SR-603-001 (9)
PE:ATA & PALSSU MOU?s; EPP.stfrpt.2004-2005 Santa Monica, California
Council Meeting: August 10, 2004
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to Execute
Memoranda of Understanding with the Administrative Team Associates and
the Public Attorneys? Legal Support Staff Union and a Resolution Amending
the Executive Pay Plan
INTRODUCTION
This report requests that Council adopt the attached Resolutions authorizing the City
Manager to execute respective Memoranda of Understanding with the Administrative Team
Associates and the Public Attorneys? Legal Support Staff Union and a Resolution
amending the Executive Pay Plan.
BACKGROUND
The Memoranda of Understanding with the Administrative Team Associates (ATA) and
Public Attorneys? Legal Support Staff Union (PALSSU) expired on June 30, 2004. Per the
terms and conditions of each agreement, negotiations with ATA and PALSSU for
successor Memoranda of Understanding commenced and resulted in new agreements that
have been ratified by the respective memberships of ATA and PALSSU.
The two agreements are one-year contracts effective July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
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Each of the agreements provides for a cost of living increase of 2.4% for FY2004-2005
and makes some minor non-economic changes. Effective July 1, 2003, the ATA
agreement also provides for a monthly skill pay bonus of $165 per month for Senior Plan
Check Engineers who, during FY2003-2004, held a Professional Engineer license issued
by the State of California and then deletes the skill pay bonus as of June 30, 2004, with
the bonus being rolled into the base salary in effect for Senior Plan Check Engineer as of
June 30, 2004.
The Executive Pay Plan is being amended to provide for a cost of living increase of 2.4%
for FY2004-2005; grant the City Manager the authority to establish a salary differential not
to exceed 15% between the compensation of a department head and his/her highest paid
subordinate and a salary differential not to exceed 5% between the compensation of the
Assistant City Manager and the highest paid department head; and incorporates into the
Executive Pay Plan as management incentive pay the car allowance currently received by
members of the Executive Pay Plan.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
Funds are already included in the budget for FY2004-2005 to cover any costs associated
with the agreements with ATA and PALSSU and the revisions to the Executive Pay Plan.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council adopt the attached Resolutions authorizing the City
Manager to execute the new Memoranda of Understanding with the Administrative Team
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Associates and the Public Attorneys? Legal Support Staff Union and a Resolution
amending the Executive Pay Plan.
Prepared By: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
See Adopted Resolutions - No. 9969 (CCS) (ATA), No. 9970 (CCS) (PALSSU), and No.
9971 (CCS) (EPP).
(ATA MOU stfrpt.2004-2005)
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