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Home My WebLink About1994 LQ Employee's Association MOUMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding ("Memorandum") is made and entered into by THE CITY OF LA QUINTA ("City") and the LA QUINTA CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ("Association"). WHEREAS, the City, and the Association, have met and conferred in good faith with respect to the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of City employees and all other subjects within the scope of bargaining under the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act, Government Code Section 3500 et. seq. and have reached an agreement that they wish to set forth in writing in the form of the Memorandum. The City and the Association therefore agree as follows: SECTION 1: TERM This Memorandum shall take effect on July 1, 1994 and shall remain in effect until June 30, 1995. SECTION 2: SALARY The Schedule of Salary Ranges (Attachment #1) shall be in effect during the term of this Memorandum. The schedule provides a 2% Cost of Living Adjustment/Increase. SECTION 3: HEALTH CARE During the term of this Memorandum, the City shall pay up to $278.13 per month for coverage of each eligible employee under the group medical plan (including medical, dental, vision and life insurance) offered by the City, City shall pay up to $610.43 per month for coverage of eligible dependents of employees for health benefits (including dental and life) and $16.60 per month for vision coverage for eligible dependents. The employee's cost for coverage of eligible dependents for health (including dental and life) is $54.91 per month and $1.54 per month for vision coverage for eligible dependents. Costs of such insurance shall be paid by the employee by means of a payroll deduction as a condition of continued coverage. The benefits, terms, and conditions of coverage shall be governed by the formal plan documents. SECTION 4: EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM All employees, with prior approval of the City Manager, may be reimbursed for costs of books, tuition and lab fees for classes or instruction, provided such classes or instruction are related to the employees's assigned duties with the City. The total of such reimbursements for all employees shall not exceed $5,000 during the term of this Memorandum. Reimbursement will be made only after an employee has satisfactorily completed the class or workshop with the grade of C or better or equivalent completion and that evidence of same has been submitted and approved by the City Manager. SECTION 5: MANAGEMENT RIGHTS Except as limited by the terms of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City retains the sole and exclusive right to manage its operations and direct its workforce using any or all of the power and authority previously exercised or possessed by the City or traditionally reserved to management, including but not limited to, the right to determine its organization and the kinds and levels of services to be provided; to direct the work of its employees; to assign work from one classification of employees to another, including work performed currently by employees in the classifications covered by this Memorandum; to establish work standard and levels of required performance; to utilize part-time or temporary employment; to pay wages and benefits in excess of those required by this Memorandum; to select, modify, alter, abandon, or modernize methods of conducting its operations; to build, move, modify, close, or modernize facilities, machinery, processes, and equipment; to establish budgetary procedures and allocations; to determine methods of raising revenues; to sublet and subcontract work except work currently performed by City employees; to take all necessary action in the event of emergency; to establish and amend rules of conduct and to impose discipline and discharge; to establish and amend rules for safety and health; to select, hire, classify, reclassify, assign, reassign, evaluate, transfer, promote, demote, upgrade, downgrade, reprimand, discipline, suspend, discharge, lay off, and rehire employees; to determine job content and to create, combine, or modify job classifications and rates or classes of pay; and to exercise all other customary powers and authority of management, regardless of whether the City has exercised such power previously. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to restrict grievances concerning any part of this Memorandum. In the event of an emergency, the City may amend, modify, or rescind any provision of the Memorandum. Such amendment, modification, or rescission shall remain in force only for the period of the emergency. The City shall have sole and complete discretion to declare that an emergency exists for purposes of this Section. SECTION 6: NON-DISCRIMINATION All personnel decisions and actions including, but not limited to, appointments, promotions, demotions, transfers, layoffs, and discharges shall be made without regard to race, color, creed, sex, marital status, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. Any personnel actions based upon these factors violate this Agreement and are unlawful. Further, the City shall not discriminate against any employee for his/her activity on behalf of or his/her membership in any Employee Association, or Group. SECTION 7: HOURS As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule X - Work Schedules and Overtime. Sections 1 through 3. SECTION 8: HOLIDAYS As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule X - Leave Policy. Sections 1 through 4. SECTION 9: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 9.1 Salary on Promotion: Any employee who is promoted to an open position in a class with a higher salary range shall be placed on Step A in the new higher range or placed at the step which provides at least a minimum 5% salary increase for the employee. 9.2 Merit Increases: Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the City from offering employment to persons at higher than Step A in a particular salary classification. Further, City Management may, upon meritorious performance, advance an employee to the next step in grade prior to the employee's anniversary date. Finally, the City may, where performance is exemplary, advance an employee more than one salary step at a time. SECTION 10: VACATION As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule X - Section 5, Vacation. SECTION 11: SICK LEAVE As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule X - Section 6, Sick Leave. SECTION 17: LAYOFF POLICY AND PROCEDURE As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule XII, Layoff Policy and Procedure, Sections 1 through 8. SECTION 18: DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS - APPEALS As stated in Personnel Policies at Rule XI, Disciplinary Action, Sections 1 through 6. SECTION 22: COMPLETE AGREEMENT This Memorandum is hereby executed and/or ratified this 5ao( day of , 1.995, by and between the following authorized representative of the City and the La Quinta City Employee's Association. CITY OF LA QUINTA Dated: ��-h Oct Rc./ 3 , 1995 By: J hn 1. Pena, Mayor LA QUINTA CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Dated: 1994 Negotiating Com ttee: az Wt rw3m.mm-f £ITY OF LA QUINTA SCHEDULE OF SALARY RANGES 94/95 (INCLUDES +2%) MONTHLY file: SALRANGE 07/01 /94 RANGE A B C D E 30 1633 1715 1801 1889 1995 31 1674 1757 1844 1937 2034 32 1716 1802 logo 1986 2005 33 1760 1846 1939 2035 2139 34 1804 1893 1988 2089 2193 35 1849 1941 2038 2141 2249 36 1896 1909 2090 2194 2303 37 1941 2041 2141 2249 2361 38 1989 2091 2194 2303 2419 39 2041 2143 2249 2362 2480 40 2091 2195 2305 2419 2542 41 2143 2250 2362 2481 2605 42 2195 2305 2420 2542 2669 43 2250 2363 2482 2605 2735 44 2306 242D 2542 2670 29M 45 2364 2463 2607 2737 2874 46 2423 2544 2572 2804 290 47 2464 2608 2738 2876 3019 48 2545 2573 2806 2947 3094 49 2609 2740 2877 3021 3171 50 2674 2808 2948 3096 3252 51 2741 2878 3022 3172 3331 52 2809 290 3097 3253 3413 53 2879 3024 3176 3333 35M 54 2952 3099 3254 3418 358E 55 3025 3178 3336 3503 3677 56 3102 3257 3420 3590 3769 57 3179 3338 3505 3679 3865 58 3259 3422 3593 3771 39M 59 3341 3507 3682 38V 4060 60 3424 3596 3775 39" 4162 61 3509 3684 3869 4062 4267 62 3598 3778 3966 4165 4372 63 3688 3071 4066 4269 4483 64 3780 3969 4168 4376 4594 65 3874 4069 4271 4485 4708 66 3971 4171 4378 45N 4827 67 4070 4273 4488 4711 4947 68 4172 43W 4598 4829 5070 69 4275 44W 4713 4949 5197 70 4383 4602 4831 5073 5327 71 4490 4714 4949 5197 5456 72 4602 4831 5073 5327 5595 73 4716 4952 5200 5459 5733 74 4834 5076 5331 5597 5877 75 4955 5203 5463 5738 6025 76 5080 5333 5500 56W 6176 77 5206 5466 5741 6027 6330 78 5337 5602 5884 6178 6488 79 5471 5743 6D31 6332 6650 80 56D6 50M 6181 6491 6816 81 5747 8033 6336 66M 6986 82 5891 6184 6494 6820 716D 83 6037 6338 6657 6991 7339 84 6189 6496 6824 7166 7521 85 6344 am am 7344 7710 ATTACHMENT 1