HomeMy WebLinkAbout16 - CC-13 - Appointment of City Negotiators for CM - 3/17/2015CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 17th, 2015 ITEM NUMBER: CC -13
SUBJECT: APPPOINTMENT OF CITY NEGOTIATORS FOR THE COSTA MESA CITY
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION MEET AND CONFER RE SALARY REOPENER
AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE
MOU PER THE COIN ORDINANCE
DATE: MARCH 57H, 2015
FROM: THOMAS R. HATCH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PRESENTATION THOMAS R. HATCH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TAMARA S. LETOURNEAU, ASSISTANT CHIEF
CONTACT: EXECUTIVE OFFICER (714) 754-5122
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council.-
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ouncil:
1. Designate Tamara Letourneau, Assistant Chief Executive Officer and Laura Kalty, Partner,
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as the City's representatives in negotiations with the Costa Mesa
City Employees Association (CMCEA) as to the salary reopener.
2. Authorize staff to have the independent fiscal analysis of the current CMCEA Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) completed per the requirements of the COIN Ordinance.
BACKGROUND AND ANLYSIS:
The current Memorandum of Understanding between the City and CMCEA specifies a "singular
reopener." The negotiations shall be limited to base salary only, Article 3 — Salaries and Wages,
3.1 states:
"...Therefore, on or about June 1, 2015, the parties shall convene the meet and confer
process in this singular regard."
Per the COIN ordinance, the City Council must designate a principal representative and at least
one representative on behalf of the City to represent the City in negotiations. The ordinance
states that "in an effort to avoid inherent conflicts of interest, the principal representative
negotiating on behalf of the city 1) shall not be an employee of the City, 2) shall not be a member
of any retirement system providing a defined benefit to the member, and 3) shall have a
demonstrated expertise in negotiating labor and employment agreements on behalf of
municipalities.
The City Council shall designate one or more executive employees to be present during
negotiations and to assist the principal negotiator as the city council and/or principal negotiator
deem appropriate." Staff recommends that the City Council designate Tamara Letourneau,
Assistant Chief Executive Officer and Laura Kalty, Partner, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as the City's
representatives in negotiations with the CMCEA.
Further, Section 2-237 of the COIN Ordinance requires that an independent auditor complete a fiscal
analysis of the fiscal impacts of the current MOU. In addition, Section 2-237 (b) states "the report
and findings of the independent auditor shall be completed and made available for review by the City
Council and the public at least 30 days prior to consideration by the city council of an initial meet and
confer proposal to be presented to any recognized employee organization regarding negotiation of
an amended, extended, successor, or original memorandum of understanding." To that end, staff
recommends that the City Council authorize staff to have the independent fiscal analysis of the
current CMCEA MOU completed per the requirements of the COIN Ordinance.
ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
An alternative is to propose other designated representatives and authorize the
completion of the fiscal analysis.
FISCAL REVIEW:
The funds are budgeted in the General Fund in the Human Resources Division budget for outside
legal counsel for negotiations. The cost to complete the fiscal analysis by the independent auditor
is approximately $2,500 and is budgeted in the General Fund in the Finance Department budget.
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends that the Mayor and City Council formally approve Ms. Letoumeau and Ms. Kalty
to represent the City in negotiations with the CMCEA as to the salary reopener and direct staff to
have the independent fiscal analysis completed of the current CMCEA MOU.
TAMARA S. LETOURNEAU THOMAS R. HATCH
Assistant Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
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THOMAS DUARTE
City Attorney
DISTRIBUTION: Chief Executive Officer
City Clerk
STEVE DUNIVENT
Interim Finance Director
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