Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, submitting the Racine Police Staff Officers’ Association’s, 2025 - 2028 collective bargaining agreement for consideration. Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 04-13-2026: That the negotiated collective bargaining agreement with the Racine Police Staff Officers’ Association for 2025-2028 be approved. Fiscal Note: The wage increases are consistent with that of the Racine Police Association while maintaining a minimum compression for PH4.5 of 10.15% above PH4 and a minimum compression for PH5 of 10.15% above PH4.5 for each year of the contract. The settlement also includes increases for members’ employee health insurance premium contributions from 7.5 % to 10%, effective January 1, 2027, and to 12.5%, effective January 1, 2028. The cumulative costs of the contractual increases for the Racine Police Staff Officers Association over the four-year period amount to approximately $900,000 in wages and benefits over the life of the contract.

Committee

Finance and Personnel Committee

Introduced

March 10, 2026

On agenda

April 20, 2026

Passed

April 20, 2026