REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 25, 2015
FROM: JEFF CARDELL, Director
Personnel Services Department
BY: KEN PHILLIPS, Labor Relations Manager
Personnel Services Department]
SUBJECT
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1. ***Adopt a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fresno and Fresno Airports Safety Supervisors/Operating Engineers, Local 3 (FAPSS/OE3) - Unit 15 (Airport Public Safety Supervisors)
2. ***Adopt a Side Letter of Agreement between the City of Fresno and FAPSS/OE3 (Airport Public Safety Supervisors - Unit 15) on pensions for new employees
3. ***RESOLUTION - 6th amendment to Salary Resolution No. 2014-108, amending salaries in Exhibit 15, Airport Public Safety Supervisors (FAPSS)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council: 1) approve the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement changes in wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for City employees in Unit 15, represented by FAPSS/OE3; 2) approve a Side Letter of Agreement on Pensions for New Employees in Unit 15; and 3) approve the Sixth Amendment to the Salary Resolution No. 2014-108, amending salaries in Exhibit 15.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City has been in MOU negotiations with FAPSS/OE3 since April 2012. The parties were able to reach tentative agreement on a successor MOU that replaces an MOU which expired on June 30, 2012. FAPSS/OE3 members ratified the tentative successor agreement on June 10, 2015. Highlights of the agreement include a 2% wage increase this month and another 2% increase on July 1, 2016, employee payment of a portion of the City's share of retirement costs - 1% for current employees and 3% for new employees, P.O.S.T. premium pay, a reduction in the City's share of heath care premiums matching the reductions taken by other employees, a reduction in holiday leave accruals, and a change to the supplemental sick leave, providing a lifetime cap of 80 hours. This unit has participated in furloughs and had a change in wo...
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