R2024-317 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Collective Bargaining Agreement Regarding Pay, Benefits, and Work Conditions Between the Decatur Police Benevolent And Protective Association Labor Committee and the City of Decatur

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biweekly, for such sergeants who are assigned to plain clothes duty in the Investigations Bureau by order of the Chief of Police, for the period during which said officers are so assigned. Section 5. The salary and wage applicable to police patrol officers shall be increased by 5% for such officers who are designated as Master Patrol Officers by order of the Chief of Police for the period during which said officers are so assigned, per Police Department policy A- 11, entitled "Master Patrol Officer Selection Process". The employer agrees to meet and confer with the union regarding minor policy changes, e.g.,the addition or deletion of a single evaluation criterion,and the union agrees to waive any right to demand formal mid-term bargaining regarding such minor policy changes. Section 6. The salary and wage applicable to police patrol officers shall be increased by 5%for such officers who are assigned to K-9 duty by order of the Chief of Police for the period during which said officers are so assigned. An officer assigned K-9 duty shall use the last half hour of each work day (including K-9 training days) to provide the proper care and maintenance of the K-9. Section 7. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding in the computation of overtime or other premium wages, and nothing in this Agreement shall require the payment of overtime or other premium pay more than once for the same hours worked, except that the K-9 officers are entitled to retain their 5%K-9 pay differential in addition to any other premium pay to which they are entitled. Section 8. An officer required to work out of classification and instead perform the regular duties of a higher classified rank for a period in excess of five (5) days, but not including any such periods worked for training purposes, shall receive the base rate of pay for said higher rank for all days so worked if such pay is in excess of said officer's current salary. Section 9. Any officer actively performing the duties of a Field Training Officer shall receive an amount equal to one and one half(1.5)hour's pay at time and one half for each day the officer performs the duties of a Field Training Officer (FTO) with a probationary employee, or with a non-probationary employee being retrained at the direction of the Chief of Police in regards to the patrol function,in excess of 5 working days if detailed documentation of the performance is required. It is understood that the one and one half hour's pay at time and one half is in addition to any overtime pay earned pursuant to other provisions of this contract. No more than one FTO per probationary or non-probationary officer will be eligible to receive FTO training compensation pay during any one work/training shift. A full day for FTO pay for purposes related to this section is considered any day that the FTO and probationary or non-probationary officer work at least 6 hours together. Section 10. The City shall offer employees the option of participation in the "cafeteria plan", currently offered by the City as permitted by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. Participation by an employee shall be on a voluntary basis. Information regarding said plan will be made available to any officer upon request to the Risk Management Division. Section 11. Officers recruited from other law enforcement agencies may be paid starting wages equivalent to their previous law enforcement experience,but not to exceed that of 10