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l�'�, <br />Jy <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval <br />�--_ <br />���,-tia �j����_ <br />Item Description: <br />BACKGROUND <br />Date: 9/14/09 <br />Item No.: 7.h <br />City Manager Approval <br />� / <br />Approve 2009 Law Enforcement Legal Services(LELS) Contract Terms <br />The City of Roseville has three collective bargaining units. This report is regarding the Police <br />Officer's unit which has 39 city employees in the LELS bargaining unit. They are comprised of <br />non-supervisory licensed officers. <br />Although city employee wages are provided in five different plans, the City maintains a policy of <br />overall parity for all employees. According to this philosophy, the City strives for comparable <br />cost of living increases and benefits for these five employee groups. In addition, the City <br />benchmarks itself with comparable municipalities. <br />Council had provided for a 2.9 % wage increase in the 2009 budget. However, since 2004 Police <br />Officers, when compared internally, have received slightly higher cost of living wage increases <br />compared with other staff to keep them in a steady position with their peers in comparable <br />communities. <br />The Union and the City were scheduled for arbitration over wages and uniform allowance on <br />September 9. However, this arbitration has been canceled because of a tentative agreement. <br />Sased on internal and external data, the 2009 proposed and tentative agreement terms between <br />the union and the City are the following: <br />Description of Proposed Agreement <br />1. CONTRACT DURATION: <br />➢ Term of 1 year from 1/1/09 - 12/31/09 <br />2. WAGES: <br />➢ 1/1/09 increase all LELS union classifications 3%. Provide a 5% (98 cents <br />per hour) market adjustment to the starting wage to help with recruiting <br />efforts and bring the entry wage up to 92% of the average for the 10 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />