DATE: November 20, 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 OCEANSIDE CITY EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION (OCEA)
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 Oceanside City Employees’ Association retroactively effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Oceanside City Employees’ Association represents approximately 304 individuals actively employed in various classifications throughout the City. The previous Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the OCEA expired on June 30, 2024. The City’s negotiating team and OCEA representatives met and conferred on a successor contract beginning in April 2024. Over the course of the last six months, the parties met and conferred in good faith and reached a tentative agreement on the terms and conditions of a successor MOU on November 6, 2024. OCEA members recently 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:
Effective the first full pay period following adoption of this successor MOU, a 4.5% increase to each step of the salary schedules for all classifications represented by OCEA.
Effective the first full pay period in July 2025, a 2.5% increase to each step of the salary schedules for all classifications represented by OCEA.
Effective the first full pay period in January 2026, a 2.0% increase to each step of the salary schedules for all classifications represented by OCEA.
2) Health Insurance: Effective January 2025, the City’s total contribution towards health insurance for all unit members shall be:
|
Cap |
Employee Only |
Employee+1 |
Employee+ Family |
|
Kaiser |
$700 |
$1,200 |
$1,600 |
|
PPO Dental |
$50.70 |
$79.80 |
$118.70 |
3) Certification Pay: Effective the first full pay period following adoption of this successor MOU:
|
|
From: |
To: |
|
2 Building Certificates |
$0.29 per hour |
$0.33 per hour |
|
3 Building Certificates |
$0.58 per hour |
$0.67 per hour |
|
4 Building Certificates |
$0.87 per hour |
$1.00 per hour |
|
State of CA Certifications |
$0.87 per hour |
$1.00 per hour |
4) Safety Shoes: Effective the first full pay period following adoption of this successor 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 $175 per pair to $200.
5) One-Time Non-PERSable Stipend: Effective the first full pay period following adoption of this successor MOU, all current bargaining unit members actively employed and working shall receive a one-time payment of $1,000, subject to all applicable taxes/deductions.
Former employees who have separated from the City prior to the first full pay period following the adoption of this MOU by the Oceanside City Council shall not be eligible to receive the one-time non-PERSable stipend.
FISCAL IMPACT
Ongoing Costs:
Fiscal Year 2024-25 $ 994,234
Fiscal Year 2025-26 1,964,600
Fiscal Year 2026-27 368,448
Total Ongoing Costs: $ 3,327,282
One-Time Costs:
Fiscal Year 2024-25 304,000
Total Agreement (Net New) Costs: $ 3,631,282
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. OCEA MOU
3. Resolution