Police union contract/collective bargaining agreement (Lockport City Police Department)

To: Beryl Lipton

From: Paul K. Oates

The information in this FOIL request is posted on our city website,
lockportny.gov. Scroll down to 'employee portal' at the bottom of the
homepage. Under 'Union Contracts', you will find 'Hickory Club contract'.
This is the contract between the city and its police union. This should
fulfill the information sought in this request.

Paul K. Oates

City Clerk

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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 5:38 PM
To: Paul Oates <poates@lockportny.gov>
Subject: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: Police union
contract/collective bargaining agreement (Lockport City Police Department)

Lockport City Police Department
FOIL Office
1 Locks Plaza
Lockport, NY 14094

August 18, 2020

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information 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_Agreeme
nt_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___Co
nfer_Agreement_Waco_Police_Association.pdf (Waco, Texas)

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Beryl Lipton

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