE
SELF-INSURANCE TRUST FUND.
WHEREAS, oontingent upon City Commission approval, the City
Manager has entered into a proposed settlement agreement with the
Fraternal Order of Police to resolve completely the lawsuit
entitled Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge No. 20 vs. City
of Miami, Case No. 86--51808 CA (03) and any and all claims
related in any way to the 1984-1985 City of Miami police
lieutenant's civil service examination without an admission of
liability by the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the proposed settlement, all affeoted
active employees and all affeoted retirees were required to
execute releases disoharging the City of Miami and any of its
agents, offioers, or employees from any and all claims of any
kind that are related in any way to the 1984-1988 police
lieutenant's civil service examination;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF.
MAY 1 4 1992
Resolution No.
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
y thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter
into a settlement agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police,
Lodge No. 20 relating to the 1984-1988 police lieutenant's civil
service examination, under the terms specified in Sections 3-18
hereinbelow, at an estimated cost of $471,750.00 with funds
therefor being hereby allocated from Claims Payable Accounts of
the Self-Insuranoe Trust Fund.
Section 3. All affected active employees shall receive a
fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial) retroactive pay raise to
October 1, 1990 (three step equivalent), minus appropriate
deductions, and the affected employees' hourly rate shall be
adjusted accordingly.
Section 4. All affeoted active employees shall receive the
(initial) retroactive payment within three full pay periods
following the adoption of this Resolution by the City Commission.
Section 8. Upon retirement (service, rule of 70,
aooidental/servioe incurred or disability retirement) from City
of Miami employment, of an affected active employee, the employee
shall receive a (final) retroactive pay increase of $4.8077 per
hour ($10,000) for the year immediately preceding his/her
retirement.
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Section 6. Should an affected active employee die prior to
retirement from City of Miami employment, the employee shall be
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given a retroactive (final) pay increase of $4.8077 ($10,000) per
hour for the year immediately preceding the date of his/her death
payable to the employee's designated beneficiary.
Section 7. The (final) retroactive pay increase shall not
be included for the calculation of payment of leave balances or
severance pay. Pay out of leave balances and severance pay shall
be paid at the rate of pay the employee was receiving prior to
the (final) retroactive pay increase and in accordance with the
labor agreement and appropriate Civil Service Rules and
Regulations.
Section 8. All affected active employees who receive the
fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial) retroactive increase
shall not be eligible to receive any further anniversary
increases and/or longevity increases should such increase place
the employee above the pay range of their classification. To the
extent that the fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial)
retroactive pay increase places an affected employee above the
pay range of his or her classification, the employee shall not be
eligible to receive any further anniversary increases and/or
longevity increases. However, any future across-the-board pay
increases which are made available to all members of the
bargaining unit shall also apply to employees affected by this
agreement.
Section 9. Those affected employees who retired prior to
City Commission adoption of this Resolution shall be entitled to
receive a fifteen percent (15%) per hour retroactive increase for
the year immediately proceeding the employee's retirement date,
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minus appropriate deductions. The affected employee's hourly
rate shall be adjusted a000rdingly. The fifteen percent (15%)
per hour retroactive pay adjustment shall be deemed as part of
the employee's average final compensation for pension benefit
calculations. This payment shall be made within three (3) full
pay periods following City Commission adoption of this
Resolution.
Section 10. The acceptance of the benefits paid under the
settlement agreement shall be in lieu of any and all other claims
for promotion and/or back pay compensation raised in connection
with the 1984-1985 police lieutenant's civil service examination.
Any future retirement incentive pay programs implemented by the
City shall not be made available to the affected employees.
Section 11. For the purposes of the settlement agreement,
Mary Lou Nichols -Woods shall receive a one time lump sum payment
of five thousand ($6,000) dollars and shall not be eligible to
receive the fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial) retroactive
pay raise. Mary Lou Niohols-Woods shall, however, be eligible to
receive the (final) retroactive pay increase upon her retirement
as speoified in Sections 8, 6 and 7 herein. The five thousand
(S5,000) dollar lump sum payment shall be made within three full
pay periods following the adoption of this Resolution by the City
Commission.
Section 12. For the purposes of the settlement agreement,
Arnold Gibbs shall receive a one time lump sum payment of twelve
thousand ($12.000) dollars and shall not be eligible to receive
the fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial) retroactive pay
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raise or the (final) retroactive pay increase upon his retirement
as specified in Sections 8, 8 and 7 of this Resolution unless he
-= is involuntarily returned to a bargaining unit classification by
the City Manager. Should Arnold Gibbs be returned to a
bargaining unit classification of Captain or below, Arnold Gibbs
shall receive the fifteen percent (15%) per hour (initial)
retroactive pay raise as specified in Section 3 of this
Resolution and be eligible to receive the (final) retroactive pay
increase upon his retirement as specified in Sections 8, 8 and 7
of this Resolution. The twelve thousand ($12,000) dollar lump
sum payment shall be made within three (3) full pay periods
following the adoption of this Resolution by the City Commission.
Seotion 13. For the purposes of the settlement agreement,
anyone appointed above the rank of Captain shall not be entitled
to any benefits resulting from the settlement. Any appointed
person who is involuntarily returned to the rank of their former
bargaining unit classification by the. City Manager shall be
entitled to the benefits of the settlement agreement.
Section 14. The City shall pay to the Fraternal Order of
Police, Miami Lodge 20, the sum of fifty thousand dollars
(580,000) for attorney's fees and costs. This payment shall be
made within three full pay periods following the adoption of this
Resolution by the City Commission.
Section 18. Upon City Commission adoption of this
Resolution, the City of Miami and the Fraternal Order of Police
shall jointly petition the Third District Court of Appeal to
remand the case to the circuit court in Case No. 88-81808 for the
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purpose of having the circuit court approve the settlement
agreement which Court approval shall constitute a judgment of the
Court binding upon the City, the Fraternal Order of Police, and
affected employees signing releases pursuant to the settlement.
Section 16. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14t--h day of MAV 1992.
Gam._
ATTE . XAVIER LUAREZ, MAYOR
MATTY HIRAI, CITY CLERK
BUDGETARY REVIEW:
MANOHAR S. SII
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
-w SELF-INSU CE TRUST FUND REVIEW:
SUJAN S. C RECTOR
DEPARTMENT ISK iXtiT
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
ALBERTINS . SMITH
CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
=� APPROVED AS TO FORK AND CORRECTNESS:
II , CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM 24
- TO
Honorable Mayor and Members DATE April 28, 1992 FILE i
of th City
A; Commission
FROM, Cesar H. Odio
City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
SUBJECT Police Lieutenant's
Examination Settlement -
1984-1985
REFERENCES.
ENCLOSURES.
It is respectfully requested that the City Commission
authorize the City Manager to enter into a proposed settlement
agreement (settlement attached) with the Fraternal Order of
Police, Lodge No. 20 relating to the 1984-1985 Police
Lieutenant's Civil Service Examination.
BACKGROUND:
The 1984-1985 Police Lieutenant's examination has been the
subject of two extensive lawsuits filed by the Fraternal Order of
Police on behalf of individuals failing to pass the examination.
The first lawsuit, which was successfully defended and
appealed by the City, was litigated within local Circuit Court
and appealed to the Third District Court of Appeals (opinion
attached) and the Florida Supreme Court. The second lawsuit
which was filed by the Fraternal Order of Police in the local
Circuit Court resulted in a judgment against the City that would
require the reconducting of the examination. A copy of the
Judgment is attached. The City has appealed this judgment and
has filed its initial brief. The Fraternal Order of Police has
filed a Notice of Cross Appeal.
As a result of this costly and protracted litigation, the
City has entered into a proposed settlement agreement with the
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 20, to resolve any and all
claims related in any way to the 1984-1985 City of Miami Police
Lieutenant's examination.
The proposed settlement involves twenty-four (24) active and
five (5) retired employees affected by the 1984-1985 Lieutenant's
examination. The stipulations of the proposed settlement
agreement are listed as follows:
1) For active employees, a 15% retroactive pay raise from
October 1, 1990 through May 16, 1992,
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of the City Commission
April 28, 1992
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2)
Upon retirement, an annualized $10,000 pay increase for
the
year preceding retirement,
3)
For retired employees, a 15% retroactive pay raise for
the
year preceding the employee's retirement date,
4)
A lump sum payment to Lieutenant Mary Lou Nichols -Woods
in
the amount of $5,000,
5)
A lump sum payment to Assistant Police Chief Arnold Gibbs
in
the amount of $12,000, and
6)
Attorney's fees paid to the Fraternal Order of Police in
the
amount of $50,000.
The estimated FY'92 cost of the proposed settlement
agreement
is $471,750. In contrast, the estimated FY192 cost
of
the
Court 's judgment is $561,400 plus interest at the rate
of
12 0.
The settlement will be paid from the Claims Payable Account
of the
Self -Insurance Trust Fund.
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SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
1. This document is a settlement and release agreement
that completely resolves the lawsuit entitled Fraternal Order of
Police, Miami Lodge *20 vs. City of Miami, Case No. 86-51808 CA
(03) and any and all claims related in any way to the 1984 - 1985
City of h1laml police lieutenant civil service examination which
�1 was the subject of said lawsuit. in entering Into this
settlement, the City of Miami does not admit liability.
2. All active employees as defined on the attached list
shall receive a fifteen percent (15%) per hour (Initial)
retroactive pay raise to October 1, 1990 (three step equivalent),
—" minus appropriate deductions, and the affected employees' hourly
rate shall be adjusted accordingly.
3. All active employees shall receive the (initial)
retroactive payment within three full pay periods following City
Commission approval of the settlement of this lawsuit.
4. Upon retirement (service, rule of 709
accidental/service Incurred or disability retirement) from City
of Miami employment, of an active employee as specified on the
attached list, the employee shall receive a (final) retroactive
pay increase of $4.8077 per hour ($10,000) for the year
immediately preceding his/her retirement.
5. Should an active employee as specified on the attached
list die prior to retirement from City of Miami employment, the
employee shall be given a retroactive (final) pay increase of
$4.8077 ($10,000) per hour for the year immedlately preceding the
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date of his/her death payable to the employee's designated
beneficiary.
6. The (final) retroactive pay Increase shall not be
Included for the calculation of payment of leave balances or
severance pay. Pay out of leave balances and severance pay shall
be paid at the rate of pay the employee was receiving prior to
the (final) retroactive pay Increase and in accordance with the
labor agreement and appropriate Civil Service Rules and
Regulations.
7. All active employees, as defined on the attached list,
who receive the fifteen percent (15%) per hour (Initial)
retroactive Increase shall not be eligible to receive any further
anniversary Increases and/or longevity increases should such
Increase place the employee above the pay range of their
classification. To the extent that the fifteen percent (15%) per
hour (initial) retroactive pay Increase places an affected
employee above the pay range of his or her classification, the
employee shall not be eligible to receive any further anniversary
Increases and/or longevity Increases. However, any future
across-the-board pay Increases which are made available to all
members of the bargaining unit shall also apply to employees
affected by this agreement.
8. Those employees who retired, as specified on the
attached list, prior to City Commission approval of the
settlement of this lawsuit shall be untitled to receive a fifteen
percent (16%) per hour retroactive Increase for the year
Immediately proceeding the employee's retirement date, minus
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appropriate deductions. The affected employee's hourly rate
shall be adjusted accordingly. The fifteen percent (16%) per
hour retroactive pay adjustment shall be deemed as part of the
employee's average final compensation for pension benefit
calculations. This payment shall be made within three (3) full
pay periods following City Commission approval of the settlement
of this lawsuit.
9. The acceptance of the benefits paid under this
agreement shall be In lieu of any and all other claims for
promotion and/or back pay compensation raised In these
Proceedings. Any future retirement incentive pay programs
Implemented by the City shall not be made available to the
affected employees.
10. For the purposes of this settlement, Mary Lou Nichols -
Woods shall receive a one time lump sum payment of five thousand
($5,000) dollars and shall not be eligible to receive the fifteen
percent (15%) per hour (initial) retroactive pay raise. Mary Lou
Nichols -Woods shall, however, be eligible to receive the (final)
retroactive pay increase upon her retirement. as specified In
Items *4, 5, and 6 herein. The five thousand (%5,000) dollar
lump sum payment shall be made within three full pay periods
following City Commission approval of the settlement of this
lawsuit.
11. For the purposes of this settlement, Arnold Gibbs shall
receive a one time lump sum payment of twelve thousand ($12,000)
dollars and.shall not be eligible to receive the fifteen percent
(15%) per hour (initial) retroactive pay raise or the (final)
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retroactive pay increase upon his retirement as specified in
Items *4, *5 and *6 herein unless he is involuntarily returned to
a bargaining unit class[ flcatIon by the City Manager. Should
Arnold Gibbs be returned to a bargaining unit classification of
Captain or below, Arnold Gibbs shall receive the fifteen percent
(16%) per hour (initial) retroactive pay raise as specified in
Item *1 and be eligible to receive the (final) retroactive pay _
Increase upon his retirement as specified in Items *4, *6 and *6.
The twelve thousand ($12,000) dollar lump sum payment shall be
made within three (3) full pay periods following City Commission
approval of the settlement of this lawsuit.
12. For the purposes of this settlement, anyone appointed
above the rank of Captain shall not be entitled to any benefits
resulting from the settlement. Any appointed person who is
Involuntarily returned to the rank of their former bargaining
unit classification by the City Manager shall be entitled to the
benefits of this settlement.
13. The City shall pay to the Fraternal Order of Police,
Miami Lodge 20, the sum of fifty thousand ($60,000) dollars for
attorney's fees and costs. This payment shall be made within
three full pay periods following City Commission approval of the
settlement of this lawsuit.
14. This stipulation shall be entered Into and agreed upon
by all affected employees as specified on the attached list and
each affected employee shall sign a copy of this Settlement and
Release Agreement.
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15. Upon City Commission approval of the settlement of this
lawsuit the parties shall Jointly petition the Third District
Court of Appeal to remand the case to the trial court for the
purpose of having the trial court approve the Settlement and
Release Agreement, which Court approval shall constitute a
judgment of the Court binding upon the City, the Fraternal Order
of Police and affected employees signing this Agreement.
16. This settlement Is contingent upon City Commission
approval.
17. The Fraternal Order of Police, in consideration of the
recitals set forth above, hereby forever releases and discharges
the City of Miami and any of Its agents, officers, or employees
from any and all demands liabilities or claims of any kind that
are related in any way to the 1984 - 1985 police lieutenant civil
service examination and will not file, sponsor, or support any
such claim.
18. Each affected employee, in consideration of the
recitals set for the above, by his or her notarized signature on
this document forever releases and discharges the City of Miami
and any of Its agents, officers, or employees from any and all
demands, liabilities, or claims of any kind that are related in
any way to the 1984 - 1985 police lieutenant civil service
examination.
CESAR H. ODIO, CITY MANAGER
A
ORNEL "AL" COTERA, PRESIDENT
FOP MIAMI LODGE 20
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NOTARIZED SIGNATURE OF AFFECTED EMPLOYEE
1, , hereby acknowledge and affirm that
I have read this settlement and release agreement, that I have
consulted with an attorney regarding this settlement and release
agreement, and that 1 fully understand and agree with this
settlement and release agreement.
By:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF
Before me personally appeared
known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing
Instrument, and acknowledged to and before me that
executed said Instrument for the
purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this
day of A.D., 19
Notary Public
State of Florida
My commission expires
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SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
1984 - 1985 POLICE LIEUTENANTS EXAM AFFECTED EMPLOYEES
Active:
Aguirre, S.
Blanco, E.
Bohan, R .
Boyd, H.
Burns, P.
Caldwell, D.
Doice, L.
Domm, E.
Downey, D.
Gibbs, A.
Glalster, W.
Heterington, V.
Jaffe, R .
Kal ine, J.
Maye, F.
Mazur, M.
Rimes, C.
Satcher, E.
Smith, W.
Smylle, W.
Turner, J.
Watterson, T.
Williams, R.
Woods, M.
Retired:
Hatton, J.
Liles, K.
Seaman, T.
Smith, V.
Travis, S.
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J'ATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. ODI. Fla. 339
Cho M 4918eJ4 LH (MA". 3 WAL IM)
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and FERGU- lished that search of bag was accomplished
SON, JJ. with defendant's consent.
PER CURIAM.
Finding that the trial court correctly de-
termined that, under the parties' indemnifi-
cation agreement, Crown Premium Fi-
nance, Inc. (Crown) was entitled to reim-
bursement from Harvey Moss for attor•
ney's fees expended by Crown, we affirm.
Sce General Insurance Co. of America v.
Sentry Indemnity Co., 384 So.2d 1305
(Fla. 5th DCA), review dismissed, 889
So.2d 1110 (F1a.1980). Appellant's remain-
ing points lack merit.
Affirmed.
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The STATE of Florida, Appellant,
V.
Pedro PEREZ, Appellee.
Nos. 85-2802, 85-2804.
District Court of Appeal of Florida,
Third District.
July 22, 1986.
In a probation violation proceeding, the
State appealed from a suppression order of
the Circuit Court, Dade County, Arthur I.
Snyder, J. The District Court of Appeal
held that: (1) exclusionary rule applied to
probation violation hearing, and (2) unre-
butted evidence before trial court estab-
lished that search of bag was accomplished
with defendant'& consent.
Reversed and remanded.
I. CrindW Law 0-982.9(5)
Exclusionary rule applied to probation
violation hearing.
2. Criminal Law *-98L9(5)
Unrebutted evidence before trial
in probation violation proceeding
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles M.
Fahlbusch, Asat. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Armando A. Perez, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, CJ., and HUB-
BART and BASKIN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
[1.21 The state appeals from an order
suppressing evidence in a probation viola-
tion proceeding. We reject the state's con-
tention that the exclusionary rule does not
apply to probation violation hearings.
State v. Cross, 487 So.2d 1056 (F1a.1986).
We reverse the order suppressing the evi-
dence, however, because the unrebutted ev-
idence before the trial court established
that the search of the bag was accom-
plished with defendant Perez's consent.
Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218,
93 S.Ct. 2041, 36 I..Ed.2d 854 (1978); Burke
v. State, 465 So.2d 1887 (Fla. 6th DCA
1985).
Reversed and remanded.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, Mi.
ami Lodge 20, a labor organisation,
William T. Sm ytle and Jeff Turner, Ap•
peAants,
v.
Cesar ODIO, in his capacity as City Man-
Wr of the City of Miami, and the City
of Miami, a municipal corporation, Ap•
pollees.
No. 8"9.
District Court of Appeal of Florida,
Third District.
July 22, 1986.
courtl Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade
estab-1 County; Jack III. Turner, Judge.
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340 Fla. 491 SOUTRERN REPORTER. 2d baRIES
Peeliner,— Schwedock, Finkelstein dt
Klausner, Alan Eichenbsum, Miami, for ap-
pellants.
Lucia A. Dougherty, City Atty., and A.
Quinn Jones and Albertine B. Smith, Aaat.
City Attys., for appellees.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and DAN-
IEL S. PEAJ'iSON, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Appellants challenge the trial court's is-
suance of a final order denying a petition
for writ of mandamus and a request for
temporary injunction. A writ of manda-
mus may be issued only where a petitioner
has demonstrated a clear legal right on its
part, an indisputable ministerial duty on
the part of the respondent, and the absence
of another adequate remedy. Departmemt
of Health & Rehabilitative Srrvtces v
American Healthcorp, 471 So.2d 1812,
1814 (Fla. 1st DCA 198!5); State ex r+el.
Blatt v. Pane;jab International Corp.,
$14 So.2d 196, 198 (Fla. Sd DCA 19 ,
City of Miami v. Rueau, In So.2d 432
(Fla. Sd DCA), cent. denied, 188 So.2d 646
(F1a.1961). Our review of the record, appli-
cable case law, and the pertinent sections
of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations
and the Charter of the City of Miami re-
veals that appellants Wed to prove the
evdence of even one of these three
factors. Finding no merit in the remaining
issues, we affirm.
FIT.
Bruce Robert SAYLOR and Patrick
Robin Rirst, Appellants,
V.
The STATE of Florida. Appellee.
No. W110.
District Court of Appeal of Florida,
Third District.
July 22, 1986.
Defendants were convicted in the Cir.
cult Court for Dade County, Amy Steele
Donner, J., of conspiring with one another
to traffic in cocaine, and they appealed.
The District Court of Appeal held that
there was insufficient evidence to support
conspiracy convictions.
Reversed with directions.
Conspiracy es47(12)
Evidence concerning police officer's
selling cocaine to defendants was insuffi-
cient to convict defendants of conspiring
with one another to traffic in cocaine,
when there was no evidence that second
defendant said anything during convema-
tion between fast defendant and police of-
fvicer about "doing" cocaine deal, or that
there was any suggestion by first defend-
ant, in which second defendant might be
said to have acquiesced by his silence, that
second defendant had agreed with first de-
fendant to buy cocaine from police officer.
West's F.S.A. $ 777.04(8).
Bruce Rogow, Fort Lauderdale and Ed-
o ward J. McRale, for appellant Hirst.
Edward J. O'Donnell, Jr., Miami, for ap•
pellant Saylor.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard L
Haplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BUBBART. BASHIN surd DAN-
IEL & PEAPMN, JJ.
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FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE,
MIAMI LODGE 20, A labor
organization, et al.,
plaintiffs,
vs.
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
a municipal corporation,
Defendant.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
Case No. 86-51808 CA 03
FINAL JUDGMENT
THIS CAUSE came before the Court in an action for
declaratory relief seeking to declare invalid certain portions of
the 1984-85 Miami Police Department lieutenant's promotional
Examination.
By earlier order of this Court, the Honorable Dennis
Lynch was appointed as Special Master and in August, 1990 Lynch
rendered his findings of fact and conclusions of law. The
parties thereafter filed various exceptions to the findings of
fact and the FOP filed a request to adopt the Special Master's
findings of fact. y
The Court conducted further hearings on that matter and
has determined that the Special Master's findings of fact and
conclusions -of law are correct and the Court hereby adopts said
findings of fact and, conclusions of law as its own.
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The result of that Special master's report is a finding
that the City of.Miami has violated the civil service rules and
regulations of the City in that it failed to use sound
measurement techniques in the manner in which it conducted the
assessment center portion of the 1984-85 lieutenant's promotional
examination.
The Court then turned to the question of remedy. The
Court conducted various hearings on the issue of remedy and
solicited and received memoranda of law from the parties on the
subject.
Having taken those memoranda and the evidence and
argument presented at the various hearings and the consideration,
the Court enters the following final declaratory judgment.
A. The Court has jurisdiction over the parties and
subject matter of this action;
B. The City of Miami has violated the Civil. Service
Rules and regulations set forth in City Ordinance 8977 in its
failure to use sound measurement techniques in the 1984-85
assessment center portion of the police lieutenant's promotional
examination;
C. The Court has determined as an appropriate remedy
that the assessment center portion of the test shall be
reconducted
in a
manner as approved
by the
court and shall be
administered
by
a person or persons
who to
the Court's
satisfaction are competent to conduct such an examination.
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D. The Court directs that the assessment center
examination be reconducted in not more than 120 days from the
date of this order and that the Court shall further reserve
jurisdiction to consider protest by any affected employee
concerning the result of the assessment center directed by this
order;
E. Any person who achieves a passing score of 84 or
higher on this new examination shall be declared promoted to the
rank of police lieutenant retroactive to September 27, 1985, with
R all pay, seniority, pension benefits and other emoluments of
office. Any person who achieves less than 84 but because of his
status as a minority or otherwise can prove to the court that
they would have nonetheless been the subject of such promotion
may request a hearing for that purpose.
F. Any affected person who achieved a passing score of
84 or higher on a subsequent promotional examination to the rank
-- of police lieutenant may retain said score and shall be declared
promoted retroactive to September 27, 1585, with all pay and
emoluments. Any person who achieved less -than 84 but because of
his status as a minority or otherwise can prove to the court that
they would have nonetheless been the subject of such promotion
may request a hearing for that purpos®.
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G. Any affected employee who has since September 27,
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1985, retired from the service of the City of Miami shall be
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allowed to retake the assessment center examination and if he or
she passes with a score of 84 or higher shall be deemed promoted
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and shall receive pay at the appropriate lieutenant's pay grade
from September 27, 1985, to the date of retirement and shall
thereafter receive pension payments reflecting the difference in
salary;
H. For any of those affected persons who achieve a
score of 84 or higher on a subsequent examination, the City of
Miami shall have the opportunity to show cause to the Court why
any of such persons should be bypassed for promotion.
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I. All promotions and payments of back pay and other
emoluments shall be completed within 180 days of the date of this
order.
J. The Court reserves jurisdiction upon the
presentation of proper proof to determine the amount of costs and
attorney's fees to be awarded;
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K. The Court reserved jurisdiction to enter such
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further orders as may be necessary to fulfill the objectives of
this Final Judgment.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Dade County,
Florida, this da of:Ju 1991.
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