REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and the Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan Category C (Public Safety Officers Association) and Pay Plan Category M (Public Safety Managers Association)
Report
BACKGROUND
The 2015-2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Officers Association (PSOA) provides for a salary adjustment in the first full period in July of each year based on market survey data of total compensation for comparable positions in 8 Bay Area cities at the rate of eleven percent (11%) above the survey average. PSOA represents Public Safety Officers-in-Training, Public Safety Officers, and Public Safety Lieutenants.
The 2015-2021 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Managers Association (PSMA) provides that "Members in the bargaining group will receive the same percentage of salary increase or decrease as the Public Safety Officers Association Lieutenant position." (MOU Section 12.2.). PSMA represents Public Safety Captains and Public Safety Deputy Chiefs.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.3.1 Legislative Management - Goals and Policies, Goal 7.3D: Maintain a quality work force, consistent with state and federal laws, City Charter, and adopted policies in order to assure that City services are provided in an effective, efficient, and high quality manner.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (b) (5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
DISCUSSION
The current MOU with PSOA provides specific language to determine salary adjustments. Wages are determined by a wage formula based upon an annual market survey of total compensation for 8 Bay Area cities (Alameda, Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Mountai...
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