DATE: October 23, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Human Resources Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORADUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND THE WESTERN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS (WCE)
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Oceanside and the Western Council of Engineers retroactively effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Western Council of Engineers represents approximately 18 individuals actively employed in the Planning and Engineering fields. The previous Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the WCE expired on June 30, 2024. The City’s negotiating team and WCE representatives met and conferred on a successor contract beginning in May 2024. Over the course of the last four months, the parties met and conferred in good faith and reached a tentative agreement on the terms and conditions of a successor MOU on October 9, 2024. WCE members held a ratification vote and elected by a majority vote to approve the agreement. The proposed MOU is for a two-year term retroactively effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026, and includes compensation and contract language clarification as directed by the City Council.
The key economic issues in the agreement include:
1) Salary:
Retroactively effective the first full pay period including October 1, 2024, a 3.5% increase to each step of the salary schedules for all classifications represented by WCE.
Effective the first full pay period in July 2025, a 4% increase to each step of the salary schedules for all classifications represented by WCE.
Retroactively effective the first full pay period including October 1, 2024, a Special Salary Adjustment (SSA) of 3.25% shall be applied to the following classifications:
• Associate Engineer
• Associate Traffic Engineer
• Landscape Architect
2) Health Insurance: Effective January 2025, the City’s total contribution towards health insurance (i.e., applied towards medical, dental and vision only) for all unit members shall be:
|
Cap (Based on Medical Selection) |
Employee Only |
Employee+1 |
Employee+ Family |
|
Kaiser Plans |
$814.42 |
$1,380.68 |
$1,761.77 |
|
Blue Shield Plans |
$936.58 |
$1,587.79 |
$2,026.03 |
1) Effective January 2026, the City’s total contribution towards health insurance (i.e., applied towards medical, dental and vision only) for all unit members shall be:
|
Cap (Based on Medical Selection) |
Employee Only |
Employee+1 |
Employee+ Family |
|
Kaiser Plans |
$875.00 |
$1,500.00 |
$1,925.00 |
|
Blue Shield Plans |
$1,000.00 |
$1,725.00 |
$2,200.00 |
2) Certification Pay: Retroactively effective the first full period including October 1, 2024, employees possessing a State of California license as a land Surveyor, P.E., Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Traffic/Transportation Engineer, or Licensed Landscape Architect shall receive an increase in certification pay from $1.74 per hour to $2.00 per hour.
3) Deferred Compensation: Effective the first full pay period following adoption of the July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 MOU by the Oceanside City Council, the City shall increase the per pay period contribution from $38.46 to $46.15.
4) Safety Shoes: Effective the first full pay period following adoption of the July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 MOU by the Oceanside City Council, The City shall increase the reimbursement for the cost of purchasing and maintaining safety shoes from a maximum of $150 per pair to $200.
FISCAL IMPACT
Ongoing Costs:
Fiscal Year 2024-25 $ 134,533
Fiscal Year 2025-26 192,579
Fiscal Year 2026-27 9,616
Total Agreement (Net New) Costs: $ 336,728
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
Does not apply.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The referenced documents have been reviewed by the City Attorney and approved as to form.
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Prepared by: Robert O’Brien, Deputy City Manager
Reviewed by: Jill Moya, Financial Services Director
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Staff Report
2. MOU
3. Resolution