Los Angeles police officers have until Monday night to decide whether to accept a proposed labor agreement with the city that would provide cost-of-living salary increases over the next five years.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing about 9,900 officers, will complete its ratification process at 9 p.m. Voting began last week.
An announcement is expected Monday night after ballots have been counted, union representatives said.
According to the city, the proposed contract would not provide any increases for 2014 or 2015, but calls for a 4 percent cost-of-living adjustment in July 2016, followed by a 2 percent increase in July 2017 and another 2 percent in January 2018.
The deal also includes a 5 percent increase in health-care subsidies, a $500 increase in the annual uniform allowance and an optional overtime buy-down and increase in cash overtime.
If approved by union members and the City Council, the contract will run through June 30, 2018.
The city spends about $990 million a year on police salaries, and the health-care subsidy increase would begin in July, city officials said.
The additional salary, health-care and uniform costs to the city are projected to be about $157.45 million over the four years of the contract, city officials said.
Last summer, the union rejected a different contract proposal that would have boosted starting annual salaries, but included no salary increases for existing employees.
— City News Service