*Authorize settlement agreement with Portland Police Association to grant 167 vacation hours and adjust vacation leave accruals for Officer Davonne Zentner

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: The City and Portland Police Association (the Union) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement effective July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025. Article 24 of the collective bargaining agreement outlines the vacation accrual rate based upon years of service. On February 9, 2023, the Union filed a grievance, alleging that the City violated the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) by failing to provide the correct vacation accruals for Officer Davonne Zentner. The City and the Union came to a Settlement Agreement that would grant Zentner 167 hours of vacation leave, effective April 27, 2023 to compensate her for the vacation hours at issue in the grievance. Under the settlement terms, in addition to the two (2) year maximum allowable vacation carryover, Officer Zentner will be allowed to carry over additional vacation leave of 167 hours until the first pay period in 2025, after which, vacation over maximum will be capped under the terms of the CBA. This agreement would also adjust Zentner's vacation accrual rate to 7.39 hours per bi-weekly pay period to bring her to the vacation accrual rate for a bargaining unit members with 20 years of service accrual rate, effective April 27, 2023. The Parties agree that this Agreement reflects a unique resolution of a contested grievance matter and is thus non-precedent setting beyond the terms set forth in this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Settlement Agreement between the City and the Union attached as Exhibit A is hereby ratified by Council. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because delay will inhibit the proper implementation of the provisions of this agreement; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.