City Council Meeting: October
10, 2006
Agenda Item: 1-F
To: Mayor and City Council
From:
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Municipal Employees Association
Recommended
Action
It is recommended that Council adopt the
attached Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the new Memorandum
of Understanding with the Municipal Employees Association.
Executive
Summary
The current Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) expired on June 30,
2006. MEA represents approximately 850
employees who hold clerical, technical, paraprofessional, skilled trades and
blue color positions. Per the terms and
conditions of that MOU, negotiations with MEA for a successor MOU commenced and
resulted in a new agreement that has been ratified by the membership of MEA.
The new MOU provides for an annual cost of living adjustment and adjust other
economic factors. The total cost of this MOU is $2,261,500 in fiscal year
2006-2007 and is included in the adopted budget.
Discussion
This agreement is a two-year
contract from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008. The agreement provides for a cost of living
increase of 4.0% for FY2006-2007; provides for a cost of living increase for
FY2007-2008 based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County area, with a 2.0%
minimum and a 4.0% maximum; increases the “pay for training” bonus, which has
not been adjusted since 1996, that an employee receives for training a new
employee in the same job classification from $0.70/hour to $1.50/hour , with
the pay-for-training work assignment not to exceed two (2) work weeks; increases
the shift differentials, which have not been adjusted since 1992, from
$0.75/hour to $1.00/hour for “swing”
shift and from $1.00/hour to $1.25/hour
for “graveyard” shift; increases the scuba pay bonus, which has not been
adjusted since 1993, that is paid to Pier and Harbor Services Officers for this
work assignment from $75.00/month to $125.00/month; provides an additional
sixteen (16) hours of non-cashable personal leave time; and makes minor
non-economic changes.
Budget/Financial Impact
The total cost of the new contract terms for
FY2006-2007 is $2,261,500. Provision was
made in the FY2006-2007 budget to accommodate the results of negotiations with
bargaining units and no appropriation is necessary.
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Approved: |
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Forwarded to Council: |
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Karen Bancroft Director of Human
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P. City Manager |