The Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police and Mayor GT Bynum have come to a contractual agreement that would offer Tulsa officers a significant pay increase immediately.

According to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93 President Jeff Downs, under the contract, new officers would see a pay raise of nearly $9,000. That’s about an 18% increase bringing starting pay from around $49,000 up to $58,000. The maximum annual salary for officers would increase by about 8%, from around $73,000 to around $79,000.

Sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors and deputy chiefs would also receive raises. The chief, who is not subject to the collective bargaining process, would keep his current salary.

Bynum’s 2022 city budget includes $122.7 million for the Tulsa Police Department. The new agreement would cost the city an estimated $8.3 million more. The money would come from the general fund and public safety tax fund’s “undesignated fund balance.”