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NEGOTIATION TRAINING JULY 26-27 -
From the Times Details will be released at a later date, according to police
spokesman Detective James Miller. The pact, retroactive to 2006, was approved
by the union membership last Friday, Miller said. “Public Safety has always been the top priority in my
administration and today's contract settlement allows for us to move forward
and continue the progress that we have made in the past year,'' He commended the supervisors and their tireless efforts and
professionalism over the past year during the intense negotiations. The talks
had been submitted to arbitration, but an agreement was reached before an
arbitrator's decision. From The Patriot-News, February
15, 2007 While the contract is retroactive to 2006, the officers will not
be receiving pay increases for that year. Under the agreement, which runs through Dec. 31, 2008, police
will receive a 3 percent increase this year and 2 percent next year for
officers with at least five years on the force. Newer officers get between 65 percent and 90 percent of the pay
of a six-year officer, depending how long he or she has been on the force. The agreement was reached through arbitration after negotiations
reached an impasse. Other changes include the elimination of a minimum staffing
requirement, allowance for compensatory time off and all grievances to be
settled by arbitrator, including termination that formerly was City Council's
responsibility. Police Chief Gary Whiteman said the elimination of minimum
staffing will allow him to allocate officers to hours when they are needed
most. The city will set a manpower level that ensures the public's protection
and officer safety, he said. Unchanged are shift bidding and the city paying 100 percent of
the health care costs for officers and their families. The Fraternal Order of Police will be watching to see how this
is accomplished, said its president, Agent Stephen J. Sorage. Whiteman estimated savings of at least $30,000 from the $360,000
paid in overtime last year might be possible without the minimum staffing
requirement. Overtime for court appearances cannot be avoided, said Whiteman,
who was involved in the negotiating process as corporal before being elevated
to chief. Supplemental pay update From KATC.com, February 19, 2007 In 600 police officers, firefighters and city marshals sued, saying
Lafayette Consolidated Government owes them about 15 million dollars in
supplemental pay. They filed the lawsuit after realizing during their first year
on the job. Government gave them a 300-dollar pay advance, but took it away
after one year when the state's supplemental pay for firefighters and police
kicked in. City-Parish President Joey Durel says it's time for a
resolution. "If it was easy to fix, it would have been fixed one month
after I got in office. Ultimately, it didn't happen fast. The legal world is tough. It
drags things on forever." Durel says the city is close to having a settlement on the
suit. Troy union negotiations slow going From The Record, February 18, 2007
Contracts for the Police Benevolent Association and the
department's Command Officers Association of Troy expired on Dec. 31, 2004;
and contracts for the Civil Service Employees Union and the United
Firefighters Association expired on Dec. 31. The city and the fire chiefs just settled on a deal that will
expire Dec. 31, 2010. The city and the PBA have for years had the most trouble
reaching an agreement, and it does not appear to be shaping up any
differently this time around. Police Benevolent Association President Bob Fitzgerald said
negotiations with his union are all but at a standstill. Deputy Mayor Dan
Crawley all but agreed. "We are getting mixed signals on how the negotiations are
even supposed to be going," Fitzgerald said. "We were to meet
face-to-face with their negotiating team, but we got an e-mail from the City
Hall, telling us all negotiations will go between our attorneys and their
attorneys. To me that is waste of city money." "I have not had any contact at all with President
Fitzgerald since the last meeting when he called us names and walked
out," Even the reasons for the arguments are different from both men.
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