Contracts In The News

JURISDICTION	THE MONEY	THE DETAILS
Clark County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office	• January 1, 2007, 2.0% • January 1, 2008, 2.5% • January 1, 2009, 2.5% • April 1, 2009 5.0%-6.5%	• Health insurance unchanged under the new contract, but the issue can be reopened in 2008 or 2009. • New contract allows deputies to convert some of their sick leave into pay.
Coral Gables, Florida Police Department	• 2005/2006, no increase • 2006/2007, 5.0% • 2007/2008, 3.0%	• Three one-year contracts. • 2007/2008 contract calls for a re-opener on the issue of pensions, which has been a point of contention between the City and the police union.
Norwalk, Connecticut Police Department	• July 1, 2006, 3.0% • July 1, 2007, 3.5% • July 1, 2008, 2.0% • January 1, 2009, 2.0% • July 1, 2009, 3.5%	• Under new contract, officers receive increases in their uniform allowances and in the lump-sum payment they receive for having earned a four-year college degree or a master’s degree. • Officers required to contribute to pension fund and retiree health insurance beginning July 1, 2008.
San Francisco, California Fire Department	• 6.0% per year from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2010	• New contract calls for starting overtime pay after a firefighter works 107 hours in two weeks, rather than 53 hours in one week. • New contract expands the circumstances under which a firefighter can be tested for substance use, including adding “reasonable suspicion” as a basis for a test.
Terre Haute, Indiana Fire Department	• 3.3% per year over the next three years	• Under new contract, firefighters exchange right to cash in unused sick leave upon retirement for an increase in the yearly bonus firefighters receive. The original bonus of $70 for each year of service will be increased by $15 each year of the three-year contract.
Troy, New York Fire Department	• 3.5% per year from 2007 to 2010	• Under new contract, prescription co-pays increase from $1 to $5 for generic drugs; from $3 to $15 for brand preferred drugs; and from $5 to $35 for brand non-preferred drugs. • The contract caps dental charges at $2,000 annually per person.