The City of Miami Beach has the following five (5) classified employee groups that are represented by bargaining units:

• Group I - Represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1554;
• Group II - Represented by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) William Nichols Lodge No. 8;
• Group III - Represented by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 1510;
• Group IV - Represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 3178; and
• Group V - Represented by the Government Supervisors Association of Florida (GSAF), OPEIU, Local 100.

In addition, the City has one classified employee group, Group VI, comprising all other classifications in the classified service not covered by a bargaining unit. This group is commonly referred to in the City of Miami Beach as “Others”. There is a seventh salary group comprised of at-will employees commonly referred to as Unclassified.

The Administration will be presenting a separate item before the City Commission during the October 26, 2016, City Commission meeting requesting approval to ratify a three-year labor agreement between the City and AFSCME for the period of May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2019. Included in the AFSCME collective bargaining agreement is a provision that requires amendments to the Classified Salary Ordinance (Ordinance No. 789).

The first amendment calls for the implementation of a one percent (1%) across the board cost of living adjustment (COLA), effective the first full pay period ending April of 2016, for all bargaining unit employees covered by AFSCME, and providing for an increase to the minimum and maximum of each pay range correspondingly by one percent (1%). The one percent (1%) COLA, effective with the first full pay period in April of 2016, represents an impact of approximately $87,500 for members covered by the AFSCME.

The second amendment calls for the implementation of a three percent (3%) across the board COLA, effective the first full pay period ending July of 2017, for all bargaining unit employees covered by the AFSCME, and providing for an increase to the minimum and maximum of each pay range correspondingly by three percent (3%). The three percent (3%) COLA, effective with the first full pay period in July of 2017, represents an impact of approximately $310,000 for members covered by the AFSCME.

The third amendment calls for the implementation of a three percent (3%) across the board COLA, effective the first full pay period ending July of 2018, for all bargaining unit employees covered by the AFSCME, and providing for an increase to the minimum and maximum of each pay range correspondingly by three percent (3%). The three percent (3%) COLA, effective with the first full pay period in July of 2018, represents an impact of approximately $855,000 for members covered by the AFSCME.

The impact over a three year period is $1,252,500. The estimated figures do not take into consideration current turnover rates or vacant positions; however, the Administration anticipates the impact of such to be minimal. Any of the aforementioned classified employees who separate from employment with the City prior to the date of implementation of the COLA’s, will not be eligible to receive the COLA increases.

Pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME and PERC ruling (PERC Case No. UC-014-020, Certification 379 Order No. 14E-291), the Recreation Attendant classification was added into listing of bargaining unit positions.