To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Deputy City Manager
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Tentative Agreement for a Successor Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Napa and the Police Management Unit
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Accept and adopt the Comprehensive Tentative Agreement for a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Napa and the Police Management Unit (PMU) for the term of January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and authorize the City Manager or designee to sign the successor Memorandum of Understanding that implements the Tentative Agreement.
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DISCUSSION:
The Police Management Unit (PMU) members include Captains and Lieutenants in the Napa Police Department. City and PMU representatives began discussions on a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August 2020. The current MOU expires at the end of the 2020 calendar year.
Given the current financial uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the recommended Tentative Agreement represents minimal changes to the current MOU. The new term allows the City to conduct concurrent negotiations with the Napa Police Officers Association (POA) and PMU in 2022 with a better understanding of the financial impacts of the Pandemic. The Tentative Agreement was ratified by PMU on November 2, 2020.
The major terms of the agreement are as follows:
Term: 1 ½ years term, January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
Wages:
• No changes were proposed to the compensation language in the existing MOU which currently provides for a differential pay as compared to the sergeant classification (represented by Napa Police Officers Association (POA)). This differential will result in an equivalent increase for PMU members of 4% upon POA’s scheduled COLA (3%) and Equity (1%) increase scheduled for June 2021. The impact of this change is approximately $64,000 for the term of the agreement.
• POST Certificate pay will be updated to reflect language adopted in Sideletter No. 1 to the current MOU. No increases or changes will be made to this specialty pay.
Promotions:
• Language in Section 6 (Promotions) will be modified to accommodate a transition from a 20-step to a 5-Step pay system upon completion of the City’s implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning (financial/payroll) system in summer of 2021. No changes will be made to the current pay range.
New Section:
• A new section will be added allowing for a pilot on-duty fitness program.
All other terms of MOU will remain in effect during the term of the agreement.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
No additional FY 2020/21 budget appropriations are requested for implementation of this agreement. Due to the scheduled COLA and Equity increase for POA members in June 2021 resulting in an increase for PMU members, there will be an approximate $64,000 increase to the Police Department General Fund budget for FY 2021/22. This increase will be included in the FY 2021/22 budget to be approved by Council in June 2021.
CEQA:
The City Manager has determined that the Recommended Action described in this Agenda Report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Tentative Agreement
EX A - Draft City/PMU Memorandum of Understanding
NOTIFICATION:
None