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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on March 20, 2018
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Dockets #0405-0408 - Collective Bargaining Agreement, Superior Officers Federation and Benevolent Society Forensics
A
A
A
Sorry,
eighty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
three
dollars
to
provide
funding
for
the
police
department
for
the
FY
18
increases
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
Boston
Police
Detectives
benevolent
society
for
forensic
group,
zero,
four,
zero,
eight
message:
an
order
approving
a
supplemental
appropriation
of
eighty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
three
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.
Forensics
group.
A
The
terms
of
the
contracts,
our
October
1st
2016
through
September
30th
2017
and
October
1st
2017
through
September
30th
2020,
the
major
provision
of
the
contracts
includes
base
wage
increases
of
2%
effective,
the
first
pay
period
of
January
of
each
fiscal
year.
The
agreements
also
include
other
benefits,
including
new
specialty
differentials,
beginning
in
2018.
A
B
Thank
You
councillor
shioma
council,
McCarthy,
councilman
Flinn.
Thank
you
for
having
us
here
today,
I'm
joined
today
by
Andrea
Noonan
from
City's
Labor
Department
and
deputy
Whitman
from
BPD.
As
you
mentioned,
we're
here
to
discuss
four
dockets
relating
to
the
FY
18
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
city
and
these
peri
officers
and
forensic
groups
for
the
Boston
Police
Department.
The
combined
4.9
million
dollar
reserve
drawer
will
be
distributed
to
cover
the
FY
18
cost
of
the
contracts
between
the
two.
B
As
you
remember,
the
FY
18
budget
contained
about
47
million
dollars
collectively
for
collective
bargaining
reserves
like
this
throughout
the
year.
So
far,
the
City
Council
has
passed
eight
collective
bargaining
agreements,
including
BTU
detectives,
PhD
nurses,
Cena
detectives
superiors
SEIU
a
few
weeks
ago
with
the
approve,
with
the
passage
of
this
supplemental.
If
it
passes
during
remaining
balance
in
the
FY
18,
collective
bargaining
reserve
will
be
about
eleven
point,
three
million
dollars
and
with
the
completion
of
these
contracts,
the
city
will
have
settled.
B
C
So,
starting
with
the
superior
officers,
as
you
indicated,
there's
the
base
wage
increases,
there's
also
a
return
to
full
Quinn
within
that,
through
the
course
of
the
contract.
Some
modifications
to
the
career
benefit
that
the
other,
similar
to
what
other
groups
have
received,
there's
an
increase
to
their
hazardous
duty
pay,
and
many
of
these
items
are
similar
to
reforms
that
were
made
with
the
other
groups,
and
I
can
go
to
the
criminals
group
or
we
can
we're.
Gonna
have
to
have
questions
if
you
want
on
Necker
yeah.
C
Criminalists,
who
are
the
forensics
group
they're
civilians
over
at
the
police
department,
they're
affiliated
with
the
detectives
union,
and
they
process
the
crime
scenes
and
present
a
lot
of
the
sort
of
forensic
evidence
that's
necessary
in
the
city.
They,
like
many
of
the
other
civilian
groups,
are
negotiated
for
a
paid
parental
leave
that
exempt
employees
currently
enjoy.
They
also
agreed
to
move
to
biweekly
pay.
C
A
C
D
You
very
much
mr.
chair
I
really
only
have
one
quite
it's
more
of
a
statement
just
I'm
always
concerned
when
the
sick
buy
back
is
given
up.
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of,
and
Mark
was
so.
He
was
nice
enough
to
ask
a
question
for
me
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
I
had
a
conflict
and
I
couldn't
make
it
hearing
out
of
the
27.
D
Are
there
any
any
of
the
people
in
that
unit
were
giving
up
money
because
of
that
sick,
buyback
change
and
and
I
guess
the
reason
why
I
say
that
is
to
use
the
sports
acronym.
It's
like
we're
kind
of
moving
the
goalposts
during
the
game
where
a
lot
of
people,
especially
you
know
the
lower
levels
which
isn't
certainly
in
this,
but
in
other
unions
you
know
they
they
come
to
work
every
day.
D
A
C
D
Know,
that's
great
dearly,
trust
you
I
just
every
time,
I
see
that
I
know
so
many
people,
especially
when
I
was
in
public
works.
Who
are
you
know
they're
the
men
and
women
who
are
at
that?
You
know
lower
range
and
they're
they've
got
boots
on
the
ground
and
they
don't
take
any
sick
days,
even
though
they
probably
could
take
some
sick
days
because
they're
sick
as
dogs,
but
they
make
sure
they
get
there
every
day
and
their
thought
is.
D
A
E
You
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I,
don't
I
don't
have
any
questions
but
I'd
like
to
make
a
couple
brief
comments
before
serving
as
a
district
before
serving
as
the
City
Council
as
a
probation
office
of
ten
years
at
Suffolk,
Superior
Court,
no,
the
opportunity
to
work
with
the
Boston
Police
on
a
owner
on
every
day,
Boston,
police,
superior
offices
and
the
detectives
as
well,
but
I
just
want
to
pass
along
to
you.
As
you
know,
well
that
you
know
we
have
a
high
quality,
excellent
police
force.
They
work
hard.
E
They
represent
the
city
well
and
I
believe
I,
believe
in
the
collective
bargaining
process.
I
think
it
protects
workers,
it
protects
families
and
it
helps
our
police
and
I'm
proud
to
work
with
them
on
a
daily
basis.
I'm
also
a
strong
supporter
of
the
the
Quinn
bill.
I
see
how
effective
it
is
in
in
making
our
police
the
most
educated.
They
can
be
so
I'm
glad
that
this
contract
is
covering
the
Quinn
bill
and
I
fully
support
the
Quinn
bill.
E
I
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
great
program
and
it's
doing
a
lot
of
great
work
for
our
police.
In
the
city
of
Boston,
and
then
that's
something
I
want
to
focus
on
on
the
city
council
as
well,
just
to
make
sure
that
the
Quinn
bill
is
always
there
for
our
police
officers.
I
know
how
how
hard
they
work.
They
want
to
be
educated
and
trained,
and
it's
a
it's
a
great
program
and
like
council,
McCarthy
I'm
looking
forward
to
voting
I
mean
voting
in
favor
of
the
contract
as
well.
Thanks.
A
You
well
let
me
just
end
this
by
echoing
the
comments
of
both
of
my
colleagues,
that
you
know
you
watch
the
news
every
night
and
it
just
reinforces
what
a
great
job
you
guys
and
women
do
for
for
our
city
in
every
way,
from
the
patrolmen,
the
CSS,
the
civilians,
to
the
captain's
the
superiors
we
have
the
best
police
force
in
the
country
and
I
think
we
see
that
on
a
regular
basis.
So
with
that,
I
will
adjourn
today's
hearing
and
report
this
out
tomorrow
with
the
council
meeting.
We
are
adjourned.