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 Insuran...
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