To: Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From: Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director
Report Title: APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' UNION, LOCAL #1/AFSCME AND ESTABLISH WAGE AND NON-HEALTHCARE BENEFIT ENHANCEMENTS FOR REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADPOT Resolution No. 5260 approving the Successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Public Employees Union, Local #1/AFSCME, providing for wages, non-healthcare benefits, and other employment conditions for the term of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
BACKGROUND:
Negotiations with Public Employees Union, Local #1/AFSME (Union) for a successor MOU began on April 15, 2024. On June 26, 2024, the parties reached a tentative agreement for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. The new MOU provides for the following:
* A one-time lump sum ratification payment of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) for each member of the bargaining unit effective upon Board ratification.
* A one-time, five and one-half percent (5.5%) market equity adjustment for all classifications effective upon Board ratification.
* A five percent (5%) cost of living adjustment effective upon Board ratification; a five percent (5%) cost of living adjustment effective the first full pay period including July 1, 2025, and a five percent (5%) cost of living adjustment effective first full pay period including July 1, 2026.
* Increase vision reimbursement to Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) for the 3-year term of the MOU and update in MOU Section 25.8.
* Effective January 1, 2025, increase of annual Personal Holiday Leave to 40 hours and update in MOU Section 9.1.
* Effective upon Board ratification, a salary differential of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month paid to employees utilizing verbal bilingual proficiency or Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per mon...
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