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<br />Page Three of Five <br />Meet and Confer Minutes <br />December 14,2010 <br /> <br />The Chief advised that the City may be open to changing how Holiday's are <br />considered in overtime calculations. However, the existing holiday provisions <br />may have been put in place as a result of past abuses and these would have to be <br />addressed, with loop holes being closed, before changes of this nature could be <br />considered. <br /> <br />According to the Chief, converting unused employee holidays to vacation would <br />be a tough sell, as all City employees earn two employee holidays per year and, in <br />order to be fair and consistent, all employee, under the same conditions, should be <br />treated similarly. Additionally, according to Finance, this could ultimately cost the <br />City approximately $15,000 a year. LPPOA advised they are denied requests at <br />times due to minimum staffing requirements. The Chief advised that this would be <br />better handled as a policy issue and preferred the item be taken off the table. <br /> <br />IV. Lonf!evitv <br />a) Separate longevity pay from general payroll. Include physical fitness award <br />with longevity. <br />b) Increase longevity to $6. 00 <br /> <br />According to the Chief, he did not see an issue with this as the longevity would be <br />easy to separate from regular pay checks, and could be included with any physical <br />fitness award, provided the testing for physical fitness falls into place for longevity <br />payments. The check would be handled through direct deposit though. <br /> <br />Chief advised that the City was not open to increasing the longevity rate for police <br />officers to $6.00 from $4.00 being that other City employees receive longevity as <br />well. For Civil Service personnel, the approximate costs would be $13,907, even <br />when leaving the cap of $1,200 in place. LPPOA believes the cap should be <br />raised, due to the 30 year/80 point rule for retiree insurance. <br /> <br />V. Call Out Compensation <br />a) Increase standby pay to 8 hours on a regular week <br />b) Increase standby pay to 16 hours on a Holiday week <br />c) Standby pay can be compensated as monies or comp time <br /> <br />The Chief advised that, according to Finance, the proposed changes to stand-by <br />pay would cost the City approximately $34,848 annually. While the City is open <br />to discuss this further, the Chief pointed out that this is a large cost item and the <br />increase in compensation, i.e. 8 and 16 hours from the current 3 hours, may be <br />excessive. According to the Chief, the preference would also be to keep the <br />