06-24-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Article III Wages 1) The City of La Porte and the La Porte Police Officers' Association hereto agree that a "market approach" philosophy has been used as a guideline to determine appropriate wage scales for Officers of the Department. The definition of "market" is the median salary for each pay grade for the Cities surveyed. In implementing this approach, the parties agreed to compare wage rates with Police Officers in comparative cities within the region. The parties agree that Police Officers covered by this Agreement shall be compensated at the salary rates included in Attachment "A", which is incorporated into this Agreement. Except as provided in Article III, Section 4, the wage scale shall be effective upon ratification by the Association and the City Council and remain in effect until September 30, 2014. 2) The City and Association further agree that the aforementioned market survey will be renewed in April of each year during the term of this Agreement and that median level salary rates for Police Officers covered in this Agreement shall be revised to reflect the current market, as determined from the results of the market survey. Any annual increase will reflect the market survey up to, but not to exceed, 3% of the collective salary budget for police officers as compared to the immediately preceding fiscal year. Additionally, effective starting in year two of this Agreement (October 1, 2014) the City agrees to compress the pay scale for the rank of Lieutenant from its current 0 — 10 to 0 — 3 steps and implement an additional 20-year (CS1-20) step, which shall be 75 cents more per hour than the 15-year (CS1-15) step. It is agreed that officers must serve 15 full years before being eligible to receive the CS1-15 step and 20 full years before being eligible to receive the CS1-20 step. 3) Once proposed pay scales have been created by the City Finance and Human Resources Departments each April, the City and Association