HomeMy WebLinkAbout5992RESOLUTION NO. 5992
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE FINAL
WRITTEN PROPOSAL OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO TO THE
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR THE
CITY OF PUEBLO POLICE OFFICERS, INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF POLICE OFFICERS LOCAL 537 FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 1988.
WHEREAS, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers
Local 537 has requested arbitration of their final written
proposal for police salary increases for 1988; and
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Pueblo requires such
arbitration and further requires that the corporate authorities
submit a final written proposal prior to such arbitration; and
WHEREAS, the City's annual cost for salary commencing
July 1, 1987 and the following benefits provided to police
officers in the bargaining unit with ten years of service is:
PATROL OFFICER CORPORAL SERGEANT
Salary $26,520 $27,396 $30,564
Longevity Pay 420 420 420
Uniform
Allowance 1,340 1,340 1,340
Pay
Family Health
Insurance 2,460 2,460 2,460
Pension Con-
tributions 4,930 5,090 5,670
TOTAL $35,670 $36,706 $40,454
WHEREAS, in addition to the above salary and benefits,
each police officer in the bargaining unit with 10 years of
service is entitled to: paid leave each year consisting of 18
days vacation, 10 days additional vacation in lieu of holidays,
2 days personal leave, 18 days sick leave with an accrual of
190 days; overtime compensation of one and one -half times
regular salary; call back compensation; one -year injury leave
with full salary and benefits; and if applicable, 4 days funeral
paid leave, paid union business leave, military leave, and
educational incentives; and
WHEREAS, the budget for the Police Department has
increased to $8,468,571 for the year 1987 from $5,177,452 for
the year 1977; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the
salary and other benefits payable to members of the Police
Department are fair and reasonable; and
WHEREAS, the police officers' union has made a final
written proposal to the City requesting additional health
insurance premiums plus salary increases ranging from $1656 to
$2532 annually; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that salary increases of
the magnitude proposed by the police officers' union are not
justified and cannot be granted without either cutbacks in
other essential services or a tax increase, or both; and
WHEREAS, the 1988 budget for the City of Pueblo will
require substantial expenditures in all areas of essential
public services, capital expenditures, and economic development;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that for all of the
above reasons, fiscal responsibility requires that the City
wage proposal for calendar year 1988 for each member of the
bargaining unit represented by the police union be limited to
an increase of $540.00 per year; NOW THEREFORE,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO,
that:
SECTION 1.
The final written proposal of the City of Pueblo to the
International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 537 for
calendar year 1988 is:
ARTICLE 27. SALARY
Employees in the bargaining unit will be paid in accordance
with the following monthly salary schedule effective January 1,
1988:
Police Sergeant
$2,592.00
Identification Sergeant
$2,592.00
Corporal:
$2,328.00
Police Patrol Officer:
Entry
$1,669.00
2nd Year
$1,923.00
3rd Year
$2,055.00
4th Year
$2,255.00
All other provisions of the current collective bargaining
agreement will remain unchanged during calendar year 1988.
fft ty Clerk
INTRODUCED April 13, 1987
By MIKE SALARDINO
Councilman
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resident of the Council
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