CC Resolution 1995-045 RESOLUTION NO. 95-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA QUINTA AND THE LA QUINTA
CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (LQCEA), COMMENCING ON JULY 1, 1995,
AND TERMINATING ON JUNE 30, 1996.
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta, hereinafter referred to as "CITY", and the La Quinta City
Employees' Association the recognized organization representing its members, hereinafter referred
to as "Association", have met and conferred over wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment
pursuant to Government Code Section 3500, as amended; and,
WltEREAS, the City and the Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for
the period commencing on Iuly 1, 1995, and terminating on June 30, 1996;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City does hereby approve, ratify, and authorize implementation of each
economic and non-economic benefit and right set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding between
the City and Association, attached hereto and executed on June 20, 1995, and incorporated herein as
Exhibit "A", and said to the extem the City may legally do so in accordance with the time constraints
._.. of said Memorandum of Understanding.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of La Quinta,
California this 20th day of June, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bangerter, Cathcart, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Peha
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None HN~.PE~,~M,
JO ayor
AT'T: C~~ City of La Quinta, California
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
EXHZBZT "A'
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MEMORANDUM O~F 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").
WI~REAS, 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 CiW and the Association therefore agree as follows:
SECTION 1: TERM
This Memorandum shall take effect on July 1, 1995 and shall remain in effect
through and including June 30, 1996.
SECTION 2: SALARY
The Schedule of Salary Ranges (Attachment # 1) shall be in effect during the
entire term of this Memorandum. The schedule provides a 1% Cost of Living
Adjustment / Increase to all salary ranges.
SECTION 3: HEALTH CARE
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During the entire term of this Memorandum, the City and the employees shall
contribute per month the following amounts toward health care insurance;
City Employee
Group Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life InsuranceContributiOn Contribution
Employee Only $288.84 0
Employee and Dependents $6'33.80 $56.46
The employee contribution shall be paid by a payroll deduction as a condition of
enrollment and continuous insurance 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, will be reimbursed for
costs of books, tuition and lab fees for classes or instruction, provided such classes or
instruction are decided by the City Manager to be related to the employees' assigned
duties with the City. The total of such reimbursements for all employees shall not
exceed $5000 dm/ng the term of this Memorandum. Reimbursement will be made only
afl~r an employee has satisfactorily completed the class or workshop with the grade of
a 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 fight 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 fight 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 ~tandard 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~e event of an emergency; to establish and amend roles of conduct
and to impose discipline and discharge; to establish and amend roles for safety and
health; to select, hire, classify, reclassify, assign, 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 recision shall remain in force only for the period of the emergency. The
City shall have the sole and complete discretion to declare that an emergency exists for
the 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 unlawfial by federal state or local laws. Any personnel actions based upon these
factors violate this Agreement. and are unlawfial. Ftutl~r, the City shall not discriminate
against any employee for his/her activity on behalf of his/her membership in any
Employee Association, or Group.
SECTION 7: HOURS
Employee hours of work shall be as stated in Personnel Policies Rule X - Work
Schedules and Overtime. Sections 1 through 3.
SECTION 8: HOLIDAYS
City paid holidays shall be as provided in Personnel Policies Rule X - Leave Policy.
Sections 1 through 4.
SECTION 9: VACATION
10.1 Accrnal: Vacation accrual shall be as provided in Personnel Policies Rule X -
Section 5, Vacation.
10.2 B_~ - Baelc Notwithstanding the Personnel policies to the contrary, such policies
will be amended to include the following vacation buy-back provision.
9.2 (a) Mandatory Buy Back
Vacation hours may be accumulated and carried over to succeeding calendar years up
to a maximum accrual of 320 hours. Accrued vacation hours which exceed 320 hours
as of the last pay period of November of each year shall be paid at the employee's
regular rate of pay as time worked and shall be included in the second payroll check
of December.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, existing employees whose vacation hours exceed 320
hours as of July 1,1995 will be assigned a maximum accumulation mount equal to the
amount of such employee's accrual of vacation time accumulated as of July 1, 1995.
9.2 (b) Optional
In addition to the above, employees with a minimum of 80 hours of accrued vacation
time as of the last pay period in November in any calendar year, may receive pay at the
employee's regular rate of pay, for a portion or the entire amount over 80 hours,
provided that the employee has taken at least 40 hours of vacation consisting of five
consecutive work days, and excluding holidays, in the prior year between December
1 and November 30.
Any employee desiring to exercise this option must make a written request to the
Finance Director no later than November 15 in the calendar year for which vacation
buy back is sought. The buy back pay will be included in the second payroll check of
December.
SECTION 10: SICK LEAVE
Sick leave shall be accrued as provided in Personnel Policies Rule X, Section 6, Sick
Leave.
Rule XIV of the Personnel Policies., Section 7. 1. Family Illness leave shall be
' amended to include "grandchildren'' in the definition of immediate family.
Rule XIV of the P~'sonnel Policies, Section 7.2. Bereavement Leave to be amended
to include "grandchildren" in the def'mition of immediate family.
SECTION 11: COMPLETE AGREEMENT
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is intended that this Agreement sets forth the full and
entire understanding of the parties regarding the matters set forth herein. Except as
specifically provided herein, it is agreed and understood that each party hereto
voluntarily and unqualifiedly waives its right, and agrees that the other shall not be
required to negotiate with respect to any subject or matter covered herein'during the
term of this agreement.
Any agreement, alteration, understanding, variation, waiver, or modification of any of
the terms, or provisions contained herein shall not be binding upon the parties hereto
unless made and executed in writing by aH parties hereto, and if required, approved and
implemented by the City Council.
The waiver of any breach, term or condition of this Agreement by either party shall not
constitute a precedent in the future enforcement of all its terms and provisions.
This Memorandum is hereby executed and or ratified this ~ day of 1995
by and between the following authorized representatives of the City and the LaQuinta
City Employees' Association.
CITY OF LA QUINTA
Dated: ,1995
By John J. Pefla, Mayor
A CIT~ ~EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
· Nego~afing Committee:
ATTACHMENT 1
FY 95/96 OF NOU
101.00~ 1.00% 1.00~ 1.00% 1.00%
MONTHLY
BASE 100.00%
RANGE A B C D E
30 1,688 1,752 1,839 1,931 2,028
31 1,710 1,795 1,885 1,879 2,078
32 1,752 1,839 1,931 2,028 2,129
33 1,795 1,885 1,979 2,078 2,182
34 1,839 1,931 2,028 2,129 2,235
35 1,885 1,979 2,078 2,182 2,291
36 1,g31 2,028 2,129 2,235 2,347
37 1,979 2,078 2,182 2,291 2,406
38 2, 028 2,129 2,235 2,347 2,485
39 2,078 2,182 2,291 2,406 2,526
40 2,129 2,235 2,347 2,465 2,588
41 2,182 2,291 2,406 2,526 2,852
42 2,235 2,347 2,485 2,588 2,717
43 2,291 2,406 2,526 2,662 2,785
44 2,347 2,465 2,588 2,717 2,853
45 2,408 2, 626 2,652 2,785 2,924
48 2,485 2,588 2,717 2,853 2,896
47 2,526 2,652 2,785 2,924 3,071
48 2,588 2,717 2,853 2,996 3,145
49 2,652 2,785 2,924 3,071 3,224
50 2,717 2,853 2,996 3,145 3,303
51 2,785 2,924 3,071 3,224 3,385
52 2,853 2,996 3,145 3,303 3,488
53 2,924 3,071 3,224 3,385 3,555
54 2.996 3,145 3.303 3,488 3,641
55 3,071 3,224 3,385 3,555 3,732
58 3,145 3,303 3,468 3,64t 3,823
57 3,224 3,385 3,555 3,732 3, 919
58 3,303 3,468 3,641 3,823 4,015
59 3,385 3,555 3,732 3,919 4,115
80 3,468 3,641 3,823 4,015 4,215
61 3,555 3,732 3,919 4,115 4,321
62 3,641 3,823 4,015 4,215 4,426
83 3,732 3,919 4,115 4,321 4,537
64 3,823 4,015 4,215 4,426 4,647
65 3.919 4,115 4,321 4,537 4,763
68 4,015 4,215 4,426 4,647 4,880
87 4,115 4,321 4,537 4,763 5,002
68 4,215 4,426 4,647 4,880 5,124
69 4,321 4,537 4,763 5,002 5,252
70 4,426 4,647 4,880 5,124 5,380
71 4,537 4,763 5,002 5,252 5,514
72 4,647 4,880 5,124 5,380 5,649
- 73 4,763 5,002 5,252 5,514 5,7g0
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