Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Somerville Police Department)

Beryl Lipton filed this request with the Somerville Police Department of Somerville, MA.
Multi Request Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement
Submitted Aug. 18, 2020
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From: Beryl Lipton

Subject: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Somerville Police Department)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the current collective bargaining agreement (also known as a collective agreement or a union contract) between this department/agency and the local police union/fraternal order/benevolent association (or similar/equivalent organization). This includes any and all memorandums of understanding or similar agreements. Please provide all associated addendums, amendments, appendices, exhibits, and other supplemental and supporting documents.

Here are examples of responsive materials provided by other agencies in response to similar requests:
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2018/02/27/2-21-18_MR18491_RES_IDC000697-022018.pdf (Long Beach, California)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/08/24/Collective_Bargaining_Agreement_1.pdf (St. Louis, Missouri)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/12/14/TPPA_2015-2017.pdf (Toledo, Ohio)
https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2020/07/17/2020-134_2020-02-18_Meet___Confer_Agreement_Waco_Police_Association.pdf (Waco, Texas)

This request is being submitted as a collaborative research effort in the public interest. It is being submitted to your agency partially due to public feedback that your locality should be included in this work. This request is being submitted in the public interest and without any commercial interest.

We will appreciate that your agency assesses any necessary fees according to the public and academic interest with which this request is being made. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request be filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. There is also an upload link provided as part of the electronic version of this message that we encourage your agency to use to transfer files.

If you have any questions or need additional clarification about this request, please let me know.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

From: Somerville Police Department

Subject: FW: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Somerville Police Department)

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In response to your August 18, 2020 public records request, attached please find the most recent integrated contracts between the City of Somerville and the Somerville Police Employees Association and the City of Somerville and the Somerville Police Superior Officers Association, each with the subsequent settlements or arbitration awards attached. As you will see, the most recent SPEA contract expired on June 30, 2015, and the most recent SPSOA contract expired on June 30, 2018.

I believe this constitutes a complete response to your request. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Julie M. McKenzie
Chief Labor Counsel
City of Somerville
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 625-6600x4407 (office)
(617) 776-8847 (fax)
juliemckenzie@somervillema.gov

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