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

Beryl Lipton

Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of Spokane.  Your request has been received and is being processed.  Your request was received in this office on August 18, 2020 and given the reference number P003411-081820 for tracking purposes.
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Description of Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

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In accordance with the Public Records Act (PRA), RCW 42.56.520, this message acknowledges receipt of your PRA request, received by the City of Spokane on August 19, 2020.  This request has been assigned tracking number P003411-081820.  Please use this number in any communications concerning this request.
Your request states: To Whom It May Concern:”

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

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In partial response to your request, you will find a copy of the latest Police Guild contract (OPR 2013-0864), located by City Clerk staff, available for your review by accessing your "My Request Center" account on the City's public records request portal (GovQA).  In addition, you will find a proposed contract (OPR 2020-0514) for your review, which was rejected by City Council.   In addition, you can view additional documents by visiting the City Clerk's Public Records Search tool on the City's website at the following link: https://publicdocs.spokanecity.org/cityclerkrecords/.  Once on this page, insert OPR 2013-0864 into the File Number field and hit the search button.  You will be able to view/print other associated documents filed under OPR 2013-0864.  You will follow the same steps to view additional documents filed under OPR 2020-0514.
Your request has also been forwarded to Human Resources staff for review and searching/compiling any responsive records.  In addition, City Clerk staff are checking to see if any remaining records may be located.
We reasonably anticipate requiring approximately 30 days, or until on or about September 28, 2020, to provide a next installment of records, if any.  We will follow up with you on or about that date regarding the status of your request.  If public records become available in advance of this estimate, we will let you know.  Conversely, if City staff encounters a need to extend our estimate, we will advise accordingly.
Sincerely,
Terri Pfister
City Clerk
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Mr. Lipton:
This is a follow up to my August 27, 2020, message to you pertaining to your public records request assigned PRR tracking number P003411-081820.  This is to advise that a second and final installment of remaining records located and compiled by the Human Resources Department and City Clerk's Office in response to your public records request are available for your review by accessing your "My Request Center" account on the City's public records portal.
If you feel we have overlooked anything in responding to your public records request, or if you have specific knowledge of responsive records not yet made available to you under your request, please advise and clarify as to what those remaining records, if any, you may still be seeking, and we will be glad to look into your request further.  If no such clarification has been received by October 5, 2020, we will consider our response in this matter concluded and closed, and a new request for any remaining records you may be seeking will need to be made after that date.
If we may be of additional assistance, please advise.
Sincerely,
Terri Pfister
City Clerk
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Mr. Lipton:
This is a follow up to my message to you on September 4, 2020, pertaining to your public records request assigned tracking number P003411-081820.

Under my September 4 response, I requested clarification of your request and that any such clarification be provided by October 5, 2020.  As indicated in my response, since no clarification from you has been received by the October 5 date as specified in my response, we are considering your concluded and closed.
If you feel we have overlooked anything in responding to your request, or if we may be of additional assistance, please advise.
Sincerely,
Terri Pfister
City Clerk
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