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Terms of the Tentative Agreement for a 3-Year MOU Between the City of National City
and the National City Municipal Employees Association
1. Compensation:
a. 2011— one-time before tax retention incentive payment equal to 4% of the
employee's salary step at the time of payment. Payment shall be made in the first
full pay period after the effective date of this agreement.
• MEA employees must have at least one full consecutive year of service
in an MEA classification in order to be eligible.
• MEA employees with less than one year of service at the effective date
of this Memorandum of Understanding shall receive their 4% retention
incentive in the pay period after reaching their one year anniversary.
The City shall have no obligation to pay a retention incentive to any
employee who does not reach his/her one year anniversary with the City.
• The employee may choose to contribute part or all of the retention
incentive into their 457 deferred compensation plan account or convert
(all or part of) their incentive into vacation hours.
• The retention incentive shall not be reported as compensation to PERS
b. 2012 — a cost of living adjustment of 3% for all classifications covered under the
Memorandum of Understanding effective the first full pay period following July
1, 2012.
2. PERS:
a. Increase employee pre-tax contribution by 5% to a total of 8% effective July 1,
2011
b. Add a second tier, amending the retirement formula from the highest one year
calculation to a three year average for employees hired on or after the change is
executed by PERS through a contract amendment.
The City agrees to request an actuarial analysis from Ca1PERS for the purpose of
determining the costs related to employer paid member contributions and the difference
in the cost to the City for employee paid employee contributions and employee paid
employer contributions. After receipt of the analysis, the City and MEA agree to discuss
the costs associated with an employee paying either the employee or employer
contribution issue.
(Chapter 19)
3. Health: Beginning with the first benefits year after ratification, the City will contribute
toward the cost of employee health care at the current contribution level plus fifty percent
(50%) of the premium increase (if any) to the lowest cost health and dental plans. Each
year thereafter, the City's contribution will equal the previous year's contribution level
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plus fifty percent (50%) of the premium increase for the lowest cost health and dental
plans.
(Chapter 15)
4. Furloughs: Two week closure each contract year for non -essential personnel to include 40
hours of unpaid work furlough to be deducted over the 26 pay periods of each fiscal year
beginning with the first full pay period in July 2011. Employees may use accrued leave
balances (vacation, comp time, floating holidays) for time not covered by unpaid
furlough or designated holidays.
The City facilities shall close except for emergency services, including Fire, Police and
other personnel deemed emergency services essential personnel. Any employee subject to
the furlough that is required to work in the performance of services deemed to essential
during the furlough period shall be credited with corresponding furlough leave hours.
The following proposed calendar is based on the City's current 4/10 workweek. A change
in the workweek schedule would result in a modification of the proposed calendar.
2011
Dec 19-21 furlough days
Dec 22 holiday (Christmas Eve)
Dec 26 holiday (Christmas Day)
Dec 27 furlough day
Dec 28-29 (accrued leave)
Jan 2 holiday (New Years Day)
2012
Dec 24 holiday (Christmas Eve)
Dec 25 holiday (Christmas Day)
Dec 26-27 & 31 furlough days
Jan 1 holiday (New Years Day)
Jan 2 furlough day
Jan 3 (accrued leave)
2013
Dec 23 furlough day
Dec 24 holiday (Christmas Eve)
Dec 25 holiday (Christmas Day)
Dec 26, 30 & 31 furlough days
Jan 1 holiday (New Years Day)
Jan 2 (accrued leave)
If at the time of the holiday closure in any given year an employee does not have enough
accrued leave (vacation, compensatory time, floating holidays and/or banked furlough
hours) to cover the necessary "accrued leave" days, they will be allowed to receive an
advance of accrued leave to be earned in future pay periods within the same fiscal year to
cover any shortage.
(Chapter 3)
5. Holidays: Replacement of language contained in Chapter 2, Section 4 (attached) for the
purposes of clarification only.
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6. Vacation: During the term of this agreement, all MEA members on a career basis meeting
the eligibility criteria defined below may convert a minimum of twenty (20) hours and a
maximum of eighty (80) hours of their accumulated vacation time payable not later than
December of each year. The City shall attempt to process these requests prior to the
Thanksgiving holiday.
a. Calendar year 2011 - in order to convert accrued vacation hours:
• Employees must use a minimum of 46 vacation hours during the
eligibility period and have at least 74 hours "on the books" before and
after the request.
• Employees must submit a written request to the Human Resources
Department to convert vacation hours to pay on or before November 1,
2011.
• The eligibility period is defined as the first pay period in December to
the last pay period in October.
b. Calendar years 2012 and 2013 - in order to convert accrued vacation hours:
• Employees must use a minimum of 50 vacation hours during the
eligibility period and have at least 80 hours "on the books" before and
after the request.
• Employees must submit a written request to the Human Resources
Department to convert vacation hours to pay on or before November 1
of each year.
• The eligibility period is defined as the first pay period in November to
the last pay period in October.
(Chapter 5)
7. Reinstatement of provisions from the Memorandum of Understanding between the City
of National City and the National City Municipal Employees' Association covering the
period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009 as follows:
a. Article 1, Implementation, Section 1
b. Article 27, Management Rights
c. Article 28, Obligation to Support
d. Article 29, Agreement, Modification, Waiver
e. Article 30, Duration of MOU (with appropriate date revisions)
8. Preparation and issuance of a joint press release announcing the terms of the agreement.
Language must be agreed to by both parties (City and SEIU).
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Chapter 2, Section 4
A. In the event a fixed holiday (as defined in Section 1) falls on and is observed on an
employee's regular day off:
1. If the employee is not required to work, such employee shall be granted a floating
holiday.
2. If the employee is required to work the employee shall receive:
a) pay at the time and a half rate for hours worked on the holiday; and
b) floating holiday hours equal to the number of hours actually worked.
B. In the event a fixed holiday (as defined in Section 1) falls on an employee's regular work
day:
1. If the employee is not required to work, such employee shall be compensated at
straight time equal to the number of hours the employee would have been
assigned to work, not to exceed eight (8) hours.
2. If the employee is required to work the majority (over half) of his/her shift
between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on the observed fixed holiday, the employee
shall receive one of the following at the option of the employee:
a) pay at the time and a half rate for hours worked; or
b) straight time and floating holiday hours equal to the number of hours
actually worked.
Exception: For the fixed holidays of Christmas Day, New Year's Day, day of July 4th,
and Thanksgiving Day, employees shall receive:
a) pay at the time and a half rate for hours worked on the holiday with a
minimum of two (2) hours of pay; and
b) eight hours paid holiday time at straight time.
Date
Shift
Creditable Hours
Rationale
November XX, 20XX
(Thanksgiving)
20000 — 0600
8 hours holiday pay
10 hours worked at 1.5 times
Thanksgiving is an
"Exception" holiday
November XX, 20XX
(Day after Thanksgiving)
20000 — 0600
10 hours straight time
10 floater hours
Fixed holiday
December 24, 20XX
(Christmas Eve)
20000 — 0600
10 hours straight time
10 floater hours
Fixed holiday
December 25, 20XX
(Christmas Day)
20000 — 0600
8 hours holiday pay
10 hours worked at 1.5 times
Christmas Day is an
"Exception" holiday
January 1, 20XX
(New Years Day)
20000 — 0600
8 hours holiday pay
10 hours worked at 1.5 times
New Years Day is an
"Exception" holiday
C. When an employee is absent on annual leave, sick leave or compensating time off, a
fixed holiday immediately preceding, immediately following or wholly within such leave
period shall be recorded as a holiday and not as a day of leave.
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D. If a fixed holiday occurs on a Saturday, the City will observe the holiday on the preceding
working day. If the fixed holiday falls on Sunday, the following work day will be observed
as the holiday, except as noted in Article -- (holiday closure article)
E. Should the City shift the observed holiday to a day other than the actual holiday, City
employees working schedules outside of the standard Monday through Friday will
continue to observe the actual holiday and be compensated according to time worked on
the actual holiday as outlined above. Employees in this situation will be notified of the
appropriate time card notations in advance of the holiday.
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