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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
CITY OF SANTA ANA
AND
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES UNIT
OCT 2 9 2024 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721
FOR THE TERM JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
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This First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU) is entered into on October
15, 2024, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized
and existing under the Constitution and the laws of the State of California ("City") and the Service
Employees International Union Local 721 ("SEIU") a recognized employee bargaining unit
(collectively "Parties").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into an MOU with a term of July 1, 2022 through
June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to modify Article 9.0 of their MOU as set forth below.
THE PARTIES THEREFORE AGREE as follows (additions are underlined and deletions
are stricken):
Article 9.0. Section 9.6 (A) to amend the language as follows:
9.6 Vacation Cash -Out
A. Annual Buy Back
If an employee wants to cash -out unused vacation leave they accrued during
the calendar year, they must make an irrevocable election by December 15th
of the prior calendar year (i,e, by December 15, 2022 for a cash -out in
calendar year 2023).
2. The irrevocable election must indicate the amount of vacation hours the
employee intends to cash -out during that next calendar year.
The number of howl to be cashed -out cannot exceed the total number of
hours the employee will accrue during that same calendar year, or a
maximum of one hundred (100) hours. whichever is the lesser amount,
3, Once the election form is submitted to Human Resources, the amount of
hours to be cashed -out cannot be chained for that calendar year.
d. Employees may submit a request for cash -out up to two times (2X) per year -
for payment in the first paycheck peFiedot �1-bic-I-r- dudes July-4 and/or
December -la.
5. In the event an employee's vacation leave balance (on either pay period when
they can elect to cash -out) is less than the amount of hours the employee had
previously elected to cash -out (in the prior calendar year), the employee will
only receive payment for the amount of accumulated vacation leave
remaining at the time of the cash -out in either July or December.
6. If an employee makes an irrevocable election to cash -out vacation in the
following calendar year and uses vacation leave during that subsequent
calendar year, the vacation leave used will first come from vacation leave
the employee had earned (if any) prior to January I" of the calendar year the
employee had elected to cash -out. The use of such earned, but unused.
vacation leave accumulated from previous calendar years shall not result in
a reduction in the amount of vacation hours the employee is eligible to cash -
out.
2, Except as modified by this First Amendment, the terms and conditions of the MOU shall
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to the MOU,
on the date and year written above,
CITY OF SANTA ANA
41varo Nunez
City Manager
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City Cier
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
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Laura A. Rossini
Chief Assistant City Attorney
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
Ahnaidorer
Executive Director of Human Resources
9/26/2094
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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721
Ryan urillo, Worksite Organizer
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R-en Hernandez, 9EIU Chapter President
[Signature Page- First Amendment to MOU]
9/26/24
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