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Agenda Section: VI I I-7 CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON Report Number: 9K-232 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Date: October 2, 1996 ITEM DESCRIPTION: TENTATIVE LABOR SETTLEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES (LELS) FOR CONTRACT YEARS 1997 AND 1998 DEPT. HEAD'S APPROVAL: MANAGER'S REVIEW/RECOMMENDATION: No comments to supplement this report Comments attached Explanation: A tentative settlement has been reached with representatives from the LELS collective bargaining unit which covers our sworn non-supervisory police officers. The proposed labor contract covers the years 1997 and 1998. The tentative agreement includes only a small number of changes to our current contract language and includes only five economic issues. The tentative agreement is summarized as follows: ECONOMIC ISSUES: 1. Base salary increases of 3% for 1997 and 3% in 1998. 2. The City and labor unit would share in any increase in insurance costs for 1997 at a two-thirds/one-third ratio, • based on the base Health Partners policy. Whatever this resultant premium dollar amount is it would be carried forward into 1998 irrespective of any premium increases. 3. Specialists, including Detectives and Corporals,would receive a$5.00 per month increase in their specialist pay. 4. Officers who work in an Officer in Charge capacity for more than four hours during a shift would receive 2 hours of compensatory time instead of the current one hour. 5. The SELF Program would be modified to allow an Officer to advance to 7% SELF pay over base pay with a Bachelors Degree instead of a Masters Degree. NON-ECONOMIC LANGUAGE CHANGES: 1. Employees would be expected to call in prior to the start of their shift in order to use sick leave. Currently, employees can call in within two hours of the start of their shift. The only exclusion to this change would be for those circumstances where an employee cannot reasonably call in before the start of their shift. 2. The section focusing on"Injury on Duty"would be clarified to assist in the appropriate administration of current benefit levels. This provision effectively equates work days to work hours. Over the course of the two year contract we have estimated the contract costs to range from 5.74%to 6.07% depending on ultimate changes in the health insurance premium levels which we should become aware of within the next month. The costs of this contract are consistent with Council's direction regarding labor settlement levels. The terms of the tentative settlement is consistent with other labor settlements in the region and comparable to cost of living indexes for this region. Recommendation: Motion to APPROVE THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE LABOR CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS WITH LELS ER THE 1997/1998 CONTRACT YEARS. Matt Fulton, City Manager I:\SHAREDICOUNCILIREPORTS119961LELS-SET.WPD