FULLERTON : Council Approves Pact With Police

The City Council this week approved a two-year contract with the Police Officers Assn. that includes an immediate 2.5% raise and launches a four-day workweek for uniformed officers.

Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the new contract, which will raise salaries a total of 10.5% during the next two years. The contract is retroactive to Aug. 3.

Besides the immediate raise, the new package provides the 150 members of the Police Officers Assn. a 3% raise effective Feb. 29, another 3% next Aug. 29 and a final 2% on Feb. 27, 1993.

During the contract period, a police officer’s minimum annual salary will increase from $35,599 to $38,522, and the maximum will rise from $45,435 to $49,165. Minimum pay for trainees pay will be the same as minimum police officer pay, and maximum trainee pay will go from $39,248 to $42,471.

Salaries for senior police officers will rise from the current range of $38,293 to $48,872 to a new one of $41,438 to $52,886. The range for police sergeants increases from $43,426-$55,424 to $46,991-$59,975.

A trial work schedule, similar to those put in place in other cities to reduce traffic and help meet air-quality regulations, will be launched immediately.

Under the new schedule, uniformed employees will have a “4/10 Plan,” in which they work four 10-hour days a week. Employees covered by the plan include accident and uniformed investigators and traffic and patrol officers.

All other employees will go on a “9-Plan” that allows for an additional day off every two weeks. Each two-week work period will consist of eight workdays of nine hours each and one eight-hour workday.

After 11 months, the city will have the option of discontinuing the new work schedule. If that happens, the Police Officers’ Assn. has the option of reverting to a regular workweek or canceling the contract.