TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Justin Clifton, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Diego Chavez, Administrative Services Director
SUBJECT:
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Murrieta General Employees’ Association Successor Memorandum of Understanding for the Period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 25-4867, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Approving, Adopting and Implementing a Successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Murrieta and the Murrieta General Employees’ Association for the Period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On September 3, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-4783, approving a Tentative Agreement for a Successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Murrieta and the Murrieta General Employees’ Association for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027 (Vote: 5-0).
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.
BACKGROUND
Most employees of the City of Murrieta (City) are represented by employee organizations and governed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and their representative employee organization. The MOUs set forth compensation rates, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for represented employees. Through collective bargaining, the City regularly and routinely negotiates with the respective employee organizations to update terms and conditions. All such items must be voted on and passed by a majority of the membership of each affected employee organization, known as ratification, and subsequently approved by the City Council before becoming effective. Once approved by the City Council, the terms of tentative agreements for successor MOUs are required to be memorialized in the successor MOU and brought back to the City Council for final approval per Section 3505.1 of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA). The previous MOU between the City and the Murrieta General Employees’ Association (MGEA), adopted by City Council Resolution No. 23-4707, covered the period July 1, 2022, through June 2024. MGEA currently represents 146 non-sworn City employees, including 47 different classifications across the organization.
The City and MGEA representatives met and conferred in good faith in 2024 and came to a Tentative Agreement on a fair and equitable package of total compensation for a successor MGEA MOU for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. The members of the MGEA voted to ratify the Tentative Agreement, and the City Council approved the Tentative Agreement on September 3, 2024, per Resolution No. 24-4783.
Pursuant to MMBA section 3505.1, the labor representatives of the City and MGEA subsequently met, conferred, and mutually prepared a written successor MGEA MOU 2024-27 in accordance with the Tentative Agreement deal points approved by the City Council on September 3, 2024. Staff has prepared Resolution No. 25-4867 (Attachment No. 1), which includes a fully executed copy of the successor MGEA MOU for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027, which remains subject to final City Council approval, adoption, and implementation.
FISCAL IMPACT
The projected fiscal impact of the MGEA MOU 2024-27 three-year (3) term, which includes Fiscal Years (FY) 2024/25, 2025/26, and 2026/27, is $5,144,211. A budget adjustment for FY 2024/25 was included in the FY 2024/25 Budget Update approved by the City Council on August 20, 2024. The fiscal impact for FY 2025/26 and 2026/27 was included in the biennial Operating Budget and is estimated to be $4,258,278.
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FY 2024/25 |
$885,934 |
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FY 2025/26 |
$1,797,511 |
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FY 2026/27 |
$2,460,767 |
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$5,144,211 |
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution No. 25-4867