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Lawrence committee tables ordinance to align police, fire accruals pending fiscal analysis
Summary
A committee hearing on ordinance No. 3, 2025 to align city code with police and fire CBAs (changes to accrual timing, sick/holiday carryover and bereavement leave) ended with the council tabling the measure and asking the comptroller and consultants for a detailed cost estimate.
Nick Grama, district vice president for Lawrence Professional Firefighters, told the council committee that proposed ordinance No. 3, 2025 would align city code with negotiated police and fire collective bargaining agreements and restore functional access to leave for employees hired after Jan. 1, 2019. Grama said the proposal does not increase annual leave amounts except in limited carryover caps for post‑2019 hires and includes repayment provisions for any unearned, front‑loaded time.
The proposal would leave post‑2019 employees accruing monthly but make the total annual accrual available on Jan. 1; raise sick leave carryover for post‑2019 hires from 200 to 600 hours; increase holiday rollover for post‑2019 hires (discussed in the hearing as moving from 96 to roughly 250 hours); and expand bereavement leave…
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