CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: September 7, 2021
Agenda Date: September 14, 2021
Prepared By: Tammy B. Gemmati, Administrative Services Director
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Approve the three-year contract between the City of Cocoa and the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association (CFPBA) for the contract term of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.
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BACKGROUND:
Since May 2021, the City of Cocoa City Staff has been working with the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association (CFPBA) Union to renegotiate a new three-year agreement. The negotiation team for the City included: City Manager Stockton Whitten, Police Chief Evander Collier, Finance Director Rebecca Bowman, and Administrative Services Director Tammy Gemmati, who also served as Chief Negotiator for the City. On September 3, 2021, the CFPBA Union tentatively approved the contract proposal for a three-year term of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The PBA Union held their ratification vote on Wednesday, September 8 and ratified the contract with a vote of 39 - Yes and 3 - No.
This contract includes the classifications of Police Officers, Police Sergeants, and Dispatch/Communication Officers. Since this was a complete contract negotiation, there were many changes made, some administrative in nature with little impact. Highlights of the contract modifications include:
Article 6 - PBA Business
* This new contract allows for up to eighty hours of union business to be used for union items such as grievance handling or training. Prior to this the contract allowed for a time pool system where members could donate and then use the time for union business.
* Changes to this article were mostly administrative in nature to account for the new union business time procedures.
Article 7 - Promotions
* This article will be reopened during Fiscal Year 2022 to negotiate possible changes to the Police Sergeant's promotion process.
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