TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Diego Chavez, Director of Administrative Services
PREPARED BY: Colin Tanner, Deputy City Attorney
SUBJECT:
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First Amendment to MGEA MOU 2022-24 Addressing Market Nights Event Pay and Schedule Issues
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 24-4732 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Accepting, Approving, and Adopting the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Murrieta and the Murrieta General Employee's Association for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On September 19, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4704, approving, adopting, and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Murrieta and the Murrieta General Employee's Association for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024. (Vote: 4-0-1)1.
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.
BACKGROUND
In August of 2021, the City of Murrieta (City) approved closing a portion of Washington Avenue on the first and third Thursdays of each month to accommodate a street market, which was originally scheduled to end in October 2021, but due to its success, the Market Nights organization asked the City to make the street market and corresponding street closure a year-round event. The City and the Market Nights organization subsequently entered into a Participation Agreement to make the Downtown Murrieta Market Nights Street Market (Market Nights) a year-round event and utilized an outside contractor to provide traffic control and protect vendors and attendees by directing traffic and preventing vehicles from entering the street closure area.
In August 2022, the City agreed it would pur...
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