DATE: October 21, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Human Resources Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND THE WESTERN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS
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, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Western Council of Engineers (WCE) represents approximately 20 City employees working in the Planning and Engineering fields. The previous Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and WCE expired on June 30, 2026. The City’s negotiating team and WCE representatives began meeting and conferring on the terms and conditions of a successor MOU in March 2026.
Over the course of negotiations, the parties met and conferred in good faith in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. In June 2026, WCE declared an impasse in negotiations, and the parties subsequently participated in an impasse meeting in August 2026, consistent with the procedures outlined in the City's Personnel Rules and Regulations. Although the parties briefly broke impasse and resumed negotiations, they were ultimately unable to reach agreement on a complete successor MOU package.
Following these discussions, WCE requested formal mediation, and the parties participated in mediation services provided through the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) on October 1, 2026. The full-day mediation session resulted in a mutually acceptable framework for resolving the remaining issues and ultimately allowing the parties to reach a tentative agreement on October 8, 2026.
The proposed successor MOU reflects the negotiated terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties, including compensation provisions and contract language clarifications cons...
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