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CONSENT CALENDAR |
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CONSIDER ADOPTION OF
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH CONFIDENTIAL UNIT |
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Meeting
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October 21,
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N/A |
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From: |
David J.
Stoldt, |
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General
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Prepared
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David J.
Stoldt |
Cost Estimate: |
None – Cost Reduction |
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General Counsel Review: N/A |
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Committee
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CEQA Compliance: N/A |
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SUMMARY: The General Staff bargaining unit and the
Board’s negotiating representatives have agreed to terms for a new 3-year
Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement is identical to those
adopted for the General Staff and Management units at the Board’s September 16th
meeting (Agenda Item 13) with one exception:
The District will pay monthly healthcare premiums capped at the greater
of (1) $1032 or (2) 95% of the then-current healthcare premium. The other units
are capped at $968 or 95%. The
difference reflects a change negotiated by the Confidential Unit under an
earlier contract. Once escalation in the
monthly health care premiums exceeds $1032, which will likely happen within one
or two years, all the units will be treated equally. Traditionally, the District had paid 100% of
the monthly premium, except in recent years when the cap was not renegotiated
due to extension of the prior period MOU. This new approach ensures that
employees bear some responsibility for the monthly health care premium.
All new bargaining unit MOUs achieve three important goals of the
District, while also being fair and reasonable to employees. The three goals that were met are (i)
permanent annual cost savings to the District, (ii) creation of a “Tier 2” category
for new employees with reduced cost of benefits for the District going forward,
and (iii) an acceleration of the employee share of PERS contribution ahead of
the 2018 implementation date. Employees
receive a salary increase which off-sets the employee share of PERS contribution,
making it cost neutral, while at the same time structured in a manner that
preserves a portion of an advantageous employee retirement benefit.
RECOMMENDATION: The General
Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Confidential Staff Agreement as it
appears in Exhibit 5-A.
EXHIBIT
5-A Memorandum of Understanding Between the Monterey Peninsula Water Management
District and the Confidential Bargaining Unit
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