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Board of Examiners approves two police union contracts; legal questions raised over unsigned MPOA agreement
Summary
The State of Nevada Board of Examiners on May 29 approved two police collective bargaining agreements, including one the union has not signed following binding arbitration, while discussing legal and fiscal implications for legislative appropriation.
CARSON CITY — The State of Nevada Board of Examiners on May 29 approved two collective bargaining agreements for police bargaining units, including a $122,083 package for the Nevada Police Officers Association (bargaining unit M) and a $21,155,823 agreement for the Fraternal Order of Police, Nevada CO, Lodge 21 (bargaining unit N).
The agreements were presented by the Department of Administration, Division of Human Resource Management and approved by motions at the special meeting. The board and counsel spent substantial time discussing whether an agreement produced by binding arbitration must be signed by the union to be effective for purposes of Board of Examiners approval and subsequent legislative appropriation.
Why it matters: The agreements carry a combined fiscal impact for the two items on today’s agenda of $21,277,906 for the 2025–27 biennium, according to the governor’s finance office. Board approval is a step before the Legislature may appropriate funds to make the fiscal provisions effective; board members and…
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