Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.16. 12/12/2023 File #: 23-0801
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Monica Espinoza, Human Resources Director
1. SUBJECT
Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Orange and the Orange Municipal Employees’ Association. Resolution 11511.
2. SUMMARY
Resolution No. 11511 establishes the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Orange and the Orange Municipal Employees’Association for the period of January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Resolution No. 11511. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange repealing Resolution No. 11285 and approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Orange and the Orange Municipal Employees’Association, concerning wages, hours, and other conditions of employment effective January 1, 2024, through and including June 30, 2025.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost for this MOU is approximately $1,386,000, of which $462,000 is included in the FY 2023-24 adopted budget. The remaining balance of $924,000 will be included in the FY 2024-25 budget.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
a: Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that ensure public safety.
Goal 4: Provide outstanding public service
e: Attract, retain and develop quality employees dedicated to public service.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
In September 2023, the City began the collective bargaining process with the Orange Municipal Employees’Association (OMEA). The current contract between the parties expires on December 31, 2023.
After seven meetings, on November 29, 2023, the parties reached agreement on the terms and conditions of an eighteen-month labor contract that includes the following:
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TERM January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025
SALARIES 5.5% Across-the-Board Salary Increase
effective December 31, 2023.
HOLIDAY Increase Christmas Eve holiday from 4.5
hours to 9 hours, if it falls Monday through
Thursday.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Increase paid bereavement leave from
three (3) to five (5) days per incident, for
regular full-time employees.
HEALTH BENEFITS Increase monthly contribution to health benefits as follows: Effective January 1,
2024 o Single: $1,095 o 2-Party: $1,620
o Family: $1,995 Effective January 1,
2025 o Single: $1,095 o 2-Party: $1,670
o Family: $2,095
UNIFORMS Provide a uniform allowance of $135
annually to employees in the classifications
of Stock Clerk and Warehouse/Inventory
Specialist effective July 1, 2024.
WORK SHOE ALLOWANCE Increase work shoe allowance from up to $300 to up to $450 for eligible employees,
per fiscal year, effective July 1, 2024.
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL Modify Article III, Section 9 of MOU as follows: 1. Increase Subsection A from
three ($3.00) to five ($5.00) dollars per
hour. 2. Increase Subsection C from three
($3.00) to five ($5.00) dollars per hour.
LIFE INSURANCE Increase life insurance benefit from
$40,000 to $50,000 effective January 1,
2024.
LONG-TERM DISABILITY Increase salary cap from $4,000 per month to $6,000 per month effective January 1,
2024.
The Orange Municipal Employees’Association took this to a vote of their membership and ratified the Tentative Agreement on December 4, 2023. City Council approval is required to finalize this agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding.
7. ATTACHMENTS
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