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A G R E E MEN T
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CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
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FLORIDA STATE LODGE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF POLICE
OCTOBER 1, 1976
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J...RTICLE I
ARTICLE II
ARTICLE III
ARTICLE IV
ARTICLE V
ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE IX
ARTICLE X
ARTICLE XI
ARTICLE XII
ARTICLE XIII
ARTICLE XIV
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ARTICLE XV
ARTICLE XVI
ARTICLE XVII
ARTICLE XVIII
ARTICLE XIX
ARTICLE XX
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PREAMBLE
RECOGNITION
REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTIES
CITY'S MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
NO STRIKE
STEWARDS, CHECK-OFF AND F.O.P. BUSINESS
NO DISCRIMINATION
CIVIL SERVICE
PREVAILING RIGHTS
EXISTING RULES
POLICE OFFICER DUTIES
SENIORITY
PROMOTION PROCEDURE
DIRECT ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
1. Holidays
2. Vacations
3. Recall Pay
4. Court Attendance
5. Acting in Higher Position Pay
6. Physical Examinations and Innoculations
7. Funeral Leave
8. Line of Duty Injury Pay
9. Uniform Allowances
10. Accumulated Sick Leave Retirement Benefit
11. Overtime Pay
12. Compensation Time
13. Shift Differential
14. Wages
BULLETIN BOARDS AND POSTING OF AGREEMENT
LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
A...""1ENDMENT S
SEVERABILITY AND WAIVER
CONTRACT CONSTITUTES ENTIRE
AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES
DURATION, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
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A G R E E MEN T
PREAMBLE
This Agreement is entered into effective this 1st day of
October, 1976, between the City of Clearwater, Florida, herein-
after referred to as the "City" and the Florida State Lodge of
the Fraternal Order of Police, hereinafter referred to as the
"F.O.P." It is the intent and purpose of this Agreement to
assure sound and mutually beneficial working and economic relation-
ships between the parties hereto, to provide an orderly and
peaceful means of resolving any misunderstandings or differences
which may arise, and to set forth herein basic and full agreements
between the parties concerning rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other terms and conditions of ~mployment. There
shall be no individual arrangment contrary to the terms herein
provided. Either party hereto shall be entitled to require
specific performance of the provisions of this Agreement. It is
understood that the City is engaged in furnishing essential
public services, which vitally affect the health, safety, comfort
and general well being of the public and both parties hereto
recognize the need for continuous and reliable service to the
public.
ARTICLE I
RECOGNITION
The City recognized the F.O.P. as the exclusive bargaining
representative as defined in Chapter 447, Flcrida Statutes, as
amended, for all emp loyees emp loyed in the uni t defined b)7 the
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Public Employee Relations Commission in its certification No. 76-
E-92-l029 dated June 24, 1976, which certification includes all
police officers below the rank of sergeant, traffic enforcement
officers and parkettes.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTIES
ARTICLE III
CITY'S MUU~AGE~1ENT RIGHTS
Section 1. Except as expressly limited by any provision of
this Agreement, the City reserves and retains exclusively all of
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its normal and inherent rights with respect to the management of
its operati~ns, including. but not limited to, its rights to
determine, and from time to time redetermine, the number, loca-
tion and type of its various operations, functions and services;
the methods, procedures and policies to be employed; to discon-
tinue the conduct of any operation, function or service, in whole
or in part; to transfer its operations, functions or services
from or to either in whole or in part to any of its departments
or other divisions; to select and direct the working force in
accordance with requirements determined by the City; to create,
modify or discontinue jobs; to establish and charge working rules
and regulations; to create new job classifications; to establish
and change work schedules and assignments; to transfer, promote
or demote employees, to layoff, furlough, terminate or otherwise
relieve employees from work for lack of work, lack of funds, or
other legitimate reason; to suspend, discharge or otherwise
discipline employees; to subcontract; to alter or vary past
practices with prior notification and otherwise to take such
measures as the City may determine to be necessary to the orderly
and efficient operation of its various operations, functions, and
services.
Section 2. If in the sole discretion of the City Nanager it
is determined that civil emergency conditions exist, including,
but not limited to, riots, civil disorders, hurricane conditions,
or similar catastrophies or disorders of this Agreement may be
suspended by the City Manager during the time of the declared
emergency, provided that wage rates and other direct monetary
payments shall not be suspended; provided, however, that any
grievance arising during suspension of this Agreement wil~ be
pursuable on termination of the declared emergency.
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ARTICLE IV
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Section 1. A grievance shall be defined as any difference.
dispute or complaint regarding the interpretation or application
of the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2. All grievance filed shall refer to the specific
section of this Agreement upon which the grievance is based and
shall contain a concise statement of the facts alleged to support
the grievance. Grievances shall be processed in accordance with
the following procedure and shall be determined by application of
the terms of this Agreement, the laws of the United States, the
State of Florida, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater. Where the term "'\\1orking days" is used in this Arti-
cle it shall refer to Monday through Friday. Saturdays, Sundays
and days aesignated as holidays are excluded.
Step 1. The aggrieved employee shall present orally or
in writing his grievance to his immediate supervisor within
five (5) working days of the occurence of the action giving
rise to the grievance. The aggrieved employee may request
that a F.O.P. representative be present. Discussions will
be informal for the purpose of settling differences in the
simplest and most direct manner. The immediate supervisor
shall reach a decision and communicate it orally or in
writing to the aggrieved employee within five (5) working
days from the date the grievance was presented to him.
Step 2. If the grievance is not settled in the first
step, the aggrieved employee, within five (5) working days
of the date of the answer in the first step, shall reduce
the grievance to writing, sign it and present it to the
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Division Head or his designee. The Division Head or his
designee shall obtain the facts concerning the alleged
grievance and shall, within five (5) working days of receipt
of the written grievance, meet with the aggrieved employee.
The aggrieved employee may be accompanied at this meeting by
a F.G.P. representative. The Division Head or his designee
shall notify the aggrieved employee of his decision in
writing not later than five (5) working days following the
meeting date. '
Step 3. If the grievance is not settled at the second
step, the aggrieved employee shal~, within five (5) working
days of the date of notification from the Division Head or
his designee, present the written grievance to the Chief of
Police. The Chief of Police shall obtain the facts concern-
ing the alleged grievance and shall, within five (5) working
days following receipt of the written grievance, meet with
the aggrieved employee. The aggrieved employee may be
accompanied at this meeting by a F.G.P. representative. The
Chief of Police shall notify the aggrieved employee of his
decision in writing not later than five (5) working days
following the meeting day.
Step 4. If still unresolved, the grievance and all
responses shall be submitted to the City Manager or his
designee within ten (10) working days of the time the re-
sponse was due in Step 3. Within ten (10) working days, the
Ci ty l1anager shall notify the employee, in \vriting, of his
decision.
Section 3. In the event that the grievance is still unre-
solved, the matter shall be submitted to final and binding ar-
bitration as provided in this Section.
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(a) within ten (10) working days of the date of the
decision of the City Manager, the aggrieved party shall
notify the City Manager of its intent to arbitrate. Con-
currently, said party shall request from the Federal Medi-
ation and Conciliation Service a list of five (5) names of
qualified arbitrators. Within five (5) working days after
the receipt of such a list, representatives of the parties
shall meet and each party shall strike two (2) names. The
party filing the grievance shall strike the first name. The
remaining name shall be notified of his selection as arbi-
trator. As promptly as can be arranged, but no later than
thirty (30) days from the selection of an arbitrator, the
arbitration hearing shall be held. In the event the arbi-
trator selected is not available in the time required, the
parties shall i~~ediately obtain a new list of arbitrators
from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and
select another arbitrator. Each party shall pay its own
expense for its representative, counsel and witnesses. The
fees of the arbitrator and other expenses of arbitration,
including the appearance fee of a court reporter, shall be
shared equally by the City and the aggrieved party. The
decision of the arbitrator shall be f~nal and binding on
both parties. The arbitrator shall have no power to amend,
add to or subtract from the terms of the agreement.
(b) Copies of the decision of the arbitrator made in
accordance with the jurisdiction and authority of this
Agreement shall be furnished to both parties within thirty
(30) days of the date of the hearing and shall be final and
binding on both parties.
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ARTICLE V
NO STRIKE
Section 1. The F.O.P.agrees that during the terms of this
Agreement it shall not authorize, instigate, condone, excuse,
ratify, support, or acquiesce in any strike, slowdo\vu, picketing,
work stoppage or any other act of like or similar nature likely
to interfere with the efficient operation of the City's affairs
engaged in or supported by members of the F.O.P. and/or employees
represented by the F.O.P. or other agents or representatives of
the F.O.P. or its affiliates.
Section 2. Should the F.O.P. or the member employees covered
hereunder within the City's Police Department breach this Arti-
cle, then the City may proceed to the appropriate court, and
without notice, obtain an injunction against such breach, that
the City may recover from the F.O.P. or its successor in interest,
such damage as may De incurred, together with punitive damages
and attorney's fees, and that the City may take any other action
authorized or required by law.
Section 3. The question of whether this Article has been
breached shall be subject to the grievance procedure contained
herein.
ARTICLE VI
STEHARDS
CHECK-OFF AND F.O.P. BUSINESS
Section 1. The F.O.P. shall designate its stewards on the
following, basis:
a. Administrative and
Service Divisions:
One stev,ard
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b. Detective Bureau:
c. Operations Division:
One steward
Three stewards
The F.O.P. may designate relief stewards for the above ~n
order to have a steward on duty at all times.
A steward shall not investigate or otherwise handle griev-
,ances during working time without the express consent of his
supervisor.
Section 2. Commencing at the pay day first following exe-
cution of this Agreement, the City shall deduct dues owed by the
employee to the F.O.P. on a bi-weekly basis provided, that prior
to such deduction the F.O.P. has provided the City with a signed
statement from each employee whose dues are to be deducted that
such deduction is authorized; provided further that such author-
ization is in a form satisfactory to the City. Any authorization
for dues deduction may be canceled by the employee upon thirty
(30) days' written notice to the City and the F.O.P.
Section 3. The F.O.P. shall indemnify and hold harmless the
City from any and all claims, demands or expenses in connection
therewith based upon the City's participation in dues deduction.
Nothing contained herein shall require the City to deduct from a
salary or be otherwise involved in the collection of fines,
penalties or special assessments.
Section 4. The F.O.P. shall have a total of fifteen (15)
working days time with pay during the life of this Agreement for
the purpose of attending official F.O.P. functions, meetings or
conferences. Requests for use of this time shall be made to the
Major in command of operations. The department will grant such
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time off provided that, in the opinion of the Department, oper-
ations will not be interfered with.
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Section 5. The F.O.P. Civil Service Liason officer shall on
request be relieved from duty with no loss in pay for the purpose
of attending regular monthly Civil Service Board Meetings, unless
operations will be interfered with.
Section 6. The President of the F.O.P. shall, on request,
be relieved from duty with no loss in pay for the purpose of
presiding at the regular monthly F.O.P. meeting unless operations
will be interfered with.
ARTICLE VII
NO DISCRIMINATION
The City and the F.O.P. specifically agree that the provi-
sions of this Agreement shall be equally applicable to all em-
ployees covered herein without regard to race, color, religion,
creed, sex, national origin, membership or nonmembership in labor
organization or age, as provided by law.
ARTICLE VIII
CONTINUATION OF CIVIL SERVICE
Except as provided in this Agreement, all Civil Service
rules and provisions now in effect shall continue, insofar as
provided by Section 447.601 of Florida Statutes of 1974, which
is incorporated herein by reference.
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ARTICLE IX
PREVAILING RIGHTS
Any right or working condition enjoyed by employees covered
by this Agreement as the result of specific action taken by the
City Manager or Chief of Police shall not be changed in an arbi-
trary or capricious manner.
ARTICLE X
EXISTING RULES
A Police Department rule, regulation, policy, or procedure
now in existence in conflict with this Agreement shall be re-
solved by modification of such rule, regulation, policy or pro-
cedure to be compatible with this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
POLICE OFFICER DUTIES
The City agrees that no police officer, traffic enforcement
officer or parkette shall be required to perform duties or functions
not consistent with the job specifications as set forth in their
job description.
ARTICLE XII
SENIORITY
Section 1. Seniority shall prevail in cases of lay-off,
provided, however, that the City may retain junior officers with
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specialized skills who are assigned special duties.
Section 2. No new employee shall be hired until the em-
ployee on lay-off has been given an opportunity to return to work
at his original seniority date and position; provided, that after
one year of lay-off the employee shall cease to accrue seniority
and that such re-employment rights shall cease after five (5)
years from the date of lay-off.
Sectiop 3. Civil service shall govern the effects of lay-
off on employment benefits.
ARTICLE XIII
PROMOTION PROCEDURE
Sec.tion 1. In the event a vacancy occurs in a budgeted
position to which members of this unit are eligible for promo-
tion, the City Manager shall, within thirty (30) days of the date
said vacancy occurs, notify the F.O.P. that either (a) said
vacancy will not be filled during the current fiscal year, or
(b) that the vacancy will be filled and if a valid certified
promotion eligibility list is in effect, the date upon which the
vacancy shall be filled.
Section 2. The current practice on promotion examination
for Police Sergeant shall be continued by the City, except that:
(a) Not later than eighty (80) calendar days prior to
the expiration of an existing pFomotion eligibility list, a
notice of new examination shall be posted on bulletin boards
in the Roll Call Room and in the Detective Bureau of the
Clearwater Police Department. Such notice shall contain, in
addition to information concerning the date, time and place
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of the examination, a list of books and/or reference ma-
terials from 't-7hich the examination Hill be drawn.
(b) Not later than fifty (50) calendar days prior to
the expiration of an existing promotion eligibility list,
the written portion of the examination shall be adminis-
teredo
(c) Not later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the
expiration of a current promotion eligibility list, the
results of the new examination shall be posted; provided,
however, that the City may conduct examinations at any time
a promotion eligibility list is exhausted or whenever, in
the judgment of the Personnel Director, the list of eligi-
bles available for certification is inadequate or insuffi-
cient. In the event that an examination is conducted due to
a list being exhausted or inadequate, the aforementioned
calendar day time frame shall be observed.
PRTICLE XIV
DIRECT ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
The City agrees to provide the following benefits for the
members of the bargaining unit.
Section 1. Holidays.
(a) There shall be nine (9) paid holidays for members
of the Police Department. These holidays shall be:
New Year's Day
Washington's Birthday
MeITIorialDay
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Employee'~ Ow~ Birthday
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(b) In the event that one of the above named holidays
occur ~uring the course of an employee's vacation, then the
employee's vacation shall be extended by one day.
(c) In the event that one of the above named holidays
occurs while an employee is on sick leave, the employee
shall receive holiday pay and shall not be charged sick
leave pay for that day.
Section 2. Vacations.
(a) In the event that a death in the family occurs
while the employee is on vacation, the employee shall be
entitled to funeral leave under Section 7 of this Article;
provided the employee notifies the Department of such death
prior to the end of his vacation. Time charged to funeral
leave under Section 7 sha~l not be charged against the
employee's vacation time. In the event that the employee
cannot notify the Department of the death prior to the end
of his vacation due to circumstances beyond his control, the
employee must notify the Department of the death in his
family at his earliest opportunity.
(b) Where an illness of three (3) days or more occurs
during a vacation, an employee may charge this time to sick
leave and such time charged to sick leave shall not be
charged against the employee's accrued vacation.
(c) Upon termination, an employee shall be entitled to
receive all unused vacation pay acc~~ulated as of January 1,
of the year of termination.
(d) The vacation schedule currently in effect shall be
modified as follows:
Years of
Service Completed
Paid Vacation
Days Earned
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Years of
Service Completed
Paid Vacation
Days Earned
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Section 3. Recall Pay.
Any employee who is recalled to duty after having left for
the day, or on a regularly scheduled day off, vacation day or
compensation day, or more than four (4) hours prior to the start
of his regularly scheduled tour of duty, shall be guaranteed a
minimum of four (4) hours work. For the purpose of this Section,
recall is defined as any duty, detail or response to a lawful
order for which the employee can be disciplined for his failure
to comply. This specifically excludes court appearances.
Section 4. Court Attendance.
(a) Any employee whose appearance is required in
circuit or county court as the result of a matter arising
out of the course of his employment shall receive a minimum
of two (2) hours pay if such attendance is during the em-
ployee's off duty hours. This provision shall also apply
when the employee is subpoenaed to appear at the State
Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office or private
attorney's office in a criminal case arising from the em-
ployee's course of employment.
Section 5. Acting in Higher Position Pay.
If a Police Officer serves in a higher capacity on an acting
basis for thirty (30) days or more, he shall receive the appro-
priate pay for the acting rank retroactive to the date he assumed
that status.
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Section 6. Physical Examinations and Innoculations.
(a) The City will provide, at no cost to the employee,
f~ee and mandatory annual physical examinations for each em-
ployee.
(b) In the event that the Department determines that
an officer requires an innoculation or immunization as the
result of exposure to a disease or illness in the line of
duty, then the same immunization or innoculation will be
made available to members of the officer's household.
Section 7. Funeral Leave.
.Each employee shall be allowed up to four (4) days funeral
leave with no loss of pay and no charge against sick leave in the
event of a death in the family. Death in the family shall be
defined as the death of a spouse, child, mother, father, grand-
father, grandchild, brother or sister of employee or employee's
spouse. Additional funeral leave for death in the family may be
requested in accordance with current rules and regulations.
Section 8. Line of Duty Injury Pay.
The City hereby agrees to pay the following compensation to
any employee injured in the line of duty in accordance with the
following ,definitions, terms and conditions:
(a) Compensation shall be payable under this Section
only with respect to disability as the result of injury to
an employee where such injury is incurred in the line of
duty.
(b) An injury shall be deemed to have been incurred in
the line of duty if and only if such injury is compensable
under the Florida Workmen's Compensation Law.
(c) The amount of compensation paid shall be the
amount required to supplement funds received from the
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Florida Workmen 1 s Compensation La,;v and any other disability
or othe! income plan provided by the City, either by law or
by agreement, to the point where the s~~ of the supplement
herein provided and all other payments herein described
equal the employee's weekly wage at the time of the injury.
(d) No compensation under this Section shall be al-
lowed for the =irst seven (7) days of disability; provided,
however, that if the injury results in disability of more
than fourteen (14) days, compensation shall be paid from the
commencement of the disability.
(e) The term disability as used in this Section means
incapacity because of the line of duty injury to earn in the
same or any other employment the wages which the employee
was receiving at the time of the injury.
(f) It is the intent of this Section to provide supple-
mental compensation for line of duty injuries only, and this
Section shall not be construed to provide compensatio~ in
the event of death or injury incurred in any manner other
than in the line of duty. Coverage under this Section shall
not result in the loss of step increases which the officer
would have received had he been on active status. In the
event of any dispute or disagreement concerning the inter-
pretation of the terms of this Section, then the decisions
concerning definition of those terms issued under the
Florida Workmen's Compensation Law shall control.
(g) The maximum period for which payment may be made
under this Section shall be ninety (90) days from the date
of injury for each injury, including recurrences thereof.
No payment made by the City during said period shall'be
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charged against any sick leave which the employee may have
accrued.
(h) The City shall have the right to require the em-
ployee to have a physical examination by a physician of its
choice prior to receiving or to continue to receive compen-
sation under this Section.
Section 9. Uniform Allowances.
(a) The City shall continue to provide the uniforms
and equipment currently provided by the City. Modifications
in said policy may be the subject of discussions within the
Labor Management Committee, which committee may Tender
advice to the Chief of Police with regard to changes in the
current uniform policy.
(b) Detectives shall receive a plain clothes allowance
of Three Hundred and No/laD Dollars ($300.00) per fiscal
year paid in two (2) semi-annual installments.
Section 10. Accumulated Sick Leave Retirement Benefit.
Any sick leave taken after the effective date of this
Agreement as the result of a line of duty injury shall be
added back to the employee's -unused accumulated sick leave
at the time of retirement for purposes of computing the
benefit allowed under the accumulated unused sick leave
provisions of the Civil Service Regulations.
Section 11. Overtime Pay.
(a) No employee shall be sent home prior to the end of
his regular scheduled shift for the sole purpose of denying
overtime pay.
(b) If a regularly scheduled work day is to .be can-
celled, the employee must be notified by the end of his tour
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of duty immediately preceeding the scheduled work day to be
canceled.
(c) Employees shall be paid for all hours worked. The
City shall pay overtime at the rate of time and one-half for
all hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in anyone
work week.
Section 12. Compensation Time.
Officers shall have the option of designating overtime as
compensatory time under the following procedure.
(a) At the time of earning overtime the officer shall.
on the form provided by the Department, designate~hether
the hours earned are to be treated as paid time hours or
compensatory time.
(b) At the conclusion of each work week the payroll
clerk shall allocate the hours in the manner designated by
the officer. All time designated as paid time shall be
processed for payment in the normal manner. All time
designated as compensatory time will be credited to the
officer's compensatory time account. Hours earned as
straight time shall be credited as straight time. Hours
worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a work week shall be
credited at 'one and one-half (1-1/2) times the hours worked
in excess of forty (40) hours.
(c) An officer may request compensatory time off by
filing a written request with his supervisor who shall have
the authority to grant or deny the requested time off. Per-
mission to take time off shall not be arbitrarily denied.
All compensatory time earned during a scheduled shift cycle
must be used during the scheduled shift cycle during which
it was earned. All unused compensatory time in an officer's
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account at the end of a scheduled shift cycle shall be paid
off at the officer's straight time regular rate of pay in
effect on the date of the end of the scheduled shift cycle.
Compensatory hours off shall not be considered as hours
worked in computing overtime under Section 11 of this Arti-
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Section 13. Shift ~ifferential.
Officers shall be entitled to shift differential pay as set
forth in this Section.
(a) For purposes of computing shift differential pay
the following shift series and lump sum payments are estab-
lished:
Payment per
Shift Series No. Hours 28 day period
100 2400-0700 $20.00
200 0700-1600 None
300 1600-2400 $10.00
(b) An officer's shift differential shall be deter-
mined by the shift series into which the majority of the
hours of his regularly assigned shift for the scheduled
shift cycle falls and without regard to the starting or
ending time of the officer1s shift. Temporary shift or duty
assignments shall not entitle an officer to shift differen-
tial pay.
(c) Officers assigned as Vice Detectives shall be
deemed to be assigned to a 300 series shift regardless of
actual shift assignment.
(d) Payments under this Section are lump sum payments
and are not to be used for the computation of any other pay-
ment under this Agreement. Shift Differential pay shall be
paid to any officer regularly assigned to a series 100 or
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300 shift and shall not be prorated on account of vacation,
holiday~ or other paid time off.
Section 14. Wages. Officers shall be compensated in accord-
ance with the attached Appendix A.
ARTICLE XV
BULLETIN BOARDS AND POSTING OF AGREEMENT
Section 1.
The City agrees to provide space of bulletin boards at the
Roll Call Room and at the Detective Bureau for posting by the
F.O.P. of notices of meetings or other official F.O.P. informa-
tion; provided, the City shall first review and agree to any such
posting; provided further that such agreement shall not be un-
reasonably withheld.
Section 2.
The City and the F.O.P. agree that this Agreement shall be
posted by the City ,in a conspicuous place in the Roll Call Room
and at the Detective Bureau.
ARTICLE XVI
LABOR MANAGEHENT CO}~ITTEE
There shall be a Labor Management Committee established to
consist of two (2) members appointed by the Chief of Police and
two (2) members appointed by the F.O.P. The purpose of this
Committee shall be to meet and confer concerning problems of a
general nature which may from time to time arise in the Depart-
ment and to make recommendations to the Chief concerning reso-
lution of any such problems.' The Committee shall meet not less
than monthly at a time and place designated by the Chief, and its
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reco~~endations shall be advisory in nature only. The committee
shall determine its own rules of operation.
ARTICLE XVII
A..l1ENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended at any time by the mutual
consent of the parties, but no such attempted amendment shall be
of any force or effect until placed in writing and executed by
each party hereto.
ARTICLE XVIII
SEVERABILITY AND WAIVER
Section 1.
Each and every clause of this Agreement shall be deemed
separable from each and every other clause of this Agreement to
the end that in the event that any clause or clauses shall be
finally determined to be in violation of any law, then and in
such event such clause or clauses only, to the extent only that
any may be so in violation, shall be deemed of no force and
effect and unenforceable without impairing the validity and
enforceability of the rest of the contract including any and all
provisions in the remainder of any clause, sentence or paragraph
in which the offending language may appear.
Section 2.
This exercise or nonexercise by the City or the F.O.P. of
the rights covered by this Agreement shall not be deemed to waive
any such right or the right to exercise them in the future.
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ARTICLE XIX
CONTRACT CONSTITUTES
ENTIP~ AGP~EMENT OF THE PARTIES
The parties acknowledge and agree that during the negoti-
ations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited
right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect
to any subject or matter included by law within the area of
collective bargaining and that all the understandings and agree-
ments arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right
and opportlli~ity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the
City and the F.O.P., for the life of this Agreement, each volun-
tarily and unqualifiedly waives the right to require further
collective bargaining, and each agrees that the other shall not
be obligated to bargain collectively with respect to any matter
or subject not specifically referred to or covered by this Agree-
ment, whether or not such matters have been discusaed, even
though such subjects or matter may not have been within the
knowledge or contemplation of either or both parties at the time
that they negotiated or signed this Agreement. This Agreement
contains the entire contract, understanding, undertaking and
agreement of collective bargaining for and during its term,
except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein.
ARTICLE XX
DURATION, MODIFICATION AND TE~~INATION
This Agreement shall be effective as of the 1st day of
October, 1976, and shall continue in full force and effect until
the 30th day of Sep:ember, 1977. At least one hundred twenty
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(120) days prior to the termination of this Agreement, either
party hereto.shall notify the other, in writing, of its intention
to modify, amend or terminate this Agreement. Failure to notify
the other party of intention to modify, amend or terminate, as
hereinabove set forth, will automatically extend the provisions
and terms of this Agreement for a period of one (1) year, and
each year thereafter absent notification.
In the ,event that the parties hereto desire to modify or
amend this Agreement and have been unable to agree on said modi-
fication or amendment by the termination date of this Agreement,
this Agreement shall terminate without further notice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder set
their hands and seals this ~;I~ay of g'~~1re~ 1976.
CITY
o CLEA..~WATER ,-{LORIDA
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y Manager
By:
Ci
Mayor-Commissione
FLORIDA STATE LODGE OF THE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
By, ~//~
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Signed, sealed and deliv-
in the presence of:
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