For City Council Meeting [May 26, 2020]
TO: Honorable City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Manager
FROM: Angela McCray, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
Stephen Erlandson, Deputy City Manager
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Request City Council to Approve the Collective Bargaining Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Rialto and the Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management Unit for the period covering July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021.
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BACKGROUND
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management Unit expired as of June 30, 2019. As of April 22, 2020, the City along with representatives of RPBA-Management reached tentative agreement, and members of the unit ratified that agreement on April 29, 2020 voting unanimously to accept negotiated terms regarding wages, benefits and working conditions for a term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
This staff report recommends City Council's approval of contract language incorporated into an agreement with the Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management Unit, which has been reviewed and approved as to form by the City Attorney's Office. Attachment 1 is the MOU for the Unit (RPBA-M) which incorporates provisions mutually agreed upon during the negotiation process. The MOU effective date is retroactive to July 1, 2019 and shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2021, with benefits and actions associated with this MOU being initiated for the current payroll period following approval; that being May 24, 2020.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. A "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Pursuant to Section 15378 (b) (5) a project does not include organizational or a...
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