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
* Land...
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