I. RECOMMENDATION:
City Manager recommends Council approve the MOU between the City of Coalinga and SEIU for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
II. BACKGROUND:
SEIU represents the General Employees bargaining unit with the City of Coalinga. The current MOU between the parties ended June 30, 2022. Both parties have negotiated the terms and conditions set forth in the attached MOU.
III. DISCUSSION:
Key Changes:
Bilingual Pay from $50.00 per month to $100.00 per month (Approx $4,200 annually with $420 impacting the General Fund)
Education Incentives from 1.5% for AA/AS Degree to 2.5% for AA/AS Degree and from 3% for BA/BS Degree to 5% for BA/BS Degree (Approx $1,200 annually with $120 impacting the General Fund)
Boot Allowance to include Building department employee(s) ($150 annually and fully impacts the General Fund)
Salary Adjustments of 3% effective 1/1/23, 4% effective 1/1/24, and 5% effective 1/1/25 and reassigning Groundskeeper to General Pay Range 19 effective 9/26/22, Maintenance Worker I (Streetsweeper) to General Pay Range 21 effective 9/26/22, Maintenance Worker III to General Pay Range 26 effective 9/26/22, and Public Utilities Coordinator to General Pay Range 30 effective 9/19/22 (Approx $24,000 for the current fiscal year with approx $2,400 impacting the General Fund)
The term of the MOU is July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
It should be noted that Exhibit A of the attached PDF version of the MOU will be corrected to reflect approved and revised dates of September 15, 2022 and the initial revision to have an effective date of September 26, 2022, rather than September 5, 2022.
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
Do not approve
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact impacts the General Fund and each enterprise fund and has been accounted for in the current year's budget. These will be ongoing costs. | | |