Item No. 9.
| MEETING DATE: July 20, 2020 |
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| TO: | HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS |
| FROM: | JIM SADRO, CITY MANAGER By: Elvie Balderrama, Human Resources Director |
| SUBJECT: | APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO RATIFY FOUR SIDE LETTERS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND THE LA HABRA POLICE ASSOCIATION (SWORN AND CIVILIAN), THE GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE’S GROUP, AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE’S ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2020, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021 |
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council:
A. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA APPROVING SIDE LETTERS OF AGREEMENT WITH REPRESENTED BARGAINING GROUPS THAT INCLUDE LA HABRA POLICE ASSOCIATION (SWORN AND CIVILIAN), THE GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES GROUP (GENERAL), AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (MEA) RETROACTIVE TO JULY 4, 2020, TO INCLUDE UNPAID FURLOUGH HOURS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021.
B. Approve the temporary hiring freeze of a vacant Communications Operator position and two additional Police Officer positions in the Police Department's Fiscal Year 2020-2021 General Fund budget.
A. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA APPROVING SIDE LETTERS OF AGREEMENT WITH REPRESENTED BARGAINING GROUPS THAT INCLUDE LA HABRA POLICE ASSOCIATION (SWORN AND CIVILIAN), THE GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES GROUP (GENERAL), AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (MEA) RETROACTIVE TO JULY 4, 2020, TO INCLUDE UNPAID FURLOUGH HOURS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021.
B. Approve the temporary hiring freeze of a vacant Communications Operator position and two additional Police Officer positions in the Police Department's Fiscal Year 2020-2021 General Fund budget.
DISCUSSION:
The City is in the final year of three-year agreements with the LHPA, General, and MEA, all of which expire on June 30, 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden, severe, and unforeseen negative impact on the City’s financial condition. In addition to other cost saving measures adopted by the City Council for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget, the City has also sought assistance from its represented and non-represented employee groups as a means to help balance the City’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget. On behalf of their members, representatives from LHPA, General and MEA agreed to meet and confer with City Management and amend their respective labor agreements to include unpaid furloughs during Fiscal Year 2020-2021 in order to help balance the budget. Employees in the unrepresented Executive and Management groups will also be subject to unpaid furloughs.
Executive and Management employees (including Police Management) will take 130 unpaid furlough hours during FY20/21, as will employees in General and MEA bargaining groups. The LHPA has agreed to 90 unpaid furlough hours for both its sworn and civilian unit members.
In addition to vacant positions that have already been frozen by the City Council for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, three additional vacant positions in the Police Department are proposed to be frozen during Fiscal Year 2020-2021 including:
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden, severe, and unforeseen negative impact on the City’s financial condition. In addition to other cost saving measures adopted by the City Council for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget, the City has also sought assistance from its represented and non-represented employee groups as a means to help balance the City’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget. On behalf of their members, representatives from LHPA, General and MEA agreed to meet and confer with City Management and amend their respective labor agreements to include unpaid furloughs during Fiscal Year 2020-2021 in order to help balance the budget. Employees in the unrepresented Executive and Management groups will also be subject to unpaid furloughs.
Executive and Management employees (including Police Management) will take 130 unpaid furlough hours during FY20/21, as will employees in General and MEA bargaining groups. The LHPA has agreed to 90 unpaid furlough hours for both its sworn and civilian unit members.
In addition to vacant positions that have already been frozen by the City Council for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, three additional vacant positions in the Police Department are proposed to be frozen during Fiscal Year 2020-2021 including:
- One Communications Operator
- Two Police Officer positions (from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021)
FISCAL IMPACT/SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The furloughs and additional frozen positions will result in a savings of approximately $1.1 million to the General Fund during Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
GENERAL PLAN RELEVANCE:
ED 9.1 Balanced Fiscal Practices.