REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to execute the 2022-2024 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Clara and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Local 101 (Unit 6), that incorporates the terms of the Tentative Agreement
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency.
BACKGROUND
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 101 (hereafter, "Unit 6") Memorandum of Understanding (hereafter, "MOU") expired on December 31, 2021.
Given the ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the surrounding uncertainty, and its impacts on the City's ongoing budget deficit, the City and Unit 6 engaged in discussions on a successor MOU in an effort to reduce the City's estimated General Fund deficit. As of February 2022, the City projects a substantial General Fund ongoing shortfall of $19.6 million in FY 2023/24, which is largely the result of COVID-19 induced impacts on the City's revenues.
As previously noted, the City of Santa Clara's collective bargaining agreement with Unit 6 expired on December 31, 2021. The City and Unit 6 began negotiations on a successor MOU in August 2021 and met approximately fourteen (14) times. As the parties were unable to reach agreement during negotiations and reached impasse, the City and Unit 6 engaged in mediation beginning in January 2022 and met with the mediator approximately six (6) times. Two mediator's recommendations for settlement were not ratified by Unit 6 membership. After the conclusion of the mediation process, the City adopted a majority of the mediator's recommendation for settlement in a package proposal provided to Unit 6 which Unit 6's membership also rejected. On or about April 28, 2022, Unit 6 provided a counter proposal which the City accepted, and the City and Unit 6 reached a Tentative Agreement on the overall terms of a successor MOU. The Tentative Agreement was ratified by Unit 6 membersh...
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