City of Santa Clara - File #: 19-755

• File #: 19-755
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Calendar
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/7/2019
• In control: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
• On agenda: 6/25/2019
• Final action: 6/25/2019
• Title: Action on Approval of (1) the 2018-2021 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Clara and the Unclassified Police Management Association Unit 9A, and (2) a Resolution to Approve and Adopt the Associated Salary Schedule and Unclassified/Elected Salary Plan

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2019	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Adopted

REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Approval of (1) the 2018-2021 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Clara and the Unclassified Police Management Association Unit 9A, and (2) a Resolution to Approve and Adopt the Associated Salary Schedule and Unclassified/Elected Salary Plan

Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's collective bargaining agreement with the Unclassified Police Management Association Unit 9A (Unit 9A) expired on December 22, 2018. This bargaining group currently represents approximately 5 full-time equivalent positions and includes the employee job classifications of Assistant Police Chief and Police Captain.
On May 22, 2019, the City and Unit 9A reached an overall Tentative Agreement on the terms to be contained in the successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and Unit 9A. Unit 9A held a vote that concluded on May 30, 2019, resulting in Unit 9A ratifying the attached agreement.

DISCUSSION
The recommended action is approval of the MOU. If approved, the terms of the MOU will be in effect from December 23, 2018 through and including December 25, 2021.

The significant provisions of the new MOU are as follows:

Term
December 23, 2018 through December 25, 2021

Compensation Adjustments
Year 1 - Salaries will be increased by the same percentage as applied to the Santa Clara Police Officers Association (Unit 2), which is a 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 June 25, 2019).

Year 2 - For the December 2019-2020 MOU year, salaries will be increased by the same percentage as applied to Unit 2.

Year 3 - For the December 2020-2021 MOU year, salaries will be increased by the same percentage as applied to Unit 2.

Effective December 23, 2019 (with the first paycheck issued in January 2020), the City shall contribute per member to the City's Voluntary Employee's Benefit A...