Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: April 9, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
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FROM: Lisa Snead, Assistant County Administrator and Acting Director, Human Resources Division
CONTACT: Reginald Davis, Human Resources Section Manager
PHONE: (407) 836-5479
DIVISION: Human Resources Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Memorandum of Agreement and Agreement between Orange County, Florida and The Jerry B. Haddock Lodge #86 of The Fraternal Order of Police F.O.P Lodge #86 Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2027-28. (Human Resources Division)
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PURPOSE: On October 25, 2022, the Board approved an agreement between the County and The Jerry B. Haddock Lodge #86 of The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) which is comprised of all employees of the Orange County Corrections Department in the job classifications of Correctional Officer, Correctional Corporal, Correctional Sergeant and Classification Officer. This agreement addressed Article 2 - Recognition and Article 27 - Wages, for fiscal year 2024-25.
The County has faced challenges recruiting and retaining Correctional Officers. As a result, Human Resources conducted a market study and determined current Correctional Officer salaries were not competitive. To immediately address current recruitment and retention efforts in the current Fiscal Year, the County’s negotiation team and FOP met and have agreed to the attached Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which changes the current FY 24/25 FOP Pay Plans and provides for a 17% pay adjustment for all job classifications noted above. The Office of Management and Budget and Corrections will closely monitor the budget for the balance of the fiscal year and based upon timing for filling positions and overtime, will come back to the Board this summer to request a budget amendment from reserves. Until that time, Corrections will continuously look for operational efficiencies to minimize the budget impact.
In addition, The County’s negotiation team and the FOP have reached concurrence on a three-year Agreement, which covers the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The MOA and Agreement were successfully ratified by union membership on April 3 and 4, 2025. The final negotiations grant all eligible bargaining unit employees wage increases as summarized in the paragraphs below and changes the duration of the Agreement to September 30, 2028.
For Fiscal Year 2025-26, effective October 12, 2025, the final negotiations grant all eligible bargaining unit employees employed under the Agreement a 5% Base Wage increase, subject to the pay plan maximums.
For Fiscal Year 2026-27, effective October 11, 2026, the final negotiations grant all eligible bargaining unit employees employed under the Agreement a 5% Base Wage increase, subject to the pay plan maximums.
For Fiscal Year 2027-28, effective October 10, 2027, the final negotiations grant all eligible bargaining unit employees employed under this Agreement a 5% Base Wage increase, subject to the pay plan maximums.
All lump sum and retroactive portions of the wage and incentive increases, if any, will be paid as outlined in the bargaining unit Agreement. Implementation of the Agreement will be coordinated between Human Resources and the Comptroller’s Payroll Department following the approval by the Board.
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