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We will begin the working

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session of the Council of the Association of

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Police

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Charities

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on

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Thursday, September 3,

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2026. Please

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stand for the oath.

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I pledge

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allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of

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America and to

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the republic it

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represents. One nation

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under God, indivisible

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, with liberty and

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justice for

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all.

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Secretary, please

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take a

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roll call.

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Mayor John Cooper is

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here.

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Vice Mayor Chris Meyer is

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here.

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Councilman Robert

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Hubbard is

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here. Council member Lisa

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Burke is

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here.

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Council member Christine

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Sullivan is

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here.

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City Attorney

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Nancy Meyer is here.

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Acting

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Salikeri is

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here.

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Thank you. The first point

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is comments from

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the public. And

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we still don't have any

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public representatives at the

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meeting. So I'm

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closing the time for

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public comment.

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Let's move on to the

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city

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manager's comments. I'll give the

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floor to Mr. Carey for

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his comments.

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They are gone now.

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OK. Moving

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on to the

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city prosecutor's comments.

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Miss, do you have any

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comments?

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No.

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OK. Thank you.

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Next up is

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Council agenda item

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number one: an agreement between the

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Police

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Benevolent Association

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(PBA) and

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the City of Port Richey for

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2026-2029. I will hand it over to

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Mr. O'Carey for

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presentation.

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Port Richey Police Association,

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oh my god.

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Thank you, gentlemen,

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the Association (PBA)

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has opened seven articles

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for discussion as

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part of negotiations

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for a new

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contract for 2026-2029

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. The negotiations

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were conducted with the participation of myself

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, the city prosecutor,

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and the

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police chief. As

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a result of these

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discussions, the

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city's negotiating team and

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PBA representatives

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reached a preliminary

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agreement on a contract

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that would remain

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in effect without review

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until 2029 unless the

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November

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property tax measure is approved

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. So, we have a

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preliminary agreement for

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three years with a

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provision for

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increased payments.

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If this

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issue passes in November, we

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will be able to open

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negotiations and

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discuss the next

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two years of the agreement.

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If the City Council

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agrees to the

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proposed

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terms, the agreement will be

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submitted to

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Port Richey police officers,

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represented by

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the union, for

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ratification. After

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ratification

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by the union, the contract

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will be presented to

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the city council for

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final

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approval. So, I

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can go through

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specific articles

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if you want me to

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point out the changes. Um,

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yes,

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please do that

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. Give me a

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minute.

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So, let's start with

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article one, the

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preamble, we're

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actually just

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changing a few words here. There's nothing there

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that would actually

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affect the

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contract one way or the

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other. It's just that the PBA

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noticed that it

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said "Hillsboro County

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Benevolent Association

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" and they

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wanted to remove it.

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So, this is article one.

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Was this in our contract all this time

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Yes. And they just,

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they noticed it.

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So, uh, same thing with

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article six,

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basically wording changes.

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Hillsborough County,

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maybe that's what they were

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known by

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. I actually, I do

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n't, I don't remember if

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we asked about it or

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not. Were they, were

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they known as the

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Hillsborough County Association? That

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has changed, or that's what they

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used to

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be called. Good.

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So, it wasn't

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always like this.

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Official documents

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change. It was

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n't that long ago. So

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maybe this is the first

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time they've had the

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opportunity to

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do this. Article 10 is

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essentially their, uh,

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complaints procedures, and there were

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a few, uh,

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crossed out words that

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they pointed

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out, uh, that we

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completely agreed with. Um

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, the main addition

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starts, uh, on

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line 96, where, uh, during

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discussions with the

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city attorney, uh

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, and our

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arbitration procedure is much more

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efficient than what

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was before. Um, as

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you can see, what was

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crossed out, there was

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just, you know, there

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wasn't a lot of

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wording regarding, uh, the

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arbitration process.

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So we agreed to

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just spell out everything in

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detail: the number of

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arbitrators who should

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be present, uh, where

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it would take place, uh

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, what the

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city would be responsible for, what

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the union would be responsible for, and

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basically all of it is

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clearly spelled out.

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Now, and this also

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continues in

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line 109. What was the

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justification for changing the

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deadline from 5 to 10 and from 10

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to 15 days?

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This is for appeal,

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right?

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Yes. Um,

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just give me more

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time to write

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the appeal.

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Yeah, we just, we

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just gave them more

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time, you know,

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weekdays, weekends, stuff like that

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extended the deadline, and

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we both agreed

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that it was better to provide

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more time, uh, for

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both parties. And that was the

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main section,

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really everything else—

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it's just, uh, simple

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word substitutions or something

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like that that just

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caught my eye. It was

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Article 10. Uh, Article 14

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, which deals with

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the workweek and

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overtime, uh,

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just, essentially, uh,

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there were just some changes to

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the numbers, uh, actually,

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to write the number in

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words. Um,

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write this down. Uh,

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word changes, uh,

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you know, minimum 48

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hours, like in line 21,

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just to put

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it in words. Uh, 28. So there

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really wasn't

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any difference there. um,

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scrolling down the

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text, and the same thing as

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we get to

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the end of this article,

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just writing the number in

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words. So, there

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really

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weren't any significant

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changes to this article.

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It looks like they shortened, uh,

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chapter six.

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Instead of eight hours of

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compensatory time,

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they get

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four, and instead of 28

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days for each, it's

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now 14, right?

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What is my number?

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Uh, that's 142. Yeah, we

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went from 8 to 4, and

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then from 28 to 14.

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Vacation and

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sick leave. Article 16.

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Uh, the same, uh, as in

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lines 13, 32, 34, just the

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wording was actually written out. Uh,

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one specific

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addition, uh, in

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lines 35 through 36—it's

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just during the

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second pay

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period in October. Uh,

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previously, it did

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n't seem to specify a

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specific time of

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year, but we wanted to

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make sure it was

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done at the beginning of the

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fiscal year. So

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, since October

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is our fiscal year

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, we extended this to the

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second pay

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period. Uh, so

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they don't

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expect it in the

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very first

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payment period of the

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fiscal year. That

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gives us that month

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to actually

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pay off any,

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you know, time or anything

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like that that we have to

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do. So it was

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just an addition.

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Uh, line 78—it's

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just added

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wording about,

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you know, a death in the

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family. Uh, lines 64-65

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— they just wrote

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the numbers in words. Uh, and

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lines 79 through 81 are

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simply a strikethrough with

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the addition of

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wording about

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organizing and

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attending a

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funeral for

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family events. Uh-huh.

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We were discussing,

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you know, just

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situations where someone

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dies and you can't

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, you know, we can't

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attend the event immediately.

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Usually, a funeral

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is not organized

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in a few days. Sometimes

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it will be out of

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state or city. So

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we actually agreed on

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their, uh, allowed

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time, but they don't

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have to take

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it immediately, on the day,

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you know, or the

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day after

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someone dies. We

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can, if, you know,

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agreements

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are reached, for example,

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next week

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or something, that's when it

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will start. And

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lines 93 through 99 were

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added. Uh-huh. Just

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clarifying, uh,

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maybe paid

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compensatory time

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instead of

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overtime.

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It used to be very

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blurry. So the union and I

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agreed to write down

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specific

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wording for

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this process, and

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now that it's there, you

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know, it's here.

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Does this, uh, repeat

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what, uh, non-

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union

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employees have

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regarding, uh,

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bereavement leave? Is

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it significantly

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different?

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Um, let me

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take a look at these

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wordings.

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Most of these

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formulations, um,

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you know, refer to

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family members. It's all pretty much the same thing

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,

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yes, one day for

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everyone. I'm just

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wondering if the staff

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had it too or if it

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was just for the PBA.

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Um, I believe the

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staff has

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at least three non-

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contractual days. So

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but, of course, if they

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need to use the

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time, they have time off,

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they have

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compensatory time,

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you know, personal time

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, if they need it.

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So, the union

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only asked to, you know,

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keep the same

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editorial as before.

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Article 19, which is

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included, um, in this

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document because I

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didn't highlight it separately, is

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essentially just a

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mimic of what we

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had to go back to

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, um, the city manager had

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previously added Emancipation Day

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, which

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wasn't in the manual. Um,

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so we agreed on

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this when Liberation Day happened

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this

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year, but since we

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were negotiating

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this in the middle of the year,

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the union wanted to

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bring the article back to

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essentially bring the

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holidays into

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line with the

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manual. So, um, I'm

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trying to work

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with the city attorney and,

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um, personnel to

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put together a new

427
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personnel handbook

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that would move us

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to the federal

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calendar. It's just

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because, you know, I

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agreed to some extent with my

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predecessors that, um,

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they all noticed that,

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you know, Newport County

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-Mitchie, a lot of

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our other institutions—they all

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follow the

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federal

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calendar. We have

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some holidays that aren't,

442
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um, you know, like the day

443
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after Thanksgiving,

444
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technically not a holiday.

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It's just, you know, you

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just do it on a 40-

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hour weekend,

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and it's right after

449
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that. So

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it's usually there. Um, here

451
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Good Friday is a

452
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holiday that has always

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been in the personnel

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handbook, but it is not a

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federal holiday.

456
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So, moving

457
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forward, I'm trying to,

458
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you know, work out a

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federal calendar

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, but I'll have to

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present that to

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the union when it's

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ready. But

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now we're just

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back to what we

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have in the current

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personnel handbook.

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Article 20 essentially

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covers

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wages for both, um,

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officers and

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dispatchers. So, for the

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first year, um, for the

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first year of

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the raise, we

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agreed on a

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3.7% increase for

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officers and a 3% increase for, um

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, dispatchers. Um, this is

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all within your

481
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budget that you

482
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just approved. Um,

483
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this was discussed

484
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during the negotiations

485
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between me and the

486
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union. Um, we, I

487
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mean, the city

488
00:13:05,715 --> 00:13:06,889
attorney and the

489
00:13:06,889 --> 00:13:08,276
police chief, you know, we both

490
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discussed it back and forth

491
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. Um, and we got

492
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to this, um, we

493
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got to these

494
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negotiations. Ahem. I

495
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think this is another step

496
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in what we're doing with the

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police

498
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department. So,

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this is where we

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are now.

501
00:13:25,985 --> 00:13:29,195
is that... is that 3%-- is

502
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that a straight

503
00:13:30,691 --> 00:13:32,315
3% hourly increase, because I

504
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just did a quick

505
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calculation, taking

506
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23.22, which was the first

507
00:13:36,291 --> 00:13:37,915
increment of the hourly

508
00:13:37,915 --> 00:13:39,540
rate on October 1,

509
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2025. With a

510
00:13:42,768 --> 00:13:45,210
3% increase, it should be

511
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23.9166 or 23.92, but here it is 24.07.

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00:13:54,114 --> 00:13:55,340
Maybe this refers to the

513
00:13:55,340 --> 00:13:56,190
annual amount?

514
00:13:56,190 --> 00:13:58,582
You start from the number

515
00:13:58,582 --> 00:13:59,081
23.22.

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00:13:59,081 --> 00:14:00,294
Yes. Let me take a

517
00:14:00,294 --> 00:14:01,384
quick look at the

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00:14:01,384 --> 00:14:10,412
annual amount.

519
00:14:10,412 --> 00:14:12,346
Yes, it's not 3%, it's more

520
00:14:12,346 --> 00:14:12,496
. It

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00:14:12,496 --> 00:14:14,612
should be 3.7%.

522
00:14:14,612 --> 00:14:16,404
Oh, 3.7%.

523
00:14:16,404 --> 00:14:18,119
Yes, 3.7% for officers

524
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for the first year.

525
00:14:19,411 --> 00:14:20,687
Good. So, for the

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00:14:20,687 --> 00:14:22,280
first stage, for the

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00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:23,832
first year, for

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00:14:23,832 --> 00:14:25,341
2026, it will be 3.7%, and for the

529
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next two years of

530
00:14:26,976 --> 00:14:29,213
this contract—3%.

531
00:14:29,213 --> 00:14:31,013
So, these 3.7% bring the

532
00:14:31,013 --> 00:14:32,664
first degree to a

533
00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,515
salary level of

534
00:14:34,515 --> 00:14:37,192
$50,000. Um,

535
00:14:37,192 --> 00:14:38,696
the union originally

536
00:14:38,696 --> 00:14:39,883
wanted a lot

537
00:14:39,883 --> 00:14:41,347
more, but this is what

538
00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:42,534
we came to as a

539
00:14:42,534 --> 00:14:43,365
result of

540
00:14:43,365 --> 00:14:44,632
negotiations, and for the

541
00:14:44,632 --> 00:14:46,215
next two years, the 27th

542
00:14:46,215 --> 00:14:49,480
and the 28th, it's just 3%.

543
00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,369
Now, if the

544
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November

545
00:14:51,344 --> 00:14:52,869
vote is

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00:14:52,869 --> 00:14:54,310
successful, then 2027 and 2028

547
00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:55,242
will be

548
00:14:55,242 --> 00:14:56,852
put on hold until we can come to an

549
00:14:56,852 --> 00:14:58,335
agreement on

550
00:14:58,335 --> 00:15:18,120
those two years.

551
00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,566
Of course, Article 27

552
00:15:19,566 --> 00:15:21,012
only concerns

553
00:15:21,012 --> 00:15:22,266
the duration and

554
00:15:22,266 --> 00:15:24,146
termination of this

555
00:15:24,146 --> 00:15:25,255
particular

556
00:15:25,255 --> 00:15:27,039
contract, changing

557
00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:30,802
it from 2026 to 2029. Um

558
00:15:30,802 --> 00:15:32,383
, but lines 17-22

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00:15:32,383 --> 00:15:42,423
basically describe...

560
00:15:42,423 --> 00:15:43,529
We both

561
00:15:43,529 --> 00:15:44,099
agreed on

562
00:15:44,099 --> 00:15:45,374
the wording that

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00:15:45,374 --> 00:15:46,715
in the event that we

564
00:15:46,715 --> 00:15:50,205
need to...

565
00:15:50,205 --> 00:15:51,504
revise the agreement

566
00:15:51,504 --> 00:15:53,033
or in the event that

567
00:15:53,033 --> 00:15:54,447
any disputes arise

568
00:15:54,447 --> 00:15:55,900
or anything like that,

569
00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:57,276
we both agreed on that

570
00:15:57,276 --> 00:15:58,346
wording in

571
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lines 19-22.

572
00:16:11,615 --> 00:16:12,958
Where exactly is it written down that what

573
00:16:12,958 --> 00:16:13,889
will happen in

574
00:16:13,889 --> 00:16:16,276
November?

575
00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:17,195
Go back,

576
00:16:17,195 --> 00:16:18,037
I'm sorry,

577
00:16:18,037 --> 00:16:19,110
go back to

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00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:21,213
article 20.

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00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:23,527
And then on the last

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page, lines 122-129.

581
00:16:31,227 --> 00:16:52,259
Good. So, as I

582
00:16:52,259 --> 00:16:53,480
said, Nancy Meyer,

583
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:54,701
Rob Ashenfelder, myself, and the

584
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police chief—

585
00:16:55,958 --> 00:16:57,214
we all agree that these are

586
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acceptable terms for

587
00:16:59,238 --> 00:17:01,795
moving forward. As I

588
00:17:01,795 --> 00:17:02,798
said, this is within

589
00:17:02,798 --> 00:17:03,769
our budget

590
00:17:03,769 --> 00:17:05,223
parameters. Um,

591
00:17:05,223 --> 00:17:06,671
you know,

592
00:17:06,671 --> 00:17:09,853
it was mostly changes. Um, the

593
00:17:09,886 --> 00:17:11,736
raise negotiations were all within the

594
00:17:11,769 --> 00:17:13,940
planned range. So,

595
00:17:13,940 --> 00:17:14,947
if you don't have

596
00:17:14,947 --> 00:17:16,087
any specific

597
00:17:16,087 --> 00:17:17,396
questions, I've included the entire

598
00:17:17,396 --> 00:17:18,604
agreement as an attachment

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00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:19,510
in case you wanted to

600
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discuss anything else,

601
00:17:20,852 --> 00:17:21,791
but none of those

602
00:17:21,791 --> 00:17:24,539
articles will change.

603
00:17:24,539 --> 00:17:25,983
The ones I read to

604
00:17:25,983 --> 00:17:27,427
you tonight are the

605
00:17:27,427 --> 00:17:28,655
only ones that will

606
00:17:28,655 --> 00:17:42,660
change. Have a question?

607
00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:49,535
Tom? That was good.

608
00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:50,736
Just wanted to be

609
00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:56,456
aware.

610
00:17:56,456 --> 00:17:57,452
Good. So, do

611
00:17:57,452 --> 00:17:58,190
we need

612
00:17:58,190 --> 00:17:59,050
a vote of

613
00:17:59,050 --> 00:17:59,919
approval?

614
00:17:59,919 --> 00:18:01,325
This is a working meeting. This

615
00:18:01,325 --> 00:18:03,101
issue will return to the

616
00:18:03,948 --> 00:18:04,767
agenda for formal approval in

617
00:18:04,767 --> 00:18:05,931
the near future. Yes

618
00:18:05,931 --> 00:18:06,595
, they will have a

619
00:18:06,595 --> 00:18:07,543
vote on

620
00:18:07,543 --> 00:18:08,270
ratification by

621
00:18:08,270 --> 00:18:09,850
officials.

622
00:18:09,850 --> 00:18:11,133
If it passes, we

623
00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:12,521
will prepare a final

624
00:18:12,521 --> 00:18:13,805
agreement and present

625
00:18:13,805 --> 00:18:15,123
it to the council at the

626
00:18:15,123 --> 00:18:16,837
September meeting. I hope

627
00:18:16,837 --> 00:18:17,536
we can

628
00:18:17,536 --> 00:18:18,807
wrap this up by the end of

629
00:18:18,807 --> 00:18:19,856
this month, and it

630
00:18:19,856 --> 00:18:20,619
will be a closed

631
00:18:20,619 --> 00:18:21,323
session.

632
00:18:21,323 --> 00:18:21,799
No.

633
00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:23,896
So there is no

634
00:18:23,896 --> 00:18:25,221
closed session,

635
00:18:25,221 --> 00:18:26,172
since the agreements

636
00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:27,531
have been signed, even if they are

637
00:18:27,531 --> 00:18:28,379
preliminary.

638
00:18:28,379 --> 00:18:29,497
Good. So,

639
00:18:29,497 --> 00:18:30,557
this never happens to us

640
00:18:30,557 --> 00:18:31,949
. No. Of course. I

641
00:18:31,949 --> 00:18:32,922
spoke to both

642
00:18:32,922 --> 00:18:33,954
attorneys about this

643
00:18:33,954 --> 00:18:35,103
, and we could, you

644
00:18:35,103 --> 00:18:36,135
know, we probably should have

645
00:18:36,135 --> 00:18:37,226
held a

646
00:18:37,226 --> 00:18:41,217
closed session.

647
00:18:41,217 --> 00:18:42,368
But the fact that we

648
00:18:42,368 --> 00:18:43,385
have a preliminary

649
00:18:43,385 --> 00:18:44,502
agreement means that

650
00:18:44,502 --> 00:18:45,519
if you disagree with something

651
00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:46,806
now, I

652
00:18:46,806 --> 00:18:48,059
can still go back to

653
00:18:48,059 --> 00:18:49,279
negotiations, but we have

654
00:18:49,279 --> 00:18:50,126
almost everything

655
00:18:50,126 --> 00:18:54,657
agreed. But they have

656
00:18:54,657 --> 00:18:55,333
n't held a

657
00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:56,416
vote on

658
00:18:56,416 --> 00:18:57,667
ratification or anything yet

659
00:18:57,667 --> 00:18:58,902
. So if we

660
00:18:58,902 --> 00:19:00,043
needed to

661
00:19:00,043 --> 00:19:01,248
discuss something, I could

662
00:19:01,248 --> 00:19:01,933
notify

663
00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:03,204
the union and do

664
00:19:03,204 --> 00:19:05,597
it. But it was the

665
00:19:05,597 --> 00:19:06,830
lawyer's suggestion

666
00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:07,829
to hold it as a

667
00:19:07,829 --> 00:19:08,929
working meeting or

668
00:19:08,929 --> 00:19:10,549
closed session.

669
00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:11,707
I think last time

670
00:19:11,707 --> 00:19:12,896
we held a closed

671
00:19:12,896 --> 00:19:14,116
meeting because the issue

672
00:19:14,116 --> 00:19:15,091
was controversial and not

673
00:19:15,091 --> 00:19:15,832
agreed upon.

674
00:19:15,832 --> 00:19:16,933
Right.

675
00:19:16,933 --> 00:19:18,315
I think there

676
00:19:18,315 --> 00:19:19,414
was more

677
00:19:19,414 --> 00:19:21,625
debate last time. Yes. We could

678
00:19:21,625 --> 00:19:22,856
do the same this

679
00:19:22,856 --> 00:19:24,989
time. But again

680
00:19:24,989 --> 00:19:26,007
, since many of

681
00:19:26,007 --> 00:19:27,026
the changes concerned

682
00:19:27,026 --> 00:19:28,045
wording, not

683
00:19:28,045 --> 00:19:32,086
substance. I thought this was the

684
00:19:32,086 --> 00:19:33,170
best way to

685
00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:36,168
move forward.

686
00:19:36,168 --> 00:19:37,674
Good. I mean,

687
00:19:37,674 --> 00:19:38,892
just my thoughts for the

688
00:19:38,892 --> 00:19:40,294
future. Um, I think

689
00:19:40,294 --> 00:19:41,471
that before—I mean,

690
00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:42,786
of course,

691
00:19:42,786 --> 00:19:44,171
if an agreement is reached,

692
00:19:44,171 --> 00:19:45,175
that's great, but I

693
00:19:45,175 --> 00:19:46,525
think that before we

694
00:19:46,525 --> 00:19:47,598
, the city side,

695
00:19:47,598 --> 00:19:48,776
agree, it should

696
00:19:48,776 --> 00:19:50,057
go back to the council

697
00:19:50,057 --> 00:19:51,441
in closed session

698
00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:52,238
so we can

699
00:19:52,238 --> 00:19:53,242
discuss it and

700
00:19:53,242 --> 00:19:54,315
make sure, because right

701
00:19:54,315 --> 00:19:55,423
now we... if we

702
00:19:55,423 --> 00:19:56,773
want to open up

703
00:19:56,773 --> 00:19:58,712
or discuss something, it's in

704
00:19:58,746 --> 00:19:59,819
public, and we can't have

705
00:19:59,819 --> 00:20:00,962
those

706
00:20:00,962 --> 00:20:01,920
discussions. So I

707
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:02,414
think in

708
00:20:02,414 --> 00:20:03,267
the future, if we

709
00:20:03,267 --> 00:20:03,828
do

710
00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:04,681
contracts, we should

711
00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:05,444
have closed

712
00:20:05,444 --> 00:20:06,253
meetings where before the

713
00:20:06,253 --> 00:20:07,083
city... I mean,

714
00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:07,510
you could

715
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:08,296
work together

716
00:20:08,296 --> 00:20:09,194
to prepare something,

717
00:20:09,194 --> 00:20:09,957
but I think it

718
00:20:09,957 --> 00:20:10,743
should go back to the

719
00:20:10,743 --> 00:20:11,483
council so we can have

720
00:20:11,483 --> 00:20:12,359
our say

721
00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,122
before it's

722
00:20:13,122 --> 00:20:13,998
finally agreed to, those are

723
00:20:13,998 --> 00:20:14,682
my thoughts.

724
00:20:14,682 --> 00:20:15,591
And we could

725
00:20:15,591 --> 00:20:16,932
do it. It's just, um,

726
00:20:16,932 --> 00:20:18,373
as I've said in my

727
00:20:18,373 --> 00:20:19,778
discussions with Nancy

728
00:20:19,778 --> 00:20:22,989
and Rob...in their

729
00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:25,634
opinion, since I'm essentially the

730
00:20:25,668 --> 00:20:26,799
negotiating representative,

731
00:20:26,799 --> 00:20:27,634
and I signed the

732
00:20:27,634 --> 00:20:29,013
preliminary agreements that

733
00:20:29,013 --> 00:20:30,469
I submitted there. Um, like I

734
00:20:30,469 --> 00:20:31,956
said, they're still

735
00:20:31,956 --> 00:20:33,231
preliminary. So

736
00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,183
if there's anything we

737
00:20:34,183 --> 00:20:35,343
should bring back for

738
00:20:35,343 --> 00:20:36,206
discussion, we

739
00:20:36,206 --> 00:20:36,693
can.

740
00:20:36,693 --> 00:20:38,129
Um, but in their opinion,

741
00:20:38,129 --> 00:20:39,485
it was just...

742
00:20:39,485 --> 00:20:40,588
not to hold a closed

743
00:20:40,588 --> 00:20:41,607
session, but to just

744
00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:42,484
hold it as a

745
00:20:42,484 --> 00:20:43,437
working session. So that's why

746
00:20:43,437 --> 00:20:44,183
we're here tonight

747
00:20:44,183 --> 00:20:45,078
.

748
00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:46,179
And it works both

749
00:20:46,179 --> 00:20:47,168
ways. As a council, we

750
00:20:47,168 --> 00:20:48,163
say we want

751
00:20:48,163 --> 00:20:49,394
more than 3%, right? Or

752
00:20:49,394 --> 00:20:50,282
we may want to...

753
00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:51,097
So I think it's

754
00:20:51,097 --> 00:20:51,793
good practice

755
00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:52,584
because we have the

756
00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:53,088
appropriate

757
00:20:53,088 --> 00:20:53,688
authority

758
00:20:53,688 --> 00:20:54,647
to hold these sessions,

759
00:20:54,647 --> 00:20:55,199
and we should

760
00:20:55,199 --> 00:20:56,014
take advantage of this

761
00:20:56,014 --> 00:20:56,906
discussion because

762
00:20:56,906 --> 00:20:57,590
it's part of the

763
00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:58,992
discussion, I think.

764
00:20:58,992 --> 00:21:00,153
Yes. Longevity bonus

765
00:21:00,153 --> 00:21:01,036
, how long has it

766
00:21:01,036 --> 00:21:01,716
existed in this

767
00:21:01,716 --> 00:21:02,447
form? And was

768
00:21:02,447 --> 00:21:03,619
this discussed?

769
00:21:03,619 --> 00:21:04,933
This was not discussed.

770
00:21:04,933 --> 00:21:05,576
This was already in

771
00:21:05,576 --> 00:21:06,706
the contracts before. Um

772
00:21:06,706 --> 00:21:07,709
, and they didn't ask for

773
00:21:07,709 --> 00:21:08,458
any changes.

774
00:21:08,458 --> 00:21:09,313
They didn't...they didn't

775
00:21:09,313 --> 00:21:10,411
want any changes.

776
00:21:10,411 --> 00:21:11,386
Yes.

777
00:21:11,386 --> 00:21:12,699
And actually, we just

778
00:21:12,699 --> 00:21:13,742
performed it for

779
00:21:13,742 --> 00:21:14,893
Sergeant S.

780
00:21:14,893 --> 00:21:16,834
Sergeant Cox. He has been with

781
00:21:16,834 --> 00:21:18,428
us for 15 years.

782
00:21:18,428 --> 00:21:23,028
So, are there any more questions?

783
00:21:23,028 --> 00:21:24,623
Good. If not, then I'll move on

784
00:21:24,623 --> 00:21:25,614
. Are there any

785
00:21:25,614 --> 00:21:26,313
comments from the

786
00:21:26,313 --> 00:21:27,271
public? I don't

787
00:21:27,271 --> 00:21:28,303
see it, then I'll move on to

788
00:21:28,303 --> 00:21:29,230
the comments from the mayor and

789
00:21:29,230 --> 00:21:30,223
city council. Uh,

790
00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:31,621
let's start with Councilman

791
00:21:31,621 --> 00:21:32,925
Burke. That is, with Councilwoman

792
00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,080
Burke.

793
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,406
Let's go back to the

794
00:21:35,406 --> 00:21:36,792
council member. I got it all

795
00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,110
mixed up again. I will do

796
00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:39,176
everything right. I'll

797
00:21:39,176 --> 00:21:40,958
talk to the

798
00:21:40,958 --> 00:21:41,886
council member.

799
00:21:41,886 --> 00:21:42,963
Now, I wish

800
00:21:42,963 --> 00:21:44,012
we could pay them

801
00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:44,491
more.

802
00:21:44,491 --> 00:21:45,394
Yes, I hope

803
00:21:45,394 --> 00:21:46,489
we can someday.

804
00:21:46,489 --> 00:21:47,789
Me too. I wish

805
00:21:47,789 --> 00:21:48,709
we could pay them

806
00:21:48,709 --> 00:21:49,450
more, but, uh,

807
00:21:49,450 --> 00:21:50,215
nothing more.

808
00:21:50,215 --> 00:21:51,654
Good. Vice Mayor,

809
00:21:51,654 --> 00:21:52,651
I just want to say

810
00:21:52,651 --> 00:21:53,394
that they are doing a great

811
00:21:53,394 --> 00:21:54,238
job in their

812
00:21:54,238 --> 00:21:55,100
city. The police are

813
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,284
constantly everywhere, and you

814
00:21:56,284 --> 00:21:57,288
see them. They are

815
00:21:57,288 --> 00:21:58,602
present. Cars on

816
00:21:58,602 --> 00:21:59,558
the streets, just

817
00:21:59,558 --> 00:22:00,961
great work.

818
00:22:00,961 --> 00:22:04,576
Okay, Card.

819
00:22:04,576 --> 00:22:06,778
No, it's just that the seniority bonus

820
00:22:06,812 --> 00:22:08,146
seems too small, but

821
00:22:08,146 --> 00:22:09,014
they didn't ask for it

822
00:22:09,014 --> 00:22:11,865
and no, they're

823
00:22:11,865 --> 00:22:12,827
doing a great

824
00:22:12,827 --> 00:22:13,911
job. They

825
00:22:13,911 --> 00:22:14,920
deserve the

826
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:15,894
best too. They

827
00:22:15,894 --> 00:22:16,970
do a great

828
00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:19,697
job. What is, is what is.

829
00:22:19,697 --> 00:22:23,007
Gladly. Yes, and that's an apt

830
00:22:23,007 --> 00:22:24,361
observation, since

831
00:22:24,361 --> 00:22:25,540
we've worked it out. It would be

832
00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:26,195
good

833
00:22:26,195 --> 00:22:27,336
to meet as a council in

834
00:22:27,336 --> 00:22:28,448
closed session

835
00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:29,218
to be able to

836
00:22:29,218 --> 00:22:30,372
discuss things. So

837
00:22:30,372 --> 00:22:31,252
I definitely think that

838
00:22:31,252 --> 00:22:32,303
depending on what

839
00:22:32,303 --> 00:22:32,928
happens in

840
00:22:32,928 --> 00:22:33,921
November, let's

841
00:22:33,921 --> 00:22:35,000
make sure that we

842
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:35,937
all have a say on

843
00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:37,045
this so that we

844
00:22:37,045 --> 00:22:37,523
can

845
00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:38,554
I think, uh, then in

846
00:22:38,554 --> 00:22:39,676
November we'll

847
00:22:39,676 --> 00:22:40,890
keep an eye on it, and if

848
00:22:40,890 --> 00:22:41,739
we have to

849
00:22:41,739 --> 00:22:42,831
reopen the contract

850
00:22:42,831 --> 00:22:43,741
, we can as well

851
00:22:43,741 --> 00:22:44,743
, and the thing is,

852
00:22:44,743 --> 00:22:45,865
the review doesn't

853
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:46,532
necessarily

854
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:47,442
just have to be about

855
00:22:47,442 --> 00:22:48,555
salaries. We can

856
00:22:48,555 --> 00:22:49,267
review

857
00:22:49,267 --> 00:22:50,389
almost anything.

858
00:22:50,389 --> 00:22:51,773
So I'll do this, and this will

859
00:22:51,773 --> 00:22:52,554
become our

860
00:22:52,554 --> 00:22:53,832
practice, I'll just

861
00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:54,968
call a closed

862
00:22:54,968 --> 00:22:56,205
session right away.

863
00:22:56,205 --> 00:22:57,426
That way, since

864
00:22:57,426 --> 00:22:58,586
the contract is in front of us,

865
00:22:58,586 --> 00:22:59,777
we can discuss

866
00:22:59,777 --> 00:23:00,785
anything we

867
00:23:00,785 --> 00:23:02,076
want to move forward on.

868
00:23:02,076 --> 00:23:02,765
So, and then

869
00:23:02,765 --> 00:23:03,914
move on from this

870
00:23:03,914 --> 00:23:04,858
point. So before

871
00:23:04,858 --> 00:23:05,803
I sit down with them

872
00:23:05,803 --> 00:23:06,725
at the negotiating table,

873
00:23:06,725 --> 00:23:07,258
we will first

874
00:23:07,258 --> 00:23:08,083
hold a closed

875
00:23:08,083 --> 00:23:08,644
meeting.

876
00:23:08,644 --> 00:23:09,927
And you guys did a

877
00:23:09,927 --> 00:23:11,211
great job. So don't

878
00:23:11,211 --> 00:23:11,971
get this

879
00:23:11,971 --> 00:23:13,987
wrong. As I

880
00:23:13,987 --> 00:23:15,455
said, you know, I think

881
00:23:15,455 --> 00:23:16,536
that myself, the chief, and our

882
00:23:16,536 --> 00:23:17,888
city lawyers—they all

883
00:23:17,888 --> 00:23:19,047
did a great

884
00:23:19,047 --> 00:23:22,021
job. The union

885
00:23:22,021 --> 00:23:23,259
was very open

886
00:23:23,259 --> 00:23:24,530
to our proposals,

887
00:23:24,530 --> 00:23:27,881
and we were very open to theirs. So I

888
00:23:27,881 --> 00:23:29,217
think we were able to

889
00:23:29,217 --> 00:23:30,244
negotiate a good

890
00:23:30,244 --> 00:23:31,511
contract and move

891
00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:35,869
on. So,

892
00:23:35,869 --> 00:23:37,929
I guess the

893
00:23:37,962 --> 00:23:39,144
fire department salary structure and so on

894
00:23:39,144 --> 00:23:40,394
also need to be

895
00:23:40,394 --> 00:23:41,925
reviewed. It would be possible to

896
00:23:41,925 --> 00:23:43,099
do both

897
00:23:43,099 --> 00:23:43,965
things at the same time

898
00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:46,227
next year.

899
00:23:46,227 --> 00:23:47,518
Well, actually, I'm

900
00:23:47,518 --> 00:23:48,617
in the process of working with

901
00:23:48,617 --> 00:23:49,424
our new HR

902
00:23:49,424 --> 00:23:50,587
person right now, we're going to

903
00:23:50,587 --> 00:23:51,911
look at

904
00:23:51,943 --> 00:23:53,041
doing a new

905
00:23:53,041 --> 00:23:54,301
salary survey,

906
00:23:54,301 --> 00:23:55,237
because the last

907
00:23:55,237 --> 00:23:56,142
survey we

908
00:23:56,142 --> 00:23:57,143
did was four or

909
00:23:57,143 --> 00:23:58,370
five years ago, so it's

910
00:23:58,370 --> 00:24:00,653
time to do a new one. And,

911
00:24:00,653 --> 00:24:01,472
of course, I will

912
00:24:01,472 --> 00:24:02,573
coordinate with

913
00:24:02,573 --> 00:24:02,919
all

914
00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:04,146
employees to move forward

915
00:24:04,146 --> 00:24:05,185
with this

916
00:24:05,185 --> 00:24:06,648
issue. So, um, that's what

917
00:24:06,648 --> 00:24:08,226
I told her

918
00:24:08,226 --> 00:24:09,646
as soon as she came in,

919
00:24:09,646 --> 00:24:10,751
actually, what I

920
00:24:10,751 --> 00:24:12,289
recommended doing

921
00:24:12,289 --> 00:24:14,811
. Um, but of course, Gee,

922
00:24:14,811 --> 00:24:15,840
given our

923
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,199
scale, given

924
00:24:17,199 --> 00:24:18,412
our situation, um,

925
00:24:18,412 --> 00:24:19,735
of course,

926
00:24:19,735 --> 00:24:20,764
we're going to have to

927
00:24:20,764 --> 00:24:22,013
make some serious

928
00:24:22,013 --> 00:24:23,116
decisions in November if this

929
00:24:23,116 --> 00:24:24,688
goes through. But, um,

930
00:24:24,688 --> 00:24:25,970
regardless,

931
00:24:25,970 --> 00:24:27,118
if we can

932
00:24:27,118 --> 00:24:27,995
do it, we'll

933
00:24:27,995 --> 00:24:30,479
do it. Good.

934
00:24:30,479 --> 00:24:32,083
OK. Nothing more

935
00:24:32,083 --> 00:24:32,921
. So I make a

936
00:24:32,921 --> 00:24:34,466
suggestion.

937
00:24:34,466 --> 00:24:35,387
Motion to

938
00:24:35,387 --> 00:24:36,932
close the meeting. I

939
00:24:36,932 --> 00:24:37,718
support.

940
00:24:37,718 --> 00:24:38,974
The offer is accepted.

941
00:24:38,974 --> 00:24:40,274
Second proposal. Those who are

942
00:24:40,274 --> 00:24:41,364
"in favor", please say "

943
00:24:41,364 --> 00:24:44,197
yes". Yes. Yes. Yes. You.