FOP/City

Question 1

Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #___

Answer 1

17

Question 2

The FOP will be allowed to maintain its current number of ___ miscellaneous deductions. The FOP will be allowed a ___ deduction to address all future requests for miscellaneous deductions.

Answer 2

4, fifth

Question 3

The employer agrees to remit the aggregate total dues withheld by the City and an itemized statement to the FOP within ___ days after such deductions are made.

Answer 3

5 days

Question 4

Each employee shall be permitted to withdraw the authorization for withholding such dues and assessments by written notice delivered to the City and to the FOP from ___ and ___.

Answer 4

March 2nd through March 10

September 1st through 10th

Question 5

Upon giving ___ written notice, except when time precludes, representatives of the FOP will be granted, by the Chief of Police, time off with pay to conduct FOP business. The time off will not exceed ___ hours per year, so long as it does not interfere with operations of the department. If at the end of the calendar year any balance remains, no more than ___ will be carried over into the next calendar year.

Answer 5

5, 1000, 400

Question 6

The FOP or any employee may file a grievance within ___ days of said occurrence or awareness and shall be afforded the full protection of this Statement of Agreement.

Answer 6

30 days

Question 7

Grievance Procedure Step 1: The supervisor’s response to the employee and the FOP representative shall be within ___ days and shall be in the same manner as the grievance received.

Answer 7

5 calendar days

Question 8

Grievance Procedure Step 2: If the grievance is not settled by the provisions of Step 1, it shall be submitted in writing on the appropriate form within ___ days from the receipt of the supervisor’s response to the FOP Grievance Committee. Within ___ days, the FOP Grievance Committee shall determine, in their discretion and judgement, whether or not a grievance exists. If the FOP Grievance Committee finds a grievance does not exist, the employee may, within ___, at his option, proceed to the appeal process as set out in the FOP bylaws under Grievance Committee.

Answer 8

5 calendar days, 10 calendar days, 5 calendar days

Question 9

Grievance Procedure Step 3: If the FOP Grievance Committee finds a grievance does exist, the Committee, or Committee and employee shall forward the grievance, within ___ days, to the Chief of Police for settlement.

Answer 9

5 calendar days,

Question 10

Grievance Procedure Step 4: The Chief of Police shall submit his answer, in writing, to the employee involved, and the FOP Grievance Committee and the City Human Resources Director, within ___ days. If the grievance has not been settled at this step, it shall be sent to the City Manger within ___ days for settlement.

Answer 10

10 calendar days, 7 calendar days

Question 11

Grievance Procedure Step 5: The City manager or designee shall submit an answer to the Chief of Police, the employee involved, and the FOP Grievance Committee within ___ days.

Answer 11

7 calendar days

Question 12

Layoff and Recall: Such bump request is initiated within ___ workdays of the date the employee receives notice of layoff.

Answer 12

5 workdays

Question 13

Employees shall be recalled from layoff according to their seniority within their job classification. Recall rights shall not exceed ___.

Answer 13

18 months

Question 14

Notice of recall shall be sent to the employee at his last known address by certified mail. If the employee fails to notify the Office of the Chief of Police within ___ days after receipt of such recall notice that the employee intends to return and if the employee after giving such notice of intent to return fails to be available to return to work within ___ days after receipt of such notice, such employee shall be deemed to have quit.

Answer 14

5 calendar days, 14 calendar days

Question 15

Employees shall accrue the equivalent of ___ days (based on eight hours day) annually, with a maximum allowable accumulation of ___ Sick Leave hours.

Answer 15

20 days, 1600

Question 16

Upon separation of employment from a sworn position, employees shall be compensated in cash at the basic rate of hourly pay for any unused Sick Leave up to ___ hours in the event of retirement or death.

Answer 16

720

Question 17

During an extended illness, the employee must inform his supervisor every ___ of the status of such extended illness as long as the employee is physically able to do so.

Answer 17

2 weeks

Question 18

Employees who require more than ___ days absence may be required to provide the Department with a physician’s statement indicating length of disability and dates of treatment.

Answer 18

3 days

Question 19

Any employee absent from work more than ___ days in excess of the normal and usual convalescence time established by the Professional Activity Study may be required to see the City’s physician for an evaluation and a release to work.

Answer 19

10 working days

Question 20

Sick and Family Leave shall be limited to ___ hours per year.

Answer 20

40 hours

Question 21

An employee who suffers an illness/injury while on or off duty, in the performance of his job within the scope of law enforcement, will receive his full salary for a period of ___ from the time of the first absence caused by the illness/injury.

Answer 21

6 months

Question 22

None of the employee’s accrued leave shall be charged while the employee is disabled during the ___ period.

Answer 22

12 month

Question 23

During the ___ of disability, a City designated physician or one acceptable to the City shall make a determination of the degree of disability.

Answer 23

11th month

Question 24

If the employee has a permanent disability preventing his return to work, he may apply for disability retirement and will be separated from the City’s employment, but not later than the end of ___ from the last day worked.

Answer 24

12 months

Question 25

If the diagnosis results in the determination that the employee will be able to return to work within the next ___, he shall be kept on payroll and receive only Workers’ Compensation payments. The employee may supplement these payments with any available leave time. At the time of the ___, the employee shall either return to full duty status or be separated from the City’s employment.

Answer 25

12 months, 24th month

Question 26

Recurring leave of absence relating to a previous injury shall be considered one and the same injury, if the injury occurs within ___, subject to administrative analysis and diagnosis of the injury reported by the attending physician. However, if recurring leave relating to a previous injury is required after ___ from the date of release and return to work, such leave will be treated as a new injury case.

Answer 26

365 days, 365 days

Question 27

Employees will receive 1 day off with pay for the death of a ___.

Answer 27

grandparent or grandchild of the employee or the employee’s spouse

Question 28

In the event of the death of a ___ the employee may request up to 3 days of time off with pay.

Answer 28

spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister of the employee or the employee’s spouse

Question 29

The City agrees to pay funeral expenses which exceed the amount paid by Workers’ Compensation, to a maximum of ___, for officers who lose their lives in the line of duty.

Answer 29

$4,000

Question 30

Employees will accrue the equivalent to ___ days of vacation leave annually.

Answer 30

15 days

Question 31

During the calendar year of 2020 only, a total of ___ additional hours of vacation will be accrued.

Answer 31

36 additional hours

Question 32

Vacation leave may be accumulated; however, a maximum of ___ may be carried over to the next year.

Answer 32

360 hours

Question 33

A suspension may be delayed at the discretion of management up to, but not to exceed, ___.

Answer 33

10 calendar days

Question 34

An employee may request in writing to forfeit accrued vacation leave on a day for day basis in lieu of serving the suspension. Forfeiture of leave may not exceed ___ in a calendar year. Such substitution shall be at the discretion of the Chief of Police.

Answer 34

5 vacation days

Question 35

Compensatory Time may be accrued to a maximum of ___.

Answer 35

400 hours

Question 36

The City agrees to pay holiday premium pay equivalent to ___ days (based on eight hour day) pay.

Answer 36

9 days

Question 37

If an employee’s employment date is before ___, he will receive discretionary days (DD’s) during the current calendar year. If an employee’s employment date is on or after ___, he will receive discretionary days at the beginning of the next calendar year.

Answer 37

July 1

Question 38

All employees with ___ to ___ years of continuous service shall be granted ___ discretionary hours off per year.

Answer 38

5 to 15, 40 discretionary hours

Question 39

All employees with ___ or more years of continuous service shall be granted ___ discretionary hours off per year.

Answer 39

15, 56 discretionary hours

Question 40

Each non-uniformed officer is to receive as a payment for clothing allowance ___ dollars per year payable quarterly.

Answer 40

$700

Question 41

Application for EIP payments must be submitted by the ___ of the month to be counted for eligibility.

Answer 41

10th

Question 42

The employee will pay ___ per month for the employee only base plan.

Answer 42

$34.28

Question 43

The City will provide dental insurance at no cost to the employee. For the duration of the Statement of Agreement, the City will pay ___ per month toward the cost of dependent dental coverage.

Answer 43

$6

Question 44

Longevity: ___ dollars per month for each year of service up to and including the ___ year.

Answer 44

$5, 15th

Question 45

Longevity: ___ dollars per month for each year of service from the ___ year through the completed ___ year.

Answer 45

$6, 16th

Question 46

Whenever rates of pay, wages or any other matter requiring appropriation of monies by the City are included as matters of negotiations, it shall be the obligation of the FOP to serve a written notice of request for negotiation sessions on the City at least ___ before December 31, 2020.

Answer 46

120 days

Question 47

It shall be the obligation of the City and the FOP to start negotiations within ___ after Labor Day, prior to the expiration of the Agreement.

Answer 47

2 weeks

Question 48

The appeal will be made within ___ after either party notifies the other in writing that an impasse exists.

Answer 48

3 days

Question 49

The City and the FOP shall try to resolve the impasse through mediation within ___.

Answer 49

30 days

Question 50

If an impasse continues ___ after mediation, either party may, by written notice to the other, request fact finding.

Answer 50

15 calendar days

Question 51

The fact finding procedure shall be conducted by a fact finder to be selected by the City and the FOP within ___ after notice has been given.

Answer 51

7 calendar days

Question 52

For non-twelve hour employees: A shift differential of ___ per hour will be paid where a majority of their regularly scheduled shift hours occur after 3pm and before 11pm.

Answer 52

55 cents per hour

Question 53

For non-twelve hour employees: A shift differential of ___ per hour will be paid for any hours worked by an employee where a majority of their regularly scheduled shift hours occur after 11pm and before 7am.

Answer 53

80 cents per hour

Question 54

For twelve hour employees: A shift differential of ___ per hour will be paid for any hours worked by an employee assigned to a 12 hour shift that begins at 7pm and ends at 7am or 6pm to 6am for early shifts.

Answer 54

80 cents per hour

Question 55

The FTO pay will be paid at the rate of ___ per 8 hour shift and ___ per 12 hour shift.

Answer 55

3 hours, 4 hours and 30 minutes