Legislative Public Meetings

File #: 16-0828   
Type: Report to Council Status: Passed
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 8/23/2016
Title: Amend the Salary Resolution for Various Benefits and Language Clarifications for Consistency Among Various Employee Groups
Attachments: 1. Resolution to Amend Salary Resolution
REPORT TO COUNCIL

SUBJECT
Title
Amend the Salary Resolution for Various Benefits and Language Clarifications for Consistency Among Various Employee Groups

Report
BACKGROUND
Unrepresented management employees and Department Directors are not organized and do not negotiate for any changes to their wages, hours, and/or other terms and conditions of employment. Instead, the City Manager makes recommendations to Council regarding such changes on behalf of these employee groups.

In recent years, the City has reached agreements with the Communication Officers Association, Sunnyvale Managers Association and Service Employees International Union, Local 521 on successor Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) with changes to some benefits. As a result of this, some benefits have become inconsistent between the represented and unrepresented employees. In addition, some provisions in the Salary Resolution have become outdated and clean-up to the language is needed.

This report presents the opportunity to clean up and amend some provisions of the Salary Resolution for unrepresented management employees (pay plan categories D and K) and department directors (pay plan category F) to achieve the goal of maintaining consistent benefits between represented and unrepresented employees.

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
In order to stay consistent between unrepresent...

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