City of Huntington Beach
Surf City Lifeguard Employees’ Association (SCLEA)
Summary of MOU Modifications
May 5, 2022
Article # Subject Proposal
Article I
Term of MOU
Term June 11, 2022 – June 30, 2025
Article IV
Uniform Allowance
Equipment
Stipend
Employees will receive a $200 equipment stipend per calendar year, contingent on the employee’s requalification.
Article VIII
Salary Schedule
Modified Salary
Schedule
Effective pay period following Council approval, shift to a new master salary schedule that includes seven-steps (A – G) with five percent (5%) between each step; and one percent (1%) between each range.
Eliminate Junior Guard Instructors I & II and Junior Lifeguard Program Coordinator II positions; retitle Junior Lifeguard Program Coordinator I to Coordinator. Realign classifications and pay based on internal and market-based salary ranges, as shown in the table below.
All employees will be placed on the step in the new salary range that is closest to their current base salary step without being less.
In the event that the transition to the new salary range results in less than a 2% wage increase, the employee will be moved to the next highest step.
This does not apply to the Junior Lifeguard Instructor Is & IIs who will be merging with the Ocean Lifeguard Is & IIs, as they will be receiving the 5% Junior Guard Instructor Pay (described below).
Employees will have the opportunity to earn a merit-based increase to the next step on an annual basis, provided that they meet performance standards.
Table 1. Proposed Salary Ranges
Job Description Range A B C D E F G
Ocean Lifeguard I 125 19.24 20.20 21.21 22.27 23.38 24.55 25.78 Ocean Lifeguard II 140 22.33 23.45 24.62 25.85 27.15 28.50 29.93 Ocean Lifeguard III 156 26.19 27.50 28.87 30.31 31.83 33.42 35.09 Junior Lifeguard Program
Coordinator 156 26.19 27.50 28.87 30.31 31.83 33.42 35.09
SCLEA Summary of MOU Modifications – May 5, 2022
Article # Subject Proposal
Article XI
Special Pay
Junior Guard
Instructor Pay
Employees will receive 5% special assignment pay for hours worked serving as a Junior Guard Instructor.
Article XI
Special Pay
Holiday Pay Employees will receive Holiday Pay (1.5 times their base hourly rate) for all hours worked on the following holidays:
1. New Year’s Day
2. Martin Luther King Birthday Holiday
3. Presidents’ Day
4. Memorial Day
5. Independence Day
6. Labor Day
7. Veterans Day
8. Thanksgiving Day
9. Day After Thanksgiving
10. Christmas Day
Any day declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday, or by the Governor of the State of California to be a State holiday, and adopted as an employee holiday by the City Council of Huntington Beach.
MOU language clean up: Modernize MOU and FLSA language, and make other non- substantive language changes.