Human Resources Department
www.santa-ana.org/HR
Item # 17
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
October 7, 2025
TOPIC: Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Management Association and Resolution for Associated Unrepresented Classifications
AGENDA TITLE
Memorandum of Understanding Establishing the Terms and Conditions of Employment for Classifications Represented by the Santa Ana Management Association and Resolution Updating the Salary Schedule for Associated Unrepresented Classifications
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Ana Management Association (“SAMA”) regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 and authorize non-substantive changes which may be necessary to implement the agreement (Agreement No. A-2025-XXX).
2. Adopt a Resolution updating the salary schedule for associated unrepresented classifications.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO EFFECT CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE CITY’S CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PLAN
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
The City recently reached a tentative agreement with SAMA on a three (3) year successor Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
The tentative agreement has been ratified by SAMA membership. The major provisions of the agreement include: salary increases of five percent (5%) retroactive to July 13, 2025, four percent (4%) in July 2026, and three percent (3%) in July 2027; winter holiday closure language; increasing City medical contributions by fifty dollars ($50) for employee only coverage and one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month for multi-person coverage in January 2026, January 2027, and January 2028; and increasing management vacation hours from eighty (80) hours per year to one hundred (100) hours per year.
Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Management Association
October 7, 2025
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Other key terms of the agreement include: updated discipline and grievance processes; providing contributions to vision coverage for employees; modifying the number of management vacation hours that can be cashed out from eighty (80) to one hundred (100) per year; modifying the number of unused sick leave hours that may be converted to CalPERS service credit to a maximum of three hundred fifty-two (352) hours; and increasing paid bereavement leave from three (3) days to five (5) days.
Lastly, pursuant to Resolution No. 2021-026, there are unrepresented classifications that mirror the salary increases and terms and conditions of employment of SAMA. The attached Resolution merely updates the respective salary schedule of the unrepresented classifications as a result of the salary increases provided to SAMA.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with these actions.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated annual cost of the agreement during the three (3) year period is $946,488 for FY 2025-26, $1,693,166 for FY 2026-27, and $2,298,478 for FY 2027-28, for a total estimated cost of $4,938,132. The estimated annual cost for the associated unrepresented classifications during the three (3) year period is $91,675 for FY 2025-26, $174,176 for FY 2026-27, and $240,804 for FY 2027-28 for a total estimated cost of $506,655. The FY25-26 budget is sufficient to pay for the first year of the MOU, and future proposed budgets will be based on the terms of the MOU.
EXHIBIT
1. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Management Association
2. Resolution for associated unrepresented classifications Submitted By: Lori Schnaider, Executive Director of Human Resources Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager