The Hollister council Monday is set to consider approving a new contract for the police union and an extension for the downtown association as manager of the motorcycle rally, along with matching funds for an electric vehicle and three new playground sets.
Council members are set to meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Hollister City Hall, 375 Fifth St.
The police contract would extend from Nov. 1 through October 2017. It includes a 6.3 percent pay increase for sworn officers. There are provisions for a sharing arrangement on health costs, though, and the city estimated it would save $64,000 in the general fund with no stipulated time frame for those savings. As part of the health care section in the contract, the city is offering cash incentives – $1,380 for an employee plus family – for workers not to participate in the city’s health plan.
As for other items on the agenda, the airport needs an official approval after accepting a $17,107 grant from the Monterey Bay Air Pollution Control District to fund 95 percent of costs for an electric vehicle. It would replace a 2001 GMC maintenance vehicle, according to the agenda.
Additionally, the city is weighing a contract with the Hollister Downtown Association to manage the 2015 and 2016 motorcycle rallies. The estimate for the city’s costs is at $149,000 for the 2015 event, to be held over the July 4 weekend.
Also, the council is considering a $102,359 grant from Game Time to go toward purchase of $140,000 in new playground equipment for Las Brisas Park, Park Hill and Jerry Game Memorial Park at the airport. The largest structure would go on Park Hill. Las Brisas Park would get a new structure with a new slide. And a structure called Alpine Adventure would go up at the Jerry Gabe airport park.
