HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-01-11 City of La Porte Meet and Confer Committee Meeting minutes
THE CITY OF LA PORTE MEET & CONFER COMMITTEE MET THE 1ST DAY
OF FEBRUARY, 2011, 4:00 P.M. AT CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 604
WEST F AIRMONT P ARKW A Y, LA PORTE, TEXAS.
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. In attendance were committee
members: Traci Leach, Assistant City Manager, Ken Adcox, Chief of Police, Ron
Parker, Assistant Chief of Police, Heather Weger, Human Resources Manager -
Civil Service Director, Matt Novosad, Patrol Officer - LPPOA President, Matt
Daeumer, Patrol Lieutenant - LPPOA Member, Marcus Upchurch, Support
Services Sergeant - LPPOA Member, Sherman Moore - PAR Officer - LPPOA
Member. Other attendees included Tom Barbee, Representative from CLEAT.
Audience members included Steve Deardorff, Assistant Chief of Police, Robyn
Gallion, Patrol Officer - LPPOA Member, Kyle Jones, Patrol Officer - LPPOA
Member, Tracy Phelan, Patrol Officer - LPPOA Member, Cameron Briscoe,
Patrol Officer - LPPOA Member, Rod Davis, Sergeant - LPPOA Member, Roger
Gonzalez, Patrol Officer - LPPOA member
II. Minutes from January 25, 2011 were reviewed and approved with no changes.
Sherman Moore signed on behalf of Association President, Matt Novosad who
arrived shortly thereafter.
III. BEGIN DISCUSSIONS ON ITEMS PROPOSED BY THE LA PORTE
POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOICATION AND THE CITY OF LA PORTE
Packets were distributed, which included draft of Meet and Confer proposed
agreement presented by the Association, various pay charts developed and
presented by the Association and the City's counter-proposal.
There were questions on the City's proposal on Page 18 regarding Assessment
Center and on Page 20 in regard to schedule changes.
At 4:47 p.m. the Association called a caucus, and returned at 5:10 p.m.
The LPPOA stated that they understand that wording is subject to change once
legal reviews from the City side, however, their wording would be the same and no
further changes would be made by a legal review by their team.
Association President, Matt Novosad stated that on Page 18, Article 9, he would
like the chief to remove #1 "at City's discretion". They understand that the
wording is an issue, and will work towards acceptable correction in regard to
scheduling. The Chief advised the section on "City's discretion" could be
removed.
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The LPPOA would like to see the officers go to Median+2%, which is estimated to
costs $287,239.71. The Chief advised there would not be enough for this type of
increase along with the other items the Association would like to see included in
the contract which also affect salary (such as double time for "force overtime",
court time and additional incentives).
The Association discussed possibly going to the median now and trying to budget
for the additional increases next year. The Chief advised that anything was a
possibility but would be subject to where the City's finances were in the future,
which is hard to predict, especially with the unsure nature of our current national
economy. The Chief then discussed how just a median + 1 % increase would move
the patrol officers into the top 70t\ 80th percentile and supervisors into the top 60th
and 70th percentile of the cities surveyed. Again, however, the Chief mentioned
that it would be difficult for the City to fund such a large pay increase on-top of the
over $50,000 in other monetary concessions the Association was asking for. The
Chief asked the Association to prioritize its demands, saying that both sides may
be trying to accomplish too much in a single contract.
The Association called a caucus at 5:25 p.m. and returned at 5:35 p.m.
Upon returning from the caucus, the Association stated they would like to utilize
the existing contract provisions and ask the city only to bring officers back into the
median rate of pay. The new contract, however, would expire in April 2012 and
City and the Association would come back to the table starting December, 2011,
where they would again take up many of the same issues that the group had been
discussing over the past two months. The Association advised they would like to
see them go to the median at this point, effective April 1, 2011, with 3% difference
between the ranks. The estimated cost is $160,483.43.
The Chief advised that the City will verify the dollar figure and that the City would
be open to such an arrangement. The consensus was that the Association and the
City could use the next year to flesh-out the various proposals that had been made
over the last two months and gain a better idea of where the City's budget might
stand in the coming years. The Chief advised that the City would have a draft
agreement, with the new proposed wage scale, ready for the next meeting.
IV. SET DATE AND TIME FOR NEXT MEET AND CONFER COMMITTEE
MEETING
The next meeting will be held February 8, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
V. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
a) Matters appearing on the agenda
b) Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing
policy
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VI. ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
APPROVED ON THIS THE 'b DAY OF P q..'\o
, 2011.
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