MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 5% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR CRIME SCENE SPECIALISTS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 9.5% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 5% special salary increase for Crime Scene Specialist I, II, and III, and Supervising Crime Scene Specialist job classifications.

Accordingly, and assuming this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership, employees in these job classifications will receive the following general and special salary increases over the 3-year term of this agreement:

Year 1 (FY 2027) – 2%

July 1, 2026: 2% (general salary increase)

Year 2 (FY 2028) – 8.5%

July 1, 2027: 3.5% (general salary increase)

July 1, 2027: 5% (special salary increase)

Year 3 (FY 2029) – 4%

July 1, 2028: 2% (general salary increase)

January 1, 2029: 2% (general salary increase)

Each general and special salary increase compounds when implemented, which means that over the next two and a half years your pay will steadily grow to be 15.3% higher than today, with the bulk of that increase coming in the first “one year plus one day” of the new contract.

Congratulations on this well-earned additional pay increase.  If you have any feedback or questions, please contact MEA at info@sdmea.org or 619-264-6632.