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File #: 25-4070    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Discussion Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/24/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/7/2025 Final action: 10/7/2025
Title: HEARING on the impasse with IFPTE Local 21 regarding revisions to the Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager classification specification, and CONSIDER implementing revisions to the specification. (David Sanford, Chief of Labor Relations)
Attachments: 1. Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEHC) Strikethrough April 2025
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Public Hearing - Impasse with IFPTE Local 21 regarding Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager classification specification revisions.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee


RECOMMENDATIONS:

1) OPEN public hearing on impasse with IFPTE Local 21 over revisions to the specification for the Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager classification.

2) CLOSE public hearing; and

3) IMPLEMENT revised specification for the Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager Classification as proposed by the County.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

On April 11, 2025, Human Resources issued notice to IFPTE Local 21 of its intent to revise the specifications for the Assistant Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEWC), Associate Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEVA), Senior Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEHA), and Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEHC) classifications.

On April 18, 2025, IFPTE Local 21 responded to the notice and requested to bargain the above-referenced revisions to these classification specifications.

From April 18, 2025, to July 3, 2025, representatives from the Contra Costa County ("County") and IFPTE Local 21 ("the parties") bargained the above-referenced revisions to these classification specifications and reached agreement on revisions to the Assistant Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEWC), Associate Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEVA), and Senior Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEHA) classification specifications.

The parties did not reach agreement on the County's proposed revisions to the Supervising Capital Facilities Project Manager (NEHC) classification specification. Specifically, the parties did not reach agreement on the County's proposals to:
(1) modify the Licenses Required minimum qualification to permit candidates who possess a Certified Construction Manager cre...

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