SR 08-23-2022 5P
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: August 23, 2022
Agenda Item: 5.P
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Lori Gentles, Chief People Officer, Human Resources Department
Subject: Adoption of a Resolution accepting the tentative agreement and authorizing
the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding
with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation
Workers - Transportation Division, Local 1785
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt the proposed Resolution (Attachment A) accepting the tentative
agreement and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association of Sheet Metal,
Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division, Local
1785(SMART-TD);
2. Adopt the salary schedule (Attachment B); and
3. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
section of this report.
Summary
In accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA), negotiations between the City
and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers,
Transportation Division, Local 1785 (SMART-TD), have resulted in a Tentative
Agreement (TA) regarding a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
SMART-TD has finalized the ratification voting process, approving the terms of the TA.
City staff recommends that the Council approve the ratified TA to establish the
successor agreement between the City and SMART-TD.
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Discussion
The MOU between the City and each bargaining unit establishes wages, hours, and
other terms and conditions of employment. Under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA)
in California, local public agencies negotiate with exclusively recognized employee
organizations on wages, hours, and working conditions. The City currently is still in
negotiations with one of these employee organizations (often referred to as bargaining
groups or unions) whose contract with the City expired on June 30, 2022.
The overall policy of the City has been to maintain competitive benefits and working
conditions in a high-cost geographic labor market in order to retain and attract a high-
quality workforce to serve our community across a wide range of specialized services.
Since most, though not all, City jobs are most comparable to those in other (competing)
municipal organizations, the City has traditionally looked to full-service cities in our
region of similar size and financial strength for labor market comparisons.
The terms of this tentative agreement bring the City closer in alignment with our
comparable peer transit agencies while simultaneously preserving a level of benefits
that will keep the City of Santa Monica competitive in a tight labor market. Peer
agencies include Long Beach Transit, Los Angeles County Metro, Culver City, Gardena
and Torrance.
The substantive changes for the TA with SMART-TD are outlined below:
• Term of Agreement: July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025.
• Closest Pay Period following Council adoption (August 28, 2022) = 7% salary
increase plus a one-time signing bonus of $2,500
• July 1, 2023 = 3% salary increase
• July 1, 2024 = 3% salary increase.
• Add Cesar Chavez and Juneteenth as paid holidays.
• Increase to annual lump sum Uniform Voucher from $400 to $580
• Compensation study to be conducted by January 1, 2025
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Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
The total cost of the negotiated changes contained in the tentative agreement presented
in this report is approximately $2,812,000 for FY 2022-23 in the Big Blue Bus (BBB)
Fund. If the changes are approved, funding for the FY 2022-23 changes will be
appropriated in non-Departmental accounts in the BBB Fund. The funds will
be transferred to the corresponding accounts in the Department of Transportation
budget along with the FY 2021-22 Year-end Budget changes being presented to
Council on October 25, 2022.
Prepared By: Sarah Rebensdorf, Senior Human Resources Analyst
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. SMART-TD TA RESO 8.23.22
B. SMT FY22-23 Salary Schedule COLA 7%
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City Council Meeting: August 23, 2022 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ACCEPTING THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, AND
TRANSPORTATION WORKERS – TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, LOCAL 1785
WHEREAS, authorized representatives of the City administration and the
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers –
Transportation Division, Local 1785 (“SMART-TD”) have met and conferred in
accordance with the Meyers-Millias Brown Act (“MMBA”), codified at Government Code
Section 3500 et seq., and have reached agreement on wages, hours, and other terms
and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 3505.1, on August 23,
2022, the tentative agreement reached between authorized representatives of the City
administration and SMART-TD was presented to the City Council of the City of Santa
Monica for consideration; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 3505.1 requires preparation of a written
Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the employee organization if a
tentative agreement is reached and adopted by the City Council; and
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Packet Pg. 175 Attachment: SMART-TD TA RESO 8.23.22 [Revision 1] (5301 : SMART-TD MOU 2022)
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WHEREAS, the purpose of each Memorandum of Understanding is to promote
and provide harmonious relations, cooperation, and understanding between the City and
Teamsters.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica hereby accepts and
approves the tentative agreement that has been reached between authorized
representatives of the City administration and the International Association of Sheet
Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division, Local 1785
(“SMART-TD”) and authorizes the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with SMART-TD (FY2022-2025), in accordance with this agreement.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 176 Attachment: SMART-TD TA RESO 8.23.22 [Revision 1] (5301 : SMART-TD MOU 2022)
Intl' Assoc of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transp Workers (SMART-TD)
Salary Schedule for August 23, 2022 City Council Meeting
Class Code BU Grade Step Hourly Rate Monthly Rate Annual Rate Bi weekly Rate
010 1 22.66 3,927.73 47,132.80 1,812.80
010 2 24.28 4,208.53 50,502.40 1,942.40
010 3 25.90 4,489.33 53,872.00 2,072.00
010 4 27.51 4,768.40 57,220.80 2,200.80
010 5 29.13 5,049.20 60,590.40 2,330.40
010 6 32.37 5,610.80 67,329.60 2,589.60
010 1 22.66 3,927.73 47,132.80 1,812.80
010 2 24.28 4,208.53 50,502.40 1,942.40
010 3 25.90 4,489.33 53,872.00 2,072.00
010 4 27.51 4,768.40 57,220.80 2,200.80
010 5 29.13 5,049.20 60,590.40 2,330.40
010 6 32.37 5,610.80 67,329.60 2,589.60
Class Title
MOTOR COACH OPER (LATERAL TRN) 0011 SMT
MOTOR COACH OPERATOR 0010 SMT
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Packet Pg. 177 Attachment: SMT FY22-23 Salary Schedule COLA 7% (5301 : SMART-TD MOU 2022)