07-09-18 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Budget Agenda Date Requested:7-9-18 Source of Funds: Requested By:Matt Hartleib Account Number: Department:Human Resources Amount Budgeted: Report: Resolution:Ordinance: Amount Requested: Exhibits:Proposed 2019 Civil Service Pay Scale Budgeted Item:YESNO Exhibits: 2017-2021 Meet and Confer Agreement SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION As required by the previously approved City of La Porte/ La Porte Police Officer Association multi-year Meet and Confer Agreement,representatives of the City of La Porte and representatives of La Porte Polic Association began work in April to complete the annual process prescribed in Article III-Wages.This process includesa market studyof comparativepolice agencies,calculation of a market median based pay scale, analysis of the budgetary impact of resulting pay scale changes, and adjustment of the scale as needed to comply with the total salary budget increase cap for covered employees. from the previous year. The cap for year two is 4%. Therefore, each step on the scale was evenly reduced to lower the budgetary impact to be equal to 4%.The resulting proposed pay scale was provided to the City and th Association bargaining team members for review. On May 17, City and Association teams met and agreed to the proposedpay scale. As required, the full membership bodyof the Police Association has alsoaffirmatively voted to accept the proposed pay scale. The existing Agreement and current pay scale (Attachment A of the Agreement) arepursuant to the provisions of the Texas Local Government Code and will be in effect until September 30, 2018. Action Required by Council: Consider approvalor other actionregarding the proposed Meet and Confer pay scaleto be effective 10/01/2018through 09/30/2019. Approved for City Council Agenda Corby Alexander,City ManagerDate