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Toledo Police Command Officers’ Association Tentative Agreement HR Dept-Kayla Frasco (x1508) and Michael Niedzielski (x2182)
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Approving the revision of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Toledo and the Toledo Police Command Officers’ Association for a successor agreement, consistent with the bargained understandings; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo and the Toledo Police Command Officers’ Association reached a tentative agreement over terms that revise the current collective bargaining agreement, which expired on March 31, 2024, for a successor agreement, for the new term of April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. The Union ratified that tentative agreement on July 14, 2025. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 4117.10(B), the economic provisions of that agreement are now being submitted to City Council for consideration and passage. If not acted upon within 30 days, the agreement is deemed approved.
Pursuant to the statutory bargaining process under the Ohio Revised Code, the City and the Union met multiple times over the past eight (8) months to negotiate the terms of a successor agreement.
The tentative agreement reached provides a clearly defined process for promotions from Lieutenant to Captain and a new process for conducting recall for command officer vacancies. The language the parties agreed upon is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Regarding the economic terms, the agreement reinstitutes a wage “spread” between TPCOA members and patrolmen. The agreement also provides improvements to fringe benefits such as vacation time, funeral pay, and holiday premium pay. Additionally, the agreement includes enhancements to the Career Enhancement Program and revisions to the tuition reimbursement program.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the terms of the tentative agreement between the City of Toledo and the Toledo Police Command Officers’ Association, as set forth in the attached Exhibit A, are approved.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor and the Department of Human Resources are hereby directed to prepare and present to Council, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Ordinance, legislation to amend the relevant sections of Chapter 2109 of the Toledo Municipal Code to comport with the agreement approved herein.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its adoption. The reason for the emergency lay in the fact that same is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, safety, and property, and for the further reason that same is necessary to timely exercise Council’s rights and responsibilities under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4117 pursuant thereto.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: July 15, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: July 17, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor