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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 93-100RESOLUTION NO. 93-1O0 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY APPROVING THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED "AGREEMENT TO IMPACT OF LAYOFF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND NCMEA/SEIU LOCAL 1926" BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of National City that the City Council does hereby approve that document entitled "Agreement to Impact of Layoff Negotiations Between the City of National City and NCMEA/SEIU Local 1926," which document is to be effective beginning July 6, 1993, and which document is attached hereto as Exhibit "A." PASSED and ADOPTED this 13th day of July, 1993. _i:� 141 , aters, Laos George H. WWrsMayor ATTEST: clo• Anne Peoples, City lerk p APPROVED AS TO FORM: /1 /31‘.. George H. Eiser, III City Attorney AGREEMENT TO IMPACT OF LAYOFF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND NCMEA/SEIU LOCAL 1926 June 29, 1993 1. Agree to Civil Service Rules regarding layoff and bumping procedures. 2. Propose to implement a mandatory furlough program of no more than thirteen (13) days. A. With closure of facilities, other than Police, Fire and Library for three (3) days between Christmas and New Years and ten (10) Fridays taken monthly from August through November, 1993 and from January through June, 1994. However, under extenuating circumstances, some employees may be required to work on furlough days and will be rescheduled by mutual consent of the employee and the department director. The Library will take twelve (12) days around the Christmas holidays and one (1) day before Thanksgiving. Police Department employees shall take furlough days in conjunction with regularly scheduled days off. The City agrees to meet with MEA/SEIU Local 1926 with police department employee representatives from Dispatch, Records, and Crime Scene Specialists to meet and confer regarding the scheduling of these furlough days. The furlough days will be the following dates: August 27, 1993 September 24, 1993 October 29, 1993 November 24, 1993 January 28, 1994 February 25, 1994 March 25, 1994 April 29, 1994 May 27, 1994 June 24, 1994 B. Biweekly pay rates adjusted to provide equal pay amounts over the 26 pay periods regardless of closures. C. Maintain current accruals for seniority, sick leave, vacation, holidays, and overtime. D. Maintain current benefit levels for health care, dental, and life insurance. E. Maintain current differential pays. F. Furloughs shall have no effect on probation or merit step increases. G. MEA recognizes that the City Council has directed the City Manager to reduce executive, mid -management, and confidential employees compensation and benefits in a manner equal to the reductions agreed to by the MEA. 3. The City has agreed that any cost reduction savings accepted by MEA/SEIU resulting from this agreement will be used exclusively to cash -out compensatory time accounts in MEA/SEIU Local 1926 Represented Unit. The City agrees to meet with MEA/SEIU Local 1926 Labor/Management Committee to arrange terms of this payment. 4. All presently scheduled layoffs will be withdrawn on or before June 30, 1993. Management guarantees that there shall be no layoffs for the duration of this agreement, except for layoffs due to lack of work which shall be subject to meet and confer. 5. Both parties agree to commence contract negotiations upon completion of M & C regarding impact of layoffs. 6. The City and the MEA agree to credit four (4) hours per pay period to a deferred leave account in consideration for the mandatory furlough time taken. Any overtime earned will be credited as compensatory time up to 100 hours at the rate of time and one-half unless the employee elects to take the compensatory time earned as time off. Any compensatory time earned in excess of 100 hours shall be paid as overtime. Compensatory time can be carried indefmitely. Employees shall request compensatory time off with a minimum of three (3) days notice unless mutually agreed upon. Compensatory time shall not unreasonably be denied. Employees shall not be required to take compensatory time off. A. Standby pay which will be paid according to the current MOU. B. These accounts may be cashed upon leaving City service, or after 24 months after the signing of this agreement. Prior to the expiration of the 24 month period, the City and MEA will meet specifically to arrange the timing of cashing these accounts out. The City commits to reimburse employees for any and all balances in cashing these accounts. 7. The City recognizes that a top priority for the budget is to reimburse MEA/SEIU Local 1926 Bargaining Unit employees for concessions made in this agreement. To meet this end, the City agrees that the Finance Director will estimate the unreserved and undesignated fund balances as of October 1, 1993, January 1, 1994, and April 1, 1994 and the City agrees to reopen negotiations if these fund balances exceed one million dollars on any of these dates to discuss appropriate reductions in the number of furlough days or to reduce the employee's share to the PERS benefit. The Finance Director's estimate shall be made available to the MEA between 30 and 45 days after the quarter ends. The MEA agrees to a reduction of $3,000 in the educational reimbursement allocation. 8. Upon approval of the Labor/Management Committee, the City and MEA/SEIU Local 1926 agree that employees assume additional duties of a comparable level and nature from positions that have been vacated. 9. This agreement is for a one year period, beginning on June 30, 1993 and ending on June 30, 1994.