REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Amend the Schedule of Pay in the Salary Resolution to provide Salary Increases, effective retroactive to July 5, 2015, for Pay Plan Category C (Classified Public Safety Officers and Lieutenants) and Pay Plan Category D/E (Public Safety Captains and Public Safety Deputy Chiefs) pursuant to the City's current MOUs with the PSOA and PSMA
Report
BACKGROUND
The 2006-2015 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Safety Officers' Association (PSOA), which represents Public Safety Officers and Public Safety Lieutenants, provides for annual salary adjustments based on market survey data of total compensation for comparable positions in 12 Bay Area cities at the rate of eleven percent (11%) above the survey average of the top eight agencies.
The July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015 MOU with the Public Safety Managers' Association (PSMA) states that Public Safety Captains and Public Safety Deputy Chiefs are to receive the same percentage of salary increase as the Public Safety Lieutenant classification.
EXISTING POLICY
The proposed increases are in accordance with the provisions of the MOUs between the City of Sunnyvale and the PSOA and PSMA.
The MOU between the City and the PSOA expired on June 30, 2015. However, the MOU states, "In the event a successor agreement is not reached by June 30, 2015, the following July 2015 increase generated by the formula, if any, will be implemented." The MOU between the City of Sunnyvale and the PSMA also expired on June 30, 2015, but PSMA is entitled to an increase because the MOU specifically provides that all terms will "continue in effect until the parties reach agreement on a successor Agreement or the City Council takes action to modify the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment provided hereunder."
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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DISCUSSION
For several years, MOUs between the City and its Public Safety associations have a wage formula based upon an annual ma...
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