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Recommendation to adopt Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach Police Officers Association; adopt Amended Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach Police Officers Association; and allow those matters that affect compensation to be implemented on the effective dates set forth in the Amended Memorandum of Understanding. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City management representatives and representatives of the Long Beach Police Officers Association (LBPOA) have held meet and confer sessions over the last couple of months regarding wages and incentives to address Police Officer retention concerns.
Those meetings have resulted in an agreement that provides an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement covers additional compensation for all bargaining unit members, as well as a longevity incentive for those employees with 10.
or more years of service, from October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2009. The provisions of the agreement are summarized in Attachment A. The amended agreement has been ratified by the members of the LBPOA and signed by the City Manager and other appropriate management representatives.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney, Christina Checel, and Budget Management Officer, David Wodynski, on November 14, 2006.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on November 21, 2006, to ensure implementation of the amended MOU provisions as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
On August 16, 2005, the City Council approved an MOU with the Police Officers Association which covered wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2009. The MOU provides an aggregate 21 percent increase in base compensation, and then a guaranteed adjustment to the median pay rate of Long Beach Police Department's (LBPD) ten comparable agencies, estimated at the time to be another approximate 6 percent. The projected cost of the...
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