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Committee forwards three‑year extensions to police MOUs aimed at boosting recruitment
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee forwarded committee reports on two ordinances extending memoranda of understanding with the Police Officers Association (Units P1,P2,P2B) that reduce entry pay to accelerate hiring and fund a class of recruits starting in October; the committee sent the items to the full Board without objection.
The San Francisco Government Audit & Oversight Committee on Sept. 3 forwarded committee reports to the full Board recommending adoption of two ordinances that implement amendment no. 5 to the 2007–2015 memoranda of understanding between the city and the Police Officers Association (Units P1, P2 and P2B).
Martin Gran of the Department of Human Resources’ Employee Relations Division told the committee the agreements lower starting step rates for new recruits — a change he said "represents a 10% lower start" — so the Police Department can ramp up classes and hiring. Gran said that posture enabled the department to schedule a class of about 50 recruits in early October and to plan "three classes in fact in the next 12 months." He said the MOUs extend the agreements through 2018 and include modest cost‑of‑living adjustments in later years (1% in 2015–16, 2% in 2016–17 and 2% in 2017–18).
On lateral hires, Compensation Manager Steve Ponder told supervisors lateral officers "would come in at a corresponding step" and "they wouldn't go up or down," depending on how their previous rank or step maps to San Francisco's schedule.
The presentation to the committee included controller analysis that projected short‑term savings tied to lower starting wages as newer officers progress through step increases; Gran cautioned that costs rise in out years as scheduled COLAs take effect. Gran also said the parties reached a tentative agreement over the summer, the POA membership initially voted it down, and the final agreement reflected tweaks requested by members.
Public comment included an objection that labor agreements might better belong with Budget & Finance, but Deputy City Attorney John Gibner said Board rules permit labor agreements to be referred to GAO. After discussion, supervisors moved to send a committee report on the items to the full Board for the Sept. 17 meeting; the motion passed "without objection." The committee did not take a final adoption vote on the ordinances themselves; formal Board action is the next step.
The Board will receive the committee report and the ordinances at its upcoming meeting. No dollar totals for these MOUs beyond the described COLA figures were specified in the committee presentation.
