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RESOLUTION APPROVING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
WITH LOCAL 108, LABOR ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN
Resolution No. 1 7 / (2 d'.3)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin utilizes interest arbitration to resolve all collective
bargaining impasses between a county and county employees;
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County and Local 108, Labor Association of Wisconsin, were unable
to reach agreement on all terms of a collective bargaining agreement;
WHEREAS, Arbitrator Jay Grenig recently accepted St. Croix County's final offer on all
unresolved issues, thereby incorporating the terms of the final offer into the collective bargaining
agreement; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes requires that all collective bargaining agreements with county
employees be approved by the county board of supervisors in open session,
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors that:
1. The collective bargaining agreement between St. Croix County and Local 108, Labor
Association of Wisconsin, representing employees in the Sheriff's Department, for the period
January 1, 2003, until December 31, 2004, is hereby approved.
2. All resolutions or parts of resolutions contravening the provisions of this Resolution
are hereby repealed.
3. This resolution is effective upon passage.
Offered by the Personnel Committee on October 30, 2003.
Negative Affirmative
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The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors duly adopted this resolution on October 30, 2003.
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Arbitration Award Between
St. Croix County and the
Labor Association of Wisconsin (Sheriff's Department)
Presented to the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors
October 30, 2003
Dates of the Contract: January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004
Positions Included: All regular employees in the Sheriff's Department in one
of the following classifications: Corrections Officer (I, II),
Security Officer (I, II), Primary Services Deputy, Process
Server, Investigator, Court Officer
Keys to the Award: Wage increases, across - the - board, for each classification on
the grid as follows -- January 1, 2003 3 percent
January 1, 2004 3 percent
Health Insurance Premium Payments at 90/10 split
-- Employer share of the premium 90 percent
-- Employee share of the premium 10 percent
(this is an increase from the previous approximate rate split
of 96.5/3.5)
Modification of contract language to permit the hiring of
patrol deputies from both within the ranks and through
outside recruitment. Previous to this, a promotion only
policy existed which limited the candidate pool to present
employees, almost exclusively from the Jailer ranks.
Current Membership: 62 members of the Labor Association of Wisconsin
Cost of Agreement: 2 year cost = $282,538
2 year percentage increase = 7.21%
The cost of the agreement includes the wages and health
insurance rates, as bargained. It also includes all roll -up
costs associated with the wage settlement such as FICA,
withholding, life insurance and disability insurance.