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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 19, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE SERVICE <br />EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1 s` Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED <br />TO <br />FILE <br />NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to <br />execute an agreement with the Service Employees International Union Local 721 regarding <br />certain terms and conditions of employment. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently completed negotiations <br />per a reopener provision in the current contract for fiscal years 2010-2013. Listed below are the <br />key agreements resulting from these negotiations. The contract expiration date remains June 30, <br />2013. <br />Employee Furloughs. The current furlough program will be extended, and additional furlough <br />hours added, to equal 322 unpaid furlough hours from the commencement of this agreement <br />through June 30, 2013. This equates to a full Friday furlough program when combined with the <br />every-other-Friday 9-80 work schedule closure. <br />Lead Pay. Effective June 1, 2012, Union members who have continuously received "lead" <br />assignment pay for five or more years shall have their job title modified to include the word "Lead" <br />in order to formalize the lead assignment and codify the assignment pay as part of the regular <br />monthly salary. <br />Medical Retirement Subsidy Plan. For fiscal years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, the City's <br />annual contribution will decrease from 1.75% to 1.0%. Further, the Union will forgive the 2010-11 <br />payment and remit the sum back to the City. <br />25H-1