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Alexandria council adopts mixed outcome in police impasse, backing union pay scale but city parity and longevity terms
Summary
After a full impasse hearing, Alexandria City Council approved the police union's wage proposal (as recommended by the SSPBA) while adopting the city's longevity bonus and pay-parity approach; council directed the manager to consider budget offsets and potential changes to APD authorized strength.
Alexandria City Council on Dec. 9 ended a months-long bargaining impasse with a set of split decisions that adopt elements of both the police union's and city management's proposals.
After a required public impasse hearing under the city's collective-bargaining ordinance, council voted to adopt the Southern States Police bargaining unit's wage position but voted separately to accept the city's proposed longevity bonus and city-drafted approach to pay parity and reopeners.
Will Thetford, the union's chief negotiator, told the council the department faces an acute staffing problem in patrol and is losing officers to neighboring agencies and federal employers. The union said authorized bargaining-unit strength is 309 but the department currently is missing about 30 officers and that patrol staffing has fallen to roughly 80 of 128 assigned patrol positions. "We're asking you to provide an inkling of hope,"…
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