HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12c - Extending Memoranda of Understanding for Represented Employee GroupsDATE: July 21, 2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dominic Lazzaretto, City Manager
Hue C. Quach, Administrative Services Director
By: Shama P. Curian, Human Resources Administrator
SUBJECT: RESOLUTIONS EXTENDING EXISTING MEMORANDA OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH NO CHANGES TO EXISTING
COMPENSATION AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR THE REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEE GROUPS
Recommendation: Adopt
SUMMARY
Resolution Nos. 7320, 7321, 7322, 7323, and 7328 extend the current terms of
employment and compensation for City employees represented by the Arcadia Fire
Fighters Association (“AFFA”), Arcadia City Employees Association (“ACEA”), Arcadia
Public Works Employees Association (“APWEA”), Arcadia Police Officers Association
(“APOA”), and the Arcadia Police Civilian Employees Association (“APCEA”).
Understanding that there are ongoing economic uncertainties from COVID-19 with
resulting budgetary constraints and future liabilities, the City received a formal request
from the associations to extend the current terms and conditions of the existing
Memoranda of Understanding for one-year with no increases to salary and benefits.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution Nos. 7320, 7321, 7322, 7323,
and 7328 extending existing compensation and benefits as outlined in the current
Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”) effective July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
DISCUSSION
The labor agreements with the AFFA, ACEA, APWEA, APOA, and APCEA expired on
June 30, 2020. Understanding the challenge in assessing the economic impact caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 1 representatives of the AFFA association reached
out to the City with a proposal to extend the existing terms and conditions of their current
MOU. With the request from the AFFA, the City approached the ACEA, APCEA, APWEA,
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and APOA to determine if there was a similar interest among all the groups to extend the
current contracts for one year.
Recognizing the current climate of economic uncertainty, and that the City continues to
assess and manage the possibility of further structural budget shortfalls due to COVID-
19, the respective negotiation members worked quickly with the City to reach a tentative
agreement. By June 30, the City received formal notification from all the associations to
accept the one-year extension for their respective groups.
The attached resolutions presented for adoption reflect a continuation of the existing
working terms and conditions. The proposed term of the agreement will be extended
through June 30, 2021.
Additionally, Executive Management, Management, City Council, and Unrepresented
Confidential employees receive compensation and benefit adjustments through a City
Council adopted resolution. Historically, these compensation and benefit adjustments are
in concert with the other employee association agreements. Similar to the one-year
extension for the employee association groups, current Fringe Benefits Resolution No.
7210 will remain in effect with no changes or amendments.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The proposed action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”), and it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the
environment. Thus, this matter is exempt under CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no additional fiscal impacts to extending the current agreements with the AFFA,
ACEA, APWEA, APOA, and APCEA through June 30, 2021.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this action does not constitute a
project and is, therefore exempt, under the California Environmental Quality Act
(“CEQA”); and adopt the following resolutions approving Memoranda of Understanding
extending existing compensation and related benefits for the represented employee
groups.
1) Resolution 7320, extending existing Memorandum of Understanding with no
changes to existing compensation and related benefits for the Arcadia Fire
Fighter’s Association (“AFFA”).
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for AFFA/ACEA/APWEA/APOA/APCEA
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2) Resolution No. 7321, extending existing Memorandum of Understanding with no
changes to existing compensation and related benefits for the Arcadia City
Employees Association (“ACEA”).
3) Resolution No. 7322, extending existing Memorandum of Understanding with no
changes to existing compensation and related benefits for the Arcadia Public
Works Employees Association (“APWEA”).
4) Resolution No. 7323, extending existing Memorandum of Understanding with no
changes to existing compensation and related benefits for the Arcadia Police
Civilian Employees Association (“APCEA”).
5) Resolution No. 7328, extending existing Memorandum of Understanding with no
changes to existing compensation and related benefits for the Arcadia Police
Officers Association (“APOA”).
Attachments: Resolution No. 7320 – AFFA
Resolution No. 7321 – ACEA
Resolution No. 7322 – APWEA
Resolution No. 7323 – APCEA
Resolution No. 7328 – APOA