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Library board approves three-year AFSCME agreement, schedules city review
Summary
The Davenport Public Library board approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local 887 that includes multi-year wage increases, an increased retirement-health contribution and limits on comp-time accrual; the union ratified the pact and the city council will review it.
The Davenport Public Library Board of Trustees voted Feb. 18 to approve a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the City of Davenport and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 887 covering the period beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
The board’s action followed a presentation by Library Director Jeff Collins, who summarized negotiated changes and the budgetary impact. Collins said the union notified the city on Feb. 5 that membership ratified the agreement and that the city council would review the agreement the next evening, with a final council vote scheduled the following week.
Board members said the agreement updates administrative language, adjusts personnel practices and sets compensation increases over three years. Key financial provisions that Collins highlighted include a rise in the library’s contribution to the retirement health savings plan from 1% to 2.25% and negotiated salary increases of 3.0% on July 1 of the first contract year, followed by 2.75% and 2.75% in succeeding years. The memo in trustees’ packets also listed reductions in maximum comp-time accrual from 240 hours to 80 hours and changes allowing employees to select meal periods twice a year instead of once.
Collins told the board that the agreement modernizes maternity and paternity leave language to align with federal and state law and eliminates a requirement that certain leaves be taken consecutively; under the revised language employees now have six months to take agreed leave as needed. He said the city finance staff participated in negotiations and that the city believes the dollar amounts are manageable in the current budget.
Trustees asked how the changes would affect the library’s operating budget. Collins said the salary and retirement-health changes are included in the city’s projected increase of roughly 1.9% for the library next fiscal year and that step and turnover savings historically provide some budgetary flexibility.
Vote: The motion to approve the AFSCME Local 887 agreement passed unanimously (7–0).
What happens next: The agreement will be forwarded to the city council for review and the board packet notes that the council will consider it at upcoming meetings.
Clarifying details: The union membership ratified the tentative agreement on Feb. 5; the term of the agreement as presented is July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028; retirement-health savings contribution will increase to 2.25% and scheduled wage increases are 3.0% / 2.75% / 2.75% (years one through three).
