Politics & Government

City Imposes Contract on Roseville Police After Negotiations Stall

The Roseville City Council voted Thursday morning to force its "last, best and final offer" contract on the city's police union, as union leaders pleaded for talks to continue.

At issue were pension costs and wages: the city said it needed a deal that would result in cost-savings, and while police offered to pay more of the city's share of pension costs, the union also wanted pay raises. The city said each proposal from the Roseville Police Officers' Association would have raised costs, as the city is trying to close a structural deficit.

"I would like to emphasize that the action that the council has just taken is very consistent with the position that we took when we approached our budget for this fiscal year," Roseville Mayor Susan Rohan said Thursday. "Last year at this time we saw that we had a structural deficit, and we made a commitment that we weren't going to kick that down the road anymore."

In a statement, the police labor union said officers in Roseville will take home $400 to $600 less each month, starting in June.

“Our police officers are extremely disappointed in the City Council – for their lack of interest in working with us,” the statement quoted Officer Jerry Wernli, President of the Roseville Police Officers' Association, as saying.  “It’s easy to say you support law enforcement, but today the Council showed us with their actions that their police are not a priority.”

The final vote was 4-0 in favor of imposing a contract on the police union, with Council Member Pauline Roccucci leaving the room before the vote, the union said.

Click here to read an earlier story with more details on the negotiations between the two sites.

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