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RLSOLUT ION NO.84-40
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT BETWI:EN THE CITY OF III AMI AND
THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LODGE NO. 21),
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 1983 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 UPON THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET I0RIH IN THE ATTACHED
AGREEMENT.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF 141All I,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City
of Miami and the employee organization known as the Fraternal
Order of Police, Lodge No. 20, for the period of October 1,
19133 through September 30, 1985 upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the attached agreement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of January , 1984.
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AL G. ONGIE, CITY CLE
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ROBERT F. CLARK
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Ju r uhnuih—r
C ATTORNEY
Maurice A. Ferre
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CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
J AN 199 1984
RESOLUTION No. O- 4- 2N
REMARKS.
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TO, Howard V. Gary
City Manager
CITY OF MIAM1. FLORIDA
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
FROM Dean R. Mielke 1`
Labor Relations Officer
DATE: December 27, 1983 FILE:
-SUBJECT Resolution Ratifying Labor
Agreement Between City of
Miami and F.O.P. Lodge 20
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
It is recommended that the City Manager
enter into a collective bargaining
agreement between the City of Miami and
the employee organization known as the
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #20, for
the period of October 1, 1983 through
September 30, 1985, per the attached
Resolution.
Under Florida Statute, Chapter 447, the City is required to
bargain collectively with the certified bargaining
representatives of the police bargaining unit, Fraternal Order of
Police, Lodge #20. The City and Fraternal Order of Police
representatives have been meeting since May, 1983 in an effort to
reach agreement acceptable to both sides. As a result, the City
and the Fraternal Order of Police have agreed to a two-year
agreement providing for a 3% increase in wages retroactive to
October, 1983; 5% in July, 1984; 3% in October, 1984; and 5% in
July, 1984 (see attached memorandum). In addition to the wage
increase, improvements were made to the Pension System (see
attached memorandum).
It is recommended that the City Manager be authorized to
enter into the attached collective bargaining agreement between
the City of Miami and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #20.
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cc: Law Department
Management & Budget
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CITY OR MIAM1. IrL01013A
WERrOFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Howard V. Gary GAT[: December 141 1983 FILst
City Manager
Dean R. Mielk
Lahor Relation Officer
sus,[cT. Contract Settlement with
F.O.P., Lodge 20
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The City's negotiating team successfully concluded contract
negotiations with the F.O.P., Lodge 20 on Tuesday evening,
December 13.
Over the course of the bargaining sessions, the entire contract
- was reviewed
and changes were made to 14 of
the 35 Articles
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comprising the old agreement.
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--""--- A summary of
the more significant changes acid their estimated --'�
cost impact
is displayed below:
_. Article No.
- Subject
Cost Increase -
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Wages: Provides for a 38
FY 83-84
increase retroactive to
w o ro lup $1,1611,355
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October, 1983; 58 in July,
w/rollup 1,718,805
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1984; 3% in October, 1984;
FY 84-85
and S% in July, 1985.*
w/o, ro lup $1,2568006
w/rollup 1,8581889
.
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-Uniform Allowance:- Monthly'-F$30,000-per 'ear--'-
--
plain clothes a owance is
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increased from $35 to $45.
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Group insurance: F.O.P. to
Assuming rate increase
provide health -insurance-.
effective 3-1-84: - -
to all bargaining unit
$851000
employees and past or future'-_
.. ..._
- -retirees -prior -to -7/1/84:-...r...:_
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If City raises rates prior
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contribution to F.O.P.
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-: insured by $2 66/pay =day for`=',
single coverage and
_pay pay day for dependent
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coverage.
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Howard V. Gary 2 December 14; 1983
Pension
Agreement was also reached relative to Pension System changes. No
changes will be implemented until all outstanding litigation relative
to the Gates/shortfall/variable annuity, and related suits have been
resolved. Principle changes include: Normal Retirement under Rule of
70 for current em to ees only; use of highest single year for
determining the final compensation formula; vesting requirement
reduced from 15 to 10 years; adoption of a COLA provision; tax
qualification of System under IRS Code 414(h); and increased employee
contribution from 8.5% to 10.5% of pay. Upon implementation, cost of
the benefit improvements will approximate 1.75% of payroll. This
represents approximately $475,000 for police only. This will be _.--
funded through payments made to the System in accordance with the
settlement agreement of the law suits noted above. The funding
arrangements has been fully endorsed by the City's actuarial
consultants.
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Conclusion: This agreement
is two years in duration and
expires on September 30,
1985 and the F.O.P. further
agrees there will be no
pension bargaining requests
for three years.
The tax qualification referred to will require a restructuring of the
Director/Assistant Director benefit which will cost approximately
$100,000.
Estimate of Total FY 83-84 Cost Increase:
w/o rollup $1,276,355
w/rollup $1,833,805
-- Estimate of Total FY 84-85 Cost Increase:
-- - w/o rollup $1,533,644
w/rollup $2,106,527 We anticipate that the F.O.P. will ratify the Agreement in the near
future. To enable prompt implementation of the new Agreement, it is
- hoped that the City Commission can ratify it as soon as possible
subsequent to the F.O.P.'s ratification.
cc: Manohar Surana, Director, Management & Budget '-
Jose R.. Garcia -Pedrosa,_ C ty_Attorney
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AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI, FLORIDA
U-70701
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LODGE #20
OCTOBER 1, 1983 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1985
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE PAGE
AGREEMENT
1
BLOOD DONORS
33
32
BULLETIN BOARDS
11
15
COMMENDATION PAID LEAVE
31
32
CONCLUSION
36
40
DEATH IN FAMILY
30
31
DEPARTMENT DISCIPLINARY
REVIEW BOARD
13
16
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
8
11
DISCRIMINATION
28
31
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION TIME POOL
27
28
FLOATING HOLIDAY TIME
22
23
4-10 PLAN
17
20
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
6
5
GROUP INSURANCE
25
26
HOLIDAYS
21
23
ILLNESS IN FAMILY
29
31
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES
9
13
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
4
3
NO STRIKE
5
4
NOTICES
10
1.5
OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME
16
19
PENSION
35
34
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
12
15
PREAMBLE
1
PREVAILING BENEFITS
24
26
PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT WITH LAW
26
27
RECALL AND COURT TIME
14
18
RECOGNITION
1
1
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY
2
2
REPRESENTATION OF THE
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
3
2
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
7
11
SCHEDULE A -SYSTEM CONTRIBUTION
39
SICK LEAVE
34
32
STANDBY
18
21
TOTAL AGREEMENT
20
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TRANSFERS
15
19
UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
23
24
VACATION CARRYOVER
32
32
WAGES
19
21
APPENDIX "A"
42
APPENDIX "B"
43
APPENDIX "C"
44
APPENDIX "D"
45
APPENDIX "E"
46
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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this day of
, 19 by the CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, a municipal
corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "City," and the FRA-
TERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WALTER E. HEADLEY, JR., MIAMI LODGE 020,
hereinafter referred to as the "Employee Organization," an orga-
nization representing certain sworn police employees of the City
of Miami's Police Department.
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties to this
Agreement to set forth the entire Agreement of the parties with
respect to matters within the scope of negotiations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements herein contained, the parties do mutually covenant
and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
RECOGNITION
Pursuant to and in accordance with all applicable provi-
sions of the Florida Public Employees Collective Bargaining Law,
Chapter 447, Florida Statutes, management recognizes the Employee
Organization as the exclusive collective bargaining representa-
tive for those employees in the defined bargaining unit for the
purpose of collective bargaining with respect to wages, hours,
and other terms and conditions of employment.
The bargaining unit consists of all sworn employees hold-
ing positions in the classifications shown in Appendix E or which
may hereafter be added to, reduced or changed as hereinafter
provided, and excludes all other employees not specifically in-
cluded in Appendix E as it now exists. Any changes in the bar-
gaining unit shall only be made upon proper application to and
adjudication by the Public Employees Relations Commission and/or
the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction; or as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties.
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ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY
The City shall be represented by the City Manager, or a
person or persons designated in writing to the Employee organi-
zation by the City Manager. The City Manager, or his designated
representative, shall have sole authority to conclude an agree-
ment on behalf of the City subject to ratification by an official
resolution of the City Commission. It is understood that the
designated representatives of the City are the official repre-
sentatives for the purpose of negotiating an agreement. Any ne-
gotiations entered into with persons other than those defined
herein, regardless of their position or association with the
City, shall be deemed unauthorized and shall have no standing or
weight of authority in committing or in any way obligating the
City. It shall be the obligation of the City Manager or his
designated representative to notify the Employee Organization in
writing of any changes in designation of the City's representa-
tive for the purposes of negotiations.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATION OF THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
The Employee Organization shall be represented by the
President or Chairman of the Employee Organization or by person
or persons designated in writing to the City Manager by the
President or Chairman of the Employee Organization. The identi-
fication of representatives shall be made each year by April 1st.
Such designation shall be accompanied by an affidavit executed by
said President or Chairman that the Employee Organization has
complied with all requirements of State Law in effect at that
time with respect to registration of the Employee Organization.
The President or Chairman of the Employee Organization, or person
or persons designated by said President, shall have full author-
ity to conclude an agreement on behalf of the Employee organiza-
tion, subject to ratification by a majority vote of those bar-
gaining unit employees voting on the question of ratification.
It is understood that the Employee Organization representative or
representatives are the official representatives of the Employee
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Organization for the purpose of negotiating with the City. Any
negotiations entered into with persons other than those defined
herein, regardless of their position or association with the Em-
ployee Organization, shall be deemed unauthorized and shall have
no standing or weight of authority in committing or in any way
obligating the Employee Organization. The Employee Organization
shall notify the City Manager in writing of any changes in the
designation of the President or Chairman of the Employee Organi-
zation or of any certified representative of the Employee Orga-
nization. Up to five (5) designated representatives of the Em-
ployee Organization shall be permitted to attend the negotiation
sessions on duty with no loss of pay or emoluments. Three (3) of
the representatives shall be compensated by the City. The other
two (2) shall be compensated by the Time Pool consistent with the
provisions of Article 27. The seven day notice requirement will
not apply where the schedule of negotiating sessions prohibits
its application.
ARTICLE 4
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
The Employee Organization agrees that the City has and
will continue to retain, whether exercised or not, the right to
operate and manage its affairs in all respects; and the powers or
authority which the City has not officially abridged, delegated
or modified by the express provisions of this Agreement are re-
tained by the City. The rights of the City, through its manage-
ment officials, shall include, but shall not be limited to, the
right to determine the organization of City Government; to de-
termine the purpose of each of its constituent departments; to
exercise control and discretion over the organization and effi-
ciency of operations of the City; to set standards for service to
be offered to the public; to direct the employees of the City,
including the right to assign work and overtime; to hire, exam-
ine, classify, promote,. train, transfer, assign, and schedule
employees in positions with the City; to suspend, demote, dis-
charge, or take other disciplinary action against employees for
proper cause; to increase, reduce, change, modify or alter the
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composition and size of the work force, including the right to
relieve employees from duties because of lack of work or funds;
to determine the location, methods, means, and personnel by which
operations are to be conducted, including the right to determine
whether goods or services are to be made or purchased; to estab-
lish, modify, combine or abolish job pay positions; to change or
eliminate existing methods of operation, equipment or facilities;
and to establish, implement and maintain an effective internal
security program.
The City has the sole authority to determine the purpose
and mission of the City, to prepare and submit budgets to be
adopted by the City Commission.
The City shall enforce and comply with the provisions of
the Agreement so as not to violate the City Charter or the Civil
Service Rules and Regulations (ordinance 8977 as amended).
Those inherent managerial functions, prerogatives and
policymaking rights which the City has not expressly modified or
restricted by a specific provision of this Agreement are not in
any way, directly or indirectly, subject to the Grievance Proce-
dure contained herein.
Delivery of municipal services in the most efficient, ef-
fective and courteous manner is of paramount importance to the
City of Miami. Such achievement is recognized to be a mutual
obligation of both parties within their respective roles and
responsibilities.
ARTICLE 5
NO STRIKE
"Strike" means the concerted failure to report for duty,
the concerted absence of employees from their positions, the
concerted stoppage of work, the concerted submission of resigna-
tions, the concerted abstinence in whole or in part by any group
of employees from the full and faithful performance of their du-
ties of employment with the City, participation in a deliberate
and concerted course of conduct which adversely affects the ser-
vices of the City, picketing or demonstrating in furtherance of a
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work stoppage, either during the term of or after the expiration
of a collective bargaining agreement.
Neither the Employee Organization, nor any of its offi-
cers, agents and members, nor any employee organization members,
covered by this Agreement, will instigate, promote, sponsor, en-
gage in, or condone any strike, sympathy strike, slowdown,
sick-out, concerted stoppage of work, illegal picketing, or any
other interruption of the operations of the City.
Each employee who holds a position with the Employee Or-
ganization occupies a position of special trust and responsibil-
ity in maintaining and bringing about compliance with this Arti-
cle and the strike prohibition in F.S. 447.505 and the Constitu-
tion of the State of Florida, Article I, Section 6. Accordingly,
the Employee Organization, its officers, stewards and other rep-
resentatives agree that it is their continuing obligation and
responsibility to maintain compliance with this Article and the
law, including their responsibility to abide by the provisions of
this Article and the law by remaining at work during any inter-
ruption which may be initiated by others; and their responsibil-
ity, in event of breach of this Article or the law by other em-
ployees and upon the request of the City, to encourage and direct
employees violating this Article or the law to return to work,
and to disavow the strike publicly.
Any or all employees who violate any provisions of the law
prohibiting strikes or of this Article may be dismissed or
otherwise disciplined by the City, and any such action by the
City shall not be grievnble or arbitrable under the provisions of
Article 6 - Grievance Procedure.
ARTICLE 6
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
1. In a mutual effort to provide harmonious working relations
between the parties of this Agreement, it is agreed to and un-
derstood by both p4rties that there shall be a procedure for the
resolution of grievances or misunderstandings between the parties
arising from the application or interpretation of this Agreement.
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2. A grievance is any dispute, controversy or difference be-
tween (a) the parties, (b), the City and an employee or employees
on any issues with respect to, on account of or concerning the
meaning, interpretation or application of this Agreement or any
terms or provisions thereof.
A grievance shall refer to the specific provision or pro-
visions of this Agreement alleged to have been violated. Any
grievance not conforming to the provisions of this paragraph
shall be denied.
3. Nothing in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall be construed to permit the Employee Organization to process
a grievance (a) in behalf of any employee without his consent, or
(b) with respect to any matter which is the subject of a griev-
ance, appeal, administrative action before a governmental board
or agency, or court proceeding, brought by an individual employee
or group of employees, or by the Employee Organization.
It is further agreed by the Employee Organization that
employees covered by this Agreement shall make an exclusive
election of remedy prior to filing a 2nd step grievance or ini-
tiating action for redress in any other forum. Such choice of
remedy will be made in writing on the form to be supplied by the
City. The election of remedy form will indicate whether the
aggrieved party or parties wish to utilize the Grievance Proce-
dure contained in this Agreement or process the grievance, appeal
or administrative action before a governmental board, agency or
court proceeding. Selection of redress other than through the
Grievance Procedure contained herein shall preclude the aggrieved
party or parties from utilizing said Grievance Procedure for ad-
justment of said grievance.
4. To simplify the Grievance Procedure, the number of
"working days" in presenting a grievance and receiving a reply
from the different levels of supervision shall be based upon a
forty (40) hour, five (5) day work week, Monday through Friday.
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Any grievance not processed in accordance with the time
limits provided above or not supplemented by a completed and
signed Election of Remedy form shall be considered conclusively
abandoned. Any grievance not answered by management within the
time limits provided will automatically advance to the next
higher step of the Grievance Procedure.
Where a grievance is general in nature in that it applies
to a number of employees having the same issue to be decided, or
if the grievance is directly between the Fraternal Order of Po-
lice Lodge and the City, it shall be presented directly at Step 4
of the Grievance Procedure, within the time limits provided for
the submission of a grievance in Step 1, and signed by the
aggrieved employees or the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge rep-
resentative on their behalf. The Election of Remedy form as
provided in Section 3 of this Article must be completed and at-
tached to grievances presented directly at Step 4. All
grievances must be processed within the time limits herein pro-
vided unless extended by mutual agreement in writing.
Only an employee who has permanent Civil Service status as
a sworn Police Officer in the Miami Police Department may appeal
a suspension, demotion, or dismissal through the grievance pro-
cedure contained in this Agreement or in accordance with the
appeal procedure of the Civil Service Rules, but not both. Such
grievances shall be filed at Step 3 within the time limits set
forth for Step 1.
Disputes involving the grant of worker's compensation
benefits shall not be subject to this grievance procedure, but
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disputes involving the grant of supplemental disability pay shall
be grievable.
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S. Grievances shall be processed in accordance with the fol-
lowing procedure:
Step 2.
The aggrieved employee shall discuss the grievance with
his immediate supervisor within five (5) working days of
the occurrence which gave rise to the grievance. The Em-
ployee organization representative may be present to rep-
resent the employee if the employee desires him present.
The immediate supervisor shall attempt to adjust the mat-
ter and/or respond to the employee within five (5) working
days.
If the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved, the
employee or the Employee Organization representative shall
complete the Election of Remedy form provided for in Sec-
tion three (3) of this Article before initiating the
grievance to the second step of the Grievance Procedure.
If the aggrieved party or parties elect the remedy other
than the Grievance Procedure contained herein, the griev-
ance shall be withdrawn for redress consistent with the
Election of Remedy form.
When the Election of Remedy form indicates the grievance
is to be advanced through the Grievance Procedure, the
employee or the Employee Organization representative shall
reduce the grievance to writing on the standard form pro-
vided for this purpose and present such written grievance
to the Section Head concerned within three (3) working
days from the time the response was given at Step 1. The
Section Head concerned shall meet with the employee and/or
the Employee Organization representative and shall respond
in writing to the employee and the Employee Organization
within five (5) working days from receipt of the written
grievance.
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Step 3.
If the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved in
Step 2, the employee or the Employee Organization may
present a written appeal to the Department Head within
seven (7) working days from the time the response was
given at Step 2. The Department Head or his designee
shall meet with the employee and/or the Employee Organi-
zation representative and shall respond in writing to the
employee and the Employee Organization within seven (7)
working days from receipt of the appeal.
Step 4.
If the grievance has not been satisfactorily resolved in
Step 3, the employee or the Employee Organization may
present a written appeal to the City Manager within seven
(7) working days from the time the response was given at
Step 3. The City Manager and/or his designee shall meet
with the employee and/or the Employee Organization repre-
sentative and he shall respond in writing to the employee
and the Employee Organization within ten (10) working days
from the receipt of appeal.
Step 5.
1. If the grievance is not settled in Step 4, it may upon
written request of either the Employee, Employee Organi-
zation or the City within seven (7) working days after
receipt of reply or answer be referred to arbitration by
the Arbitrator.
2. The arbitration shall be conducted under the rules set
forth in this Agreement and not under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Subject to the follow-
ing, the Arbitrator shall have jurisdiction and authority .
to decide a grievance as defined in this Agreement. The
Arbitrator shall have no authority to change, amend, add
to, subtract from, or otherwise alter or supplement this
Agreement or any part thereof or any amendment hereto.
The Arbitrator shall have no authority to consider or rule
upon any matter which is stated in this Agreement not to
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be subject to arbitration or which is not a grievance as
defined in this Agreement, or which is not covered by this
Agreement; nor shall this Collective Bargaining Agreement
be construed by the Arbitrator to supersede any applicable
laws.
3. It is contemplated that the City and the Employee Organi-
zation or employee shall mutually agree in writing as to
the statement of the matter to be arbitrated prior to a
hearing; and if this is done, the Arbitrator shall confine
his decision to the particular matter thus specified.
4. Each party shall bear the expense of its own witnesses and
of its own representatives. The parties shall bear
equally the expense of the impartial Arbitrator, including
any retainer fee of the Arbitrator. The party desiring a
transcript of the hearing will bear the cost of same.
S. Copies of the award of the arbitration made in accordance
with the jurisdiction or authority under this Agreement
shall be furnished to both parties within thirty (30) days
of the hearing and shall be final and binding on the
aggrieved employee or employees, the Employee Organization
and the City.
6. The Arbitrator shall be selected by agreement of the par-
ties. In the event the parties cannot agree upon an
Arbitrator, the Florida Public Employee Relations Commis-
sion shall be requested to nominate five (5) persons for
such position. Each party may reject such list in its
entirety. If a list is not so rejected, names shall be
stricken alternately by the employee or Employee Organi-
zation striking a name first, then the City striking a
name, and the remaining person shall be the Arbitrator.
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ARTICLE 7
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
It is agreed and understood that this Agreement consti-
tutes the whole Agreement between the parties.
Notwithstanding any other term or provision of this Col-
lective Bargaining Agreement, it is expressly agreed that this
Collective Bargaining Contract shall not, in any of its parts, be
construed by any arbitrator or court in any way which supersedes
or pre-empts applicable laws, ordinances, statutes, Civil Service
rules and regulations, or the City of Miami Charter. In any
grievance arising under the Collective Bargaining Agreement the
arbitrator, in rendering his award, shall be bound by and shall
apply the foregoing standard contained in this paragraph.
ARTICLE 8
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
Where an investigation is initiated by the City of Miami
Police Department against an employee where a formal statement
under oath is elicited from the employee, the interrogation shall
be conducted under the following conditions:
(a) The interrogation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour,
preferably while the employee is on duty, unless the se-
riousness of the investigation is of such degree that an
immediate action is required. If the employee is off duty
at the time of the interrogation, the employee shall be
entitled to overtime. However, if he or she is eventually
found guilty of the charges through the applicable Admin-
istrative processes, any overtime gained shall be for-
feited in addition to any penalty imposed for the viola-
tion. If it occurs while on duty, a commanding officer,
or a supervisor of the employee, shall be notified of the
interrogation.
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(b) If the interrogation is conducted by or for the Depart -
meet, it shall take place in the Miami Police Department
building. If the interrogation is to be conducted by or
for another investigating agency, it shall be conducted at
either the investigative agency's office or at the Miami
Police Station.
(c) The employee shall be informed of the rank, name and com-
mand of the officer in charge of the investigation, the
interrogating party and all persons present during the
interrogation. All questions directed at the employee
shall be asked by and through one interrogator at any one
time.
(d) The employee shall be informed of the nature of the in-
vestigation prior to any interrogation, and given the
names of all known complainants.
(e) Interrogations shall be for reasonable periods and shall
be timed to allow for such personal necessities and rest
periods as are reasonably necessary.
(f) The employee shall not be subjected to abusive or offen-
sive language or threatened with transfer, dismissal or
other disciplinary actions. No promise, reward or threat
of action shall be made as an inducement to answering any
question.
(g) The complete interrogation including when recesses are
taken shall be recorded, and there shall be no unrecorded
questions or statements.
(h) The employee shall not be obligated into giving a second
statement concerning the same facts elicited in an origi-
nal interrogation. This will not preclude an investigator
from asking questions at a later time that were not cov-
ered.by the first statement.
(i) No mechanical device including, but not limited to, poly-
graph, psychological stress evaluator, et. al., shall be
forced onto an employee nor shall disciplinary action be
taken against an employee who refuses to submit to such
testing.
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(j) if the employee is under arrest, or is likely to be
arrested as a result of the interrogation, he shall be
fully informed of his or her legal rights prior to any
interrogation.
(k) At the request of the employee, he or she shall have the
right to be represented by counsel or any other represen-
tative of his or her choice during the entire
interrogation.
(1) Where an attorney or employee representative is requested
but cannot be present within one (1) hour of notification,
the employee shall be required to obtain another employee
representative or counsel. When an employee representa-
tive or counsel is present, he or she may advise the em-
ployee as to the employee's rights under applicable rules,
regulations and the current Labor Agreement.
ARTICLE 9
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES
The City agrees to pay all medical and hospitalization
expenses incurred by an employee covered by this Agreement who is
found to have sustained a compensable line of duty injury as
provided for by the Workmen's Compensation Laws of the State of
Florida.
The City agrees that any employee covered under this con-
tract who is disabled as a result of an accident, injury or ill-
ness incurred in the line of duty shall be granted supplementary
salary of which a part thereof is Workmen's Compensation as pro-
vided by Resolution No. 39802,'subject to the following:
If an accident has been declared compensable by the City
and the employee brings litigation without having first
discussed with the personnel of the City of Miami Office
of Risk Management concerning any controversy arising out
of the declared compensable accident, then the supplemen-
tary salary,,as provided by Resolution No. 39802, shall
cease.
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In the event that litigation is filed by an employee fol-
lowing his return to work without having first discussed with
personnel of the City of Miami Office of Risk Management con-
cerning any controversy arising out of his declared compensable
accident, it is agreed between the parties that the previously
described supplementary salary shall be recouped from the em-
ployee's current salary by way of payroll deduction, the extent
of subsequent payroll deductions shall not exceed 10% of the
gross pay per pay period. If the Office of Risk Management does
not resolve any controversy arising out of a compensable injury
to the satisfaction of the injured employee, then the supplemen-
tary salary as provided by Resolution No. 39802 shall not be
jeopardized if litigation is subsequently filed by the employee.
In the event an employee desires the presence of an at-
torney to discuss a controversy with representatives of the Of-
fice of Risk Management, the parties agree that the attorney
shall receive a token fee for his presence of $75.00 per hour,
not to exceed $150.00.
In recognition of the Employee Organization's cooperation
to eliminate unnecessary litigation as set forth in this Article
and with the expectation of the effective reduction of said
litigation, the parties agree that where a sworn police officer
has been approved by the Civil Service Board to reside outside
the jurisdictional limits of the City of Miami and the said of-
ficer is injured going to or coming from work within a reasonable
period of time from the commencement or termination of his tour
of duty on -a reasonably direct route of travel, said accident may
be considered as occurring in the line of duty per Resolution
No. 39802. This provision is not applicable if the officer is
charged with reckless driving and/or driving under the influence
in violation of the provisions of Chapter 316 of the Florida
Statutes entitled "State Uniform Traffic Control."
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ARTICLE 10
NOTICES
The City agrees to provide in a timely fashion to the Em-
ployee Organization President or designee the following notices
or bulletins: City Commission Agenda, Civil Service Board Agen-
da, Retirement Board Agenda, Affirmative Action Notices, Budget
Workshop Materials, or any other material which the City Manager
or the Labor Relations Officer determines would affect the terms
and conditions of employment of the members of the Employee Or-
ganization.
Such notices and bulletins will be delivered to the Em-
ployee Organization, or may be picked up at the Labor Relations
Office during normal working hours. The Labor Relations Officer
will use the resources of the City to comply with this Article.
ARTICLE 11
BULLETIN BOARDS
The City will provide for the use of the Employee Organi-
zation a bulletin board at each City building in which the Em-
ployee Organization has members working. Such bulletin board
shall be shared by the Employee Organization with other employee
organizations having similar bulletin board privileges pursuant
to an agreement with the City. Any notice or item placed on the
bulletin board shall bear on its face the legible designation of
the person responsible for placing such notice or item on the
bulletin board. Notices placed on a bulletin board shall be
limited to announcement of employee organization meetings, elec-
tions, and social or recreational events.
ARTICLE 12
PERSONNEL PRACTICES COMMITTEE
There shall be a Personnel Practices Committee in the City
of Miami Police Department, which committee shall consist of not
more than seven (7) members who shall be designated by the Em-
ployee Organization and not more than seven (7) members desig-
nated by the Chief of Police. The Employee Organization member-
ship shall consist of persons from within the position classifi-
cations covered by this Agreement, and the Management membership
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shall consist of persons within the City of Miami Police Depart-
ment or City Management designated by the Chief of Police.
This Personnel Practices Committee may meet at least once
a quarter during a fiscal year at the request of either party,
and such meetings shall be scheduled during normal business hours
at a time set by the Chief of Police. Attendance at these meet-
ings shall be voluntary for off -duty personnel and no overtime or
compensatory time shall be granted. The Chief of Police or his
designee shall preside at all meetings. The purpose of these
meetings will be to discuss problems and objectives of mutual
concern, not involving grievances or matters which have been or
are the subject of collective bargaining between the parties.
Discussion shall be limited to matters on the Agenda, but it is
understood that these Personnel Practices Committee meetings
shall not be used to renegotiate this Agreement.
Meetings shall be conducted on a semi -formal basis, fol-
lowing an agenda which shall include items submitted by any mem-
bers of the Committee to the Chief of Police at least five (5)
working days prior to the meeting, together with such information
as may be helpful in preparing a meaningful agenda program. The
agenda shall be provided each member of the Committee and one (1)
copy forwarded to the Office of Labor Relations. The Chief of
Police shall arrange for minutes to be taken of each meeting and
for the distribution of copies to each member of the Committee
and the Office of the City Manager.
ARTICLE 13
DEPARTMENT DISCIPLINARY REVIEW BOARD
It is the purpose of the Departmental Disciplinary Review
to provide a method of ascertaining the fairness and consistency
of punitive action for infractions of the Departmental Rules and
Regulations, Administrative Orders, Operational Orders and other
Departmental Directives. A part of this review process is the
Departmental Disciplinary Review Board which makes advisory de-
terminations and non -binding recommendations to the Chief of Po-
lice on matters of discipline. Any decisions by the Departmental
Disciplinary Review Board or any policies established by the De-
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partmental Disciplinary Review Board are not arbitrable under
this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Departmental Disci-
plinary Review Board does not possess adjudicatory or quasi-
judicial powers. As such, its hearings are nonadversary in na-
ture; the employee appears before the Board voluntarily at his/
her request, the employee shall be entitled to representation by
an employee of his choice and shall be permitted to examine wit-
nesses, to present evidence and testimony, to cross-examine, and
to put on a defense. All sworn bargaining unit employees, prior
to the final determination of a monetary fine, forfeiture of time
and/or suspension in excess of two (2) tours of duty, demotion or
dismissal shall, upon written request of the accused, if submit-
ted within ten (10) calendar days, be afforded a review of the
recommended action by a board composed of five (5) members of the
Department, two (2) members selected by the Department Head and
three (3) members selected by the employee from a standing list.
Written disciplinary actions that result in loss of time
in excess of two (2) tours of duty may be reviewed by the Chair-
man of the Departmental Disciplinary Review Board if the disci-
plined employee requests a review within ten (10) calendar days
of the incident that gave rise to the disciplinary action. Upon
receipt of the Chairman's decision, the disciplined employee upon
appeal within ten (10) calendar days shall be afforded a Depart-
mental Disciplinary Review Board Hearing.
Since the Departmental Disciplinary Review is at the re-
quest of, and for the benefit of, the employee, no paid overtime
or compensatory time will be given for attendance before the
Board; however, a change of work hours shall be scheduled, if
possible, so that the employee will be working during the hours
that the Board is convened.
It is agreed that the convening of the Departmental Dis-
ciplinary Review Board shall be effectuated as expeditiously as
possible following'the written request of the accused employee.
Should the accused employee request to continue a hearing or de-
lay its convening, then it is agreed that the employee waives his
emoluments in exchange for the continuance of the hearing.
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Administrative actions taken that result in the employee
being carried "W" or "WW" shall not be subject to the review of
the Department Disciplinary Review Board.
ARTICLE 14
RECALL AND COURT TIME
If an employee is recalled to work or required to attend
court at a time other than his scheduled work shift, he shall be
credited with a minimum of three (3) hours at one and one-half
times his straight time hourly rate or an equivalent amount of
scheduled compensatory time off.
An employee performing work or required to attend court at
a time which is continuous with his scheduled work shift shall be
paid at his overtime rate consistent with Article 16, Overtime/
Compensatory Time, and the minimum three (3) hours Recall shall
not apply.
If an employee is recalled to finish incomplete work or
correct error -laden work products resulting from the employee's
negligence, this Article granting recall pay should not apply.
Personnel eligible for overtime attending court or other
proceedings arising out of the course of their official duties
one (1) hour or less before their scheduled tour of duty shall
receive one (1) hour of overtime.
Personnel eligible for overtime attending court or other
proceedings arising out of the course of their official duties
one (1) hour or less after their scheduled tour of duty shall be
paid at their overtime rate, consistent with Article 16,
Overtime/Compensatory Time, for the time period from the end of
the employee's work shift to the end of the court proceeding, or
for one (1) hour, whichever is greater.
An employee who is required to attend a court proceeding
as a result of his official duties at a time which is greater
than one (1) hour and less than or equal to three (3) hours and
one minute after the scheduled end of tour of duty, shall be paid
at his overtime rate pursuant to Article 16, Overtime/
Compensatory Time, for either the three (3) hour minimum or for
the number of hours elapsed from the scheduled end of his tour of
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duty to the end of the court proceedings, whichever figure is
greater.
Personnel covered by this Agreement, who are on authorized
disability or sick leave, and are obligated to have a physical
prior to reporting for work, shall not receive call -in or over-
time pay.
ARTICLE 15
TRANSFERS
It shall be the sole right of the Chief of Police to
transfer employees between any subsection of the organization as
the exigence of situation dictates. Employees shall be notified
six (6) calendar days prior to the transfer, except where the
nature of a particular situation requires an immediate but tem-
porary reassignment.
For the purposes of this Agreement, a transfer means a
change for more than five (5) consecutive working days of a work
assignment, a change in hours, or a change in days off. Spe-
cifically excluded from the six (6) day notification period are
temporary changes of hours or days off necessitated by special
events, civil disturbances, acts of God, and other emergency
situations. The six (6) days' notice shall be waived upon
consent of the employee.
ARTICLE 16
OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME
All work performed in excess of an employee's normal work
day or in excess of an employee's normal work week shall be con-
sidered overtime work, provided however that no overtime pay or
night shift differential pay will be awarded for work required to
finish incomplete work or correct error -laden work products re-
sulting from an employee's negligence.
Employees performing compensable overtime work shall, at
their discretion, be paid time and one-half at their straight
time hourly rate of'pay or shall be given compensatory time at
the rate of time and one-half for such work. This overtime rate
shall be all inclusive and no additional compensation in the form
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of hourly differential, additional holiday pay, etc., shall be
paid.
The maximum accumulation of compensatory time hours is two
hundred (200) hours. If an employee takes compensatory time off,
the hours in his bank would be appropriately reduced by such time
off. If an employee leaves the service of the City and cashes in
his bank, the hours therein shall be valuated on the basis of the
rate of pay earned by that employee during the last pay period of
the fiscal year in which the hours were banked.
The parties agree that overtime hours shall not be used in
the computation of arriving at average earnings for purposes of
establishing pension benefits.
The parties agree that assignments of overtime work shall
rest solely with the Chief of Police.
The parties agree that the assignment of overtime work is
on an involuntary basis and any employee refusing assignment of
such work is subject to disciplinary action as deemed appropriate
by the Chief of -Police.
ARTICLE 17
4-10 PLAN
Those operations currently working the four (4) day, ten
(10) hour work schedule will continue through the life of this
Agreement.
Should the Chief of Police determine the 4-10 Plan in its
entirety or in part is detrimental to the efficient operation of
the Department, he may discontinue all or that portion of the
4-10 Plan deemed to be inefficient after reviewing his reasons
with the President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge
No. 20. Should there be a disagreement as to the discontinuance
of the 4-10 Plan, the Employee Organization may grieve according
to the provisions of Article 6, Grievance Procedure. Discontin-
uance of the 4-10 Plan may not occur unless the parties agree or
an Arbitrator so rules.
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ARTICLE 18
STANDBY
Standby assignments issued by the City of Miami Police
Department for reasons other than assignments connected with a
court appearance shall be compensated at the rate of time and
one-half the employee's normal rate of pay with a minimum of
three (3) hours.
ARTICLE 19
WAGES
The City agrees to increase the current wage rates in ac-
cordance with the following schedule. The increases will be ef-
fective on the first day of the first full pay period following
the dates indicated.
October 1, 1983 - 3%
July 1, 1984 - 5%
October 1, 1984 - 3%
July 11 1985 - 5%
Payment of the wage increase set forth above shall be
retroactive to October 2, 1983 for employees on the payroll as of
the date this Agreement is ratified. However, retroactivity
shall apply only to regularly scheduled hours at the straight
time rate of pay and shall not include overtime hours.
All new hires in the classification of Police Officer will
be paid 5% per month less than Step 1 of the salary range of the
classification of Police Officer until they have satisfactorily
completed six (6) months of the probationary period. Thereafter,
employees in the classification of Police Officer shall be eli-
gible for step increases in the same manner prescribed for em-
ployees in other bargaining unit classifications.
Shift differential shall be paid for assigned work between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. according to the following
schedule:
Police Officer
Sergeant
Lieutenant
Captain
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per
hour
- $.50
per
hour
- $.60
per
hour
- $.60
per
hour
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An employee that works less than four (4) hours during the
established shift differential time period (6:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m.) will not be entitled to shift differential pay.
It is expressly understood by the parties that shift dif-
ferential shall not apply to pay for time not worked.
It is agreed that night shift differential shall not be
used in calculating an employee's average earnings for pension
purposes.
All changes in salary for reasons of promotion, demotion,
merit increase, longevity increase, or anniversary increase shall
be effective the first day of the payroll following the effective
date of the change.
Employees shall become eligible for longevity increases
based on their most recent date of hire as Police Officers; pro-
vided, however, that leaves of absence shall cause the effective
date of the increase to be deferred by the same number of calen-
dar days embraced by said leave. This provision shall apply to
employees who attain ten or fifteen years of service on or after
October 1, 1983.
ARTICLE 20
TOTAL AGREEMENT
The parties agree that this Collective Bargaining Agree -
meet represents the total agreement for terms and conditions of
employment during the life of this contract and no request shall
be made to increase other employee benefits through the Civil
Service Board or the City Commission during the life of this
Collective Bargaining Contract.
Such Agreement precludes the initiation either directly or
indirectly of any municipal legislation which would result in the
alteration or cost increase of the benefits agreed to in this
Collective Bargaining Agreement or to increase the cost of other
employee benefits not specifically provided for in this Collec-
tive Bargaining Agreement.
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ARTICLE 21
HOLIDAYS
The following days shall be considered holidays:
New Year's Day
Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
Any additional holidays declared by official directive of
the City Manager shall be added to the above list.
Employees performing work on any of the above holidays
shall be paid time and one-half of their straight time hourly
rate or shall be given scheduled compensatory time at the rate of
time and one-half, but such pay for a Holiday worked shall not be
paid in addition to overtime pay.
All conditions and qualifications outlined in Article 16,
titled "Overtime/Compensatory Time," shall apply to this Article.
Hours of earned time accumulated under this Article, when added
to the compensatory time earned under the Article titled
"Overtime/Compensatory Time," shall not exceed two hundred (200)
hours.
ARTICLE 22
FLOATING HOLIDAY TIME
Upon ratification of this Agreement, it is agreed'that
sworn members of the bargaining unit who have six (6) consecutive
months or more of satisfactory sworn service shall be entitled to
fourteen (14) hours floating holiday time off each calendar year.
The floating holiday hours may not be taken in less than one hour
increments. The floating holiday hours shall be mutually agreed
upon by the employee and his section commander consistent with
the needs of the Police Department. The floating holiday hours
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off shall not be accrued; they must be used by the employee dur-
ing the calendar year or be forfeited. The floating holiday
hours off are not subject to being converted to cash during the
employee's employment or as severance pay upon the employee
terminating his employment with the City. There shall be no li-
ability to pay any overtime under this Article.
ARTICLE 23
UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
All employees authorized to receive a clothing allowance
shall receive a clothing allowance of $45.00 per month except
that employees who are absent without pay, employees using time
from the Employee Organization time pool, employees who are on
military leave, and employees who are placed on the disability
list by the City Physician shall receive prorated payments.
Authorized employees not receiving a clothing allowance
for any of the above reasons shall begin to receive the allowance
on the date of return to regular duty.
Employees temporarily transferred to a position normally
receiving a clothing allowance shall not receive the allowance
unless specifically authorized by the Section Commander.
For the purposes of this Article only, employees tempo-
rarily transferred at Management's discretion to a position nor-
mally authorized to receive a clothing allowance will not receive
a clothing allowance unless their transfers exceed thirty (30)
consecutive working days.
Sworn uniform personnel may request a maximum of four (4)
uniform trousers, six (6) uniform shirts and two (2) uniform hats
each fiscal year. All sworn personnel, depending on assignment
or exhibited need, shall be furnished one (1) set of coveralls,
one (1) set of raingear, one (1) helmet, one (1) summer jacket,
one (1) winter jacket, which shall be replaced as needed.
Upon ratification of this Agreement, the City will reim-
burse any member of•the bargaining unit up to $200.00 for the
purchase of a bulletproof vest. The Chief of Police will supply
the Employee Organization with a list of authorized vests and
approved vendors. Upon receipt of proof of purchase of the
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bulletproof vest, the Police Department will initiate the neces-
sary paper work to reimburse said officer.
After the effective date of this Agreement, employees
covered by this Agreement who purchase a bulletproof vest which
is on the Police Chief's approved list of bulletproof vests will
be reimbursed as outlined in this Article subject to the follow-
ing:
A. The Officer must produce his or her individual fitted
bulletproof vest and the receipt of purchase for said
vest.
B. The Chief of Police will appoint a person to inspect and
approve previously purchased bulletproof vests. If in the
opinion of the appointed person the vest should be re-
placed, the purchaser will not be reimbursed. Should the
employee elect to buy a new vest from the approved list,
he or she will be reimbursed consistent with the language
above.
C. Upon termination of employment from the City under honor-
able conditions, an employee with five (5) years of ser-
vice may retain his vest by making payment of fifty ($50)
dollars to the City. Similarly, an employee who termi-
nates his employment under honorable conditions with ten
(10) years of service shall be awarded his vest upon re-
quest. Employees with less than five (5) years of service
at the time of termination shall return vests to the City.
D. A bargaining unit employee shall reimburse the City for
the repair or current replacement cost of lost, stolen, or
damaged City equipment when the employee's careless and/or
negligent act(s) resulted in the loss, theft, or damage.
Provided, however, that current Department Policy shall
apply when the equipment at issue is a City vehicle. In
any grievance of an action taken under this Section, the
City shall bear the burden of proof.
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ARTICLE 24
PREVAILING BENEFITS
All job benefits in effect at the time of the execution of
this Agreement heretofore authorized by the City Manager or ben-
efits provided for by ordinance of the City Commission, not spe-
cifically provided for or abridged by this Agreement, shall re-
main in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement.
The City and the Employee Organization will meet at the
request of either party to negotiate any proposed changes in
those rights and benefits not specifically covered by this
Agreement, provided however no changes shall be made except where
a waiver exists or where the change is negotiated in accordance
with Chapter 447, Florida Statutes.
ARTICLE 25
GROUP INSURANCE
The City agrees to pay 100% of the current life insurance
coverage now enjoyed by the members of the bargaining unit.
The City will contribute $28.34 per pay period toward the
cost of employee health coverage and $33.89 per pay period toward
the cost of dependent coverage where the employee elects such
coverage.
On or before July 1, 1984, the Employee Organization shall
establish its own group health insurance plan. As of the imple-
mentation date of that plan, all current, future, and retired
unit employees shall be eligible to participate in the Employee
organization's plan, but shall forfeit the right to participate
in the City's plan.
Employees who are members of the City's plan may continue
to file claims under that plan provided they are for services
rendered prior to July 1, 1984, and provided they are filed prior
to September 30, 1984. All other claims shall be filed with the
Employee Organization's plan.
Upon request, the Employee Organization and its insurance
plan administrator shall permit the City to review any records
related to the Employee Organization's health insurance plan.
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The Employee organization's plan shall provide health in-
surance benefits that are reasonably comparable to those provided
by the City's plan.
The Employee Organization shall indemnify and hold the
City harmless against any claim, demand, suit, or liability and
for all legal costs arising in relation to the implementation or
administration of the Employee Organization's health insurance
plan.
The City reserves the exclusive right to set and amend
rates charged to unit employees who participate in the City's
plan. If the City elects to increase the rates prior to the im-
plementation of the Employee Organization's plan, the City will
contribute $31.00 per pay period for single coverage and $39.00
per pay period for dependent coverage. Employees shall pay the
balance of the increased rate. The City will contribute an
identical amount to the Employee Organization plan for the term
of this Agreement.
The Employee Organization agrees to enroll sworn manage-
ment personnel in its plan if those individuals elect such cov-
erage.
ARTICLE 26
PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT WITH LAW
If this Agreement or any provision, section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Agreement is in con-
flict with any law as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction which had had presented to it the issue of conflict
as it may pertain to this Agreement, that portion of the Agree-
ment in conflict with said law or ordinance or resolution or
court interpretation of the law shall be null and void and sub-
ject to renegotiation, but the remainder of the Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect with it being presumed that the
intent of the parties herein was to enter into the Agreement
without such invalid portion or portions.
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ARTICLE 27
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION TIME POOL
r
An employee organization time pool is hereby authorized
subject to the following:
1. The City agrees to establish a time pool bank of four
thousand (4,000) hours to be used in accordance with the
provisions of this Article.
2. For each employee, except the Employee Organization
President, who is authorized to use time from the time
pool, the President shall fill out the appropriate form as
provided by the City. This form shall be processed
through channels of the employee who is to use the pool
time. The form must be processed so that a copy shall be
in the Office of the Chief of Police a minimum of seven
(7) calendar days prior to the time the employee has been
authorized to use the pool time. It is understood on rare
occasions the seven (7) day time limit may not be met.
The President then shall forward a detailed explanation to
the Chief of Police as to why the seven (7) day rule
wasn't met. Failure to file this properly completed pool
time usage form within seven (7) days or failure to file
an explanation with the Chief of Police as to why the
seven (7) day time limit wasn't met, shall result in the
employee not being paid for all such time requested.
3. Employees shall be released from duty on pool time only if
the needs of the service permit, but such release shall
not be unreasonably denied. If because of the needs of
the service an employee cannot be released at the time
desired, the Employee Organization may request an alter-
nate employee be released from duty during the desired
time.
4. Employee Organization Time Pool hours will be used on an
hour for houY basis, regardless of the hourly rate of the
employee using Time Pool time. In reporting an employee's
absence as a result of utilizing the Organization Time
Pool, the daily attendance record shall reflect:
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"Officer Doe on AL" (Authorized Leave)
S. Any injury received or any accident incurred by an em-
ployee whose time is being paid for by the Employee Orga-
nization Time Pool, or while engaged in activities paid
for by the Employee Organization Time Pool, shall not be
considered a line -of -duty injury, nor shall such injury or
accident be considered to have been incurred in the course
and scope of his employment by the City within the meaning
of Chapter 440, Florida Statutes as amended, except for
injuries sustained in Dade, Broward or Monroe Counties
while in the course of attempting to halt a felony in
progress or apprehending a fleeing felon.
6. Upon written request through channels the Employee Orga-
nization President will be released for the term of this
Agreement from his or her regularly assigned duties for
the City of Miami Police Department. The terms of this
Agreement for such release are only to be implemented if
the following qualifications are met by the Employee Or-
ganization:
(a) The Lodge President will reasonably be available at
the F.O.P. office currently located at 2300 N.W.
14th Street, Miami, Florida, 33125, for consultation
with the Management of the City.
(b) The Employee Organization President shall be the
only Bargaining Unit representative released on
"A.L." time to appear before City Boards or Commis-
sion. In the absence of the President, the Presi-
dent's designee may represent the Employee organi-
zation; however, the designee must comply with Sec-
tion 2 of this Article.
(c) The Time Pool will be charged for all hours during
which the Employee Organization President is on
off -duty release except that absence due to use of
vacation leave, sick leave, holidays, or compensa-
tory leave will be charged to the President's em-
ployee accounts.
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7. All applicable rules, regulations and orders shall apply
to any person on time pool release. Violations of the
above -mentioned rules, regulations and orders shall sub-
ject the employee on pool time to the regular disciplinary
processes currently provided for in the Miami Police De-
partment.
S. The City reserves the right to rescind the provisions of
this Article in the event any portion of the Article is
found to be illegal. Cancelling the Article shall not
preclude further negotiations of future employee pool
time.
9. Each employee covered by this Agreement may voluntarily
contribute compensatory time and/or vacation time to the
Time Pool in 4-hour increments.
10. Each employee who wishes to donate time will use a time
pool donation form which will be provided by the City.
This form shall include language releasing the City from
any and all liability to pay for compensatory time or va-
cation time contributed by the employee to the Time Pool.
11. Members of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
Fraternal Order of Police and the City of Miami for the
term of this Agreement who are elected executive officials
of the Fraternal Order of Police shall be permitted to
attend on meeting each month of the Fraternal Order of
Police without loss of pay subject to prior knowledge and
approval of the Chief of Police. Pay for elective offi-
cials who are on duty shall be charged against the Em-
ployee Organization Time Pool. The monthly meetings shall
be limited to two (2) hours and shall involve no more than
eleven (11) executive officials.
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ARTICLE 28
DISCRIMINATION
No employee covered by this Agreement will be discrimi-
nated against because of race, creed, national origin, sex or
organization membership. All references in this Agreement to
employees of the male gender are used for convenience only and
shall be construed to include both male and female employees.
Any employee as a condition of relying upon this contrac-
tual provision in a grievance proceeding expressly and knowingly
waives any further statutory or constitutional right to sue based
upon a similar claim.
ARTICLE 29
ILLNESS IN FAMILY
All employees covered by this Agreement may be allowed to
use up to forty (40) hours of accrued sick leave in any one cal-
endar year when needed due to serious injury or acute illness of
any actual member of the employee's household.
ARTICLE 30
DEATH IN FAMILY
Any employee covered by this Agreement may, in the case of
death in the immediate family, be authorized a maximum of forty
(40) hours leave with pay. The immediate family is defined as
father, mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, children, fa-
ther-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, spouse's grandparents,
stepfather and/or stepmother if they have raised employee from
infancy regardless of place of residence and may include any
other person who is an actual member of the employee's household.
The circumstances of the employee's personal leave shall be en-
dorsed by the Department Head and submitted by letter to the
Civil Service Board and the Office of Labor Relations.
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ARTICLE 31
COMMENDATION PAID LEAVE
The Chief of Police, upon approval of the City Manager or
his designee, may grant up to forty (40) hours of paid leave to
any sworn officer whose job performance is of such an exemplary
or heroic nature as to warrant this special consideration. This
Article shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure or arbi-
tration.
ARTICLE 32
VACATION CARRYOVER
Vacations earned in excess of 80 hours shall be scheduled
and taken within 13 months after the end of the calendar year in
which earned, unless extension of the time for use is requested
in writing by the employee, recommended by his Department Head
and approved by the Labor Relations Office. Such request shall
be submitted no later than January 31st. Unused vacation in ex-
cess of 80 hours shall expire on the last day of January.
The present policy providing for an automatic vacation
carryover of up to 80 hours shall not be affected. This Article
shall not apply to earned overtime, personal leave, or holidays.
ARTICLE 33
BLOOD DONORS
Employees covered by this Agreement who volunteer as blood
donors to contribute to City supported Blood Donor Organizations
will be authorized the absence necessary to accomplish this pur-
pose. The Blood Donor Organization's personnel will determine
what amount of time the donor will need from the point of dona-
tion till they are released to go back to work.
ARTICLE 34
SICK LEAVE
Any employees covered by this Agreement who retired after
November 18, 1978, shall be paid for all unused sick leave up to
a maximum of eight hundred (800) hours, provided however any em-
ployee who as of November 18, 1978 has accumulated sick leave in
excess of eight hundred (800) hours, shall upon retirement be
paid for all accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of nine hun-
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dyed sixty (960) hours. It is the intent of this provision that
no employee will be paid for sick leave in excess of eight hun-
dred (800) hours except to the extent that such excess existed on
November 18, 1978.
Any employees not covered by Section 1 of this Article who
retire after the effective date of this Agreement, shall be paid
for all unused sick leave up to a maximum of six hundred (600)
hours, provided however, any employee who has accumulated sick
leave in excess of six hundred (600) hours after September 30,
1981 but before the effective date of this Contract, shall upon
retirement be paid for all accumulated sick leave up to a maximum
of seven hundred (700) hours. It is the intent of this provision
that no employee shall be paid for sick leave in excess of six
hundred (600) hours except to the extent that such excess existed
on the effective date of this Agreement.
When an employee, in the face of termination by the De-
partment Head/City Manager, voluntarily resigns his employment,
he shall be deemed to have forfeited the right to any payoff
provision for accumulated sick leave.
Payoff for accumulated sick leave shall not be used to
calculate average earnings for pension purposes.
When a bargaining unit employee is unable to work due to
an extended, non -work related illness and the employee's sick
leave becomes fully depleted, bargaining unit employees may do-
nate credited vacation and/or earned time to the affected em-
ployee. Such time may only be donated by employees whose hourly
rate of pay is equal to or greater than that of the donee. Such
donations of time shall be submitted for approval by the Labor
Relations Officer on a form to be provided by the City. Except
as provided above, donations of leave time shall not be autho-
rized. Should there be extraordinary circumstances beyond what
is contained in this Article, a bargaining unit employee may re-
quest consideration from the Labor Relations Officer for a time
transfer. The Labor Relations Officer's decision shall be final.
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ARTICLE 35
PENSION
Section 1. Litigation Settlement - Any and all pension
benefit improvements or entitlement improvements set forth in
this Article are conditioned upon final settlement orders being
entered in the Gates/shortfall/variable annuity/underfunding/and
related law suits not inconsistent with the conditions set forth
in this Article, it being the intention of the parties that this
Article shall not become effective until all such suits are dis-
posed of by the Courts and such settlements do not change, alter,
or vary the terms of this Article.
Section 2. Tax Qualification - Upon ratification of this
Agreement by both parties, the City will apply to the Internal
Revenue Service to have the Pension System tax qualified under
appropriate provisions of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The
parties will split the cost of obtaining such tax qualification.
Section 3. Creation Of A Cost Of Living Allowance (COLA)
Fund - Effective the month following the issuance of a tax
qualification letter, the City will establish a COLA fund with
contributions from the employee and the City as provided herein.
The liability, if any, of the retirement trust to pay a variable
annuity benefit to any past, current or future retiree is fully
extinguished upon the establishment of this COLA fund.
Section 4. Employee Contributions - Effective the month
following the issuance of a tax qualification letter, employee
contributions to the Pension System will be increased 2% (to
10.5%) of pay as presently calculated. This additional 2% con-
tribution from employees shall be placed into a COLA (cost of
living account).
Section 5. City Contribution to COLA - The Ciy will con-
tribute an amount up to one (It) percent of payroll (calculated
on the same basis as the employee contribution) per year for each
of the next three (3) fiscal years beginning in FY 83-84, rovi-
ded that this amount is available from excess interest earnings
of the Pension System determined at the close of the fiscal year.
The City contribution, if any, to the COLA after this three year
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period, shall be the subject of collective bargaining negotia-
tions. Beginning in FY 85-86, the City will no longer make the
current special cost of living appropriation from the general
fund to retirees.
Section 6. COLA Distribution - The COLA account may be
disbursed on any lawful basis or method as the Pension System
Board shall determine after consultation with the parties com-
mencing no sooner than one year after the receipt of a tax
qualification letter.
Section 7. Vesting,- Upon receipt of the tax qualifica-
tion letter, vesting will be reduced from 15 years to 10 years
consecutive satisfactory service.
Section 8. Maternity Benefit Buy Back,- Any currently
employed female employee who took an unpaid leave of absence for
maternity purposes shall have the option of buying back the days
she was on an unpaid leave of absence up to 180 days. Said
option shall be available for 30 days after ratification of this
Agreement only. Those female employees electing to buy back said
time may do so at their current salary and have up to one (1)
year to pay the money to the Pension System.
Future female employees may buy up to 180 days of unpaid
maternity leave if they have exhausted all vacation time, sick
leave time, earned overtime, etc. Pay back must commence within
30 days of returning from the unpaid maternity leave and said
payment may be paid back over a one (1) year term. Failure to
meet these qualifications waives any and all future claims for
payback of maternity leave.
Section 9. Rule of 70 Retirement - Normal retirement will
be allowed for existing, covered employees who were hired prior
to the ratification of this Agreement by both parties only, on
the basis of combined age and service equalling 70. The funding
for the cost of this eligibility improvement is included in the
schedule of City contributions set forth below and in Schedule A
attached to this Agreement.
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Section 10, Benefit Formula The benefit formula upon
which existing covered employees only will have their pensions
computed will be changed to the highest one year's salary (as
presently computed). The funding for the cost of this benefit
increase is included in the schedule of City contributions set
forth below and in Schedule A attached to this Agreement.
Section 11. Schedule of Maximum Contributions - For FY
83-84, the City's total contribution to the Pension System will
be 9.4 million; 10.7 million for FY 84-85; 11.3 million for FY
85-86; 11.9 million for FY 86-87; 12.4 million for FY 87-88; and
13.1 million for FY 88-89; and calculated on the basis of the
Gates settlement but consistent with this Agreement. It is
agreed that the contribution schedule set forth herein will ade-
quately fund Pension System benefits as are provided in the Pen-
sion system and improved in this Agreement. Only in the event of
a significant change in benefits or the number of employees cov-
ered by the Pension System may these contributions be increased
due to new assumptions made by consulting actuaries. In the
event of a disagreement between actuaries employed or retained by
the City and actuaries employed or retained by the Pension System
Board, then the two actuaries shall first attempt to resolve the
dispute among themselves. Failing that, they will select a third
actuary to resolve the disputes. If they are unable to agree
upon an actuary, such third actuary shall be selected by,the
American Academy of Actuaries. The report produced by the two
actuaries by agreement, or by the third actuary, as the case may
be, would then be submitted to the City Commission for adoption.
Should either the report of the Board actuary or the City Com-
mission's actuary, or the report of the third actuary selected,
as the case may be, require an amount to be funded which is
closer to the projected amount in Schedule A than had originally
been the cause for the disagreement, it shall be funded by the
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City Commission by delivery to the respective pension trusts of
the amount of money thereby required.
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For FY 89-90 and thereafter, the contribution will be in-
creased by 5% over the prior year, calculated on the basis of the
Gates settlement but consistent with this Agreement, so long as
any unfunded liability shall remain. The schedule of maximum
payments are set forth in Schedule A attached to this Agreement.
Section 12. Persons hired After Ratification - Persons
hired after this Agreement is ratified by both parties but before
tax qualified status is achieved will contribute to the Pension
System at the rate of 8.5% until the month following the month in
which tax qualification occurs, at which time their contribution
level will increase to 10.5%. All persons hired after this
Agreement is ratified by both parties and who become covered by
the Pension System will be included in the then existing Pension
program as amended hereby but will not be eligible for Rule of 70
retirement and will have benefits calculated on the basis of the
average of their two (2) highest years' salaries.
Section 13. No Increases or Eligibility Improvements -
The parties agree that the Pension eligibility and benefit
changes set forth in this Article are to be funded by the con-
tributions set forth in this Article and that no changes in this
Pension program may be sought by the Employee Organization for a
period of three (3) years from the date of ratification.
Section 14. Sworn Police Employees Accepting Service in
an Unclassified Position - Any sworn police employee who accepts
an unclassified position outside of the sworn police service in
excess of 180 days, shall cease to be eligible for membership in
the Pension System except for employees rehabilitated under the
worker's compensation program. If said person has less than ten
(10) years of service in the System, their money and credits will
be transferred to the "Plan", for credit consistent with appli-
cable rules and regulations. Such member accepting an
unclassified position to non -sworn police service shall cease to
be eligible for the monies known as the one (1%) percent fund
monies.
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Section 15. Change of Beneficiary - Those bargaining unit
employees desiring to change their beneficiary may do so subject
to the following rules:
a) At time of change of beneficiary, evidence of good
health must be supplied for both the employee and
his to -be -deleted beneficiary.
b) To the extent the to -be -substituted beneficiary is
younger (older) than the to -be -deleted beneficiary,
an actuarial adjustment is applied to reflect the
expected longer (shorter) life expectancy of the
to -be -substituted beneficiary.
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ARTICLE 36
CONCLUSION
This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
until 11:59 p.m., September 30, 1985.
On or before May 1, 1985, the Employee Organization shall
notify the City in writing of its intention to renegotiate the
Agreement in force, and attached thereto shall include a complete
list of proposals which shall inform the City of the items which
they desire to negotiate, together with specific language
embodying and describing their proposals.
On or before May 1, 1985, the City will present the Em-
ployee Organization with a list of proposals it desires to nego-
tiate, together with specific language describing its proposals.
Initial discussions shall thereafter, and no later than
June 1, 1985, be entered into by the City and the Employee Orga-
nization.
If any provision of this Collective Bargaining Agreement
is in conflict with any law, ordinance or resolution over which
the City Manager has no amendatory power, the City Manager shall
submit to the City Commission a proposed amendment to such law,
ordinance or resolution. Unless and until such amendment is en-
acted or adopted and becomes effective, the conflicting provision
of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall not become effec-
tive. The City Administration shall expedite such proposed
amendments to the City Commission.
If a Constitutional Amendment is adopted which reduces the
City's ability to acquire revenue and causes the City Manager to
deem necessary the underfunding of this Agreement, the parties
shall promptly reopen negotiations on wages and monetary fringe
benefits.
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Agreed to this day of , 19,, by and
between the respective parties through an authorized representa-
tive or representatives of the Employee Organization and by the
City Manager.
ATTEST: FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
LODGE NO. 20
ATTEST: ON THE PART OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
MIAMI, FLORIDA
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS
CITY ATTORNEY
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APPENDIX "A"
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2, 1983
Class,
1st
2nd
Code
Salary
Longevity
Longevity
Number
Class
Title
Range
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
(10 yrs.)
(15 yrs.)
5005
Police
Officer
24U
*21,295
22,367
23,524
24,680
25,923
27,187
28,558
29,972
31,472
5011
Police
Sergeant
27U
24,680
25,923
27,187
28,558
29,972
31,472
33,057
34,685
36,442
5012
Police
Lieutenant
30U
28,558
29,972
31,472
33,057
34,685
36,442
38,263
40,149
42,184
5013
Police
Captain
33U
33,057
34,685
36,442
38,263
40,149
42,184
44,326
46,554
48,868
*Police Recruit Salary: 20,289
(Entry level Police Recruits are paid 5% less
than Step 1 of Police Officer for first six
months.)
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APPENDIX "B"
EFFECTIVE JULY 8, 1984
Class,
1st
2nd
Code
Number
Class
Title
Salary
Range
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Longevity
(10 yrs.)
Longevity
(15 yrs.)
5005
Police
Officer
24U
*220,364
23,478
24,701
25,924
27,213
28,545
29,986
31,471
33,044
5011
Police
Sergeant
27U
25,924
27,213
28,545
29,986
31,471
33,044
34,704
36,429
38,264
5012
Police
Lieutenant
30U
29,986
31,471
33,044
34,704
36,429
38,264
40,186
42,151
44,292
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5013
Police
Captain
33U
34,704
36,429
38,264
40,186
42,151
44,292
46,541
48,878
51,302
*Police Recruit Salary: 21,303
(Entry level Police Recruits are paid 5% less
than Step 1 of Police Officer for first six
months.)
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APPENDIX "C"
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 14, 1984
Class,
Code
Number
Class Title
Salary
Range
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
�5005
Police
Officer
24U
*23,031
24,188
25,452
26,694
28,023
29,394
5011
Police
sergeant
27U
26,694
28,023
29,394
30,893
32,415
34,043
5012
Police
Lieutenant
30U
30,893
32,415
34,043
35,735
37,513
39,420
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5013
Police
Captain
33U
35,735
37,513
39,420
41,391
43,426
45,612
*Police Recruit Salary: 21,942
(Entry level Police Recruits are paid 58 less
than Step 1 of Police Officer for first six
months.)
r4
1st
2nd
Longevity
Longevit3
Step 7
(10 yrs.)
(15 yrs.
30,893
32,415
34,043
35,735
37,513
39,420
41,391
43,426
45,612
47,947
50,346
52,832
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APPENDIX "U"
EFFECTIVE: JULY 7, 1985
Class,
1st
2nd
Code
Salary
Longevity
Longevity
Number
Class
Title
Range
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
(10 yrs.)
(15 yrs.)
5005
Police
Officer
24U
*24,177
25,400
26,732
28,021
29,418
30,860
32,432
34,027
35,752
5011
Police
Sergeant
27U
28,021
29,418
30,860
32,432
34,027
35,752
37,521
39,399
41,387
5012
Police
Lieutenant
30U
32,432
34,027
35,752
37,521
39,399
41,387
43,462
45,602
47,895
5013
Police
Captain
33U
37,521
39,399
41,387
43,462
45,602
47,895
50,341
52,875
55,472
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*Police Recruit Salary: 23,039
(Entry level Police Recruits are paid 5% less
than Step 1 of Police Officer for first six
months.)
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APPENDIX "E"
BARGAINING UNIT
CLASS CODE NUMBER
5005
5011
5012
5013
EXCLUDED CLASSIFICATIONS
8035
8056
8078
8079
8098
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CLASS TITLE
Police Officer
Police Sergeant
Police Lieutenant
Police Captain
Chief of Police
Assistant Chief of Police
Deputy Chief of Police
Police Major
Executive Assistant to
Chief of Police
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