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ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT - CLEARWATER SUPERVISORS BARGAINING UNITADDENDUM to the AGREEMENT between CITY OF CLEARWATER and FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE CLEARWATER SUPERVISORS BARGAINING UNIT The City and Union hereby agree that the approved collective bargaining agreement between the parties effective for the period from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012 shall be modified in accordance with the following: Article 9, Section 1 of the approved Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted for the duration of the Agreement, unless subsequently modified by the parties through collective bargain prior to the expiration date of the Agreement. Section 1. Wages A. The Pay Schedules shall be in accordance with Appendix A. B. Rules for Administering the Pay Schedule Employees in the bargaining unit shall be eligible for performance review on their promotional anniversary date on an annual basis and considered for subsequent merit step advancement based on satisfactory evaluations, except as provided elsewhere in the provisions of this Section. Employees in the top step in their respective range shall not be eligible for merit increases; however, an annual performance evaluation shall be conducted on the employee's promotional anniversary date. Eligibility for review for within pay schedule increases shall be as follows: Police Sergeants Step 1 - Original appointment Step 2 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 1. Step 3 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 2. Step 4 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 3. Step 5 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 4. Step 6 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 5. Step 7 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 6. Step 8 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 7. Police Lieutenants Step 1 - Original appointment Step 2 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 1. Step 3 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 2. Step 4 -- At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 3. Step 5 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 4. Step 6 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 5. Step 7 - At the end of one year of satisfactory service in step 6. C. Responsibility for Performance Evaluations Performance evaluations shall be based on a review of the employee's job performance and adherence to departmental rules, regulations and procedures. Performance evaluations will be by the employee's immediate supervisor and reviewed by Police Department senior management personnel and the office of the Police Chief. D. Denial of Merit Step Advancement and Effect Upon Advancement Employees who receive an evaluation on their promotional anniversary date of less than Satisfactory shall not be granted a merit step advancement on their promotional anniversary date. Such employees may be reevaluated after three months, and if then rated satisfactory shall be granted a merit step advancement on that date. The effective date of this increase shall be utilized for the purpose of determining subsequent annual merit review dates. If the three-month follow- up rating is still less than satisfactory, the employee shall be reevaluated in another three months. If then rated satisfactory, the employee shall be provided a merit step advancement as of the second three-month follow-up review. The effective date of this increase shall be utilized in the future as their promotional anniversary date for the purpose of determining subsequent annual merit review dates. If still rated less than satisfactory, no merit step advancement shall be made and the employee will be evaluated on his/her regular promotional anniversary date. E. The City and Union agree that pay range minimums and maximums for all classifications represented by the bargaining unit will not be adjusted, and that employees will not be provided with an across-the-board general wage adjustment for the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. The parties further agree that each bargaining unit member shall be subject to one 8-hour furlough day without pay during the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, and shall be subject to one additional 8-hour furlough day without pay during the period from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, such days to be scheduled at the discretion of the Police Department. The City agrees that for the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2012, the City shall not contract with another entity to supplant or displace any budgeted positions currently represented by the Fraternal Order of Police Clearwater Supervisor's bargaining unit. This agreement does not preclude the City from pursuing cost savings or operational consolidations, including the reduction of budgeted positions, that do not result in the supplanting or displacing of any bargaining unit member by an outside source. The parties further agree this Section may be re-opened upon the written request of either party no sooner than 90 days prior to September 30, 2011 for the purpose of negotiating rates of pay and/or adjustments to pay range minimums and maximums for any bargaining unit members or represented -job classifications for the period from October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. The parties agree the amount of the general wage increase and/or adjustments to the pay ranges shall not constitute a reduction in rates of pay or pay ranges in effect at the time of the change, if any. The provisions of the pay schedule of steps described in Section 1, B. of this Article shall not be subject to the reopener_ This Addendum to the Agreement was negotiated in good faith through collective bargaining by the City and the Union and is final and binding as part of this Agreement. This Addendum to the Agreement shall be effective as of the start of the payroll period that includes October 1, 2010, and shall continue in full force and effect until the thirtieth day of September, 2012. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder set their hands and seals this day of ,? &_r , A.D., 2010. ATTEST: THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA CA. Rosemarie Call, City Clerk Approved as to form and _Ijk) Pamela K. Akin, City Attorney .12 William B. Horne II, City Manager Countersigned: Frank Hibbard, Mayor FLORIDA STATE LODGE OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE S27- R SORS BAR WINING UNIT By Lie utenant Daniel S1 hter, President Cl at Superviso Bargaining Unit i Paul J. Noesk , taff Representative Florida State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police WITNESSES: