Cotati City Council
Agenda Staff Report
Item type: CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION)
To: City Council
Subject: APPROVAL OF THE REVISED MOU FOR THE COTATI
POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (2024-2029)
Date: June 11, 2024
Written by: Damien O'Bid, City Manager
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the revised MOU for the Cotati Police Officers Association, beginning on July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.
Background
The Cotati Police Officers Association (CPOA) current has a 5-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that expires on June 30, 2024. The MOU is the collectively bargained labor agreement for all non-managerial police staff, including police dispatchers, police officers and corporals, community service officer and records analyst.
The City has been negotiating with the CPOA since the beginning of 2024 and has reached a tentative agreement, subject to City Council approval. The CPOA membership has unanimously ratified the tentative agreement.
Analysis/Discussion
Below is a summary of the changes to the CPOA MOU. Prior side letter agreements are also included in the updated MOU.
Sworn Uniform Allowance
• Increase from $800 to $1,000 per year, in line with changes to the unrepresented group.
Bilingual pay
• $150/mo (Proficient), $300/mo (Fluent), which is comparable to the similar benefit in other nearby agencies.
MOU Term
• 5 years
• A reopener on equity in year 3, City commitment to a compensation study.
Shift Differential
• 5% for regular time worked from 7 pm to 7 am, which is comparable to a similar benefit in other nearby agencies.
Salary
• Equity Adjustment to bring this group to the small city median of nearby agencies. o Dispatch: +7.1% total.
▪ 3.55% in Year 1, 3.55% in Year 2.
o Police Officer: +11.6% total.
▪ 5.8% in Year 1, 5.8% in Year 2.
• COLA
o 2.5% per year
Financial Considerations
The estimated annual and total 5-year costs of the proposed MOU amendments are indicated below. These are additional costs only, not existing costs.
FY 24-25 FY 25-26 FY 26-27 FY 27-28 FY 28-29 TOTAL 5
YEAR COST
$183,504 $318,634 $367,974 $419,473 $470,730 $1,760,315 These costs do not include the proposed change to Leave Bank and the related overtime and other salary costs it will create for additional shift coverage. Bilingual pay costing assumes 3 fluent, 3 proficient.
The proposed compensation is in-line with the median total compensation with the comparable agencies used by the City (Cloverdale, Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Calistoga, St. Helena). If approved by the City Council, these costs will be included in the proposed FY 24-25 budget.
Environmental Issues
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.