(DES MOINES) - The Iowa Department of Management today released the following costs associated with the collective bargaining proposal put forth by the State Police Officers Council (SPOC). If the SPOC proposal were extended to all state employees, the costs from all funding sources would be as follows:

 

Overall:

 

Year 1 (FY`14): $156,974,189 million increase

Year 2 (FY `15): $159,247,448 million increase

 

Across-the-Board salary increases:

 

Year 1 (FY`14): $68,872,823 million increase

Year 2 (FY `15): $72,119,828 million increase

 

Step salary increases (4.5% average salary increase):

 

Year 1 (FY`14): $47,630,162 million increase

Year 2 (FY `15): $45,340,401 million increase

 

Benefits (Health care, retirement, etc.)

 

Year 1 (FY`14): $39,471,204 million increase

Year 2 (FY `15): $41,787,219 million increase

 

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