REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan Category A (Communication Officers Association).
Report
BACKGROUND
The 2018-2021 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Communication Officers Association (COA), which represents Public Safety Dispatchers-in-Training, Public Safety Dispatchers and Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, provides for a salary adjustment in 2021 based on market survey data of total compensation for comparable positions.
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.
The proposed increases are in accordance with the provisions of the MOU between the City and the COA.
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)(4) in that is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potential significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
The current MOU with COA provides specific language (Article 15 - Wages, Section 15.4) to determine salary adjustments based upon an annual market survey of total compensation for Public Safety Dispatcher in 12 Bay Area cities (i.e., Alameda, Concord, Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Richmond, San Jose, San Leandro, San Mateo and Santa Clara). The survey formula provides that Sunnyvale Public Safety Dispatchers will receive 5% above the survey total compensation average. The survey is conducted during the first 15 days of January, and the salary adjustments are effective the first full pay period following Council approval each year durin...
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