HomeMy WebLinkAboutHR16-047 - Supplement - Kent Police Officers Association (KPOA) - Police Sergeants & Officers MOU: re: Benefits - 07/01/2018 �✓ KENT Records Management Document
CONTRACT COVER SHEET
This is to be completed by the Contract Manager prior to submission
to the City Clerk's Office. All portions are to be completed.
If you have questions, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 253-856-5725.
Vendor Name: Kent Police Officer's Association (KPOA)
Vendor Number ()DE):
Contract Number (City Clerk):
Category: Labor Agreement
Sub-Category (if applicable): Other ........
Project Name: MOU - Benefits
Contract Execution Date: 7/1/2018 Termination Date: Indef
Contract Manager: B. Ashbaugh Department: HR
Date Notice of Contract Email Sent:
Contract Amount: $0.00
Approval Authority: ❑ Director ® Mayor ❑ City Council
Other Details Memorandum.,of Understandin regard_`rng_bg0gfits, afterwthewdeath of an
officer
Agreement between the City of Kent and the
Kent Police Officers Association
This Agreement is entered by and between the City of Kent ("City") and the Kent
Police Officers Association representing the Police Sergeants and Officers bargaining
unit and the Police Assistant Chiefs and Commanders bargaining unit (also
collectively referred to herein as "KPOA") regarding continuing medical, dental and
I vision benefits for police officer eligible dependents when a police officer's death
occurs while on duty. This Agreement supersedes the agreement executed on July
23, 2018, and the agreement executed on July 23, 2018, shall be null and void
upon the execution of this Agreement.
Purpose: The City recognizes the dangers inherent in the job of policing, and that
commissioned police officers are exposed to significant risk in the performance of
their daily duties. The City also recognizes the impact an on-duty death of an
officer has on dependents of the officer, one of which includes financial impacts that
have life-altering consequences and causes instant infirmity in financial stability.
Providing a limited benefit of 12 months of medical, dental, and vision coverage for
dependents of officers who are killed in the line of duty will alleviate some of the
infirmity caused by such a tragedy.
The City agrees that when the death of a police officer occurs while on duty, the
City will provide medical, dental and vision benefits to the eligible dependents of
the police officer. The following limitations shall apply:
• The benefits provided by this Agreement shall be provided for twelve (12)
calendar months following the month in which the death occurs.
• Only eligible dependents of the police officer who are covered on the City's
medical, dental and vision plans at the time of the police officer's death are
eligible for the benefits provided herein; provided, that a child born to or
adopted by the spouse of a police officer after the death of the officer but
prior to the expiration of the period in which the benefits are provided
pursuant to this Agreement shall be eligible for the benefits provided for
herein.
• In the event medical, dental and vision benefits are available at no cost to
the dependents by operation of federal law, state law, separate contract
provision, or through an established KPOA program, the benefits set forth in
this Agreement shall not be available.
• In lieu of providing the medical, dental and vision benefits required herein,
the City may, at its discretion, provide funds in an amount equivalent to the
cost of coverage through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(COBRA) for the twelve (12) month period.
In consideration for the provision of benefits provided above, the KPOA agrees to
amend Step 1 and Step 2 of Section 15.5 of the current Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City and the Sergeants and Police Officers to provide the
supervisor at Step 1 and the Division Commander at Step 2 ten (10) days to
answer a grievance; and further to amend Step 1 and Step 2 of Section 14.5 of the
current collective bargaining agreement between the City and Assistant Chiefs and
Commanders to provide the supervisor at Step 1 and the Chief at Step 2 ten (10)
days to answer a grievance.
Kent and KPOA - Continuity of Medical Benefits
For Surviving Dependent/Beneficiaries
Page 2 of 2
This Agreement shall be retroactive in application to July 1, 2018, and shall expire
upon the ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement between the City and
the KPOA. This Agreement shall have no precedential value when negotiating a new
contract, and for the purposes of negotiating the contract, the benefits contained
within this Agreement shall not be considered a right or benefit previously held by
the KPOA or the City.
By signature below, the parties agree that the above represents the parties' full and
entire Agreement with regard to these matters.
FOR THE CITY: FOR KPOA:
dy � 1
t
a 4 '
Ra ael adilla Date Ke Clay Da e
Police Chief KPOA President
Derek Matheson Date
Chief Admi istrative Officer
B "Ashbaugh Date
Labor Relations Manager
APPROVED FORM
r
Arthur " Fitzpatrick Date
City Attorney/-� - ;&--2
a4VIVED
Kim Komoto T ate
City Clerk