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Resolutions - R7  I




COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager 
DATE:July  31, 2019
 



SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA RATIFYING A THREE YEAR LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE NO. 8 (FOP), FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, AND POLICE CHIEF TO EXECUTE THE LABOR AGREEMENT.

RECOMMENDATION

The Administration recommends adoption of this Resolution.

ANALYSIS

On September 30, 2018, the three-year collective bargaining agreement between the City of Miami Beach and the FOP (covering the period of October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2018) expired. The City and FOP began meeting in August 2018 to negotiate a successor agreement. After six formal negotiation sessions, on May 20, 2019, the City and FOP reached a tentative three-year agreement covering the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021.

The FOP leadership held a ratification vote on the proposed agreement from July 9, 2019 through July 12, 2019. As per the attached email from the FOP President, Kevin Millan, the agreement was ratified by 243 members voting for the contract and 53 members against. (Attachment 1)

The following is a summary of the newly negotiated terms between the parties:


General Provisions

3.2 Grievance Procedure: Step III will be treated as a mediation.

3.3 Binding Arbitration: Written reprimands shall be settled at Step III.




Pension

7.24 Pension:

• Pension- Allow a window of opportunity (7/1/2021 to 9/30/2021) for all BU members to purchase up to two years creditable service with in increments of 3% up to a maximum of 6 % multiplier for military service and/or prior county or municipal fire service. Can only be used if the employee completes 10 years of service. Sick and or annual leave can be used for the purchase. Future employees can exercise this option within the first twenty-four months of employment. Current employees who have previously purchased past credit up to the two years may not use this option.
• Vesting- Increase from 5-10 years
• Age to collect- Once benefit reaches 85%, no age requirement.
• Same as IAFF



Cost-Of-Living Adjustments (COLA)

8.1 Wage Increases:

• 0% October 2018
• 1% April 1, 2020
• 1% April 1, 2021


Other Economic Items

8.7 Holidays: members working midnight shift on Christmas and New Year’s Eve should also be paid.

8.9 Sick and Vacation Leave Accrual and Payment on Termination: Sick leave increased at termination 600 hrs. to 620 hrs.

8.15 On Call Pay (NEW): 2.5% incentive pay for those employees designated as on call status.
Elimination of ISAP and Telephone Calls.

8.22 Forced Holdover: Double time for all unplanned hours forced to work OT or unplanned extensions of planned OT. City to give 14 calendar day notice whenever practical for planned event OT. Does not apply to planned OT or extensions of regular shifts.

8.27 CJSTC Police Instructor Incentive Pay: 2.5% incentive pay (Max limit went from 50 employees to 75).

8.32 CJIS Pay (NEW): incentive pay for certification (all qualify). 2% upon ratification and 2% in April 2020 for a total of 4%.

8.33 Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) (NEW): 2.5% incentive pay for crisis intervention team training. Employee must be vested to be eligible.

8.34 Marine Pay (NEW): 5% (same as Fire) 4 Officers and 1 Sgt.

11.1 Safety and Health: Cooper test incentive pay went from $50 to $75 per pay period.



Miscellaneous Items



Article 9 Health Trust Contributions:
• Future annual increases to the City monthly contributions will be made based upon the Annual Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey for Open Access PPO/POS Plans. Note in Fiscal Year 2018/2019 this resulted in a savings of $756,000.
• FOP Health Trust Fund shall provide the audited financial Statements from the TRUST CPA on an annual basis but not later than March 1st of each calendar year.

Article 16 Promotions: Sgt exam eligibility increase from 4 to 6 years of service plus reopener for discussions of other procedural changes.

CONCLUSION

The Administration recommends adoption of this Resolution. Exhibit A to the resolution is a copy of the proposed labor agreement.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The terms and conditions of the proposed three-year labor agreement between the City and FOP assumes an estimated impact of $($266,000.00) for FY 2018/19; $2,434,300.00for FY 2019/20; $2,131,300.00 for FY 2020/21. The total estimated three-year impact is $4,565,600.00.
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ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Reso
Exhibit A
FOP Contract Red Lined