Boston City Council, MA Ways & Means, 16 Oct 2017

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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on October 16, 2017

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Dockets #1298, 1299 - Collective Bargaining appropriation between the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society and the City of Boston

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Good morning, everyone, my name, is Mark CEO malam, the chairman of ways and means in the austin brighton district city. Councillor today is Monday October 16th I am here regarding dockets one, two, nine eight and one two nine nine message in order to reduce the FY 18 appropriation for the reserve for collective bargaining by three million two hundred and fifty six thousand three hundred and thirty one dollars to provide funding for the Boston Police Department for the FY 18 cost contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the city of Boston and the Boston Police Detectives.

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Both benevolent society docket, one, two, nine nine message and order: approving a supplemental appropriation for the Boston Police Department for FY 18 in the amount of three million two hundred and fifty six thousand three hundred and thirty one dollars to cover the FY 18 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the city of Boston and the Boston Police Detectives, benevolent society. The terms of the contract are July 1 2016 through June 30th, 2017 and July 1st 2017 through June 30th 2020.

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The major provisions of the contract include base wage increases of 2% effective, the first pay period of July of each fiscal year. The agreement also includes increases to existing Quinn bill education benefits, modified cumulative risk benefits, beginning in July 2016 and increases to the hazardous pay Duty beginning in July, 2017 I like to remind folks that this is a public hearing. It is both being broadcast, live and recorded on Comcast channel eight RCN channel 82 and verizon channel one nine six four like to ask folks in the chamber to silence their electronic devices.

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The conclusion the public.

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Presentation and questions from me and my colleagues, we will have public testimony. We ask that you sign in at the sheet at the door. We can also take written testimony as well. So with that I'd like to recognize Jim Williamson from budget Alexis.

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I'm also joined by my colleagues Alexis to chuck from labor relations in superintendent Whitman from the police department who can delve into the areas of the contract detectives contract specifically. So, as you mentioned, octave one, two, nine nine increases the FY 18 appropriation for the Boston Police Department by three million two hundred fifty six thousand three hundred thirty one dollars. This.

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Increase the police budget from three and seven. Seventy three point: eight million to three hundred seventy seven million dollars. This order.

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Will cover the.

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Cost and can take the FY 18 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the city of Boston and the Boston Police Detectives benevolent society. The.

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Second, docket.

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One two nine eight reduces the FY 18 collected by reserve by three point: two five million. This is a separate reserve established specifically for this purpose, just to get into the reserves themselves. The FY 18 budget, passed by the Boston City Council in June 2017, included a forty seven million reserves in aggregate to cover collective bargaining in August.

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City Council passed a supplemental for $81,000 for the opie you, the.

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Inspector union in September.

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A 20 million dollars.

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Was was used to support the futures contract and with this reduction of 3.25 million for the police detective, the new balance for the FY 18 reserve will be twenty three point: six million dollars.

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Many folks are in this bargaining unit.

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The FY 18 collective bargaining, what's the cost for FY 17 retro as well.

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1.6 million and is that a collective bargaining Reserve.

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You and we have the successor agreements from July 16 through June 17 and then the three-year contract after that like to acknowledge up and joined by my friend from West Roxbury JP council, madam Ally I just started so and we went through the wage patterns. It's it's 2% every year, starting July 1st. Could you maybe talk about some of the other, like the Quinn bill? How you know the city over time now has taken? What was a 50-50 with the state now is getting to 100% by the city.

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Can you kind of explain the timing of that sure.

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So currently that were at 50%, but the state is no longer a party to this arrangement. If you will.

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How this contract would set it up with the FY 18? We.

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To 85% in my 19.

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Do you know what part of this contract is the Quinn Quinn related.

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Well, no I the dollar amount of of the award right. You know how much of it is Quinn. Do you think it's.

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And there were also some other modifications made in the contract, such as officer swaps. Can you give us a little explanation of how that impacts? Maybe the budget or.

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Operational efficiencies, but they also.

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Potentially I were on a shift and I swapped with you, and your time frames were different in some instances. I will be working 30 minutes longer than my usual shift. If I swapped with councillor co-moh, okay,.

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That led to inconsistencies with payment and folks seeking that. So now it's if you agree to a swap a swap is a swap minute.

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For them minute.

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For a minute or shift for shift, if you will.

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Okay, okay, I'm, sorry, okay and then I'm. Looking at court vacation days, could you discuss some of the limits and clarifications.

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Say Tuesday Wednesday of that week, so it just kind of guides you through when a detective is huggable to get an additional court vacation day. If it goes to court on his squad scheduled day of work compared to his squads day off right and.

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Is that still a minimum of four hours? Yes right? Okay, let me give my colleagues an opportunity, counsel, O'malley, Germany Thank,.

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You, mr. chairman, no, not really so much a questions appreciate the good work of you guys again working collaboratively together to find you know an agreement yeah through sitting down at the table and I know this mutual respect on all sides here and that's that's really important. In.

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The so this is just a once. This is past. This will just sort of square us through the end of this current fiscal year, so FY 18.

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I see: okay, I'm! Sorry! It's just you.

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Think so the mo okay.

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And Wyatt, just out of curiosity, why not just do a four year.

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Right, fantastic, all right! Well, thank you! That's all I have thanks. Council.

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Big thank you good morning. How are you guys? Okay, will you just explain Quinn for me on this? How what what are the and, if you did already explain, I apologize, you know what what what does Quintin gonna look like for us a no.

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Apologies necessary how it would change in this respect would be an FY 18. We will go up to 85% on.

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An FY 19, a full 100%, okay.

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So so the city is now gonna fund, Quinn 100%, with a state step back on their 50%, yes, okay and two two and two over the three over the three years. Oh yes,.

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I just want to go over two quick things before we conclude the cumulative risk enhancement benefit. What is the total cost of that? And, while you're at it, the hazard duty, hazardous duty differential as well.

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Great well, thank you and just on behalf of the residents of the city of boss and I, just want to thank our friends from the detectives union and all the officers out there plain clothes in uniform, doing great work for our city, so I just wanted to. Thank you all Sam did you want to testify.

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Okay, well seeing and hearing no other public testimony. That concludes today's hearing on dockets 12, which one was it twelve, eight. Ninety eight and twelve. Ninety nine did I. Guess correctly.

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That concludes today's hearing. Thank you.

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