LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – District 4 Councilman Tim Green brought a budget proposal of his own during one of his first meetings on the dais, calling for the city to deny the agreement brought forward by the Lubbock Professional Police Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did give us a plan and a proposal. It was a bad one, it was not a good one, and we don\u2019t have to accept it. We can\u2019t modify it, but we can suggest something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lubbock Professional Police Association is asking for a one-year deal that would include 10 new patrol positions and a five percent raise for Lubbock\u2019s sworn officers. That proposal would be about $3 million more than if the city only implemented three percent raises.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job is to protect the citizens of Lubbock. Police officers, firefighters, and especially their pocketbook. And that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking at,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n
Green compared the police association\u2019s proposal with the one brought forward by the Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association.<\/p>\n
The Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association brought forward a deal to move to a 24\/72 shift over the next six years. With that change and raises included, it\u2019s about $1.5 million more than if the city only implemented three percent raises for firefighters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe employees know exactly where they\u2019re going to be, they can plan, they can plan their lives around knowing what kind of raise they\u2019re going to get,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n
Mayor Mark McBrayer thanked Green for his work on the proposal but said he doesn\u2019t plan on voting that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been advocating and I ran on adding new police officers. So, I\u2019ve really, in my mind, I have to see a plan that adds police officers this year as a priority,\u201d McBrayer said.<\/p>\n
District 1 Councilwoman Christy Martinez-Garcia agreed, mentioning the idea behind meet-and-confer is to hear directly from the officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe work with these departments. We get their input on what they need. And this city is growing. And whether we want to face that growth or not, we are like gearing towards 300,000 people very soon,\u201d Martinez-Garcia said.<\/p>\n
Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Wilson said she doesn\u2019t see herself voting to add firefighter positions and not police positions, either, but she also thanked Green for his suggestions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely appreciate one of the kind of, the foresights that you\u2019re having on more of a long-term agreement. And I would definitely encourage our police association next year potentially to bring a longer agreement because it does help with future planning,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n
City Manager Jarrett Atkinson presented four possibilities of how this could affect residents. The city\u2019s proposed budget with three percent raises for fire and police would cost the average homeowner about $80 more in property taxes. If the city accepts both meet-and-confer agreements, the average homeowner would pay about $107 more.<\/p>\n
The first vote on the budget and both meet-and-confer agreements is Tuesday, September 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody up here has their own opinions about what needs to be done. And we\u2019ll have, unfortunately, just about a week to figure that out,\u201d McBrayer said.<\/p>\n
The mayor said if residents have an opinion on this, now is the time to call him or their councilmember and let them know what they want to see.<\/p>\n
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