City Council Agenda Report
TO: Mayor McCord and Members of the City Council
FROM: Ken Irwin, City Manager
BY: Marie Guillory Jones, Director of Human Resources
MEETING DATE: April 5, 2022
ITEM NO: 5.7
SUBJECT: Approve the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 10 Memorandum of Understanding Effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and Corresponding Salary Schedule.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 10 Memorandum of Understanding Effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and Corresponding Salary Schedule.
BACKGROUND
The City’s contract with AFSCME expired on June 30, 2021. After several meetings over the past approximately eight months, an Agreement regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and AFSCME has been reached. The proposed MOU is now presented to City Council for approval and is the final step in the meet and confer process.
ANALYSIS
The following highlights the provisions agreed to by the negotiating parties with no budget impact:
· Twelve (12) month contract effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022 · Section 3 - Unit Defined: Language change, added new classifications approved during the previous agreement period
· Section 8 - Health and Welfare Benefits: Language change, removed obsolete language that no longer applies to any active members, and
° Section 8A - Cafeteria Plan: Language change, ‘current’ or ‘new hire’ changed to “Tier 1” or “Tier 2” to reference members employed by the City before or after January 1, 2016
° Section 8B(4) - Medical-In-Lieu: Language change, employees that are in unpaid status are no longer eligible for benefit
° Section 8K(4) - Service Retirement: Title change only ° Section 8K(5) - Disability Retirement: Added new section to allow disability retirement between ages 50-55
· Section 11B(5-6) - Vacation and CTO Cash Out on Termination: Language change to allow compensatory time off to count towards minimum requirement eligibility of vacation cash out
· Section 26 - Career Ladders: Language change to clarify intent of language The following highlights the provisions agreed to by the negotiating parties with budget impact:
· Eliminate Merit Pay Provision, employees at top step of salary range no longer eligible for one-time lump sum bonus
· Five (5) % base salary increase effective January 1, 2022 · Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) one-time payment for service during Covid-19 Pandemic