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Council hears terms of a tentative two-year FOP contract, including 4% raises and increased longevity pay
Summary
Human resources director Kelly Cox summarized a tentative 2025–2027 collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police: 4% pay increases in 2025 and 2026, revised longevity increases phased through 2027, added Martin Luther King holiday benefits, and other technical and benefit updates; council moved to approve the tentative agreement (item 26-300).
Kelly Cox, the city's human resources director, presented the tentative collective bargaining agreement reached with the Fraternal Order of Police covering 2025–2027.
Cox summarized substantive changes: a technical correction to grievance timing; an alternate mediation provider (if FMCS is unavailable); adding the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and double time for employees who work a full shift on that holiday; clarification of sick-leave incentive calculations; corrected contract dates (effective July 1 rather than July 30 where a date error had appeared in the packet); compensation increases of 4% on July 1, 2025 and 4% on July 1, 2026; higher callout pay for employees on call status; and phased longevity increases (from $325 to $525 effective July 1, 2025; $600 effective July 1, 2026; and a planned $650 after June 30, 2027 contingent on budget authority). The agreement also added a mechanism to allow employees to donate vacation accruals to co-workers in cases of severe illness.
Cox stated the agreement is a tentative agreement with the FOP and recommended council approval; a motion to approve item 26-300 was made and seconded.
Council did not record detailed vote tallies in the excerpted transcript. Cox thanked council for their support and described the item as the product of negotiation with the union.
