City of Santa Clara - File #: 22-815

• File #: 22-815
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Calendar
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/7/2022
• In control: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
• On agenda: 6/21/2022
• Final action: 6/21/2022
• Title: Authorize the City Manager to execute the 2022-2025 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Clara and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1245 (hereafter, "Unit 3"), that incorporates the terms of the Tentative Agreement, and Adoption of a Resolution to Update the Classified Salary Plan for Classifications represented by IBEW

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/21/2022	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Approved

REPORT TO COUNCIL

SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to execute the 2022-2025 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Clara and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1245 (hereafter, "Unit 3"), that incorporates the terms of the Tentative Agreement, and Adoption of a Resolution to Update the Classified Salary Plan for Classifications represented by IBEW

Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency.

BACKGROUND
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1245 (hereafter, "Unit 3") Memorandum of Understanding (hereafter, "MOU") expired on December 18, 2021.

While there are ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the surrounding uncertainty, and its impacts on the City's ongoing General Fund budget deficit, Unit 3 is exclusively funded through sources other than the General Fund. 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 3 expired on December 18, 2021. The City and Unit 3 began negotiations on a successor MOU in August 2021 and met approximately seventeen (17) times. On or about May 27, 2022, the parties reached a Tentative Agreement on the overall terms of a successor MOU. Unit 3 notified the City on or about June 1, 2022, that the Tentative Agreement was ratified by Unit 3 membership.

Updated Salary Plan
Section 9 of the Personnel and Salary Resolution requires City Council approval of compensation plans for both classified and unclassified positions. California Code Regulations Section 570.5 requires the adoption of updated publicly available salary schedules by the governing body. The attached Resolution approves the updated salary plan for all classifications represented by IBEW consistent with the terms of t...