HomeMy WebLinkAbout22 - PH-1 - Civic Openness in Negotiations (COIN) - 3/17/2015CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 17TH, 2015
ITEM NUMBER: PH -1
SUBJECT: CIVIC OPENNESS IN NEGOTIATIONS (COIN) ORDINANCE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
OF THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AND THE COSTA MESA POLICE
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CMPMA).
DATE: March 5'h, 2015
FROM: CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE/HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
PRESENTATION LAURA KALTY, CHIEF NEGOTIATOR
BY: LANCE M. NAKAMOTO, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LANCE NAKAMOTO (714) 754-5172
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Hold the second Public Hearing as required by COIN.
2. Approve and adopt the attached CMPMA Side Letter of Agreement (Attachment 1)
between the City of Costa Mesa and the CMPMA for 26 consecutive pay periods
through and inclusive of February 20th, 2016.
BACKGROUND:
The CMPMA MOU including subsequent side letter agreement between the City and the
CMPMA expired June 30th, 2014. Employees covered by this Agreement agreed to
contribute 5% of the employee's PERSable earnings towards the employee retirement
contribution for a period of one -hundred and four (104) consecutive pay periods. The
104th and final pay period ended February 21St, 2015.
ANALYSIS:
In accordance with the COIN Ordinance and the initial stages of the meet and confer
process, negotiations are ongoing. As a result, the parties to this side letter agreement in
the context of good faith negotiations in accordance with Government Code Section 3500
et seq. (Meyers-Milias-Brown Act) have agreed to extend the 5% employee contribution for
a period of 26 pay periods, while negotiations continue. The first pay period will be effective
February 22nd, 2015 and the deduction will continue by using Section 20516 as stated by
PERS to be "Cost Sharing."
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ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
The alternative is to allow the 5% employee contribution to expire effective February 21St,
2015. Based upon CMPMA's CalPERS base salary of $1,381,264, the value of this
alternative is $69,063.
FISCAL REVIEW:
As stated previously in the Alternatives Considered Section, the value to the City in
continuing the cost sharing is approximately $69,063. The value for the current Fiscal
Year 2014-2015 is $23,906 and an additional $45,157 for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed the documents and approved them as to form.
CONCLUSION:
The March 17th Public Hearing is the second and final of the two mandated City Council
Meetings conducted pursuant to the COIN Ordinance. In conjunction with the Public
Hearing, Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt the CMPMA Side Letter
(Attachment 1).
LANCE M. NAKAMOTO
Human Resources Manager
STEP EN DUNIVENT
Interim Finance Director
DISTRIBUTION: Chief Executive Officer
City Clerk
ATTACHMENT: I CMPMA Side Letter
TAMARA S. LETOURNEAU
Assistant ief Executive Officer
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THOMAS DRTE
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