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Article 12: One-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Fire Fighters
Shall the Town of Hampton vote to approve the cost items included in a one-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton Board of Selectman and the Hampton Fire Fighters Local 2664, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:
2016 $42,906 (39 weeks) over 2015 level
2017 $14,302 (13 weeks) over 2015 level
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $42,906 to fund the cost items related to the Hampton Firefighters Local 2664 salaries and benefits for 2016. Such sum represents the additional salaries and benefits (over the 2015 budget level) for the 2016 portion of the one year that is contained in an agreement between the Town of Hampton, by its Board of Selectmen, and the Firefighters Local 2664, pursuant to RSA 273-A. The estimated total cost of the agreement in salaries and benefits for the one-contract year is $57,209? (Majority vote required)
What it means: Town representatives have negotiated with the Firefighters union to negotiate a one-year agreement. The voters now need to either ratify the negotiated terms or reject the agreement. The dollars represent a 1.75% increase for the firefighters.
Those in favor say: This is a one-year maintenance agreement. The firefighters are always there for us and we should support them.
Those against say: No one spoke in opposition to this Article at the Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: The average Hampton home valued at $329,000 would bear an increased tax cost of $4.94 for 2016, with an additional obligation of $1.65 in 2017.
Article 13: One-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Fire Officers
Shall the Town of Hampton vote to approve the costs items included in a one-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton Board of Selectman and the Hampton Fire Officers Local 3017, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:
2016 $17,751 (39 weeks) over 2015 level
2017 $ 5,917 (13 weeks) over 2015 level
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,751 to fund the cost items related to the Hampton Fire Officers Local 3017 salaries and benefits for 2016. Such sum represents the additional salaries and benefits (over the 2015 budget level) for the 2016 portion of the one year that is contained in an agreement between the Town of Hampton, by its Board of Selectman and the Fire Officers Local 3017, pursuant to RSA 273-A. The estimated total cost of the agreement in salaries and benefits for the one-contract year is $23,668? (Majority vote required)
What it means: A yes vote approves the salary increases negotiated via the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Fire Officers.
Those in favor say: Those who spoke at Deliberative Session expressed support for this and echoed the points made for the firefighters.
Those against say: No one spoke in opposition to this Article at the Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: The average Hampton home valued at $329,000 would bear an increased tax cost of $1.97 if this Article passes.
Article 14: Three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Police Officers
Shall the Town of Hampton vote to approve the cost items included in a three-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton Board of Selectmen and the Hampton Police Association (Officers), which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:
2016 $ 72,616 (39 weeks) over 2015 level
2017 $110,583 (52 weeks) over 2016 level
2018 $114,445 (52 weeks) over 2017 level
2019 $ 26,353 (13 weeks) over 2018 level
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $72,616 to fund the cost items related to the Police Association (Officers) salaries and benefits for 2016. Such sum re presents the additional salaries and benefits (over the 2015 budget level) for the 2016 portion of the three years that are contained in a collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Hampton by its Board of Selectmen and the Hampton Police Association (Officers), pursuant to N.H. RSA 273-A. The compounded, cumulative cost impact over the three contract years is estimated to be $660,273? (Majority vote required)
What it means: A yes vote approves the salary increases negotiated via the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This agreement covers 3 years starting in April of 2016. Of the three years (156 weeks) 39 weeks fall into 2016; 52 weeks into 2017; 52 weeks into 2018; and 13 weeks into 2019.
Those in favor say: This agreement represents 6 months of negotiations. The Town was able to move away from a health insurance plan that would have triggered a “Cadillac tax”. The pay increase is being partially offset by concessions by the union that allows for use of comp time as opposed to overtime pay. Because we have not passed contracts and wages have stagnated, we lost 4 part timers to the Manchester Police Department. We need to keep their pay competitive so that we are not spending the money on training replacements.
Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: The average Hampton home valued at $329,000 would bear an increased tax cost of $8.55 if this Article passes.
Article 15: Three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Police Sergeants
Shall the Town of Hampton vote to approve the cost items included in a three-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton Board of Selectmen and the Hampton Police Association (Sergeants), which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:
2016 $12,934 (39 weeks) over 2015 level
2017 $14,199 (52 weeks) over 2016 level
2018 , $37,555 (52 weeks) over 2017 level
2019 $11,420 (13 weeks) over 2018 level
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $12,934 to fund the cost items related to the Police Association (Sergeants) salaries and benefits for 2016. Such s um represents the additional salaries and benefits (over the 2015 budget level) for the 2016 portion of the three years that are contained in a collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Hampton by its Board of Selectmen and the Hampton Police Association (Sergeants), pursuant to N.H. RSA 273-A The compounded, cumulative cost impact over the three contract years is estimated to be $133,422? (Majority vote required)
What it means: The terms for the agreement with the Police Sergeants is the same as for the Police Officers. The dollars represent a 3% increase.
Those in favor say: We need to support our Police Sergeants. Half of the Officers down at the beach have less than 2 years experience and need good supervision.
Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: The average Hampton home valued at $329,000 would bear an increased tax cost of $1.65 if this Article passes.
Article 16: Three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters
Shall the Town of Hampton vote to approve the cost items included in a three-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton Board of Selectmen and the Teamsters Local 633, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level:
2016 $41,259 (39 weeks) over 2015 level
2017 $58,004 (52 weeks) over 2016 level
2018 $47,205 (52 weeks) over 2017 level
2019 $ 9,809 (13 weeks) over 2018 level
And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $41,259 to fund the cost items related to the Teamsters Local 633 salaries and benefits for 2016. Such sum represents the additional salaries and benefits (over the 2015 budget level) for the first of the three years that are contained in a collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Hampton by its Board of Selectmen and the Teamsters Local 633 (Clerical, PW Foremen, PO Dispatchers), pursuant to N.H. RSA 273-A. The compounded, cumulative cost impact over the three contract years is estimated to be $336,855? (Majority vote required)
What it means: This is a negotiation that covers employees in several departments for a 3 year period. The dollars represent raises ranging from 2.5% to 3.3%.
Those in favor say: Similar to other negotiations, there were tradeoffs relating to health insurance coverage. This is a fair agreement for both the Town and the employees.
Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: The average Hampton home valued at $329,000 would bear an increased tax cost of $4.94 if this Article passes.