TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port, Florida, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3432 Regarding Pesticide Applicator Certification Specialty Pay.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve and Authorize the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of North Port, Florida, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3432 regarding Pesticide Applicator Certification Specialty Pay.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve and Authorize the City Manager to execute the MOU between the City of North Port, Florida, and AFSCME Local 3432 regarding Pesticide Applicator Certification Specialty Pay.
* Pros: Approving this MOU will provide clarification language that was agreed upon by both the City and AFSCME for processing affected employee wages.
* Cons: Staff have not identified a disadvantage to approving the negotiated MOU.
Option 2: Deny the MOU between the City of North Port, Florida, and the AFSCME Local 3432 regarding Pesticide Applicator Certification Specialty Pay.
* Pros: Staff have not identified an advantage to denying the MOU.
* Cons: Failure to approve the MOU will continue the ambiguity of the current language for the application of the Pesticide Applicator Certification Specialty Pay.
Background Information
The City and Local 3432 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO (AFSCME) met on April 20, 2026, to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the purpose of clarifying language regarding the application of specialty pay provisions contained in Article 32, Section 1(E) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") as they relate to pesticide applicator certifications. Langu...
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