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COUNCIL MEETING REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />JAN \ 1 »99. <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />DATE; January 8,1999 <br />ITEM NO: <br />Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Name Ron Moorse M City Administrator's <br />Title City Administrator Report <br />Item Description: 1999/2000 Police Officer Contract Settlement <br />A settlement has been reached with the police officer union regarding a contract for the years 1999 <br />and 2000. A new contract reflecting the terms of the settlement has been forwarded to the union for <br />signature. If the signed contract is received from the union prior to the January 11 Council meeting, <br />staff will recommend approval of the contract and authorization for the Mayor and City <br />Administrator to sign the contract. The terms of the settlement are as follows: <br />1. Wages: 3% increase <br />2. Insurance contribution: Increase from $328.50 per month to $345.00 per month, an <br />increase of $16.50 per month. <br />2m <br />1. Wages: <br />A. 2% increase at January 1 <br />B. 1% increase at July 1 <br />This wage settlement provides an overall increase of 3%, but at a cost of 2.5% to the City for <br />the year 2000. The wage settlement was a compromise between existing settlements for the <br />year 2000 at 3% and the CPI projected to be less than 3%. <br />Insurance Contribution: Provide an increase equal to 50% of the average health insurance <br />premium increase to a maximum increase of $15.00 per month. This is based on the City's <br />general practice of increasing its insurance contribution by an amount sufficient to cover <br />50% of the average health insurance premium increase. The settlement places a cap of <br />$15.00 per month on the City's insurance contribution increase. <br />The final element of the year 2000 settlement is to add one holiday to the list of holidays for which <br />officers receive an additional 4 hours of pay. The officers currently receive an additional 4 hours <br />of pay if they work on Christmas Day, New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, or Thanksgiving Day. <br />A fifth holiday. Labor Day, will be added to this list in the year 2000. The addition of Labor Day <br />brings Orono into closer comparability with the holiday benefits in the police contracts of other <br />similar cities. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to approve the terms of the 1999/2000 police officer contract settlement, and to authorize <br />the Mayor and City Administrator to sign a contract reflecting those terms.