City-EPOA
Side Letter of Agreement, 2022-2023
I. Parties
The Parties to this Side Letter of Agreement (herein after “Side Letter”) are the City of Emeryville (herein after referred to as “City”) and the Emeryville Police Officers’ Association (herein after referred to as “EPOA”).
II. Background
The Parties are the signatories to a Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter referred to as the “MOU”) setting forth terms and conditions of employment for City employees within the Emeryville Police Officers’ Association bargaining unit.
The Parties agree as follows:
III. MOU Amendments
A. For Purposes of the MOU amendments set forth below, language that is overstruck (e.g., overstruck) will be omitted from the MOU. Language that is italicized and boldfaced will be added to the MOU as indicated. Appendix A, attached hereto and referred to below, will replace the existing Appendix A in its entirety. The existing MOU will, in all other respects, remain in effect without change through the new term specified below.
B. Section 18 – Salaries, Sub-Section 18.1 and the Appendix of the MOU are hereby amended to read as follows:
18.1 Salaries of represented employees shall be paid in the amounts reflected in the salary schedule attached hereto as Appendix "A". The base rates shown in Appendix A shall be adjusted by three percent (3%) of the base rates in effect on June 30, 2019, effective July 1, 2019. Base wages will be further adjusted by three percent (3%) of the base rates in effect on June 30, 2020, effective July 1, 2020. Base wages will be further adjusted by two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) of the base wage rates in effect on June 30, 2021, effective July 1, 2021. Base wages will be further adjusted by three percent (3%) of the base wage rates in effect on June 30, 2022, effective July 1, 2022.
Step F of the Sergeant wage range shall be set at one hundred two percent (102%) of the Step E rate (i.e. 2% above step E). To move to step Fa Sergeant must have completed four (4) years with the City at that rank. Step F of the Police Officer wage range shall be set at one hundred four percent (104%) of the step E rate (i.e. 4% above step E). To move to step F an Officer must have completed eight (8) years with the City at that rank.
The City will pay bargaining unit members, employed with the City on the date of payment, a non-pensionable lump sum of $1,250 on December 5, 2022. The lump sum amount will be included in regular payroll and is subject to all applicable payroll tax and withholding.
C. Section 28 Term of Agreement of the MOU is hereby amended to read as follows:
“This Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective on the date that it is signed by both parties hereto and shall remain in effect through June 30, 20223.
D. The Parties acknowledge that Emeryville faces a competitive recruiting environment for law enforcement positions and agree to form a labor management committee within 30 days of the adoption of this side letter to address recruitment and retention challenges.
EXHIBIT A
City-EPOA
Side Letter of Agreement, 2022-2023
IV. General Provisions
A. Upon adoption of this Side Letter of Agreement by the City Council, the Parties’ respective duty to meet and confer over wage increases, effective July 1, 2022, as provided in the Parties’ MOU prior to amendment as set forth above, shall be deemed to have been exhausted and concluded.
B. This Side Letter will take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
C. The written terms herein embody the entire Side Letter of Agreement between the Parties and other than those provisions of the MOU cited herein, no other terms of the MOU are modified or waived.
In witness hereof, this Side Letter of Agreement was ratified and adopted by a vote of the City Council on _________________________, 2022.
For the Employer: For the Union:
__________________________________ _____________________________________ Christine Daniel, City Manager Lance Goodfellow, President __________________________________ ____________________________________ Trish Raver, Human Resources Director Ron Shepherd, Representative _____________________________________
Warren Williams, Representative
Approved as to Form:
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John Kennedy, City Attorney