Agenda Item Title:
Authorize the Mayor and Finance Officer to Sign Agreement between the Fraternal Order of Police, South Dakota Lodge #2A, and the City of Rapid City for the Period of January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Origination Group:
City Council Working Session
Origination Meeting Date:
12/16/2020
City Council Hearing Date:
12/21/2020
Staff Contact:
Jess Rogers, Don Hedrick
Agenda Item Summary:
Due to the financial uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, along with the City’s continued negotiations with another bargaining unit, both parties agreed to the attached one-year Agreement. Changes include: changing sick leave and short-term disability leave to bi-weekly accruals, rather than giving a year’s worth of leave on January 1; removing the make-up and procedures of the Healthcare Committee from the contract, to allow that committee more flexibility; clarifying the promotion process; adding specific reasons for overruling an officer’s shift-bid choice, to better inform employees on the needs of the Department; clarifying what the City pays for as part of the required annual physicals; offering paid maternity leave to officers after their probationary period, in an effort to recruit more women; and removing the limitation on how much sick leave can be used for family illness, as opposed to the employee’s illness. This Agreement includes a 3% matrix increase on January 3, 2021 (the first day of the first pay period in 2021).
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