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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Alisia Lewis, Chief Human Resources Officer
DATE: March 3, 2022
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Authorizing Execution of Labor Agreement Between the City of Aurora and Association of Professional Police Officers (APPO) from 01/01/2020 through 12/31/2024.
PURPOSE:
To obtain authorization to execute a Labor Agreement Between the City of Aurora and Association of Professional Police Officers (APPO) from 01/01/2020 through 12/31/2024.
BACKGROUND:
The Association of Professional Police Officers (APPO) contract expired on 12/31/19.
DISCUSSION:
Upon completion of a tentative agreement, the Union ratified the contract on 3/4/22.
Highlights of negotiated terms include retroactive to 7/1/21, employees in this bargaining unit will be paying 16.5% of the monthly premium costs for health insurance, an increase from 15.25% and similar to what other bargaining units are paying.
The ARPA funds gives the City an opportunity to provide two separate enhancements on a one-time basis. First, the City agreed to a hazard pay pool of $2,000.00 per bargaining unit officer. Since the unit is nearly split 50-50, the City agreed that the Union could allocate that payment between Tier I and Tier II officers. The Union has determined to allocate these federal funds by way of a $4,000.00 hazard pay payment to the older, Tier I officers only. Hazard pay is an ARPA-designated use limited to public safety employees and provided for in the emergency legislation and will not be paid from local general funds.
A second one-time incentive is for the purpose of retention and aimed at the Tier I officers who become retirement-eligible (that is, having 20 years of creditable pension service) during the next couple of years. If an officer becomes retirement-eligible in 2022 and stays with the City through 2022, that officer will receive $4,000.00. If that officer stays for an additional year, he or she will receive another $6,000.00 for a total incentive of ...
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