HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-22-12 Health & Public Safety and Personnel & Finance HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
PERSONNEL & FINANCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 22, 2012 5:03 P.M
HPS Committee Members Present: Dr. Fred Ferlic, Henry Davis, Jr.
Karen White, Tim Scott
HPS Citizen Members Present: Kyle Chamberlin
P &F Committee Members Present: Karen White, Gavin Ferlic, Dr. David
Varner, Henry Davis, Jr.
P&F Citizen Members Present: Tamara McNally
Other Council Members Present: Valerie Schey, Oliver Davis, Derek Dieter
Others Present: Marti Wolfson, Linda Wolfson, Scott Ford, Mayor Pete Buttigieg,
Mike Schmuhl, Mark Neal, Murray Miller, Kevin Allen, Kathleen
Cekanski-Farrand, John Murphy
Agenda: Bill No. 56-12—Salaries—SBPD
Bill No. 57-12—Salaries—SBFD
Dr. Fred Ferlic agreed to chair this join hearing of the Personnel &Finance Committee
and the Health&Public Safety Committee. On the agenda were two bills:
Bill No. 56-12 the two year negotiated SBPD wage contract for 2013 and 2014, Bill No.
57-12 represents the two year negotiated salary agreement with the firefighters.
The police wage agreement was taken up first. Kathy Cekanski-Farrand, Council
Attorney and Chief Negotiator for the Council was pleased to announce a tentative 2 year
agreement had been ratified by the police rank & file. The annual wage increase was
2.5%.
During the Council portion, the issue of inadequate beat staffing was raised once again by
Valerie Schey who felt that more officers could be hired if the $2 million OT line item
was reduced. Derek Dieter countered saying only a small portion of the OT budget could
be tapped,most going to required court time. Henry Davis support Valerie's claim that
more officers are needed on"beats."He suggested reassignment from special duty units
like Metro Homicide. Oliver Davis and Tim Scott supported the notion that more
officers were needed.