Title
Resolution authorizing a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Lake County Board, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 481, Law Enforcement Division- Sergeants Unit.
Staff Summary
• This is a three-year agreement beginning on December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2027 and covers 17 Sergeants positions in the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Division.
• Establishment of a longevity bonus structure paying from $1,000 to $2,500 at 5-year milestones up to 30 years.
• Wage settlement of includes an increase in the differential between the top Deputy rate and the promotional Sergeant rate. The differential was previously 10.25% and has been increased to 10.5%.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 481 has been recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for employees in the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Division- Sergeants Unit; and
WHEREAS, the parties have reached a tentative agreement on a successor contract; 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, 2024 through November 30, 2027 consistent with the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act 5ILCS 315/21.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on November 12, 2024.