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Adoption of Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City of Alameda and the Electric Utility Professionals Association of Alameda (EUPA) for a Forty-Two Month Term Commencing December 27, 2018, and Ending June 30, 2022. (Human Resources 2510)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (the City) has nine labor groups and administers two compensation plans. This includes four Public Safety groups and five miscellaneous groups. Labor agreements with the four Public Safety groups expire in December 2021. The agreements with the five miscellaneous groups and the two Compensation Plans expired in December 2018. The City has been actively negotiating with the five miscellaneous groups for successor agreements. These groups are:
* Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA)
* Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA)
* Electrical Utility Professionals of Alameda Association (EUPA)
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
* Police Association Non-Sworn (PANS)
The two compensation plans provide for salary and benefits for the Executive Management Team (EXME) and the Alameda Municipal Power Unrepresented Management Employees (AMPU) at Alameda Municipal Power (AMP), the City's Electric Utility.
New agreements with ACEA, MCEA, and PANS were approved by the City Council on January 15, 2019.
The City has now reached agreement on a forty-two month MOU with EUPA and is recommending approval of the new labor agreement. EUPA members have ratified this agreement.
BACKGROUND
The prior agreement with EUPA, representing approximately thirty-eight employees, expired on December 26, 2018. Negotiations between the City and EUPA commenced in September 2018. Employee salary and benefits continue until a successor agreement is approved.
During this round of negotiations, the overarching goal focused on clarifyi...
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