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Article Ill <br />Wages <br />1. The City of La Porte and the La Porte Police Officers' Association hereto agree <br />that a "market approach" philosophy shall been used as a guideline to <br />determine appropriate wage scales for Officers of the Department. In <br />implementing this approach, the parties agree to compare wage rates with <br />Police Officers in comparative cities within the region via a market survey. The <br />definition of "market" is the median salary for each pay grade for the Cities <br />surveyed. <br /> <br />2. The City and Association further agree that the aforementioned market <br />survey will be renewed in April of each year during the term of this <br />Agreement and that median level salary rates for Police Officers covered <br />in this Agreement shall be revised to reflect the current market, as <br />determined from the results of the market survey. Any annual increase will <br />reflect the market survey up to, but not to exceed, a set percentage of the <br />collective salary budget for police officers as compared to the immediately <br />preceding fiscal year according to the following schedule. <br /> <br />a. Year 1 3% <br />b. Year 2 4% <br />c. Year 3 5% <br />d. Year 4 5% <br /> <br /> <br />3. This agreement makes no changes to the current step schedule for the <br />ranks of Police Officer, Sergeant, and Lieutenant. <br /> <br />4. Each year, The Association will appoint a representative to work with the <br />Galveston, Baytown, League City, Pasadena, Pearland, Friendswood, <br />Sugarland, Missouri City, and Deer Park. The salary survey will reflect <br />employee salaries as of April 1 of the current year. The Association will <br /> HR Manager shall <br />7 <br /> <br />