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: