Title
Ratification of Agreement Between the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Gator Lodge 67, Inc. Bargaining Unit and the City of Gainesville for October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022 (B)
Explanation
This Agreement has been reached through negotiations between the Fraternal Order of Police Gator Lodge 67, Inc. and the City of Gainesville, and was ratified by the Fraternal Order of Police Gator Lodge 67, Inc. Bargaining Unit on September 26, 2019. This Agreement extends the current Collective Bargaining Agreement through September 30, 2022.
A number of changes to the 2016-2019 contract were negotiated. Where necessary, dates, policy references, and article reference numbers changed throughout the Agreement. In addition, several substantive changes were agreed to, including the following:
Article 11 - Hours of Work: The parties agreed to continue 12-hour Patrol shifts, with a transition to 10-hour shifts once staffing is sufficient to support such a schedule.
Article 18 - Tuition Reimbursement: Increased book stipend and instituted repayment provision.
Article 19 - Miscellaneous Employee Benefits: Reinstating the Dry Cleaning, Clothing and Leather allowances, for the duration of the Agreement. In addition, the parties agreed to retroactive allowances for that which would’ve been paid in FY17 and FY18. The total cost of payments for retroactive allowances will be $255,000; and the cost of payments for allowances in FY20 will be $155,000.
Article 23 - Job Vacancy-Probation-Promotion: Instituting ranking of candidates based on score, and filling of vacancies based on Rule of 10 (selection from the top 10 scores).
Article 29 - Wages:
1. One-time lump sum payment of $5,423 for all members hired on/before September 7, 2018. There are 196 such members. The total associated with this one-time payment is $1,063,000.
2. ‘Catch-up Raises’ for what would have been provided from FY17-FY19.
3. Implementation of cash compensation portion of Total Rewards...
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