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1~ <br />Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />River <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Ci Council <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Consent September 6, 2011 Lauren Wipper, Human Resource <br /> Re resentative <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED B~/ <br />Master Labor Agreement Between the City of Elk River and Robert Thistle, I t run City <br />Law Enforcement Labor Services Loca1231 for January 1, 2011 Administrator .`\'~ j <br />to December 31, 2012 REVIEWED BY <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Approve Master Labor Agreement (Contract) between the City of Elk River. and Law Enforcement Labor <br />Services Loca1231 for January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012. <br />BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION <br />On June 27, 2011, the City Council met in closed session to discuss the ongoing negotiations with LELS <br />Loca1231 regarding the proposed Contract. Following discussions between City labor representation, <br />staff, and the Union, the Union recently voted to approve the Contract as proposed. <br />The provisions of the Contract are consistent with previous Council discussion; the changes are as <br />follows: <br />P-~ 1% increase effective January 1,.2011. 2% increase effective January 1, 2012. <br />Uniform Allowance: Uniform allowance increases by $25 in 2011 to $745 and by $20 in 2012 to <br />$765. <br />Court Timer Employees who work a power or night shift receive three hours pay at two times their <br />base pay if they are required to appear in court prior to 1:00 p.m. that same day. <br />Vacation Leave: After 25 years of service employees receive an additional day of vacation. <br />Comp Time: Change date of payout to between December 1 and December 31. <br />Shift Differential: Beginning July 1, 2012, employees working a regular shift that starts between 6:00 <br />p.m. and 11:59 p.m. will receive a shift differential. of $.25 per hour. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />^ Master Labor Agreement between the City of Elk River and Law Enforcement Labor Services <br />Loca1231 <br />