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Milford council adopts AFSCME agreement with comp‑time cap and pay‑structure changes
Summary
City Council adopted Ordinance 24‑308 authorizing a collective‑bargaining agreement with AFSCME that caps comp time at 80 hours, allows the city to buy back comp time above 40 hours at its discretion, and streamlines pay grades into classifications; the finance director estimated a three‑year wage cost of $307,906 (excluding overtime and comp time).
Milford City Council voted Sept. 3 to adopt Ordinance 24‑308 authorizing a collective‑bargaining agreement between the city and Ohio Council 8, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
The agreement, described at committee by Interim City Manager and Police Chief Jamey Mills and Finance Director Pat Wirthlin, sets a cap on comp time at 80 hours and adds an article allowing the city, at its discretion, to buy back comp time in excess of 40 hours. The city and union also agreed to streamline compensation by eliminating pay grades in favor of classifications with four steps in each classification.
Wirthlin presented a three‑year wage cost estimate of $307,906 and told council that figure does not include overtime or comp‑time payouts. Mills said some large increases reflected adjustments for the Service Department and that earlier apparent 19% increases for three employees were actually 13% once probationary status was corrected.
Council adopted the ordinance on a motion by Council Member Kristopher Parrish, seconded by Council Member Kim Chamberland; the minutes record the vote as "All yes." The ordinance was read by title after suspension of the rules.
The agreement was first discussed in the Administrative Services Committee, which recommended the law director draft the necessary ordinance.
