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Date: November 19, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Aram Chaparyan, City Manager
By: Ian Dailey, Deputy City Manager | [email protected] Subject: City Manager – Adopt RESOLUTION Pursuant to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Setting Forth Hours, Wages, and Working Conditions for Torrance Police Commanders’ Association (TPCA). Expenditure: $971,568 (General Fund:
Approximately $485,784 Annually).
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council adopt a RESOLUTION pursuant to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) setting forth the hours, wages, and working conditions for employees represented by the Torrance Police Commanders Association (TPCA) for the period beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025.
FUNDING
Funding is available in the General Fund’s fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget and is anticipated to be available in subsequent fiscal years.
DISCUSSION
On July 16, 2019, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-81 setting for the hours, wages, and working conditions for City of Torrance (City) employees represented by TPCA for the period beginning July 1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2023. Representatives of City Management and TPCA participated in the meet-and-confer process for a successor MOU with both parties having reached an agreement on a multi-year contract. Upon conclusion of the meet-and-confer process, the membership of TPCA also voted in favor of the proposed contract.
In addition to general language updates as shown in Attachment B to this report, the key changes to pay and benefits as reflected in the proposed two-year agreement are summarized below:
Effective Date Key Changes
January 1, 2024 •Issue one-time payment equivalent to 12 months of health insurance premium contribution increases based on the following increase per month:
•Employee only: $80.68 per month; Employee + 1: $168.15 per month; Family: $199.38 per month
•Eliminate four annual (management) leave days
City Council
November 19, 2024
Effective Date Key Changes
February 11, 2024 •Establish Step 1 Police Lieutenant grid 15% above current Police Sergeant salary grid per existing MOU language requirements. •Increase annual retiree insurance stipend from 2.0% to 2.5% of TPCA variable cost factor for July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 payments.
May 18, 2024 •Discontinue double-time overtime (2.0) pilot program.
October 6, 2024 •Include Education Incentive Pay and Bilingual Pay premiums in 1.5 overtime compensation rate.
December 1, 2024 •Increase grids by 4%.
January 1, 2025 •Eliminate auto allowance stipend in exchange for having a take home vehicle available.
In addition to the items listed in the summary grid above, the following continued discussion items are also included in the MOU:
•Reinstating the four days of management leave (from Section 7.3.F, given in exchange for full 1.5 OT rate) or the conversion of management leave into callout/standby pay compensated at the full 1.5 rate (similar to watch commander) The total cost of the package is approximately $971,568, or 20.36% for the term of the agreement.
Staff will continue to work with the association’s leadership on the continued discussion items.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Torrance Police Commanders Association (TPCA) Memorandum of Understanding CLEAN
2. Torrance Police Commanders Association (TPCA) Memorandum of Understanding
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