SR-603-005 (3)
Council Meeting: February 14, 2006 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Public Attorneys Union
INTRODUCTION
This report requests that Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the City
Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Attorneys
Union.
BACKGROUND
The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Public Attorneys Union (PAU)
expired on June 30, 2005. Per the terms and conditions of that MOU, negotiations with
PAU for a successor MOU commenced and resulted in a new agreement that has been
ratified by the membership of PAU.
This agreement is a five-year contract from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2010. The
agreement provides for a cost of living increase of 4.0% for FY2005-2006; provides for
cost of living increases for FY2006-2007, FY2007-2008, FY2008-2009 and FY2009-2010
based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Country area, with a 2% minimum and a 4%
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maximum; provides for an 8.98% equity adjustment to the Deputy Attorney III salary range
for FY2005-2006 to bring the salary for the job classification of Deputy Attorney III in line
with the salary paid by comparison cities; provides that movement from Deputy Attorney I
to Deputy Attorney II and from Deputy Attorney II to Deputy Attorney III shall be at the
discretion of the City Attorney and will be based on job performance; provides that salary
step increases within the salary range shall be at the discretion of the City attorney and will
be based on job performance (i.e., there will be no automatic salary step increases); and
makes minor non-economic changes.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The total cost of the new contract terms for FY2005-2006 is $497,000. Provision was
made in the FY2005-2006 budget to accommodate the results of negotiations with
bargaining units and no appropriation is necessary.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the City
Manager to execute the new Memorandum of Understanding with the Public Attorneys
Union.
Prepared By: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
See Adopted Resolution 10112 (CCS)
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