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Santa Monica
City Council Meeting: November 13, 2007
Agenda Item: ~ "
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Management Team Associates
Recommended Action
This report requests that Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the City
Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Management
Team Associates (MTA).
Executive Summary
The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Management Team
Associates (MTA) expired on June 30, 2007. Per the terms and conditions of that MOU,
negotiations with MTA for a successor MOU commenced and resulted in a new
agreement that has been ratified by the membership of MTA. The total cost of this
MOU is $233,819 for fiscal year 2007-2008 and is included in the adopted budget.
Discussion
This agreement is a two-year contract from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. The
agreement provides a 3.1% cost of living adjustment for FY2007-2008 and a cost of
living adjustment for FY2008-2009 based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the
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Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County area, with a minimum of 2% and a maximum of
4%; adds one MOU (personal leave) day that can be cashed out if not used by the end
of the fiscal year; add two (2) non-cashable MOU (personal leave) days; provides for
acting pay if the employee "acts" as a department head for a minimum of fourteen (14)
calendar days; and makes some minor non-economic changes.
Budget/Financial Impact
The total cost of the new contract terms for FY2007-2008 is $233,819. This amount
includes the 3.1% cost of living increase ($207,302) and the cost of one (1) cashable
MOU day ($26,517). The budget impact of the cost of living increase is included in
each department's FY2007-08 adopted budget. The cost of the additional MOU day for
General Fund employees is included in the Non-Departmental budget and increases in
other funds budgets will be absorbed at this time and re-evaluated at year-end for
additional funding, if needed.
Prepared by:
Karen Bancroft, Director of Human Resources
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Approved: Forwarded to Council:
Reference
Resolution No.
10255 (CCS)