REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the 2017-2020 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Clara and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 101
Report
BACKGROUND
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and AFSCME (Unit 6) expired on December 16, 2017. The City and AFSCME Unit 6 came to a tentative agreement on a three year successor MOU on March 8, 2018. Unit 6 voted to approve that successor MOU on March 15, 2018.
DISCUSSION
This report recommends approval of the successor MOU, which, if approved by the City Council, will be in effect from December 17, 2017 through and including December 26, 2020.
The significant provisions of the new MOU are as follows:
Wages
? 3% wage increase retroactive to December 17, 2017
? 1% wage increase effective December 16, 2018
? 2.5% wage increase effective December 15, 2019
Holidays
Four additional non-permanent paid holidays for 12/26/17, 12/27/17, 12/28/17, and 12/29/17; four additional non-permanent paid holidays for 12/26/18, 12/27/18, 12/28/18, and 12/31/18; and four additional non-permanent paid holidays for 12/26/19, 12/27/19, 12/30/19 and 12/31/19. Employees who used leaves for the days or hours 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 three MOU years.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
The City and Unit 6 agreed that if CalPERS should implement a change in its actuarial methodology (i.e. assumed discount rate, smoothing methodology, demographic assumptions, etc.) which change would have a material impact on the City's employer contribution, the City and AFSCME agree to meet and confer regarding this change and its impacts.
Medical
? Incorporate the Affordable Care Act Side Letter between the City and Unit 6 executed on September 28, 2017. This Side Letter modified the prior MOU language to conform the Cit...
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