MEDIA ALERT Springfield City Council will vote on a collective bargaining agreement with the Springfield Police Officers’ Association (SPOA), Fraternal Order of the Police Lodge 22 (police union) at a special council meeting at noon, March 31, 2015 at the Public Safety Center, 330 W. Scott. The meeting precedes the regularly-scheduled Council Lunch Workshop. The union voted to ratify the agreement on Monday evening, confirming that the contract had been ratified with a nearly unanimous vote. # # # For more information, contact Cora Scott, Director of Public Information & Civic Engagement, at 417-380-3352.