TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port and the Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc., (PBA).
Recommended Action
Approve Memorandum of Understanding between the City of North Port and the Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc., (PBA).
Background Information
On April 20, 2023, the City's management team met with PBA representatives for the purpose of negotiating wages for Sergeants and Police Officers in Appendix A of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Due to the rise of wages in regional and competing law enforcement agencies, both sides negotiated a wage that allows the City of North Port to remain competitive within the region and attract talented candidates for the City's vacancies. Upon tentative agreement of the amended Appendix A with management, PBA representatives met with its membership with an ultimate vote of 71-0 in favor of the wage increases.
Highlights of the Memorandum of Understanding are as follows:
> All portions of the current collective bargaining agreement (Term: 10/01/2021 - 9/30/2024) remain the same with the following wage adjustments made to their annual base salary:
* All current Police Officers and Sergeants shall receive a salary adjustment (increase) to their annual base salary of $10,214.17 effective beginning of the first pay period following the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding; and
* Effective October 1, 2023, the pay plan for all covered employees shall receive a salary adjustment (increase) of 2.5% as agreed to in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. This increase is reflected in the attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
* Per Article 7, Section 1 of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the City is exercising its right to implement an 84-hour work schedule for Police Officers and Sergeants which wil...
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