RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMERCE CITY EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION AND ACTIONS RELATED TO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on March 16, 2020 declaring a local state of emergency; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on March 25, 2020 declaring an economic emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on August 4, 2020 approving a letter of agreement between the City of Commerce and the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees units related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the City’s economic condition and loss of revenue; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on December 15, 2020 approving a letter of agreement between the City of Commerce and the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees; and WHEREAS, the Letter of Agreement approved on December 15, 2020 was in regards to the COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Emergency, which, among other matters, addressed economic adjustments necessitated by the COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Emergency for full-time and part-time employees; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on July 20, 2021 approving a letter of agreement between the City of Commerce and the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees related to a one-time lump sum off-salary-schedule payment for active full-time and part-time employees in appreciation of employees who worked Productive Hours within a certain time frame during the COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Emergency; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on July 20, 2021 approving that effective the first payroll period commencing on or after January 1, 2022, cost sharing for all full-time represented and unrepresented employees (excluding Executive Management) towards the City’s required employer contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Retirement Benefit shall be reduced by three and a half percent (3.5%); and WHEREAS, this Resolution proposes to make adjustments to compensation and benefits of Unrepresented Employees similar to those for full-time represented employees in the signed executed letter of agreement as it relates to a reduction in the percentage of employee cost sharing towards the City’s required employer contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Retirement Benefit; and WHEREAS, the contents and findings of the attached Letter of Agreement, which is incorporated herein by this reference, are recommended to the City Council for its approval based on those discussions and the current economic circumstances the City faces; and WHEREAS, the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees units and the City of Commerce (City) met and conferred regarding a salary wage increase for part-time employees and a reduction in cost sharing towards the City’s required employer contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Retirement Benefit for full-time employees; and WHEREAS, the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees units and the City of Commerce (City) met and conferred regarding elimination of the part-time furlough reinstatement process; and WHEREAS, the City consulted with the City of Commerce Employees Association (CCEA), representing full-time and part-time employees units, as stipulated in the letter of agreement from December 15, 2020 regarding a layoff, effective September 14, 2022, of fifteen (15) part-time employees, currently on furlough status, due to a lack of work for those positions; and WHEREAS, the fiscal impact for this will be $XX,XXX for fiscal year 2022 – 2023 in total costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. The Letter of Agreement between the City of Commerce and the City of Commerce Employees Association related to a general wage increase for part-time employees and a cost sharing reduction for full-time employees, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and is incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby approved. The City Manager is authorized to sign the Letter of Agreement on behalf of the City.
Section 3. Effective September 14, 2022, layoff of fifteen (15) part-time employees, currently on furlough status and identified with the City of Commerce Employees’ Association, is hereby approved Section 4. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 13th day of September, 2022.
Oralia Rebollo Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway City Clerk
City Council Mtg: September 13, 2022
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