CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, June 6, 1984
Page 6
Mediator to help in police talks
By JOHN UNREIN Staff Reporter
A stalemate in negotiations between Lawrence police and the city, primarily due to disagreements concerning wage increases for police officers next year, has forced both agencies call in a federal mediator for help.
Ray Hummert, city personnel director and acting chief negotiator for the city, said Monday that a letter requesting a mediator would be sent to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Kansas City, Mo. told that a mediator was expected to arrive in Lawrence sometime next week.
"ACCORDING TO CITY ordinance, we are required to ask for a federal mediator when negotiations reach impasse." Hummert said last month. He said he was between the city and the Lawrence Police Officers Association at the
Law Enforcement Center.
"We had until tonight to reach agreement," Hummert said. "We identified our final package and they agreed that we would have with no attempt to reach agreement."
During the special meeting, the LPOA unanimously rejected the city's final offer of a 3.5 percent salary increase for all officers, including detectives, in 1985 and a 4.25 percent increase in 1986.
AFTER THE LPOA had rejected the offer, Hummert said the city would return to its original offer of a 2.5 percent base salary increase for 1985 for patrol officers and corporals and a 2.5 percent increase in 1986 for patrol officers, corporals and detectives.
"Why they went back to their original proposal is to me prepesterous," Don Love, LPOA vice chairman, said Thursday.
"We have come down tremendously from what we came in with, trying to work with the city and get
Last April, the LPOA requested a 10 percent salary increase, but after the city offered them a 2.5 percent raise, they said their wives hike request to 6 percent
an agreement. They have not been favorable at all on coming up and triving to meet us," Love said.
The LPOA gave a final offer of 5.75 percent before last Thursday's meeting
Although wage adjustment is not the only issue the city and police disagree on concerning next year's work agreement, the salary dispute has become the major factor blocking negotiations.
ANOTHER OBSTACLE has been the LPOA's request for a one-year contract instead of the standard two-year contract. Hummert said.
"THE TWO-YEAR agreement allows us to plan resources and revenues extremely well." Hummert said. "We think the two-year agreement concept has worked to the benefit of both the city in order to properly plan our resources, revenues and expenditures, and also at the same time has worked well for the police officers."
Love cited the unpredictability of the economy as the main reason the LPOA wanted a one-year contract. He said the LPOA only wished to protect itself from a major increase in the cost of living.
Locally, the cost of living is expected next year to increase 3.5 percent to 7 percent, according to economic indicators.
Humbermart said that last fall the city conducted a reclassification study in which the salaries of police officers in 26 other Midwestern cities comparable to the size of Lawrence were studied.
"We found that our salaries were very comparable to other cities near the size of Lawrence." Hummert mentions two adjustments in your agreements forLawrence police left them in a very good position the second year.
Pop cans on campus cost an extra nickel
By the Kansan Staff
If you haven't noticed, the price of a can of pop in campus vending machines has jumped from 40 cents to 45 cents. The move was made about three weeks ago, when the Karsas Union, director of the Karsas Union.
Long said the reason for the price increase was the rising cost of producing the soft drinks.
The price of the product has to increase just to keep up with inflation, Long said.
"Although it (inflation) isn't what it was, it is still with us today," he said.
Although beverage prices rose, residence halls will continue to make five percent of gross sales from each vending machine in
their hall
"THE VOLUME IS going up, but they (residence halls) will continue to receive a split on the pop, as well as other products." Long said. "They put these funds into materials to buy books and materials."
Long said that when beverage prices rose, food prices tended to follow.
"You find you'll have an increase in beverages, and the food will creep up right behind them," he said.
The last time beverage prices rose – about two years ago – soft drinks went from 35 cents to 40 cents a can.
"This usually happens in the summer because that is when we start bidding on food and beverages." Long said.
Insurance fraud inquiry goes on
By the Kansan Staff
The amount of money involved in a Lawrence insurance fraud investigation could be fairly substantial, attorney Perry Harper said Monday.
Last week, Richard N. Leines, a Lawrence insurance agent and owner of the Dickens Land with eight counts of forgery, three counts of
securities law violations and one count of printing a false document. All charges are felonies.
Harper said that an investigation into the Dick Leines Agency had been conducted for several weeks.
THE INVESTIGATION resulted from questions raised by other local insurance agencies concerning policy issues. The Dale Deines Agency, Harper said.
The agency sold documents that were said to be insurance policies.
Harper said, but the investigation revealed that "there were no such policies."
The district attorney's office, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the securities commissioner, the state insurance commissioner and local police and sheriff departments were involved in the investigation, he said.
A preliminary hearing for Leines has been set for 9 a.m., July 11, in Douglas County District Court.
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