TOWN OF WATERTOWN

Office of the Town Manager

Michael J. Driscoll Town Manager

Administration BUilding 149 Main Street Watertown, MA 02472 Phone: 617-972·6465 Fax: 617·972-6404 www.watertown-ma.gov townmgr@watertown-lua.gQY

To:

Honorable Town Council

From:

Michael J. Driscoll, Town Manager

Date:

July 8, 2010

RE:

Agenda Item - Transfer. of Funds Request

Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MCOP, Local 373

. I am pleased to inform you an Agreement has been reached with the Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MCOP, Local 373 for a three year contract covering July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013.

Enclosed please find a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement. Copies of some of the significant Articles in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (July 1,2005 - June 30, 2008) that will be revised as a result of this Agreement are included as well.

Enclosed please also find for your information and review a copy of the August 28th and September 8, 2009 Agenda Item correspondences related to the Agreement with the Watertown Police Supervisors Association. MCOP, Local 373 regarding Quinn Bill for July 1,2009 through June 30, 2010 as well as a successor collective bargaining agreement covering the period July 1; 2009 through June 30, 2010.

I urge your support of the Agreement. The Agreement is fair to the employees, the taxpayers of Watertown and the Town alike.

I respectfully request the attached transfer be placed on the July 13,2010 Town Council Agenda .

. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

cc: Edward P. Deveau, Police Chief

Joseph S. Fair. Esquire, Kopelman and Paige, p.e. Gayle M. Shattuck, Personnel Director

Thomas J. Tracy, Town Auditor

TRANSFER AMOUNT $145,350 FISCAL YEAR 2011

FROM: FY 2011 POLICE OVERTIME 0121051-510130

$ 31,350

FY 2011 TOWN COUNCIL RESERVE 0111152-570780

$ 114,000

TO:

FY 2011 POLICE CAREER INCENTIVE 0121051-510191"

$ 145,350

I. hereby certify to the availability, authority of funding source, mathematical accuracy , and appropriate fiscal year.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

TOWN OF WATERTOWN AND

WATERTOWN POLICE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, MCOP LOCAL 373

The Town of Watertown and the Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MCOP Local 373 hereby agree, subject to ratification by the Union membership and appropriation by the Town Council, to a three (3) year collective bargaining agreement effective July 1,2010 through June 30> 2013 which shall contain the same terms and conditions as the parties' most recent agreement, except as modified by the following:

1. Duration: July 1> 2010 through June 30, 2013.

2. Quinn Bill/Education Incentive:

Replace Article 4, Section A with the following:

"The parties agree to establish the Watertown Police Supervisors Educational Incentive Plan. The Town will continue to pay the full level of education incentive benefits set forth in such program, as summarized below, to employees currently participating in the Quinn Bill education incentive program under G,L. c. 41, §108L as it existed as of July 1, 2009, as well as to employees employed prior to July 1,2009 who had begun to accumulate credit hours for degrees in law enforcement, criminal justice or law prior to September 1,2009. The percentages associated with the Watertown Police Supervisors Educational Incentive Plan are as follows:

• 10% for an Associate's degree in law enforcement or criminal justice, or 60 points earned toward a Baccalaureate Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice.

• 20% for a Baccalaureate Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice.

• 25% for a Master's Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice, or a degree in law.

*Qualifying degrees and credits will be the same as applied by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education for Quinn Bill benefits as of June 30, 2009,

Future employees who transfer from another department where they had been included in an education incentive program pursuant to M.G.L. c. 41, §108L and were eligible to receive benefits under same shall be eligible for this education incentive program.

The parties acknowledge that the Town has previously accepted the provisions of Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1970, as amended, (M.G.L. c. 41, §1 08L). The education incentive benefit being provided under this contract is not intended to be in addition to the benefits the officer may be eligible to. receive under §108L. Those employees who are eligible for payment under both § 1 08L and the Watertown Education Incentive Plan shall receive the higher payment to which they are entitled, but not both. In no case shall an officer be

entitled to receive from the Town education incentive payments that exceed in total the amounts that are expressly set forth above.

For officers who do not meet the eligibility criteria set forth above or under O.L. c. 41, §108L, they shall be entitled to receive an annual education incentive benefit as follows:

• $3,500.00 for an Associate's degree in law enforcement or criminal justice, or 60 points earned toward a Baccalaureate Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice.

• $7)000,00 for a Baccalaureate Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice.

• $8,750,00 for a Master's Degree in law enforcement or criminal justice, or a degree in law."

Replace Article 4, Section B with the following;

"Payments under Section A above shall be made weekly and shall be included in the base pay for computing injured pay, sick pay, vacation pay, holiday pay and night shift and weekend differentials. Education incentive benefits shall be considered by the Town as regular compensation for pension and retirement purposes."

Delete Article 4, Section C

3. Wages:

a. July 1,2010 - 0%

b. July 1,2011 - 2.5%

c. July 1,2012 - 2,5%

4. Change due dates for all payments currently due on the first pay day in July and the first pay day in January to "by the end of the second full week in the month of July" and "by the end of the second full week in the month of January", respectively.

5. The Chief of Police will implement a platoon scheduling system for all superior officers which will result in the assignment of all officers to groups to be established by the Chief

6. Forty. (40) hour annual in-service training obligations will be met by employees on an online basis so as to eliminate overtime costs associated with such training. .

7. The four (4) sergeants, two (2) lieutenants and two (2) captains who are assigned to administrative schedules may be utilized during their regular work shifts to backfill supervisory vacancies that occur during their regular work shifts in other divisions of the Police Department on an as needed basis as determined by the Chief of Police for up to four (4) shifts each per fiscal year.

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8. Fifteen (15)minutes to be added to each shift with no additional pay. It is understood that the addition of the fifteen (15) minutes will not affect the rate calculation for contractual overtime or other contractual benefits.

9. ARTICLE lO-ASSOCIATIONCONVENTION Change "four (4Y' to "two (2)".

10. ARTICLE 19, STEP 3 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

Insert the words "within thirty (30) days thereafter" after the word "may" in the first sentence of the second paragraph.

11. ARTICLE 29, SECTION C- SICK LEAVE BUYBACK

All officers to be frozen at their current sick leave buyback dollar amount calculated as of June 30, 2010. Officers hired into the Department on or after July 1, 2010 to be capped

at $4,000.00. -

12. ARTICLE 30, SECTION B - BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Insert new sentence at end of section as follows:

"Officers utilizing bereavement leave shall not be eligible to work overtime or details until the calendar day that follows the last shift for which bereavement leave was taken."

13. Cell phone use policy as proposed by Town with Union modification.

14. Civilians to assist Department with licensing work. This provision is intended to free

. bargaining unit members up to perform more traditional police functions and shall not be used as a means of eliminating bargaining unit positions.

15. AU officers to be paid Quinn Bill/education incentive/longevity on weekly basis.

16. Details: Detail list to reset at same interval as patrol officers (This proposal is contingent upon the Patrol Officers agreeing to the change in their CBA that would be necessary in order for the Town to agree to this.) If Town is unable to reach agreement with Patrol Officers on resetting the list and Town agrees to increase the paid detail rate for such officers, the Town agrees to reopen this-contract solely for the purpose of discussing the paid detail rate;

Revise supervisory detail language in Article 14, Section C( 1).

17. Exams: Promotional exams to be held every two (2) years.

18. Uniform allowance to be increased by $150.00 on 7/1111 and $150.00 on 7/1112.

19. Effective July 1,2010, officers hired on or before July 1,2010 shall be eligible to receive their 5th week of va calion beginning with the 1 sl day of their 17th year of service with the Department, instead of the 21 st year.

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For the Town of Watertown

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For Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MeOp, Local 37

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN

AND

THE WATERTOWN POLICE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, MCOP, LOCAL 373

JULY 1, 2005 ~ JUNE 30, 2008

ARTICLE 4.·

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PLAN

A. Employees, who have earned, or who after July I j 1994, shall have earned an associate's

degree in law enforcement or sixty (60) points earned towards a baccalaureate degree in-law enforcement, a master's.degree in law enforcement or a degree in law, from an institution of higher learning accredited by a recognized 'accreditation agency. shall receive education incentive base salary, increases computed as a percentage oftheir annual salary (set forth in Article 3 of this Agreement), according to the following schedule:

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Percentage Amount Based on Annual Salary

Associate Degree, or 60 points earned toward a Baccalaureate Degree

Five (5) percent

Baccalaureate Degree

Master's Degree or Law Degree

Ten (10) percent

Twelve and One-Halff lz.S) percent

Points and degrees must be earned and credited in the manner specified by Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1970, as amended (M.G.L. c.4I, Section 108L, as amended), but the Education Incentive Plan provided in this paragraph (a) is a non-statutory plan under the contract. The Personnel Department shall administer this Article.

Payments hereunder shall be made quarterly, monthly, or weekly at the option of each employee and shall not be included in base pay for the purpose of computing overtime, court-time, sick pay, injured pay, holiday pay, vacation pay, but shall be considered by the Town as regular compensation for pension and retirement purposes.

B. The Town having accepted the provisions of Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1970, as amended

(Chapter 41, Section 108L, as amended, of the General Laws), effective September 1, 1988, the provisions of paragraph (A) of this Article are superseded, effective such date, and employees shall be entitled to education incentive base salary increases as in said Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1970, as amended, provided, and otherwise in accordance with said law, if there under eligible.

"Payments hereunder shall be made quarterly, monthly or weekly at the option of each employee, and shall as of July 1,2000 be included in the base pay for computing injured pay, sick pay, and vacation pay and, as of July 1, 200 I as part of the base pay for the purpose of calculating holiday pay, night shift and weekend differentials. Education incentive benefits shall be considered by the Town as regular compensation for pension and retirement purposes."

C. If the provisions of paragraph (B) become inapplicable for any reason, then the provisions of

paragraph (A) shall apply.

If the State only partially funds or does not fund the "Quinn Bill," the payments under paragraph (8) shall be prorated accordingly (e.g, if the State reduces its reimbursement contribution from 50% of an employee's Quinn Bill entitlement to 25%, then the officer will receive only 75% of the educational stipend).

D. The parties agree that effective July 1,2000 education incentive benefits will be calculated

as part of base wage for overtime purposes .. The parties further agree that overtime benefits due bargaining unit members will be calculated pursuant to the provisions of29 U.S.C. §207 (k) and 29C FR §553.20 1 (a) as it pertains to law enforcement officers.

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A. Work Week Tours or Duty The regular work week of employees shall consist of eight

hour and fifteen minute (8 114 hour) work days.

The lours of duty (work shifts) and hours of work of the day and the two (2) night platoons are as follows:

Platoon I is the day platoon (day shift); its hours are from 7:45 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Platoon 2 is a night platoon (first half'shlft); its hours are from 3:45 P.M. to 12:00 midnight. Platoon 3 is a night platoon (last half shift); Its hours are from 11 :45 P.M. to 8:00 A.M.

Platoons 2 and 3 shall alternate between first half and last half tours of duty or. work shifts, in accordance with present practice. The work day of employees shall be inclusive of roll calls and reliefs,

There will be a straight first-half shift comprised of three (3) full-time officers. This shift will be a six (6) months bid by seniority based on service as a Wate'rtown Police Officer, beginning every October l" and Aprll I", If fewer than three (3) officers bid for this shift, the Police Chief'shall fill this shift bid with the least senior full- time officers.

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SICK LEAVE

A. Sick Leave. All employees hereunder shall be entitled to receive sick leave in accordance

with the following procedure, subject, however, to the provisions of Sections B, C and D of this Article.

1. Sick Leave shall mean that period of time for which an employee is entitled to receive

compensation while unable 10 perform his/her duties because of sickness or injury not related to said duties, or because offamily illness as hereinafter provided.

2. When an employee finds it necessary to be absent from his/her duties because of sickness or

injury not related to said duties or because of sickness or injuryofa member ofhislher immediate family not to exceed five (5) sick leave days in each calendar year, he/she or his/her agent shall at once notify hislher superior officer or the Police Chief of such absence. No sick leave benefit shall accrue to an employee hereunder who fails to give such notice.

Effective October 23, 2008, the above paragraph shall be replaced with the following:

When an employee finds it necessary to be absent from his/her duties because of sickness or injury not related to said duties or because of sickness or injury ofa member ofhislhedmmediate family (excluding non-dependent/guardian siblings and grandparents) not to exceed ten (10) sick days in each calendar year, he/she or his/her agent shall at once notify his/her superior officer of the Police Chief of such absence. No sick leave benefit shall accrue to an employee hereunder who fails to give such notice.

3. The Police Chief or the Town Manager may require the presentation ofa doctor's certlficate

01' report in writing, under oath, in connection with any claim for sick leave benefit and may, if it seems advisable, send to a doctor (designated and paid for by the Town) or other authorized person 10 investigate any such absence which necessitates the use of sick leave benefits. Any employee who refuses to submit to such a doctor's examination shall not be entitled to any sick leave benefits. Ifa pattern of sick leave abuse is documented by the Chief of Police and the employee has received written notice thereof, the employee can not utilize sick leave because of sickness or injury of a member ofhislher immediate family for a twelve (12) month period without the approval of the Chief of Police 01' a doctor's report in writing.

4. The Police Chief shall and must requ ire a medical certificate, relating, to sick leave pay on

forms furnished byhlm, stating the particular sickness of any employee who claims sick leave benefits or because of the particular sickness of'a member ofhislheiimmediate family, ifthe employee has been away from his/her duties for more than three (3) consecutive working days.

Said certificate may be prepared by the employee's own doctor or his/her family member'S doctor or . a doctor sent by the Police Chief or the Town Manager.

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5, The employee's failure to produce and file with the Police Chief an acceptable medical

certificate as aforesaid will cause the omission of the employee's name from the payroll after the third consecutive work day of absence, If the claimed illness or disability is of a specialized nature or description, the Police Chief may require the medical certificate ofa qualified specialist.

6. The Police Chicfhas the duty to determine, in the first instance, if the claimed absence is to be charged as sick leave or leave with loss of pay. This written determination may be changed at a later date by the Police Chief or the Town Manager if proper reasons are established 10 sustain said change,

B. Sick Leave Visitation. Routine visitations to employees on sick leave are hereby

terminated. The Town, however, reserves the right to visit employees having a chronic pattern of non-hospital sick leave; this right shall not be used to discriminate against employees.

C. Sick Leave Buy Back. Whenever the employment of any person covered by this

Agreement is terminated by retirement in accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or death, such employee shall receive twenty-five (25) percent of his/her unused accumulated sick leave in a lump-sum payment. Such buy-back shall be calculated on the daily rate of the base pay, which does not include any stipends, education incentive, longevity, etc.

D. Siek Leave Limited Duty. An employee who is on long-term sick leave (i.e., 14 days or

more), orwhat is anticipated to be long-term sick leave, will be eligible to participate in the limited duty program, subject to the provisions of this Article.

1. An employee must provide the Police Chief with a doctor's certification of his or her capacity to perform limited duty assignments. Further, the Po!iceChiefmay require that the employee be examined by a Town doctor.

2. An employee shall be fit to return to duty if capable of performing limited police duties on

either a full time or less than full time basis, subject to the provisions herein contained: Limited duty tasks are the following:

a, Teletype operation;

b. General clerical work;

c. Schooling (non-physical);

d, Crime prevention (e.g. citizen advice and operation (0);

e. Suicide prevention watch;

f Supervision (applicable to superior officers only); and

g. Such other tasks as may be agreed on by the Chief of Police and the Association.

The foregoing limited police duties shall be station in-house duties unless otherwise agreed by the Chief of Police and the Association, The Chief of Police will make reasonable' efforts whenever possible to make assignments of limited duty to the same shift as the employee is currently assigned. Limited duty assignments, however, will not normally be made to the midnight shift except for employees currently assigned to that shift. The Chief of Police shall determine whether a position is available which the employee is capable of performing and mayor may not assign him to fill the position providing that the Chief shall not unreasonably withhold limited duly assignments from employees who request them while on sick leave. Assignments to limited duty tasks may be changed at the discretion of the Chief, subject only to the provisions contained in this Article.

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3. Limited duty assignments shall not involve prisoner processing. There will be no

disciplinary action taken against an employee assigned to perform limited duty tasks who fails to respond to incidents which could result in re-injury or exacerbation of injury.

4. An employee who is regularly assigned to night duty and.who is assigned to daytime limited

duty, shall not remain on the day shift for more than three (3) months. Said employee shall continue to receive his/her night shift differential while assigned day shift.

5. Limited duty assignments will not be made to avoid seniority choices of employees in

accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.

6. It is understood that assignments to limited duty tasks pursuant to the provision of this

Article are temporary in nature and shall not extend beyond the period of disability for full duty.

E. Sick Leave Donation. In the event that an employee exhaust his/her sick leave, individual

employees may donate up to a maximum of two (2) sick days to such employee, with a total donation not to exceed sixty (60) days. If the employee needing the sick time exhausts the sixty (60) days, individual employees may then donate up to a maximum of two (2) additional sick days, with a total donation not to exceed (60) additional days. In no circumstances mayan employee be grated more than one hundred and twenty (120) days of donated sick leave. The Association will be responsible for documenting all sick leave donations and submitting a summary of the donations to the Chief of Police identifying·the employees making the donation and the number of days to be donated.

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TOWN OF WATERTOWN Office of the Town.Manager

MI,haei J. DrIscoll Town Manager

Adminil;tI'atiQn Building 149 Main Stteet - Watertown. MA 02472

. Phone: 611-972-6465 Fax: 611·972-6404 www.watettown.ma.gov townmgt@watettown-ma,gov

RE: .

Honorable Town Council ~

Michael J.Driscollt TOwn~~ August 28, 2009

Agenda Item - Transfer of Funds Request

Watertown Police Supel'Visors Assoelatlon, MCOP, Local 373

To:

From:

Date:

I am pleased to inform you an Agreement has been reached with the Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MCOP, Loca1373 regarding Quinn BUt for July 1, 2009 - JUne 39. 2010; and as part of this Agreement the parties agree to execute a successor collective bargaining agreement covering the period July 1,2009 through June 30, 2010,

Enolosed please fmd a copy of the siSned Memorandum of Agreement. I urge your support of the Agreement. The Agreement is fair to the·em.ployees, the taxpayers of Watertown and the Town alike.

I respec.tfully request a transfer of funds be placed on the September &, 2009 Town Council Agenda. Th6 details of the proposed transfer need to be finalized and will be provided hereafter.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

co: Edward P. Deveau, Police Chief. I

Joseph S. Fair, Esquire, Kopelman and Palge, P .C. Gayle M. Shattuck, Personnel Director

Thomas J. Tracy, Town Auditor

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BETWEENTQWN OI:WATERTQ~'ANU WA'I'EB,TQWN'YOtlC'E,SJURYI50M 'ASsOCIATION •.

MCQr. LOGAti373 ..' ..

(QUINN·BILL-JQLY:l;2009.'-JUNS'30.2010) .

WBEREAS,.a dispute·arose.be~ th~ ToWJ1 of Watertown eTowrr~j and the Watertown "Police Supervisors Association, MCOP. Local 373 '("Uniont~) regarding what the' Town' s FY 20 i 0 QuiWl Bill: obligations were to eligible employees.in 1ight of recent. actions taken by the· Commonwealth of Massachusetts with respect to the amount of monies it hail

budgeted for puwoses of reimbursing the Town for' Q~nn ,Bi11.obligauOf1S; ,

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WHEREI\St ,the parties.subsequentl1, entered into negotiations ove:r the issue' and have, reached an agreement.on same;

NOW THl~REFORE> the parties hereby agrees as fu!lo!"s:

1. As part of this. Agreement; the parties 'agree to execute a successor collective

. bargaininS'agreement:that,is to be .effective for·the perlodofJuly 1,2009 through June 30t 2010. Said successor collective bargaining agreement will carry lorwatd all of the terms ruld:condhions oftlie parties~ prior July' 1 ,.2008 - June 30, 2009- collective bargaining agreement. The a~eed upon,base.wage increase for that successor collective bargaining agreement wilt be zero percent (0%) and no other

changes will be made. .

2. The. parties agree-to begln negotiatiQm for a successor to the'July 1~ 2009 - June 20t

. 2010' collective. bargaining agreement oy· Aprit 1, 2010:' .

3, Fotjhe period ofJulY'l, 2009~June·3.0~.2010 only, andnotwitbstandingfue provisions.ofthe,parties' July. 1, 2009'- June 3tJ, 20rO:collective barpng agreement that:is to be executed, the· pa¢es agree that employees who are eligible to receive Quinn Bill benefits under G.L:e. 41. §10S1 shall continue to receive. one bnndredpercent (100%) ofthe·bene:fit that inpplicableto·them for the period of July 1, 2009·tbrougb. June.30. 2010. e.g, 25~ master's, 10% bachelor'S, '10% associate's.

4. Effective September I, 2009, th.e Chief of Police will implement aplatoon.soheduling· system.for all superior officers that will be effectiv~ for FY 2010 only and which.will result in the.assi~ent o~'al1 office~.~·groups to.be.estabUsb.e4 by the Chie£

50! For FY 201 Q·only.. an in-service'trainiJ?g obligations win be met by emptoyees on an . on-line basi's so as.to eliminate'overtime costs' associated with such training.

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6: For' FY 2019 only, thy four (4) s~geantl!, two (2) lieutenants Wld two (2) captains who are asslgned.to. administrative schedul'es will be·'Utilized'during their regular' .work shifts to'backfill supemsoly vacancies that occur during their regular work shifts in other. divisions of the Police Department.

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1. ·AU Quinn eligible' employees shall·be requir~d: to forfeit on. a one. ~iniebasis ehher six '(6) vacation d~ys or twenty-five (2S) Si~ day$ from their current accrued leave balances; The choice between thc;six (6). v-acati~n·du.Y8 or th~ t:\venty-fiye (25) sick days shall be the employee's, Employees who de-not cun:entlY'have a sufficient number of days. accumulated in th.eit.l~ve balances to meet either option shalt have the amount of leave by' which they are.short subtracted from. trieir future leave

I accrual. fu the event that the"Comm,onwealth:subst&ntiallY·inareases the amount of monies that it has designated in its FY 2910 budget for purposes pf reimbursing the Town for its Quinn Bill obligations,· the parties 8itee.to reopen this Agreement for further negotiations on to what extent·there 'is still a need fOJ: the forfeiture of vacation and sic~ days required' to be given.up. under this section. .

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8. The lOUt (4) serge~t:fand. two (2) lieutenants who ate referenced in paragraph six (6) shall not be subject.to the provisions ofpara.graph seven (7) above, but-shall be subject to all other terms oftliis AS!=eement. .However, in'the event that a change ,occurs during'PY 2010 iMhe individrlllt&.who are Occul'ying,tliose positions, the individual taldng over the position and the individual leaving the position will nave' their respective leave accrual balances prorated in. a manner that is consistent with the provisions ofthis Agreement in general and paragraph seven (7) in particular.

9 •. To the extent that the amount of Quinn Bill reimbursement·funds tnat the Town received from the Commonwealth in.PY.:2009 was less than what the Town paid to eligible employees for the relevant period, theTown agrees that it will not aeektorecover any overpayments that were made to employees for, said' period.

10. The terms of this Agreement are withQut precedent or prejudice to ~ither party.

1,1.. The.terms ofthls Agreement.are subject to ratificatio~ by the Union membership and

appropriation ?y Town Council, .

TOWN OF. WATERTOWN,

.WATERTOWN·:POLICESUPERVISORS. ASSOCIA?:ION ,"¥Cqf, LOCAL 373 ~

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TOWN OF WATERTOWN AUDITOR - Administration Building

149 Main Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02472-4410 Te1617-972.6460 • Fax 617-972-6563

THOMAS J. TRACY TOWN AUDITOR

TO:

FROM:

Honorable Town Council

Michael r. Driscoll, Town Manager

- Thomas J. Tracy, Town AUdi~~

DATE:

RE:

September 8, 2009

Agenda Item 10 B - Transfer of Funds Request

Watertown Police Supervisors Association, MCOP, Loca1373

Attached for your information and review is the necessary transfer document for the Honorable Town Council's consideration. _ The transfer document represents the agreement between the Watertown Police Supervisors Association and the Town of Watertown regarding Quinn Bill for FY 2010 as well as a successor collective bargaining agreement for FY 201 O.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

cc:

Edward P. Deveau, Police Chief Gayle M. Shattuck, Personnel Director

Joseph S. Fair. Esquire, Kopelman and Paige. p.e.

TRANSFER AMOUNT $132,200.
FISCAL YEAR 2010
FROM: FY 2010 POLlCE FULL TIME SALARIES $ 20,000
0121051-510111
FY 2010 POLICE OVERTIME - $ 62,500
0121051~510130
FY 2010 SICK LEAVE BUYBACK $ 10,000
0191200-510117
FY 2010 TOWN COUNCil RESERVE $ 39.700
0111152~570780
TO: FY 2010 POLICE CAREER INCENTIVE $ 132J200
0121051~510191 I hereby certify to the availability, authority of funding source. mathematical accuracy and appropriate fiscal year.

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