The City Council on Monday approved a new three-year contract with the police union.
City employees aren't getting pay raises this year, and police officers won't either. The two sides have been in contract negotiations since June.
The union agreed to omit the scheduled 3-percent pay raise. The city also eliminated officers' clothing allowance and payments for "on call" duty. In exchange, members will receive one extra personal day each year.
The collective bargaining agreement also changes the department's pay period to 80 hours per 14 days - down from 84 hours. That means officers should have more opportunities to earn overtime pay. "That's definitely a benefit for them," Police Chief David Shears said.
"It's a pretty tough negotiation, but also a friendly one, which I thought was great," Shears said.
City Manager Steve Spina said negotiations with the firefighters' union would resume this week. Those negotiations have been contentious from the start, particularly with respect to the city's drug testing policy.
Shawn Baptist, the firefighters' union representative was fired last year for violating the city's drug and alcohol policy. The city is rewriting the policy.
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