REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of no cost of living and merit compensation increases for the City Manager and City Attorney and approval to apply the benefit changes for the City Manager and City Attorney, unless stated otherwise in the employment agreement, as included in the new Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees (Unit 9) Memorandum of Understanding
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
As the Human Resources Director, charged with ensuring compliance with the Council Appointees employment contracts, this report recommends COLA, merit, and benefit changes to the City Manager and City Attorney, similar to those included in the Unit 9 successor MOU for calendar years 2019 and 2020. The City Manager and City Attorney each have employment contracts that outline the compensation for each incumbent. For the salary and benefits, unless articulated differently in their individual agreements, prior cost of living adjustments (COLA) for both City Manager and City Attorney were aligned with those received by the Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees (Unit 9) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). For example, on December 16, 2018, Unit 9 received a 4% COLA, which the City Council also approved for the City Attorney, and also provided to the City Manager in accordance with the terms of the City Manager's employment contract. Additionally, both the City Attorney's and City Manager's employment contracts provide, to varying degrees, that fringe benefits will align with those benefits provided to Unit 9.
The City of Santa Clara's collective bargaining agreement with Unit 9 expired on December 14, 2019. On or about November 3, 2020, the City and Unit 9 reached an overall Tentative Agreement on the terms to be contained in the successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and Unit 9. The terms of the MOU are placed on the November 17, 2020, Consent Calendar for City Council approval. ...
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