REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Sunnyvale and the Sunnyvale Employees' Association/IFPTE Local 21; and Adopt Resolutions Amending the City's Salary Resolution and the Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for: 1) Pay Plan Category B (Employees Represented by the Sunnyvale Employees' Association/IFPTE Local 21), 2) Pay Plan Category G (Unrepresented Classified Confidential Employees), and 3) Pay Plan Category L (Part-Time Employees Represented by the Service Employee International Union Local 521)
Report
BACKGROUND
A Tentative Agreement has been reached between the City of Sunnyvale (City) and the Sunnyvale Employees' Association/International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 (SEA/IFPTE Local 21) on a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). SEA/IFPTE Local 21 represents non-management miscellaneous full-time employees. This report recommends approval of the MOU, which if approved by the City Council, will be in effect from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022.
The MOU between the City and SEA/IFPTE Local 21 expired on June 30, 2019. Representatives for the City and SEA/IFPTE Local 21 began the meet and confer process in March 2019 and met 15 times to reach an agreement. A Tentative Agreement was reached on July 9, 2019, and the City was notified on July 18, 2019 that the SEA/IFPTE Local 21 membership ratified the Tentative Agreement.
Pursuant to the existing provisions of the Salary Resolution Section 1.000, Unrepresented Classified Confidential (pay plan category G) employees receive the same treatment as pay plan category B (SEA/IFPTE Local 21) employees, except for benefits associated with FLSA exempt designation (as defined in Sections 3.910, 4.000, 4.100, and 4.300) and special assignment work (as defined in Section 5.015). Unrepresented Classified Confidential (pay plan category G) employees are not organized and do not negotiate for any changes to their wages, hour...
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