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Home My WebLink AboutR26-131 RESOLUTION NO. R26-131 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON 2 BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE 3 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND 4 PALM BEACH COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FOR 5 POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES, POLICE SERGEANTS, AND POLICE 6 CAPTAINS; AND FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES. 7 8 WHEREAS, on September 18, 2025, the City Commission approved Resolution No. R25- 9 254, approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and Palm Beach County 10 Police Benevolent Association for Police Officers and Detectives, effective October 1, 2025, 11 through September 30, 2028; and 12 WHEREAS, on September 18, 2025, the City Commission approved Resolution No. R25- 13 255, approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and Palm Beach County 14 Police Benevolent Association for Police Sergeants, effective October 1, 2025, through September 15 30, 2028; and 16 WHEREAS, on September 18, 2025, the City Commission approved Resolution No. R25- 17 256, approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and Palm Beach County 18 Police Benevolent Association for Police Captains, effective October 1, 2025, through September 19 30, 2028; and 20 WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the above-mentioned Collective Bargaining 21 Agreements' Article 15 (Annual Occupational Fitness Evaluations), and Article 16 (Group 22 Insurance) sections of each respective Agreement; and 23 WHEREAS, the City Commission, upon the recommendation of staff, has deemed it in the 24 best interests of the City's citizens and residents to approve the Amendment to the Collective 25 Bargaining Agreements between the City and Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association 26 for Police Officers and Detectives, Police Sergeants, and Police Captains. 27 28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON 29 BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: 30 SECTION 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as 31 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution upon adoption. RESOLUTION NO. R26-131 32 SECTION 2. The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, does hereby 33 approve the Amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreements between the City and Palm 34 Beach County Police Benevolent Association for Police Officers and Detectives, Police Sergeants, 35 and Police Captains (the "Amendment"), in form and substance similar to that attached as Exhibit 36 A. 37 SECTION 3. The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, hereby 38 authorizes the Mayor to execute the Amendment. The Mayor is further authorized to execute any 39 ancillary documents as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Resolution. 40 SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall retain the fully executed Amendment as a public record 41 of the City. A copy of the fully executed Amendment shall be provided to Dom Hobbs to forward 42 to the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association. 43 SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect in accordance with the law. 44 [SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE] 45 RESOLUTION NO. R26-131 46 PASSED AND ADOPTED this a5 5 day of C1/4...c."--c C.-,S4- 2026. 47 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA 48 YES NO 49 Mayor- Rebecca Shelton ✓ 50 51 Vice-Mayor-Thomas Turkin CA__\() Q-An 52 53 Commissioner-Angela Cruz 54 55 Commissioner- Mack McCray �c 56 57 Commissioner-Aimee Kelley ✓ 58 59 VOTE -CD 60 ATTEST: 61 62C t Q_ 63 Tammy Stani ne, CMC Rebecca Shelton 64 City Clerk Mayor 65 66 ��yNTON1 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 67 (Corporate Seal) %iOciz:o RATE •.9�, � 70 ,' 6%.0C(11.92.0 R :• ' Shawna G. Lamb 71 ►� '....... ,pQ' City Attorney �� FLO ; AMENDMENT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (PERC BARGAINING UNIT CERTIFICATIONS 807(Officers and Detectives),1375 (Sergeants),andL2020 (Captains) by and between PALM BEACH COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC. and the CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach, Florida ("City") and the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association, Inc. ("PBA") entered into Collective Bargaining Agreements for PERC Bargaining Unit Certifications 807 (Officers and Detectives, 1375 (Sergeants), and 2020(Captains)for the period of October 1, 2025,through September 30, 2028 (collectively the"CBA"); and WHEREAS,the City and PBA desire to amend the CBA as further set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the parties recognize, acknowledge, and agree that the amendments described herein shall not take effect unless and until such time that this Amendment is approved by the PBA and the City Commission. Now, therefore, the City and the PBA agree to amend the CBA as follows (bold/underlined text delineates additions, and strikethrough represents deletions): 1. Article 15 (Annual Occupational Fitness Evaluations)of each respective bargaining agreement is hereby amended as follows: A. Mandatory Physicals Due to the importance of certification of fitness for duty, bargaining unit members shall attend and participate in an occupational fitness evaluation as scheduled, once per the-term year of this Agreement (i.e., one routine physical examination). B. Voluntary Participation Members of the bargaining unit may voluntarily participate in a whole-body MRI scan once per term of this agreement. . . '- - - - - : - ; - • - • - • = 4,111•U V I Article. Participation is : - = - - : • - - - • - .; - based on seniority. Funding is-ath subject to the City Commission's annual appropriation of funding for this purpose, but at a minimum of$50,000 per fiscal year for all PBA bargaining unit members (all three units combined). Such allocation shall not create any obligation or guarantee that the same amount will be allocated beyond the term of this agreement.Any additional medical clearance required by the MRI facility prior to the MRI,will be at the employee's expense. = -• • •- . • • • :: - • : :: • •••:_ - (1) In order to voluntarily participate, a member must notify the Director of Human Resources by email between October 1" and October 315`of each year of this agreement. (2) Due to the advanced notice required to schedule these exams through the vendor and the cost to the City,voluntary participation status is"locked in" as of October 31'of each year and no changes/cancellations will be accepted after that date. (3) In the event a member who voluntarily elected to participate decides not to participate after _O_ctober 31, but prior to completing any portion of the exam,the member is responsible for reimbursing the City for the total cost of the exam through either a payroll deduction or by a check made payable to the City of Boynton Beach,within thirty(30) days of cancellation. [Note: The per member cost for the exam for FY 2025-2026 is $1,600] In no instance will the reimbursement cost be greater than $1,600. The Director of Human Resources may waive the reimbursement cost at his/her discretion based on the unit member's explanation of cancellation, if one is provided. (4)A member who voluntarily elects to participate and completes any portion of the exam process is then subject to the same provisions as those required to participate. 2. Article 16(Group Insurance) of each respective bargaining agreement is hereby amended as follows: Officers/Detectives Collective Bargainin Agreement Section 2. Life Insurance Bargaining unit members are provided with a thirty-five two-hundred thousand dollar($200,00035 00)term life and accidental death policy with the premium paid by the City. Sergeants Collective Bargaining Agreement Section 2. Life Insurance Bargaining unit members are provided with a siert two-hundred-fifty thousand dollar($250,000--69;666)term life and accidental death policy with the premium paid by the City. Captains Collective Bargaining Agreement Section 2. Life Insurance Bargaining unit members are provided with a sixty two-hundred-fifty thousand dollar( 99)term life and accidental death policy with the premium paid by the City. 3. The City and the PBA agree further: 1. That the agreed upon modification to the aforementioned Article shall appear in said Article, substituting for and replacing only the language in the subsection modified hereby; and 2. That this Amendment shall be effective from the date of execution through and including September 30, 2028; and 3. That the Parties represent that they have full legal authority to enter into this Amendment. IN WITNESS THEREOF,the Parties have caused this Amendment to be signed by their duly authorized representatives on thea ytay of(oL, 2026. FOR THE CITY FOR THE PBA • Rebecca Shelton,Mayor John azanji , President CITY ATTO•NEY'S OF IC Approve',/:s to form - tf eg(ity By: _hi/ it / 614/ Shawna Lamb, City Attorney N Ton, O• ;00' 0RATF•• c 11 SEAL =�', • :•INCORPORATED • 1920 •;' �`�� FCORIoP