REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Miscellaneous Management (Unit 9) 2017-2019 MOU containing the 4% compensation increase in December 2017 and 4% in December 2018; and approve the same increases to the City Manager's compensation, as required by Employment Agreement
Report
BACKGROUND
The Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees (Unit 9) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired December 16, 2017. The City and Unit 9 negotiated a two year MOU effective December 17, 2017 through December 14, 2019.
DISCUSSION
A tentative agreement has been reached between the City of Santa Clara (City) and Miscellaneous Management (Unit 9) on a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This report recommends approval of the MOU, which, if approved by the City Council, will be in effect from December 17, 2017 through and including December 14, 2019.
The MOU between the City and Unit 9 expired on December 16, 2017. A tentative agreement was reached on February 22, 2018. Unit 9 held a vote that concluded on March 1, 2018 and the City was notified that Unit 9 ratified the attached agreement.
The significant provisions of the new MOU are as follows:
Wages
? 4% wage increase retroactive to December 17, 2017
? 4% wage increase effective December 16, 2018
Holidays
Four additional non-permanent paid holidays for 12/26/17, 12/27/17, 12/28/17, and 12/29/17; and four additional non-permanent paid holidays for 12/26/18, 12/27/18, 12/28/18, and 12/31/18. Employees who used leaves for the days or worked on and between 12/26/17 and 12/29/17 will receive banked days or hours off which must be used in 2018. These non-permanent paid holidays will only be for these two MOU years.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
The City and Unit 9 will enter into a side letter agreeing that if CalPERS should adopt a change in its actuarial methodology (i.e. assumed discount rate, smoothing methodology, demographic assumptions, etc.) which increases the City's pensi...
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