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Council ratifies four-year police contract with step, premium and retention changes
Summary
The council unanimously adopted a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Waukesha Professional Police Association covering 2025–2028 that adjusts salary steps (adds recruit step, elongates progression), includes a $500 retention payment for eligible employees, and alters health insurance premium-sharing rules with a 12% cap tied to a health risk assessment for one plan.
The Waukesha Common Council on Nov. 18 approved a tentative four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Waukesha Professional Police Association covering 2025–2028.
City staff (Tony) summarized the agreement, which revises pay schedules for patrol officers (introducing a recruit pay step and extending progression for some steps to 84 months in some classifications), maintains the schedule for detectives and specialists, and provides a one-time $500 retention payment to members employed as of Oct. 5, 2025 and still employed as of Feb. 15, 2025. The pay increases are split into partial adjustments on Jan. 1 and July 1 of each contract year, with varying percentages depending on years of service.
On health insurance, the contract requires union employees who elect a different city-offered plan to pay the same premium share as non-represented employees, with a carved-out 12% premium cap for a specific 2026 plan conditional on employees completing a health risk assessment. Staff said other changes are operational and intended to preserve internal comparability with other represented groups, such as fire.
Alderperson Payne moved to recommend approval; the motion carried unanimously. Staff noted implementation details, effective dates, and employee eligibility for the retention payment.
