TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of North Port and the Florida Police Benevolent Association - A Chapter of the Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA), for the Period of October 1, 2024, - September 30, 2027.
Recommended Action
Approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of North Port and the Florida Police Benevolent Association - A Chapter of the Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA), for the Period of October 1, 2024, - September 30, 2027.
Background Information
The City and the PBA met for several sessions since February 6, 2024, to exchange proposals and negotiate terms of a Successor Agreement for the period of October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2027. The City was notified on May 31, 2024, that the Contract was ratified by the union membership. The Agreement proposed will be for a term of three (3) years, effective October 1, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2027.
Some highlights of the changes to the Agreement are as follows:
> Article 3, Employee Rights - Added "Alternative Suspension" as a disciplinary action.
> Article 5, Compensation - Effective October 1, 2024, bargaining unit members in the rank of Public Safety Telecommunicators and Senior Public Safety Telecommunicators shall receive a two and one-half percent (2.5%) Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase plus five hundred dollars ($500.00) to their base salary. The minimum and maximum of the pay plan shall be adjusted by the two and one-half percent 2.5%.
> Bargaining unit members in the rank of Police Officer will receive a five percent (5%) pay adjustment, plus a two and one-half percent (2.5%) COLA to their base salary. The minimum and maximum of the pay grade shall be adjusted by the five percent (5%) pay adjustment and the two and one-half percent (2.5%) COLA.
> Bargaini...
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