REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Side Letter Agreement between the City of Sunnyvale and the Public Safety Managers Association (Pay Plan Category M) to Clarify Implementation of the Education Incentive Pay and Adopt a Resolution to Amend the City's Schedule of Pay to Implement that Side Letter by Adding Two New Salary Ranges for Pay Plan Category M
Report
BACKGROUND
In 2016, the City and Public Safety Managers Association (PSMA) negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) effective July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2021. The MOU contains a provision for an education incentive effective July 1, 2016. The incentive is 2.5% in addition to an employee's base hourly rate for possession of a graduate degree from an accredited college or university. The incentive was implemented as a separate pay. In September 2017, PSMA contacted the City and stated that it was their understanding that the incentive would be included on the salary table as part of base pay for eligible employees because a similar education incentive for the Public Safety Officers Association (PSOA) is included in salary table. PSMA requested that implementation of the education incentive be revised in that manner.
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
To include education incentive on the salary table, two new salary ranges need to be added to the sala...
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