Title
Resolution authorizing the updated Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Lake County Board, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (ILFOPLC) Sworn Deputy Unit, to include additional agreed upon conditions.
Staff Summary
• This is a three-year agreement retroactive to December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2023 and covers approximately 171 positions in the Deputy and Telecommunicator Unit of the Sheriff’s Department.
• The agreement was originally approved as agenda item 22-1282 at the September 13, 2022 County Board meeting.
• After the agreement was approved, it was discovered that some agreed upon conditions were unintentionally omitted.
• The CBA has been updated and changes include:
o Correction in language to:
§ Article 13, section 9
§ Article 21, section 2, 4 and 5
§ Article 22, section 2
o Article 20-a and 20-b: Addition of Juneteenth as a fixed holiday.
o Minor formatting and punctuation throughout.
• This item was on the January 12, 2023 Financial and Administrative Committee meeting agenda, and the Committee voted to postpone for one month.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the ILFOPLC Union has been recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for employees in the Lake County Sworn Deputy Unit; and
WHEREAS, the parties have reached a tentative agreement on a successor contract; and
WHEREAS, the agreement was originally approved as agenda item 22-1282 at the September 13, 2022 County Board meeting; and
WHEREAS, after the item was approved, it was discovered that some agreed upon conditions were unintentionally omitted and the updated agreement is attached; and
WHEREAS, the County Board holds the final approval to ratify the terms of the tentative agreement reached.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this the County Board of Lake County, that the Chair of the Board is hereby authorized to sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement attached hereto and make a part of this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Agreement shall be effective from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2023 consistent with the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act 5ILCS 315/21.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on February 21, 2023.