HomeMy Public PortalAboutPollice Personnel Bylaw 3/18/19 NOTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT
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TOWN OF BREWSTER PERSONNEL BYLAW
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
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BREWSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
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This Notification ofAmendment is approved by the Town of Brewster and is applied to the
Police Personnel Bylaw document effective July 1 , 2015 and as amended for
January 1 , 2016 and July 1 , 2017 . The parties hereto agree as follows , with said
amendments to be effective July 1 , 2019 .
6 .3 -5 Incentive to Minimize the Use of Sick Leave
Replace section 6.3 -5 (b) with the following language :
(b) If an employee uses three (3 ) or fewer days of sick leave within a fiscal
year, he/she shall be granted two (2) additional days of personal leave on July 1St of
the following fiscal year to be taken in accordance with the guidelines outlined
within this document . In addition, the employee will receive a $ 500 . 00 bonus from
the Town payable no later than July 31St of the following fiscal year.
6 .3 -5 Retirement or Death and Sick Leave Payment
Renumber section as 6. 3 - 6 and add the following paragraph after existing language :
If an employee provides a one ( 1 ) year notice of retirement, he/she will
be eligible for payment of twenty-five percent (25 %) of the dollar value of unused
sick leave upon that retirement date, up to a maximum of one hundred ninety
( 190) days .
6 .3 -6 Return to Duty
Renumber section as 6.34 .
6 . 9 Group Insurance
Add the following paragraph (f) to existing language :
(f) An employee who does not enroll in the Town ' s health insurance
coverage(s) shall receive an annual payment of either $ 3 , 000 for a family or $ 1 , 500
for an individual for those years in which the employee is not enrolled, said
payment to be made no later than September 1St of each fiscal year . Employees
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whose partner and/or spouse are enrolled in a Town of Brewster family health plan
are not eligible to receive this payment.
PART 10 — POLICE DISPATCHER
To effect the change from a 5 +2 schedule to a 4+2 schedule effective July 1 , 2019 , delete
PART 10 — POLICE DISPATCHER (effective July 1 ) 2015 ) in its entirety and replace
with the following :
PART 10 - POLICE DISPATCHER
10 . 1 Work Schedule
Dispatchers shall work a regular workweek of four (4) consecutive eight and one-
half ( 8 . 5 ) hour days followed by two (2) days off at the discretion of the Chief of Police,
hereafter referred to as the 4+2 .
10 .2 Holidays and Holiday Pay
(a) Full time dispatchers for the Police Department shall be entitled to twelve
and one-half ( 12 . 5 ) holidays per year as follows :
New Years Day Labor Day
Martin Luther King Day Columbus Day
President ' s Day Veteran ' s Day
Patriot ' s Day Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day the day after Thanksgiving
Independence Day 1/2 day prior to Christmas *
Christmas Day
(b) The holiday rate will be equal to eight ( 8 ) hours of pay at the dispatcher ' s
base rate as established by the wage scale . Each full time dispatcher may
choose fiom the following options :
( 1 ) Receive compensation for twelve ( 12 . 5 * ) holidays at his/her
established holiday pay rate or
(2) Receive compensation for six (6 . 5 * ) holidays at his/her established
holiday pay rate and six (6) comp days .
(c) When a combination of comp time and holiday pay is selected, the first six
(6 . 5 * ) holidays of the fiscal year will be considered the paid holidays . All
payment of holiday pay will be made in the payroll that includes the date
of the observed holiday .
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(d) If a dispatcher works any regular shift on Thanksgiving or Christmas or
the December 24th evening shift (4PM42M) , he/she shall be compensated
with an additional eight ( 8) hours of holiday pay for each shift worked .
(e) * In a calendar year in which Christmas falls on Saturday, Sunday or
Monday, there will be no one-half ( 1 /2) day holiday on the preceding Friday.
However, when Christmas falls on Tuesday, Monday, December 24, will be c
considered a holiday. Dispatchers will be compensated for either four (4) or E
eight (8) hours in accordance with section (b) above .
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10 . 3 Overtime
Any hours worked in excess of the regularly scheduled workday or workweek
will be compensated at the dispatcher ' s established overtime rate . All dispatchers shall
receive no less than three (3 ) hours of overtime pay unless the hours of the work fall
immediately before or after their tour of duty.
10 . 4 Uniforms and Cleaning Allowance
Full time and part time Police Dispatchers shall receive the necessary allotment of
uniforms in order to maintain a proper professional appearance .
10 . 5 Wages
Refer to memorandum and resulting wage scale effective 7/ 1 /2017 - 6/30/2020 .
10 . 6 Grandfathered Waves effective Julv 1 , 2015
Contrary to the maximum hourly wage established for the Dispatcher position,
employees with an hourly wage above the established maximum on July 1 , 2015 ($24 . 52)
will continue to receive any cost of living allowance provided to Police Personnel Bylaw
employees in any fiscal year but will not be eligible for a merit adjustment.
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WITNESS our hand and seals this day of vi l q\ C , 2019 .
For the Town of Brewster
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