Minutes 06-09-06
MINUTES OF THE WHITE COLLAR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION
BETWEEN THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN & OILERS
AND THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, HELD ON
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M., IN CONFERENCE ROOM B,
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
For the City of Boynton Beach
For NCF&O
Sharyn Goebelt, Director of HR
Bobby Jenkins, Assistant Director of Finance
Sharon Munley, Trustee, Local 1227
NCF&O
Skip Lewis, Chief Steward, Code
Rob Eichorst, Police
The meeting was called to order at 2:28 p.m. and self-introductions were made. A sign-in sheet
was circulated.
Ms. Goebelt explained the last meeting was on May 31, 2006 and the parties came to a verbal
agreement on most articles. Ms. Goebelt presented the City's current proposals by article as
follows:
Article 12.2.6. - Progressive Discipline, will read, "Regular employees may respond to discipline
actions of counseling, and written reprimands by requesting an administrative review by the
Human Resources Director. Such request shall be made within ten (10) calendar days of the
imposition of the discipline. The Human Resources Director shall review the disciplinary action
in question and shall either sustain, reverse, or modify the disciplinary action. The Human
Resources Director's disposition shall be made within thirty (30) days of the employee's request
for review. The Human Resources Director's disposition is final and not subject to further
review."
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Section 14.3., Basic Work Week and Overtime, will be changed to read, "Only hours actually
worked will be counted for the purpose of calculating overtime."
There were no comments received regarding this article.
New Section 14.7, was added to read, "The procedure in 14.6 will also be followed if an
employee reports to work tardy or late. The employee shall be marked as tardy or late using the
same 7/8 Minute rule, for purposes of calculating payroll. An employee will be deemed "tardy" if
the appear for work up to six (6) minutes after the designated starting time and "late" if they
appear for work seven (7) minutes or more after the designated starting time. Any employee
who is tardy or late is subject to appropriate discipline."
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Section 14.8 (renumbered from 14.7) will read, "It is understood that the clock designated by an
employee's supervisor to record arrival and departure shall be the clock against which timely
reporting for work is measured. If at any time, that clock is deemed inoperative, the immediate
supervisor will advise employees which clock will be utilized for timekeeping purposes."
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There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 15.2. regarding Compensatory time shall read, "Compensatory time will be accrued and
used at the same rate the overtime rate would be paid. Employees may accumulate up to 80
hours of compensatory time. At no time may an employee accumulate more than 80 hours
compensatory time. Compensatory time may be taken as earned, subject to the approval of the
Department Head who shall schedule the time off to meet the operating requirements of the
Department. "
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 15.3 was deleted and Article 15.4 was renumbered as Article 15.3.
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 16, Wages, had numerous changes as attached.
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 23, Sick Leave, Article 23.1 had language added indicating an employee shall notify
his/her immediate supervisor, or the supervisor's designee, in a manner provided for by
management, of his/her illness no less than one (1) hour before his/her normal workday begins."
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 26, Vacation, Section 26.4 was changed to read, "Vacation requests of three (3) shifts or
less must be requested and approved or denied within two (2) days of the work shift, the day the
request is made. Vacation requests of four (4) shifts or more must be requested and approved
or denied within one (1) week of the day the request is made. Vacation requests of two or more
weeks require at least twenty-one (21) calendar days notification. Management will approve or
deny the vacation requests for two (2) weeks or more within seven (7) days of the request."
There were no comments received regarding this article.
Article 40, General Provisions, had lengthy language additions in Article 40.3. A listing of the
uniform items approved for the various departments is attached. Ms. Munley suggested adding,
"Nothing herein is construed to deny those currently using uniforms from receiving them.". It
was noted employees are still required to return uniforms upon termination.
There were no other comments received regarding this article.
Article 52, Duration, had additions indicating the agreement will remain in full force and effect
until September 30, 2009.
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There were no comments received regarding this article.
Also, the Title page of the Agreement will reflect the dates it will encompass as October 1, 2006
through September 30,2009.
There were no comments received regarding this article.
The meeting recessed at 2:44 p.m. to caucus.
The meeting reconvened at 3: 15 p.m.
NCFO agreed to T.A. (tentatively agree) to the changes. Ms. Munley indicated she could get a
letter in the mail by June 16th and have a vote on the 26th or the 27th. There was consensus to
have this item go before the City Commission on July 19th.
Ms. Goebelt indicated she would also add the Call Form to the Appendix. Ms. Munley and Ms.
Goebelt signed off on the Articles.
There was no further business and the meeting adjourned at 3:21 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Catherine Ch rry-Guoerman
Recording Secretary
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