TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: December 4, 2024
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RESOLUTION - RATIFYING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS) FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE
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BACKGROUND: The current collective bargaining agreement with Officers and Sergeants with the Broward County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) expired September 30, 2024. The City Manager and his bargaining team reached a tentative three (3) year agreement with the PBA bargaining team. To take effect, the tentative agreement must be ratified by both the Margate PBA members and the City Commission.
Below is a summary of some of changes to the provisions in the proposed collective bargaining agreement with the PBA:
1. Article 10- Take Home Vehicles- Expand boundary to tri-county area and implement a tiered mileage structure for monthly charges.
2. Article 17- Grievance and Arbitration Procedure- update time references for notifications from five (5) working days to seven (7) calendar days.
3. Article 27- Paid Parental Leave- update eligibility measure to a rolling 12-month period measured backward from the date the employee takes leave.
4. Article 34- Vacation Leave- provides language that current members forfeit accumulated annual leave payout if they no longer meet eligibility under FS 943.13. Also provides language that all members hired after ratification date shall forfeit accumulated annual payout if they are involuntarily terminated from employment.
5. Article 36- Wages
a. All employees hired on/after October 1, 2018 shall be slotted into a 12-Step pay plan according to their years of service.
b. Increase pay plan by 4% retroactive to October 1, 2024
c. Increase pay plan by 4% effective Octobre 1, 2025
d. Increase pay plan by 4% effective October 1, 2026
6. Article 38- Personal Leave- establish accumulated personal leav...
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