Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO APPROVE three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement between Broward County and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Local 2200, representing the County’s Port Everglades Department maintenance employees, for Fiscal Years 2017/2018, 2018/2019, and 2019/2020; and to authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement.

(Per the Tuesday Morning Memorandum, the Three-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement was successfully ratified by the Union on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, (Items 19, 20 & 21 were previously ratified by their respective Unions.)
 
ACTION:  (T-10:47 AM)  Approved.  

VOTE:  8-0.  Commissioner Sharief was not present.

Chapter 447, Florida Statutes, requires that collective bargaining agreements be ratified by the governing body of the Agency, as well as by the Labor Union.

This action resolves collective bargaining with the County’s American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees - Local 2200, Port Everglades Maintenance Unit, and establishes labor stability through September 30, 2020.

None.

THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) represents a bargaining unit of approximately 75 maintenance employees within the Port Everglades Department (Port). The previous Collective Bargaining Agreement (Agreement) provided for this unit expired on September 30, 2017. Negotiations for a successor Agreement have resulted in a new three-year Agreement.

Exhibit 3 summarizes the changes to the Agreement. Specifically, for Fiscal Year 2017/2018, effective October 8, 2017, the Agreement provides for a one-step increase (within salary range) to eligible bargaining unit employees. In addition, effective April 8, 2018, eligible bargaining unit employees, who have five or more years of continuous service experience in their current County job classifications and who are below the 25th percentile of their pay grade, shall have their salary adjusted upward to the step closest to the 25th percentile of their pay grade without going over, or the one-step increase provided herein. The Agreement further provides the County Administrator the authority to adjust the pay grades upward based on market review outside of the bargaining process.

For Fiscal Year 2018/2019, effective October 7, 2018, eligible bargaining unit employees will receive a one-step increase (within salary range). Effective April 7, 2019, eligible bargaining unit employees, who have three or more years of continuous service experience in their current County job classifications and who are below the 25th percentile of their pay grade, shall have their salary adjusted upward to the step closest to the 25th percentile of their pay grade without going over.

For Fiscal Year 2019/2020, the Agreement provides a wage reopener clause and the ability for each party to open any three additional articles. These proposed increases are consistent with the increases recently approved by the Board for other bargaining units for the next three years and for the unrepresented employees for Fiscal Year 2017/2018.

In addition, administrative and operational changes in the Agreement include clarification of the Holiday and Annual Leave article provisions, and inclusion of preference for Veterans in the Reduction in Force provisions.

The Agreement is scheduled for ratification by the Union on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Pending successful ratification by the Union, the Agreement is being presented with staff’s recommendation for approval by the Board.

Mary McDonald, Acting Director, Human Resources Division, (954) 357-6044