366-24 MOA WOFDSOA (2024-2028).pdf

EN 366-24 2024-2028 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE AND WEST ORANGE FIRE SUPERIOR OFFICERS ASSOCIATION WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (Township) and the West Orange Fire Superior Officers Association (SOA) are parties to a series of successive collective negotiations agreements (CNAs), the most recent of which covered the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2023; WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in good faith negotiations re the terms of a successor collective negotiations agreement for the years 2024 through 2028; WHEREAS, the parties have agreed upon the terms and conditions set forth below, subject to the ratification by the SOA’s membership as well as the Township’s Governing Body; WHEREAS, all terms set forth below shall be retroactive to January 1, 2024 unless otherwise stipulated below. Moreover, again unless otherwise stipulated below, the terms set forth herein shall apply to any member who retired on or after January 1, 2024 and prior to the ratification of this Agreement by both parties. Lastly, all terms set forth in the parties’ 2018 - 2023 CNA shall be retained, unchanged, in the successor agreement unless otherwise stipulated below. NOW, THEREFORE BE !T RESOLVED, the parties tentatively agree as follows: DURATION. Five (5) years: January 1,2024 through December 31, 2028. ARTICLE VIII — SALARIES (pg. 10). Paragraph A. The first two sentences shall be revised as follows: “Qpon promotion to any Officer's Rank, the individual shall go to minimum salary for that rank. !f said promotion occurred prior to September 1*, he/she shall progress to maximum on the following January 1%. If said promotion occurred on or after September 1, he/she shall progress to maximum on their first anniversary date.” Annual across-the-board salary increases 2024 through 2028 shall be as follows: January 1, 2024: 1.5% July 1, 2024: 1.5% January 1, 2025: 3.0% January 1, 2026: 3.0% January 1, 2027: 3.0% January 1, 2028: 3.0% Effective January 1, 2025, annual Inspector Stipend, to be distributed as part of base pay, and contingent upon said member maintaining his/her license: $500.