REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of the 2018-2021 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Police Officers Association (Unit 2)
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's collective bargaining agreement with the Police Officers Association (POA) Unit 2 expired on December 22, 2018. POA currently represents approximately 150 full-time equivalent positions. This unit includes the employee job classifications of Police Officer, Police Sergeant, Police Lieutenant and Police Recruit.
On or about September 25, 2018, negotiations with POA on a successor agreement commenced, and on April 22, 2019, the City and POA reached an overall Tentative Agreement on the terms to be contained in the successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and POA. The POA Unit 2 held a vote that concluded on or about May 21, 2019 resulting in Unit 2 ratifying the attached agreement.
DISCUSSION
This report recommends approval of the MOU. If approved, the terms of the MOU will be in effect from December 23, 2018 through and including December 18, 2021.
The significant provisions of the new MOU are as follows:
Term
December 23, 2018 through December 18, 2021
Compensation Adjustments
Year 1 - 5.00% wage increase retroactive to December 23, 2018, for all persons still employed on the date the City Council approves the 2018-2021 MOU (scheduled for Council action on May 21, 2019).
Year 2 - For the December 2019-2020 MOU year, total compensation adjustments to result in 5.5% above the benchmark agencies' total compensation survey average as of January 1, 2020.
Year 3 - For the December 2020-2021 MOU year, total compensation adjustments to result in 6.0% above the benchmark agencies' total compensation survey average as of January 1, 2021.
Intermediate POST rather than Advanced POST shall continue to be included in the benchmark survey.
Effective December 23, 2019, the City shall contribute per member to the City's Voluntary E...
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