Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: March 3, 2026
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Consideration, discussion and possible approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2027 collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge No. 170
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Background:
The City's negotiating team began contract negotiations in May 2025 for a new collective bargaining agreement to begin July 1, 2025. The negotiation team consisted of Cindy Arnold, Finance Director, Lance Arnold, Police Chief of Police, and Kelly Cox, Human Resources Director.
After approximately six (6) months of negotiations, the FOP declared impasse and an arbitration hearing was pending scheduling. At an attempt to avoid arbitration, settlement agreements were exchanged and the parties reached a tentative agreement for a 2025-2027 contract (2-year contract), prior to the scheduled arbitration dates moving forward.
The tentative agreement, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 includes the following substantive changes:
Article 2-Authority and Term. Date changes only.
Article 12-Grievance Procedure. Mirror grievance timeframe responses for FOP and City Manager. Include secondary arbitration Service in the event the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services is unavailable.
Article 15-Dues Deduction. Change method of dues distribution to the FOP from paper check to direct deposit.
Article 20-Holidays. Remove floating holiday from list of holidays an employee may choose to work as the floating holiday is not an observed holiday. Add Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to holiday pay list. Employees who are called in on a holiday and who work the full shift on that holiday will receive compensation at 2 times their base hourly rate.
Article 21-Sick Leave. Revise sick leave incentive payout to be based on an equivalent number of hours in a day of the assigned shift as of July 30.
Article 22-Compensation. Pay will be increased by 4% effective July 1, 2025 and 4% effective July 1, 2026. Fix prom...
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