DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Sheryl Sculley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
San Antonio Police Officers' Association (SAPOA) Collective Bargaining Agreement
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the execution of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the San Antonio Police Officers' Association (SAPOA) for the period September 1, 2016, to September 30, 2021.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The 2009 collective bargaining agreement between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers' Association (SAPOA) expired on September 30, 2014. City staff began preparing for negotiations of a new agreement in early 2013 with a financial and management analysis of all aspects of the contract. In the Fall of 2013, Mayor Castro and City Council appointed a Healthcare/Retirement Benefits Task Force. The Task Force, made up of business leaders and civilian, union, and public safety pension fund representatives and myself met for more than five months. The Task Force was charged with reviewing the cost of healthcare and pension expenses for uniform, civilian and retired City employees. The Task Force was asked to develop short-term and long-term recommendations on management of future healthcare and pension costs for the City of San Antonio.
The Task Force met a total of eight times beginning in October 2013 and concluding in February 2014, and received presentations from City Staff, San Antonio Fire and Police Pension Board, San Antonio Fire and Police Retiree Healthcare Fund Board, and independent pension and healthcare consultants. The Task Force presented recommendations to the City Council on February 19, 2014. The Task Force recommendations included the establishment of policies to manage the escalating costs of public safety expenses within the general fund and to more closely align the police and fire uniform healthcare plans with COSA civilian healthcare plans, those of other Texas peer cities, and public and private empl...
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