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RESOLUTION NO. 25.XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH AND THE LAGUNA BEACH
POLICE EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION REGARDING OVERTIME
INCENTIVE PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS
WHEREAS, the City of Laguna Beach (“City”) and the Laguna Beach Police Employees’ Association (“LBPEA”) are parties to a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) covering the period of January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025, which from time to time may be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties; and
WHEREAS, employees in the classifications of Public Safety Dispatcher and Senior Public Safety Dispatcher currently receive compensatory time or overtime pay at the rate of time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a workweek; and WHEREAS, the parties have negotiated a Side Letter Agreement to the existing MOU providing that employees in the classifications of Public Safety Dispatcher and Senior Public Safety Dispatcher shall receive overtime pay at the rate of double time for all hours actually worked in excess of fifty-two (52) hours in a workweek; and
WHEREAS, the eligibility for this double time overtime pay shall require that the employee physically works more than fifty-two (52) hours in a workweek, and accrued leave time shall not be included in the calculation of hours worked; and WHEREAS, the incentive pay shall remain in effect whenever the Dispatch Unit is staffed with fewer than ten (10) mission ready employees (as that term is defined in the Side Letter Agreement) through March 31, 2027, unless both parties mutually agree in writing to extend the Side Letter Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above-stated recitals are hereby adopted by the City Council and incorporated as set forth herein.
SECTION 2. The Side Letter Agreement between the City and LBPEA, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. This action is not a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves only a personnel-related action regarding compensation and will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (Pub. Res. Code § 21065; CEQA Guidelines § 15378(b)(2).) No further environmental review is required.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, the Side Letter Agreement shall take effect upon the date set forth therein.
ADOPTED this 28th day of October, 2025.
Alex Rounaghi, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I, Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25.XXX was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on _____________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
City Clerk, City of Laguna Beach, California