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Toledo Police Command Officers' Association, TPCOA Tentative Agreement
HR Dept.-Michael Niedzielski (x2182); Anthony Markwood (x1525)
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Approving the revision of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Toledo and Toledo Police Command Officers' Association, TPCOA, for a successor agreement, consistent with the bargained understandings; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo and Toledo Police Command Officers' Association ("TPCOA") reached a tentative agreement over terms that revise the current collective bargaining agreement, which expired on December 31, 2017, for a successor agreement, for the new term of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020. The Union ratified that tentative agreement on September 5, 2018. 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 during the last several months to negotiate the terms of a successor agreement.
The tentative agreement reached increases the timeframe the City has to fill vacancies from sixty (60) to ninety (90) days. The agreement also provides revisions to the drug and alcohol testing policy to include testing criteria for alcohol and random drug and alcohol testing. Further, the agreement significantly reduces the amount of union release time and reduces the number of members permitted to negotiate a successor collective bargaining agreement. In addition, consistent with some other bargaining units, the agreement establishes a five (5) year timeframe from which the City can recoup educational expenses for those employees who take advantage of that benefit, only to leave the City upon completion of their studies.
Regarding the economic terms...
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