B. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall remain in full force and effect until a successor agreement is finalized.

B. Collective bargaining meetings shall be held at times and places mutually convenient at the request of either party. The parties, when scheduling such meeting, shall insure adequate road coverage during these sessions.

C. Not more than two (2) members of the Association who may be designated by the Association to participate in collective bargaining meetings called for the purpose of the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement will be excused from their work assignments at any one time.

The Borough shall permit members of the Association Grievance Committee, consisting of two (2) patrolmen and one (1) Superior Officer to conduct the business of the committee. The Superior Officer shall be the rank of Sergeant, Lieutenant or Captain. The business of the committee shall consist of conferring with Association members and management on specific grievances in accordance with the grievance procedure set forth herein, during the duty hours of the members without loss of pay, provided the conduct of said business shall not diminish the effectiveness of the Police Department or require the recall of off-duty policemen to bring the Department to its effectiveness.

The Borough shall permit members of the Association Negotiating Committee to attend collective bargaining meetings during the duty hours of the members. However, only two (2) members of such committee at any one time shall be permitted to attend such meetings without loss of pay.

The PBA President or his designee and State Delegate shall be released from duty without loss of pay to attend State and County PBA meetings. The PBA President or his designee and the State Delegate shall be allowed to attend the annual State PBA Mini-Convention without loss of pay and released from duty to attend. The PBA Delegate and the Alternate Delegate will be permitted to attend the PBA State Convention without loss of pay and shall be released from duty to attend.

B. It is further understood and agreed that all powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in the Borough prior to the signing of this Agreement are retained by the Borough, including, but not limited to, the power, authority and right to:

1. Direct, supervise, and otherwise manage the employees to maximize efficiency, and to take all reasonable steps to improve productivity of the Police Department;
2. Hire, promote, transfer and assign employees;
3. Suspend, demote, discharge, or take other necessary disciplinary actions for just cause;
4. Relieve employees from duty because of lack of work, or for other legitimate reasons;
5. Determine the work to be performed within the unit of the employees covered by this Agreement, and
6. Make reasonable rules and regulations and make modifications of existing rules and regulations, it being understood and agreed that upon timely demand by the Association any new or changed work rules which are proper subjects of negotiation shall be negotiated with the Association in advance of implementation.

B. Neither the Borough nor the association shall discriminate against any employee, whether or not a member of the Association, because of race, religion, color, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, or status as a veteran or non-veteran.

C. Neither the Borough nor the Association shall tolerate harassment in the workplace or in any work related situation. Such harassment includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, or jokes, slurs, and/or physical behavior that relates to a person’s race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a veteran or non-veteran, or any other reason.

D. The purpose of paragraphs B and C of this Article are to bring this Agreement in compliance with existing Borough policy as required by statute and regulation. Nothing therein contained is intended to, nor shall it have the effect to alter any of the rights or obligations under the grievance procedures established elsewhere in this Agreement.

SICK LEAVE

1. Illness in the member’s immediate family (defined as inclusive of spouse, child, parent, sibling, parents in-law, brother-in-law, sister in-law, step parents and adoptive family members) which requires the member’s attendance upon or in place of the ill family member;

2. Attendance at a hospital by reason of an illness of any member of the member’s immediate family, or

3. Discovery of a contagious disease in the member’s household resulting in quarantine upon the advice of an attending physician or Public Health Official.

1. During the first calendar year of employment, eight (8) hours for each full month of service.

2. Thereafter, one hundred and twenty (120) hours for each calendar year of service.

3. At the discretion of the Mayor and Council, sick leave may be extended for a longer period of time for a member, but shall not exceed the limits allowed by State Statute.

4. If an employee uses none or only a portion of such allowable sick leave for any calendar year, the amount of such sick leave not taken shall accumulate to his or her credit from year to year (not to exceed one thousand four hundred and forty (1,440) hours). An employee shall be entitled to such accumulated sick leave with pay when needed.

Upon retirement, an employee can use up to a maximum of 880 hours for compensation using the following options: He or she may elect to (1) take up to eight-hundred and eighty hours (880) transitional leave or (2) receive a cash payout for a maximum of $15,000.00 and use any remaining balance of unused sick time for transitional leave. The combination of payment and transitional leave cannot exceed eight-hundred and eighty hours (880).
The employee shall be required to provide the Borough with not less than ninety (90) days written notice of his or her intention to retire. The specific terms of payment shall be agreed upon between the employee and the Borough with the understanding that the Borough, due to budget requirements, will require sufficient notice to permit funding of the payment.

5. The employee shall be at home during illness during the tour of duty from which he or she is absent, except for physician visits;

6. Upon termination of employment of an employee with ten (10) or more years of service for other than retirement or disciplinary reasons, that employee shall be entitled to receive payment of not more than $8,200.00. The balance of the employee’s accumulated sick time will be granted as terminal leave up to four hundred eighty (480) hours total of accumulated unused sick leave.

D. Up to three (3) sick days may be converted to personal days during any calendar year.

ARTICLE VII

1. An Association member shall, as soon as practicable after a physical injury has occurred, file an accident report.

2. The provisions herein recited in the event of a physical injury to a member of the Association shall not exceed the term or period of one (1) year from the onset of said physical injury. The time wherein said member of the Association is not permitted or is unable by reason of certification by Borough physician to perform such duties as shall be directed by the Chief of Police, or his designee, resulting from the said physical injury, shall not be charged against sick leave of the said Association member.

3. The Borough retains the right in its discretion to extend the period of payment referred to in all of the sections herein before recited, due to illness or injury, beyond the term of one (1) year if permitted by law.

4. In the event a disagreement arises with respect to the existence of extent of a job-connected disability, such issue shall be determined by a physician agreed to by both parties to this Agreement.

WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME

1. The parties understand and agree that the standard weekly work schedule for employees covered by this Agreement requires employee services continuously throughout the seven (7) day calendar week. The standard work day shall be eight (8) hours for Command Staff and non-patrol officers and twelve (12) hours for patrol division personnel

2. Any normal work schedule that includes more than two thousand eighty hours (2,080) hours in one calendar year shall include provisions for officers leave for the number of hours in excess of 2,080. Same shall be known as Kelly Time. Kelly Time will be distributed the year after it is earned. Unused Kelly Time will be forfeited at the end of the calendar year. Employees are not entitled to payment for unused Kelly Time upon separation or retirement.

3. When it shall become necessary to make a change in the agreed scheduling in order to maintain departmental efficiency, then the officer whose shift has been changed will be advised by a Superior Officer of said change.

The Chief of Police, Chairman of the Borough Council Police Committee, or other individual in charge of scheduling shall by the 15th of December of each calendar year, post in Police Headquarters, in a place where notices to Officers and Patrolmen are normally posted, the Work Schedule of all Officers and Patrolmen for the following calendar year. The vacation list for a calendar year will be posted by December 15^th of the preceding calendar year and approved by the Chief or his designee by February 15^th of the following calendar year.

b. WORK HOURS:

(1) Patrolmen, Officers and other police department employees shall not be required to work three different work shifts during any forty (40) hour work period. Failure to obey an order to work three different shifts within a forty (40) hour week shall not constitute insubordination or conduct unbecoming an Officer, unless an emergency situation exists, requiring the working of three different shifts during any forty (40) work hour week due to said emergency situation.

(2) Officers shall be permitted the right to change shifts with other officers, provided that the police protection afforded the Borough is the same as if a shift change between officers had not occurred and the officer in charge is notified of said shift change.

(3) Sergeants and Patrolmen may trade shifts duty if, and only if, the total number of shifts covered by non-superior officers shall not increase.

(4) The department shall not change an officer’s assigned shift to avoid the payment of overtime costs.

1. Time worked in excess of normal scheduled shifts shall be known as “overtime”. For those officers working a twelve (12) hour shift, they shall work a 2-2, 3-2, 2-3 schedule. Members entitled to overtime pay shall be compensated monthly for such overtime at their respective, then current, hourly rate, at the time and one-half (1 ½ ) provided that such overtime is properly submitted by Borough voucher, and has been duly approved by the Chief of Police or his designee. Any Command staff or non-patrol division Officer that is required to work more than five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days shall be paid at his/her time-and-one-half (1 ½) rate.


2. Whenever a member of the Department as a part of his or her duties shall be required to appear before any grand jury or any Municipal, Superior or Supreme Court proceeding, except in a civil action, the time of assignment to said court shall be considered as duty time. When such appearance occurs during a member’s assigned hours, he or she shall suffer no loss in compensation for such appearance. When such appearance occurs outside his or her assigned duty hours, he or she shall receive additional compensation at a rate equal to said member’s hourly rate at a time and one-half (1 ½). In the event an officer is called in for duty on a day off, or is called in to duty after the officer has left the Borough premises, he shall be paid a minimum of two (2) hours pay at time and one-half (1 ½), regardless of the actual hours worked. This Article shall apply to County and Municipal Courts.

3. All regular members of the Department shall continue to have the option to accumulate and retain authorized overtime which may then be used as needed to obtain time off. Commencing in 1986, this shall be time and one-half (1 1/2) off for time worked basis. This can be taken either as individual or discretionary days or in blocks of days up to and including five (5) days. These days may be used in conjunction with normal days off or regular vacation time. Requests for time off under this Section shall be submitted to and approved by the Chief of Police or his designee as per established departmental procedures may dictate. However, denials of requests shall only be made under emergency conditions.


Officers may elect to be paid for those days or blocks of days accumulated at the time and one-half (1 1/2) of their then normal hourly rate of pay by submitting a request to the Chief of Police or his designee. However, requests for payment must be submitted in the same calendar year in which the time was accumulated except for time earned after the last voucher date of the year/requests for which must be submitted by January 15 of the succeeding year, with the exception of fifty (50) hours of accumulated time which may be carried forward. This time must be used as compensatory time and will not be paid. Officers may accumulate up to fifty (50) hours of compensatory time.
4. DISTRIBUTION OF OVERTIME
A. The assignment of overtime to cover shifts that fall below the minimum patrol compliment of two (2) officers shall be distributed fairly amongst the patrol division. A call-out process will be used that is based upon which officer is causing the overtime. If there is more than one officer causing overtime on any one shift, the junior-most officer on the squad is considered the position to be filled.
Every officer assigned to the patrol division falls into one of the following categories: Sergeant, Senior Patrolman or Junior Patrolman. All call-outs will start with the junior-most officer in his/her respective category. Appendix A
(1). When a Sergeant causes overtime, the following steps will be taken, in order, to cover the shift:
(a). The remaining Sergeants available will be offered the overtime,
and if all refuse
(b). The Senior Patrolmen available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(c). The Junior Patrolmen available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(d) (If overtime is on a weekend), Detectives, if any, will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(e). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Lieutenants available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(f). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Captains available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(g). The on-call Officer will be forced to work the overtime shift.

(2). When a Senior Patrolman causes overtime, the following steps will be taken, in order, to cover the shift:
(a). The remaining Senior Patrolmen available will be offered the
Overtime, and if all refuse
(b). The Junior Patrolmen available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(c). The Sergeants available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(d) (If overtime is on a weekend), the detectives, if any will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse,
(e). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Lieutenants available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(f). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Captains available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(g). The on-call Officer will be forced to work the overtime shift.

(3). When a Junior Patrolman causes overtime, the following steps will be taken, in order, to cover the shift:

(a). The remaining Junior Patrolmen available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse (b). The Senior Patrolmen available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(c). The Sergeants available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse
(d) (If the overtime is on a weekend), the Detectives, if any, will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse,
(e). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Lieutenants available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse,
(f). (If overtime is on a weekend), the Captains available will be offered the overtime, and if all refuse,
(g). The on-call Officer will be forced to work the overtime shift.

(4). The assignment of the on-call Officer will be as follows:
(a). On the first day that squads are off, the Junior Patrolman coming off of day shifts will be the on-call Officer.

(b). On the second day that squads are off, the Junior Patrolman coming off midnight shifts will be the on-call Officer.

(c). On the third day that squads are off, the Senior Patrolman coming off day shifts will be the on-call Officer.

(d). When any officer scheduled to be the on-call officer is on vacation, Kelly time, bereavement time or personal time on his/her last day of work or his/her next day of work (or if more than one officer is needed to cover a shift), the next junior-most available officer is to be considered on-call.

(5) No officer shall ever be forced to cover a non-emergency shift shortage situation unless the procedure outlined herein is followed. The mere shortage of manpower shall never constitute an emergency situation
(6) Officers shall make every possible effort to give at least four hours-notice when calling out for a shift. The Officer In Charge when a sick day is called in shall be responsible for documenting the time the sick day was called in, as well as who and when each officer was contacted to fill the shift. In the event that the Officer in Charge receives "no answer" an answering machine or voicemail when attempting to fill an overtime shift, the Officer in charge must allow each officer 5 minutes to return his call and accept or refuse the overtime. Any officer who does not return a call within the five minute period is deemed to have refused the overtime. Failure to follow and document the process noted in this section shall be grounds for disciplinary action against the offending Officer In-Charge.
(7) Any officer accepting a 12-hour overtime shift is solely responsible for that shift. The 12-hour overtime shift may be split into (2) blocks, provided the following procedure is used:
• the officer accepting the 12-hour overtime shift must begin filling the overtime block utilizing the overtime fairness rotation.
• In the event that all officers refuse the block, the originally scheduled officer must work the entire 12-hour overtime shift.
• In the event an overtime shift is split, the officer who is offering the portion, or second half, of the shift must utilize the fairness rotation when filling it.

(8). Except as noted in this section, no officer shall be ordered to work in excess of 12 hours in one day (or scheduled for voluntary work in excess of 16 hours in one day) unless a legal declaration of emergency is in effect. An officer may be ordered to work up to 16 total hours to complete a time-sensitive call-for-service that occurred during his/her tour of duty. Upon completion of an officer’s 12-hour midnight shift, he/she shall not be forced to return to work for any detail until at least 8 hours of rest time has been granted. ‘Voluntary’ work shall be defined as including outside employment and unforced overtime. A “day” shall be defined as the 24­hour period from midnight to midnight.

5. SCHEDULING OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING

a. Definitions

Training – training shall be defined as any instruction conducted by an outside entity and assigned to an officer by the Borough, the Chief of Police of his designee. Training does not include the basic course for law enforcement officers.
Available – available shall be defined as any work day where a day off would not incur overtime.
b. Time traveling to and from training will be “on-duty” and count towards time worked.

c. Any day that an officer is scheduled for training will be considered a work day regardless the duration of training.
1. If the officer is assigned on an officer’s scheduled day(s) off, the officer will be assigned day(s) off on the closest available day(s) whereas the total days worked for the officer will remain the same.
2. An officer may request to change the newly assigned day(s) off, thru proper chain of command, to other available dates immediately following or preceding training.
3. An officer who attends training or classes shall not be required to work a regular shift on the day of the training or class if the training or class is for 50% or more of the officer’s regular workday. That officer shall not be allowed to work overtime or outside employment until his or her actual shift is over.

d. The Association agrees to cooperate with the Borough to successfully promote Police Week in the furtherance of good community relations.

The Association in continuation of promoting good community relations will have all those men who are not working the day shift and except those who are coming off of the midnight shift, participate in the Memorial Day services at Patriot’s Isle.

6. SHIFT SUPERVISOR PAY
In the event a patrol officer is designated as “Officer in Charge” (OIC) for any portion of a given work shift, he/she shall be entitled to shift supervisor pay which shall be an additional $8.00 per hour for all such time. In the event a patrol officer is designated the duties of OIC while he/she is working on overtime, the $8.00 per hour shift supervisor pay shall be in addition to his/her overtime rate of pay.

ARTICLE IX

B. Each member of the Association who has had the time of continuous employment recited in the table following, shall be entitled to working time shown as a vacation with pay at his or her regular rate of pay:

Years of Service Working Hours Vacation Years of Service Working Hours Vacation

At a rate of 3.3 hours per full month for the first calendar year Forty (40)

After one (1) year and through five (5) years Eighty (80)

After five (5) and through ten (10) years One Hundred Twenty (120)

After ten (10) and through fifteen (15) years One Hundred Sixty (160)

After fifteen (15) and through twenty (20) years Two Hundred (200)

After twenty (20) years Two Hundred Forty (240)

D. Every member of the Association shall be entitled to five (5) personal days per year, as well as additional days provided for in Article VI, for the conduction of personal business or other personally related affairs. (These days to be known as personal days) at full pay upon three (3) days’ notice in writing, with the approval of the Chief of Police or his designee, and shall only be denied due to the existence of an emergency condition. Said personal days shall be non-cumulative. When necessary, personal days may be requested and taken with less than three (3) days’ notice where no overtime would be incurred. Probationary employees shall accrue personal days at the rate of one (1) personal day for every full two months worked for the first calendar, year not to exceed a total of five (5) personal days for the calendar year.

E. In addition to the above paid leave, all Lieutenants and Captains shall be credited annually with

six (6) paid holidays.
The holiday bank will be credited on January 1^st and the Lieutenant/Captain is able to choose their days from the following list:

· New Year’s Day
· Martin Luther King Day
· Presidents Day
· Good Friday
· Independence Day
· Labor Day
· Columbus Day
· Veterans Day
· Thanksgiving Day
· The day after Thanksgiving
· Christmas Eve
· Christmas Day
· Personal Birthday

In the event the Lieutenant/Captain is required to work on any of the selected holidays, due to an emergency or unforeseen event, the officer shall not be entitled to overtime compensation unless he/she works over eight (8) hours. When required to work eight (8) hours on holiday leave, the Lieutenant/Captain shall be credited with one day to their holiday bank. A holiday falling on a Saturday can be observed on the preceding Friday, and a holiday falling on a Sunday can be observed on the following Monday.

ARTICLE X

An employee may also utilize up to three (3) days of sick leave if additional time off is needed because of bereavement.

ARTICLE XI

1. Except as set forth in Subsection 6 below, only those courses of instruction of higher learning leading to a degree or associate degree in Police Science shall qualify. All such courses shall be undertaken on the officer’s own time, and not at the Borough’s expense.
2. Incentive credits shall apply only to those completed courses in which the officer has earned a grade of “C” or the equivalency, or better. It shall be the responsibility of the officer to present the Police Committee with the appropriate certification of grades obtained from the sponsoring institution for validation.
3. The maximum number of credits for which an officer shall receive remuneration shall not exceed thirty (30) during the first year of their employment, and shall not exceed thirty (30) additional credits for each succeeding year, up to a maximum of one hundred thirty-two (132) credits per year.
4. Certification of incentive credits shall be submitted by the officer to the Police Committee for validation in accordance with the provisions herein set forth no later than February 15^th of the year in which such incentive program payment is to be made. Incentive credits shall be computed once annually and payable beginning March 1^st of each succeeding year.
5. All police officers shall be entitled to the benefits of the educational incentive program as set forth herein for courses taken prior to employment by the Borough, adhering to the maximum of thirty (30) credits per annum up to one hundred thirty-two (132) credits. In such cases, however, the officer shall submit to the Police Committee a list of such courses taken and certification of grades received from the sponsoring educational institution for verification. The Police Committee, upon evaluation and consideration, shall determine which of said courses, if any, are approved as credit courses under the terms of educational incentive program.
6. Such payments shall be included in and considered part of the members’ basic salary each year thereafter, for the purpose of computing taxes and payments into any retirement system, and shall be made in the same manner as is prescribed by the mayor and Council for the payment of regular police salaries.

B. The wide ranging powers and duties give to the Department and its members involves them in all manners of contacts and relationships with the public. Out of these contacts may come questions concerning actions of the members of the force. These questions may require investigations by superior officers. In an effort to ensure that these investigations are conducted in a manner which is conducive to good order and discipline, the following rules are hereby adopted.

1. The interrogation of an employee shall be at a reasonable hour, preferably when the member of the force is on duty.
2. The employee shall be informed of the nature of the investigation before any interrogation commences, including the name of the complainant. Sufficient information to reasonably apprise the employee of the allegations should be provided. If it is known that the employee is being interrogated as a witness only, he or she should be so informed at the initial contact.
3. The questioning shall be reasonable in length. Reasonable respites shall be allowed. Time shall also be provided for personal necessities, meals, telephone calls, and rest periods as are reasonably necessary.
4. The employee shall not be subject to any offensive language, nor shall he or she be threatened with transfer, dismissal, or other disciplinary punishment. No promise of reward shall be made as an inducement to answering questions.
5. If any employee is under arrest or is likely to be, that is, if he or she is a suspect or the target of a criminal investigation, he or she shall be given his or her rights pursuant to the current decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
6. In all cases and in every state of the processing in the interest of maintaining the usual high morale of the force, the Department shall afford an opportunity for an employee, if he or she so requests, to consult with counsel and/or his or her P.B.A. representatives before being questioned concerning a violation of the Rules and Regulations during the interrogation of a member of the force.
7. All complaint(s) against an officer shall be investigated in full compliance with the most recent version of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Policy & Procedure Guidelines. In the event that this agreement and the AG Guidelines differ, the Attorney Generals Guidelines shall prevail.

1. Each employee shall be entitled to medical and dental insurance as provided by the Borough through the New Jersey State Health Benefits Plan, Direct 15, as it exists in any plan year pursuant to the rules and regulations of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program and Delta Dental to its other fulltime employees. Employees may select a higher plan but shall pay the entire cost differential between Direct 15 and the higher plan selected. The coverage shall begin for each employee after two months of continuous service. The employee shall be required to complete and submit the required application and enrollment forms.

2. The insurance coverage shall include that type of coverage, i.e., single, parent/child, husband/wife, or family as the employee shall select.

3. The Borough has the right to change the insurance carrier at any time during the life of the contract as long as the level of benefits remains equal to or better than those provided by the New Jersey State Health Benefits Plan, Direct 15, as it exists in the plan year of said change in carrier and as it exists from time to time in subsequent years, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program. If the Borough wishes to change the level of benefits, it will provide the Association with at least sixty (60) days notice of its desire to reopen the contract to renegotiate level or type of coverage.

4. The change to Direct 15 shall not apply or otherwise impact the current level of benefits provided to officers who retired prior to May 1, 2020.

5. The Borough shall notify the Association of any change in the administrator of the health plan.

6. The Borough shall provide group life insurance coverage for each employee after six (6) months of continuous employment in the amount of not less than $10,000.00.

7. The Borough shall pay the premium cost of the present P.B.A. optical coverage at an expense not to exceed $2,650.00 per year starting in the year 1996.

C. Every regular member shall submit to a physical examination annually. The specific tests and standards used for this examination shall be at the discretion of the physician. The Physicians Fitness-for-Duty Statement will only indicate whether he/she is “fit” or “not-fit” for duty. The cost for the examination may be submitted to employee’s health insurance company. In the event that the insurer deems the claim as a work related physical, thereby not covered, the Borough will pay the expense. In addition, each member of the Department is hereby charged with the duty of notifying the Chief of Police of any accident resulting in injury to him or her or any illness suffered by him or her and the nature and extent of same, and if ordered by the Chief of Police, such member shall submit to a physical examination by a physician designated by the Chief of Police for determination of his fitness for duty. When requesting an employee’s health information from a Borough-paid practitioner, the Borough shall limit the request to the minimum information necessary to accomplish the intended use of determining the employee’s fitness for duty. The employee shall be given copies of all health information provided to the Borough free of charge.

D. Retiring police officers with a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of service in the police pension system or with a minimum of five (5) years of service in the police pension system and on any Police and Fireman’s Retirement System (P.F.R.S.) disability pension shall be continued in the Borough’s health/medical benefit and insurance plans as required to cover the retirees and immediate members of the family which will be limited to spouse and children ordinarily covered on a standard family plan. The cost of such medical insurance will be paid for by the Borough. If the officer receives another Primary Carrier, the Borough will be Secondary Carrier. For officers retiring on or after July 1, 2020, the retiree medical coverage shall be that coverage selected and those individuals covered at the time of retirement. Retirees cannot add a spouse or dependents to their coverage post-retirement.

1. Police officer retirees who are enrolled in the Borough’s medical plan, but who are employed elsewhere after being retired from the Borough’s employ, must avail themselves of any comparable hospital/medical plan offered to them by the new employer and notify the Borough Clerk of this fact.
2. Should the retiree be partially covered by a new employer for such hospitalization and insurance coverage, the Borough will then supplement the retiree’s medical coverage in a manner which will provide medical coverage as is currently being enjoyed by active employees.
3. Upon the death of a Police Officer in the line of duty, all health/medical benefits shall be continued at no cost to the employee’s spouse until remarriage. This coverage shall also provide for all dependents eighteen years of age or under, or, if full time students, until such dependents reach age twenty-one.
4. Upon death of a Police Officer while not in the line of duty, or while retired as provided under Section 5 of this article, all health and medical benefits shall be continued for a period of two (2) years for both spouse and dependents eighteen years of age or under. If the spouse remarries during the two (2) year period, such coverage shall terminate. This coverage shall also provide for all dependents, and in full time students, until such dependents reach age twenty-one. Upon the expiration of this two (2) year period, a spouse that has not remarried shall have the option of continued inclusion in the health/medical group at their own expense.
5. The PBA and the Borough agree that any retiree or immediate family member covered under Article XIV, Section D of this agreement, upon reaching the legal age for enrollment in Medicare, shall do so, thereby making the Borough’s coverage secondary. If there are any premium amounts due by the retiree for the coverage, the Borough shall make arrangements to reimburse these expenses to the retiree no greater than every 180 days. The reimbursement shall commence for any expenses incurred after June 11, 2008.
6. Only employees hired on or after January 1, 2022 shall contribute 25% of the cost of the premium for retiree health benefits if they choose to keep the health insurance plan in effect at the time of retirement. If employees hired on or after January 1, 2022 choose a higher deductible/higher co-pay plan for retiree health benefits, they shall contribute 20% of the cost of the premium.

B. The Borough shall continue to provide uniform cleaning and maintenance for all members of the Police Department.

C. In addition to the allowance provided in paragraph A. above, the Borough shall provide each employee who is assigned full time to plain clothes duties or which require the wearing of plain clothes in the carrying out of his or her duties, an additional $150.00 per quarter for the calendar year. Those sums shall be due to the employee at the expiration of the quarter during which the employee was assigned to the qualifying duties. Such payment shall be by municipal voucher; however, the voucher shall not require a detailed itemization, but merely a statement for the additional allowance due.

D. In the event that all or any part of the present uniform is changed by the Borough, then the cost of such changes shall be borne by the Borough.

E. Each member of the Police Department may allocate one-half of an officer’s annual clothing allowance for a gym membership or online fitness program.

B. Where a member of the Police Department is made a defendant in any suit or other legal proceeding arising out of the performance of police duty, or out of any incident arising in the line of such duty, the Borough shall provide all legal aid necessary for the defense of such suit or other legal proceeding, and in such event, the said member of the Association shall have the right to engage an attorney licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey, of his or her own choice, for the defense of such suit or other legal proceeding, and further, in the event the said number of the Association shall be found innocent of said suit or other legal proceeding as hereinafter referred to, or the same shall be dismissed, the Borough shall pay for all reasonable costs of every manner and kind whatsoever incurred by the said member of the Association as herein recited. If any disciplinary or criminal proceeding instituted by or on complaint of the Borough shall be dismissed or finally determined in favor of the member, he or she shall be reimbursed for the expense of his or her own defense.

B. Upon any suspension, demotion, discharge or any other appropriate disciplinary action against any employee of the Association, a copy of such charges shall be forwarded to the President of the Association within five (5) working days after any such action against said employee is taken by the employer.

C. This Article does not apply to probationary employees.

B. A grievance to be considered in this procedure must be initiated by the employee within thirty (30) working days from the time the employee knew or should have known of its occurrence.

C. Failure at any step of this procedure to communicate the decision on a grievance within the specified time limits shall permit the aggrieved employee to proceed to the next step. Failure at any step of this procedure to appeal a grievance to the next step within the specified time limits shall be deemed to be an acceptance of the decision rendered at that step.

D. It is understood that the employee shall, during and notwithstanding the pendency of any grievance, continue to observe all assignments and applicable rules and regulations of the Borough until such grievance has been fully determined.

E. All references to the days to file; prosecute; and answer a grievance shall not include holidays and weekends.

STEP ONE:

The grievance shall be discussed with the officer involved and the PBA representative with the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall provide his/her decision within (5) days by such Chief of Police to the officer(s) and the PBA.

STEP TWO:

If the grievance is not settled through Step One, the same shall, within five (5) working days, be reduced to writing by the PBA or the officer(s) and submitted to the Borough Police Committee, or any person designated by him/her, and the answer to such grievance shall be made in writing, with a copy to the officer(s) and the PBA within five (5) days of submission.

STEP THREE:

If the grievance is not settled at Step Two, the officer(s) or the PBA shall have the right within five (5) working days of receipt of the answer at Step Two to submit such grievance to the Mayor and Council. A written answer to such grievance shall be served upon the officer(s) and the PBA within twenty-one (21) calendar days after submission.







STEP FOUR:

If the grievance is not settled at Step Three, the PBA shall have the right to file for arbitration with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission or pursue any and all other available remedies.

The Arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). The Arbitrator shall have full power to hear the dispute and make a final determination, which shall be binding on both parties. The Arbitrator does not have the right to add to, subtract from or modify this Agreement in any matter. Each party shall bear its own cost of the arbitration but the costs of the Arbitrator shall be borne by the Borough and the PBA equally.

The PBA President, or his/her authorized representative, may report an impending grievance to the Mayor in an effort to forestall its occurrence.


F. Minor discipline (i.e. suspension or fine of five (5) days or less, inclusive or oral and written reprimands) shall be subject to the grievance procedure.

2. The Borough shall charge the contractor or third party $10.00 per hour above the rate set by the Association for the employee, except for The Grove which will remain at $3.00 per hour.

4. Payment must be received from the contractor before the Borough makes payment to police personnel.
5. All payments to police personnel will be made on or before the 15^th day of the succeeding month. For example, any and all outside employment assignment performed in October 2016 shall be paid to the officer on or before November 15, 2016.
6. The Borough Chief Financial Officer is authorized to establish a separate bank account with signatures of Mayor, Clerk and CFO required for all checks.
7. All workers compensation costs, and other expenses incurred by the Borough resulting from off-duty employment will be charged to this separate bank account.
8. Scheduling of off-duty employment which is police related will be arranged by a member of the Association and such employment schedule shall be made up by him or her and submitted to the Chief of Police for his authorization. Police personnel will have the option to work these police-related jobs, and all employment of off-duty officers will be voluntary.
9. The member of the Association in charge of scheduling will also submit a copy of the same to the Chief of Police.
10. Police personnel must wear uniforms or police coverall uniforms with the police regulation cap when performing this duty for contractors.
11. Off-duty police related work will be restricted to the confines of the Borough of Shrewsbury, Red Bank Regional High School and all contiguous towns, unless otherwise authorized by the Chief of Police or his designee.

14. Whenever an off-duty police officer is assigned to a police-related job such as traffic control, crowed control, etc., he or she shall, for the purpose of his or her police pension, be entitled to all benefits that an on-duty police officer is normally entitled to.

B. In addition, any employee who is assigned to the duties of Detective full time for a period of at least eighteen (18) duty days (one hundred and forty-four (144) hours) of a normal duty month (defined as 22 duty days or 176 duty hours) other than the Detective Sergeant, shall receive an additional $100.00 per month salary for those calendar months he or she serves in such detective position.

C. As an additional allowance, but not as part of base pay, any employee who holds a current EMT certification shall receive an additional $250.00 per year. This payment will be made on the first pay period of December and shall require a voucher and certification by the Chief of Police or his designee.

D. In the event a patrol officer is designated as “Officer in Charge” (OIC) for any portion of a given work shift, he/she shall be entitled to shift supervisor pay which shall be an additional $8.00 per hour for all such time. In the event a patrol officer is designated the duties of OIC while he/she is working on overtime, the $8.00 per hour shift supervisor pay shall be in addition to his/her overtime rate of pay.

B. Not less than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement, either party shall notify the other party regarding the commencement of negotiations for entering into a new agreement of employment to commence on

January 1, 2025. Upon such notice, one (1) party to the other as herein recited, within thirty (30) days of such written notice to the other party; both parties shall commence negotiations for a new employment agreement.

B. The Chief of Police, his/her Designee or the Chairman of the Police Committee may waive all or part of these standards to certain officers if operationally advisable.

B. The obligation of the Borough under this Article shall be limited to direct deposits into accounts designated by each employee where the same may be accomplished at no additional cost to the Borough. This may require the employee to establish an account in a particular bank. However, the Borough shall use all reasonable efforts to utilize the depositories and accounts designated by each employee.

C. The obligation of the Borough under the provisions of this Article shall be met by establishing the direct deposit for the employees within thirty (30) days from receipt of written request for direct deposit from the employees.

	2022-2024 Salary Employees Hired prior to 7/1/11
	2022 BASE SALARY 2023 BASE SALARY		2024 BASE SALARY
CAPTAIN (Calicari)	$ 154,860	$ 157,958	$ 161,118
LIEUTENANT (Ceminaro)	$ 147,777	$ 150,733	$ 153,748
SERGEANT (Boyd)	$ 140,693	$ 143,507	$ 146,378
PATROLWOMAN (Rumola)	$ 128,069	$ 130,631	$ 133,244

	2022-2024 Salary Employees Hired on or after 7/1/11
	2022 BASE SALARY 2023 BASE SALARY		2024 BASE SALARY
CAPTAIN - GRADE 1 after 10 years from hire date	$ 147,475	$ 150,425	$ 153,434
CAPTAIN - GRADE 2 after 5 years from hire date	$ 145,166	$ 148,070	$ 151,032
CAPTAIN - GRADE 3 Upon promotion to Captain	$ 144,012	$ 146,893	$ 149,831
LIEUTENANT - GRADE 1 after 10 years from hire date	$ 140,892	$ 143,710	$ 146,585
LIEUTENANT - GRADE 2 after 5 years from hire date	$ 138,584	$ 141,356	$ 144,184
LIEUTENANT - GRADE 3 Upon promotion to Lieutenant	$ 137,430	$ 140,179	$ 142,983
SERGEANT - GRADE 1 after 10 years from hire date	$ 134,308	$ 136,995	$ 139,735
SERGEANT - GRADE 2 after 5 years from hire date	$ 132,000	$ 134,640	$ 137,333
SERGEANT - GRADE 3 Upon promotion to Sergeant	$ 130,845	$ 133,462	$ 136,132
PATROLMAN - GRADE 1 after 10 years from hire date	$ 122,496	$ 124,946	$ 127,445
PATROLMAN - GRADE 2 after 9 years from hire date	$ 114,157	$ 116,441	$ 118,770
PATROLMAN - GRADE 3 after 8 years from hire date	$ 107,551	$ 109,703	$ 111,898
PATROLMAN - GRADE 4 after 7 years from hire date	$ 100,945	$ 102,964	$ 105,024
PATROLMAN - GRADE 5 after 6 years from hire date	$ 94,338	$ 96,225	$ 98,150
PATROLMAN - GRADE 6 after 5 years from hire date	$ 87,731	$ 89,486	$ 91,276
PATROLMAN - GRADE 7 after 4 years from hire date	$ 81,124	$ 82,747	$ 84,402
PATROLMAN - GRADE 8 after 3 years from hire date	$ 74,518	$ 76,009	$ 77,530
PATROLMAN - GRADE 9 after 2 years from hire date	$ 67,911	$ 69,270	$ 70,656
PATROLMAN - GRADE 10 after 1 year from hire date	$ 60,102	$ 60,102	$ 60,102
PATROLMAN - PROBATIONARY	$ 46,922	$ 46,922	$ 46,922
PATROLMAN - ACADEMY	$ 44,789	$ 44,789	$ 44,789

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures on this 11th day of February, 2022.

BOROUGH OF SHREWSBURY


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By: Erik Anderson, Mayor Witness


SHREWSBURY BOROUGH
P.B.A. LOCAL #308



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By: Daniel DeCristofaro, PBA President Witness