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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-069 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 11-069 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION RELATIVE TO WAGES, BENEFITS AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-12. A. RECITALS Representatives of the City of Rancho Cucamonga (City) and the San Bernardino Public Employees Association (SBPEA) have met and conferred pursuant to the provisions of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (California Government Code §3500, et seq.) with regard to wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment. Representatives of the City and SBPEA have agreed upon and presented to this City Council a Memorandum of Understanding effective July 1, 2011 specifying the results of said meet and confer process. All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. RESOLUTION NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows: 1. In all respects, as set forth in the Recitals, Part A of this Resolution. 2. The attached Memorandum of Understanding entered into by and between City and SBPEA for Fiscal Year 2011-12 effective July 1, 2011 is hereby approved and ratified by the City Council. 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. Please see the following page for tormal adoption,certification and signatures PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 18th day of May 2011. AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None L. Dennis Michael, Mayor ATTEST: 1 nice C. Reynolds, City CI rk I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day of May 2011. Executed this 19th day of May 2011, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. � 1Z?uLe -/a� a ice C. Reynolds, City Cr6rk Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 2 of 17 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION 2011-2012 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 3 of 17 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AND THE SAN BERNARDINO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (SBPEA) SECTION 1: RECOGNITION The City of Rancho Cucamonga recognizes the San Bernardino Public Employees Association (SBPEA) as the recognized employee organization for City employees in the Maintenance Bargaining Unit, comprised of the following classifications: Maintenance Worker Senior Maintenance Worker Lead Maintenance Worker Maintenance Coordinator Mechanic Lead Mechanic Equipment Operator Electrician Signal and Lighting Coordinator Signal and Lighting Technician Inventory Specialist SECTION 2: COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT There shall be no cost of living adjustment (0%) for the term of this agreement. SECTION 3: SALARY STRUCTURE All employees will be assigned to salary ranges which are no less than 20% (40 salary code steps) below the control point and no more than 5% (10 salary code steps) above the control point. Actual salary within the range is determined by performance, achievement of goals and objectives, or for recent appointments, growth within the position. SECTION 4: SALARY SURVEY The City shall conduct a salary survey of labor market cities approximately six months before the start of new labor negotiations for the next MOU. SECTION 5: LIFE INSURANCE The City provides $30,000.00 base coverage of life insurance for all employees. Employees who want to purchase additional life insurance coverage with personal funds may do so at the City's group rate. SECTION 6: HEALTH INSURANCE A. EMPLOYEES HIRED BEFORE JULY 1, 1994 The City shall provide employee and family health insurance for all existing full- time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining group, subject to the 1 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 4 of 17 limitation that no such monthly funding by the City shall exceed the following: $995.60 effective July 1 , 2009 B. EMPLOYEES HIRED AFTER JULY 1, 1994 The City shall provide employee and family health insurance for all full-time continuous employees within the bargaining group who have been hired on or after July 1, 1994, subject to the limitation that no such monthly funding by the City shall exceed the following: $700 effective July 1, 2009 C. CASH IN-LIEU PAYMENT Effective July 1 , 2010 .represented employees who waive coverage under a City paid medical insurance plan shall be eligible for a cash in-lieu payment in the amount of $200 per month for single coverage or $300 per month for family coverage. To be eligible an employee must provide proof of other medical insurance coverage and must provide a signed waiver. For the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 only, the following shall apply to represented employees: Employees hired prior to 12/31/10 who are not currently receiving the cash in-lieu payments above, shall upon providing proof of other medical insurance and signing a waiver, be eligible for a payment of $250 per month for single coverage or $350 per month for family coverage. Such payments will be for the period July 1 , 2011 through June 30, 2012 only. From July 1, 2012 forward, the payment shall be $200 per month for single coverage and $300 per month for family coverage. SECTION 7: RETIREE MEDICAL Subject to the conditions stated below, effective upon a service or disability retirement from City service at or beyond age 55 with 10 consecutive years of City service at the time of retirement, retirees shall be eligible to 100% personally fund, without any City contribution, participation in a group health insurance program(s) which is making group health insurance available to the City's retirees. It is agreed and acknowledged by the parties to this MOU that no representation is or can be made by the City, that such group retiree health insurance is available, or if available, will remain available for any specific future period of time. If no such group health insurance is reasonably available, or if the private carrier(s) terminates such coverage as to the retiree group or any individual group member, the City shall have no obligation/duty to self-fund or otherwise provide insurance or replacement insurance. Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 5 of 17 All premiums for the retiree and/or eligible dependents shall be borne by the retiree. The City shall advance and submit the necessary premiums to the carrier(s), subject to the retiree reimbursing the City no later than 30 calendar days after City payment of the premium. Failure to timely reimburse the City shall result in no further premium payments being made by the City, resulting in termination of insurance coverage. The City's duty to advance said premiums shall terminate at age 65 of the retiree, regardless of whether or not the retiree is eligible for Medicare. City shall advise the group carrier of the insured's status as a retiree. Coverage eligibility shall then be solely determined by the group insurance carrier(s). It is likely that premium rates for retirees and/or dependents shall be greater than rates for employees. Regardless, retirees shall pay 100% of said rates. If at any time, it is determined by any group health insurance carrier that the City is prohibited from seeking premium reimbursement from a retiree. City affiliation and retiree enrollment in said group insurance plan shall immediately terminate upon rendering of the insurance carrier's decision. In such case, no retiree shall seek reimbursement from the City for any prior premiums paid by the retiree to the City as and for premium reimbursement. SECTION 8: DENTAL INSURANCE The City shall provide a dental insurance plan for all full-time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining unit. The City agrees to average the cost of dental insurance for all full time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining unit . SECTION 9: OPTICAL INSURANCE The City shall provide an optical insurance plan for all full-time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining unit. The City agrees to average the cost of optical insurance for all full time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining unit. SECTION 10: PREMIUM ONLY PLAN UNDER SECTION 125 A. The City has implemented a Section 125 (premium only plan) that allows pre-tax payroll deductions for employee's contributions for health benefits. B. The City agrees to provide technical assistance (such as automatic payroll deduction, etc.) in the event employees within the bargaining unit decide to expand this benefit from a "premium only plan" to a "flexible spending account" provided that those participating pay all costs incurred in expanding and maintaining this program. SECTION 11: RETIREE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT The City agrees that it shall provide information and allow to be established and Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 6 of 17 implemented, at no cost to the City, a voluntary form of Retiree Health Savings Account. Actual establishment of the Health Savings Account requires the approval of the bargaining unit. SECTION 12: BEREAVEMENT LEAVE When a death occurs in the family of a full time employee, the employee shall be granted up to five (5) bereavement leave days with pay. A death certificate or other acceptable evidence may be required by the City Manager or designee before leave is allowed. Family members are defined as follows: employee's spouse or domestic partner, employee's parents, employee's grandparents, employee's children, employee's siblings, or employee's grandchildren, employee's spouse or domestic partner's parents, employee's spouse or domestic partner's grandparents, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, employee's spouse or domestic partner's children, employee's spouses grandchildren, or a blood relative residing with employee. The City Manager or designee shall approve such bereavement leave. (References to domestic partner refer to registered domestic partners, as defined by California Family Code Section 297). SECTION 13: PERSONAL LEAVE Employees within the bargaining unit can use up to 20 hours of accrued sick leave, vacation, administrative leave or holiday time as personal leave. These 20 hours can be used incrementally (i.e., 1 hour, 1/2 hour) throughout the fiscal year. Use of this time is for situations requiring the employee's attention and needs to be cleared with their supervisor when using this time. Personal leave can be taken after six months service. SECTION 14: VACATION All full-time employees within the bargaining unit shall, with continuous service, accrue working hours of vacation monthly according to the following schedule. Vacation can be taken after six months service. Length of Service Hours Accrued Annual Hours In Years Per Pay Period Accrued 1 3.077 80 2 3.461 90 3 3.846 100 4 4.230 110 5 4.615 120 6-8 5.000 130 9 5.384 140 10 5.769 150 11-13 6.153 160 14 6.538 170 15+ 6.923 180 4 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 7 of 17 SECTION 15: VACATION BUYBACK The City will "buy back", at the employee's option, a total cash value of up to 100 hours of vacation leave per calendar year. This buy back shall occur twice annually, in April and November. Employees within the bargaining unit must maintain a minimum of 80 hours of accrued vacation subsequent to any payment of vacation buy back time. Employees who wish to buy back vacation must request payment of not less than 40 hours and not more than 100 hours in a calendar year. For the 2011112 fiscal year only, the total hours available for buyback shall be increased to 120 hours AND the minimum number of hours remaining shall be 20 hours. The 40 hour minimum and 100 hour maximum shall be reinstated effective July 1, 2012, SECTION 16: SICK LEAVE Sick leave can be taken after six months service. All full-time employees within the bargaining unit shall, with continuous service, accrue 120 hours of sick leave annually. SECTION 17: SICK LEAVE BUYBACK Employees within the bargaining unit who terminate their city employment after 5 years of continuous service and have at least 50% of five years' sick leave accrued on the books upon termination can sell 120 hours back to the City. If all City non-safety employee groups agree to a PERS contract modification, and provided there are no one-time or additional on-going implementation costs to the City, the City of Rancho Cucamonga will amend its PERS retirement contracts to allow employees, upon retirement and at their option, to apply up to 120 hours unused accumulated sick leave toward service credit for retirement, in accordance with the Public Employees Retirement Law. Use of the 120 hours toward service credit for retirement will abrogate the employee's ability to receive compensation for the 120 hours. SECTION 18: HOLIDAYS The City Offices shall observe the following fourteen (14) holidays. All full time continuous salaried employees within the bargaining unit shall be compensated at their regular rate for these days. 111 July 4 Independence Day 121 First Monday of September Labor Day 131 November 11 Veteran's Day 141 Last Thursday of November Thanksgiving Day 151 Day following Thanksgiving (Floater) 161 December 24 Day preceding Christmas (Floater) (7 ) December 25 Christmas Day (8) January 1 New Years Day (9) Third Monday of January Martin Luther King's Birthday Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 8 of 17 (10) Third Monday of February President's Day (11) Last Monday of May Memorial Day (12) Three discretionary days may be taken by an employee at his/her convenience after six months service subject to approval of the department head. Days may not be carried over from one fiscal year to the next. Whenever a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. Whenever a holiday falls on a Friday or Saturday, the preceding Thursday shall be observed as the holiday. When a holiday combination occurs (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc)where two consecutive days are holidays and it would result in the City Hall being open to serve the public only 2 days during the week, only one of the holidays will be observed and the other holiday will become a floating holiday. For example, for Thanksgiving, Thursday will be observed as the regular holiday; however Friday will become a floating holiday to be used at a later date. For Christmas, Wednesday will be observed as the regular holiday; however Tuesday (the day preceding Christmas) will become a floating holiday to be used at a later date. In the instance of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years, employees will have until June 30 to use those floating holidays accrued between Thanksgiving and New Years. Also, those days will not accrue as floating holidays until the actual holiday has occurred. Each year the City will designate which days will be observed and which are floating holidays. Employees within the bargaining unit who are eligible to bank a holiday have until June 30 (end of fiscal year) to use the banked holiday earned from July 1 through April 30. Any holiday banked in May and June, employees have until September 30 to use the banked holiday. SECTION 19: HOLIDAY TIME The City agrees that employees within the bargaining unit who are assigned to work on a holiday, whether or not their regular shift assignment requires they work that day, are eligible for pay at time and one-half for working that day. This time and one-half may be taken as compensation or put in a compensatory time off bank (in effect, compensating at double time and one-half). That rate of compensation is tallied as follows: the ten (10) hours compensation for the holiday, plus compensation at time and one-half for the hours actually worked. This payment at time and one-half abrogates the employee's right to that holiday. SECTION 20: PREMIUM HOLIDAY COMPENSATION Bargaining unit employees required as part of the regular work assignment to work on Christmas Day, New Years Day, Independence Day or Thanksgiving Day, are allowed to observe the holiday on another day. Additionally, these employees who work on the aforementioned designated holidays may select to receive compensation on that holiday at time and one-half for the ten hour shift or take a second holiday as time off at a later date. 6 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 9 of 17 SECTION 21: NATAL AND ADOPTION LEAVE A. WITH PAY Employees within the bargaining unit are granted up to 2 days natal and adoption leave with pay for the birth or adoption of a child, however, use of the two paid days does not extend any time charged under FMLA or CFRA. Any paid time required beyond this initial 2 days must be charged to sick leave, vacation, compensatory or floating holiday time. B. WITHOUT PAY The City shall provide employees within the bargaining unit up to four months natal and adoption leave for the birth or adoption of a child; such leave shall be pursuant to the provisions of the California Pregnancy Disability Act ("PDA"; California Government Code Section 12945), if applicable. The City's PDA policy is incorporated herein by reference. Employees on this leave of absence without pay beyond the four-month period will be responsible for the payment of medical, dental and optical premiums to keep the coverage in force during the leave of absence. SECTION 22: WORKERS COMPENSATION LEAVE Any employee within the bargaining unit covered herein who is receiving disability payments under the "Workers Compensation Act of California" for on-the-job injuries sustained while engaged in the performance of duties of any such City position, shall receive from the City during the first three months of such disability absence, payments in an amount equal to the difference between the disability payments received under Workers Compensation Act and the employee's full salary. Such payments by the City should be made without any deduction from accrued sick leave benefits. The City's obligation for such payments shall commence on the first (15) day of such disability absence. In the event the employee's disability absence should exceed three months, an employee shall be allowed to supplement the Workers Compensation benefit received under State law with available accrued sick leave, accrued vacation leave, accrued compensatory time. The total number of leave hours, along with the Workers Compensation benefit, shall not exceed the employee's base pay for each day of the leave. For this purpose, accrued leave hours can only be used in one-hour increments. SECTION 23: MILITARY LEAVE Employees within the bargaining unit required to serve military leave will be compensated pursuant to the Military and Veterans Code. To qualify for compensation the military orders must be submitted to the supervisor prior to their tour of duty and must be attached to the timecard for that pay period. SECTION 24: MILITARY SERVICE BUY BACK Employees within the bargaining unit have the option for military service buy back at the employee's expense. Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 10 of 17 SECTION 25: OVERTIME-MAINTENANCE BARGAINING UNIT The City agrees that employees within the bargaining unit who are, due to health and safety reasons, sent home to rest and to be available to work additional hours as a result of a storm or impending emergency situation and are not subsequently recalled to work, will be compensated for the hours not worked in that shift, due to them having been sent home, to bring the total hours to 10 worked in that shift. Employees within the bargaining unit who are subsequently recalled to work the storm or emergency situation will work no more than 12 consecutive hours, due to health and safety reasons. Any hours worked in excess of 10 in that 12 hour shift will be paid at time and one-half, regardless of the total number of compensated hours for that work week. Employees within the bargaining unit, who have already worked forty (40) hours in a work week, may request time off in order to avoid payment of overtime. It is at the discretion of the supervisor to approve that request. SECTION 26: ON CALL PAY Employees within the bargaining unit required to be on call shall be compensated at the rate of $235.00 per week. SECTION 27: SAFETY FOOTWEAR The City will provide up to $225.00 annually toward the purchase and/or replacement of safety footwear as needed, at a city designated vendor for employees required to wear safety footwear in the performance of their job duties. SECTION 28: RETIREMENT BENEFIT Employees Hired Before July 4 2011 Employees Hired on or After July 4 2011 § 21354.4 2.5% at 55 Full Formula § 21354 2% @ 55 Full Formula § 21574 4th Level 1959 Survivor § 21574 4th Level 1959 Survivor § 20042 1 Yr Final Compensation § 20037 3 Yr Final Compensation City pays 8% normal PERS member City pays 7% normal PERS member contributions by resolution contributions; employee pays 1% by ------------------------------------------------- resolution. Employees hired between 9/1/10 and 7/3/11 shall pay 1% of normal PERS Member contribution per Resolution 10-136. City shall adopt a resolution providing that all employee CalPERS contributions shall be deducted on a pre-tax basis. SECTION 29: TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR APPROVED COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COURSES Effective July 1, 2006, (July 1 through and including the following June 30) reimbursements by the City of the following enumerated college and/or university course expenses shall not 8 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 11 of 17 exceed two thousand three hundred dollars ($2,300.00) during any fiscal year. Eligibility for said reimbursement in an amount not to exceed $2,300.00 in any one fiscal year shall be contingent upon a determination by the employee's department head or his designee that all of the following conditions precedent exists: A. Expenses shall be incurred as regards coursework undertaken at a college or university that is licensed/accredited by the State of California. B. The applicant for reimbursement shall represent to the Personnel Department documentation prepared by the accredited/licensed college or university which evidences the applicant's receipt of a grade of"C" or "pass" in a pass/fail class. As regards each class for which reimbursement is sought (where an employee is simultaneously enrolled in multiple approved classes and does not receive a "C" or "pass" in any one or more of such classes, the amount of expenses subject to City's reimbursement shall be reduced and/or as appropriate, pro-rated to reflect no reimbursement being made for expenses related to classes where the minimal grade was not received). C. Eligibility for reimbursement for said expenses shall be confined to either: 1) those courses that in and of themselves consist of curriculum which is predominately related to the development of skills reasonably anticipated by the City to enhance the applicant's job performance (by means of a non-inclusive example only, art classes would not. qualify for reimbursement); or 2) where the employee has declared a major that is job-related as set forth in this section C, to those classes which must be completed as a condition precedent to successful completion of the course of study in the selected major. D. Eligibility for reimbursement upon completion of coursework shall be predicated upon the employee's department head or his designee, making a written determination prior to the affected employee's enrollment in the course(s)forwhich reimbursement is later sought, that the coursework is offered by an accredited college or university and that the above-described job nexus does exist. The determination of the Department Head or his designee in such regard shall be final. E. The costs which shall be subject to reimbursement are limited to the following: 1) tuition, 2.) books, 3) supplies, 4) parking, and 5) laboratory. In addition to all other conditions precedent to reimbursement set forth in this section, prior to reimbursement being approved, written receipts shall be provided to the Personnel Department and shall evidence each expenditure for which reimbursement is sought. SECTION 30: 4/10 WORK WEEK The City of Rancho Cucamonga, City Hall, operates on a 4/10 work week, from 7am to 6pm, Monday through Thursday. Bargaining Unit employees generally work from 6 am to 4:30 pm with a half-hour lunch. Actual days and times of work vary based on the hours of operation at various facilities employees are assigned to. 9 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 12 of 17 SECTION 31: CARPOOL PROGRAM The City has implemented a well-defined, equitable, carpool program that eliminated the previously provided time-off incentive with a financial incentive. The carpool program is open to all full time regular employees. Participation is voluntary and employees interested in participating shall file a Rideshare Application Agreement and comply with the requirements of the program. The financial incentive for the program is $2.00 per day for every day that the employee carpools. In addition to the daily financial incentive, the City provides a monthly Rideshare Drawing for all carpool program participants that includes a financial prize for the winner. If all employee groups agree to modify the Rideshare Drawing to an end-of-the-year drawing, the City hereby agrees to increase the financial incentive for SBPEA Bargaining Unit employees by an additional $.10 per day. SECTION 32: BI-LINGUAL PAY Employees within the bargaining unit who qualify for bi-lingual pay will be provided at $50.00 per month. SECTION 33: USE OF BULLETIN BOARDS The City will furnish a portion of existing bulletin board space, located in bargaining unit break areas where such bulletin boards currently exist for SBPEA notices. Such space will be no less than 18" x 24". If insufficient bulletin board space exists in a bargaining unit work or break area, the SBPEA may, after receiving approval in writing from the City, put up a bulletin board not to exceed 18" x 24" depending on available space. Bulletin boards shall only be used for the following notices: Scheduled SBPEA meetings, agenda and minutes. Information on SBPEA elections and the results. Information regarding SBPEA social, recreational and related news bulletins. Reports of official business of SBPEA, including negotiations, reports of committees or the Board of Directors. City equipment, materials, or supplies shall not be used for the preparation, reproduction, or distribution of notices, nor shall such notices be prepared by City employees during their regular work time. Notices that are posted, distributed or placed in an employee's City mailbox shall not be obscene, defamatory or of a political nature. All notices to be posted must be dated and signed by an authorized representative of SBPEA. SECTION 34: ACCESS TO WORK LOCATIONS - The parties recognize and agree that in order to maintain good employee relations; it is necessary for Labor Relations Representatives and designated Shop Stewards of SBPEA to confer with bargaining unit employees during working hours. Therefore, SBPEA Labor Relations Representatives or Shop. Stewards will be granted access to work locations during regular working hours to investigate and process grievances or appeals. SBPEA Labor Relations Representatives or Shop Stewards shall be granted access upon obtaining advance authorization from the designated management representative prior to entering a work location and after advising the City at least one business day in advance of 10 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 13 of 17 the requested access, of the general nature of the business. The designated management representative may deny access or terminate access to work locations if, in theirjudgment, it is deemed that the visit would interfere with the efficiency, safety, or security of City operations. The designated management representative shall not unreasonably withhold timely access to work locations. The City shall ensure that there is at all times someone designated who shall have full authority to approve access. If a request is denied, the designated management representative shall establish a mutually agreeable time for access to the employee. SBPEA Labor Relations Representatives or Shop Stewards granted access to work locations shall limit such visits to a reasonable period of time, taking into consideration the nature of the grievance or appeal. The City shall not unreasonably interfere with SBPEA's access right to work locations and any reasonable denial of access shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. SECTION 35: DUEs DEDUCTION SBPEA membership dues and insurance premiums for plans sponsored by SBPEA, provided such plans are not intended to replace City provided health plans, shall be deducted by the City from the pay warrant of each employee covered hereby who files with the City a written authorization, on a form approved by the City, requesting that such deduction be made. Remittance of the aggregate amount of all membership dues deducted from the pay warrants of employees covered hereby shall be made to SBPEA on a regular basis consistent with the City's regular pay-periods. SBPEA dues shall be deducted in an amount per bi-weekly pay period authorized by the SBPEA Board of Directors. The City shall not be liable to SBPEA, employees, or any party by reason of the requirements of this Article for the remittance of any sum other than those constituting actual deductions made from employee wages earned. SBPEA shall hold the City harmless for any and all claims, demands, suits, orders, judgments or other forms of liability that may arise out of or by reason of action taken by the City under this Article. SECTION 36: USE OF CITY RESOURCES SBPEA may be granted permission to use any City facilities accessible to the general public for meeting purposes, during the regular hours such space is accessible to the public, provided space for such meetings can be made available without interfering with City needs and is otherwise not reserved by any other groups or individuals. SBPEA may also be permitted to use the City Council Chambers, during regular business hours, for SBPEA meetings, provided the City Council Chambers is not otherwise reserved. Permission to use City facilities must be obtained by SBPEA from the appropriate management representative. SBPEA shall be held fully responsible for any damages to, and the security of, any City facilities that are used by SBPEA. SECTION 37: ACTING PAY/OUT OF CLASS PAY The City agrees to formally implement as part of its Personnel Rules and Regulations, a formal policy regarding Acting Pay/Out of Class Pay that substantially complies with existing and past practice in this regard, except that Acting Pay/Out of Class Pay will take effect for SBPEA bargaining unit employees who assume responsibilities of a higher level classification after 16 or more working days at the higher level classification. 11 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 14 of 17 SECTION 38: PARITY PROVISION If, during the term of this Memorandum the City provides base salary increases to other City/Fire District employees in amounts in excess of that provided to Maintenance bargaining unit employees pursuant to this Memorandum, then said additional base salary increases shall be implemented as to Maintenance bargaining unit employees in the payroll period(s) for which said base salary increases were made effective for other City/Fire District employees. SECTION 39: FURLOUGHS Employees will be required to take sixty (60) hours of unpaid furlough during Fiscal Year 2011/12. The number of furlough days will depend on the employee's regular work schedule. Employees will have four options to complete the sixty (60) hour furlough as outlined below, with the final, irrevocable decision to be made in writing by May 31 , 2011. Once the City has received in writing the decision by all employees regarding their preferred method of meeting their furlough obligation, the City will, within forty-five (45) calendar days, provide a written Furlough Implementation Schedule to the affected departments and to the negotiation team for each affected employee group. Furlough Options: • Vacation Hours—The employee may elect to "give back" sixty (60) hours from their accrued vacation leave bank to the City. A. If an employee opts to give back vacation leave hours but does not have all sixty (60) hours available, the City will permit the employee to accumulate the additional hours through January 31, 2012. If the employee has not accumulated sufficient vacation hours by January 31, 2012, then the employee must take the balance of the sixty (60) hours as unpaid furlough hours during the period February 2012 through June 30, 2012. B. Probationary employees who complete probation prior to May 31 , 2012 and have elected, in advance, to have sixty (60) hours deducted from their accrued vacation balance, shall have the deduction made at the conclusion of probation. If the employee does not complete probation prior to May 30, 2012, a one-time exception shall be made to allow the deduction of the accrued leave by June 30, 2012 if they so chose. If a probationary employee has not accrued sixty (60) hours as of May 31, 2012, then the employee must take the balance of the sixty (60) hours as unpaid furlough hours by June 30, 2012. Any probationary employee who did not chose to deduct accrued leave shall take the balance of the sixty (60) hours as unpaid furlough hours during the period February 2012 through June 30, 2012. • Unpaid Furlough Hours—An employee may elect to take sixty (60) unpaid furlough hours during the period August 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Furlough hours 12 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 15 of 17 may be scheduled in full ten (10) hour increments or five (5) hour increments for those employees who work ten (10) hour schedules. However, a maximum of thirty (30) hours can be taken in five (5) hour increments. • Furlough Spread Over 26 Pay Periods — As an option to spread the furlough obligation over the full twenty-six (26) pay periods in the 2011/12 fiscal year, employees may elect to "bank" 2.31 furlough hours per pay period. These employees will work their normal eight (80) hour work week (less any regular holiday, vacation, sick or other leave) but will note 2.31 hours of furlough on each time sheet which will result in the employee being paid for 77.69 hours per eighty (80) hour pay period. The 2.31 hours of furlough will accrue for that employee's use. The employee may begin taking their sixty (60) hours of furlough effective July 1, 2011 providing days are pre-approved by their supervisor and in compliance with rules for use of other types of leave. Use of banked furlough hours shall be subject to the same requirements as stated above under "Unpaid Furlough Hours." All furlough hours must be used no later than July 31, 2012. • Holiday Closure —An employee may elect to take unpaid furlough hours during the three (3) day holiday closure described in Section 39 and choose either of the preceding options to total sixty (60) hours of furlough. If an employee furloughs during the holiday closure period but is subsequently called in to work, that day shall not be counted toward the employee's required sixty (60) hours of furlough. SECTION 40: HOLIDAY FACILITY CLOSURE Certain City Facilities shall close for three (3) days during the period December 26, 2011 through January 2, 2012. In addition to the regular scheduled City holiday of December 26, 2011, City Hall and the City Yard shall close December 27, 28 and 29. Closure dates for the Libraries, the Cultural Center and other Community Services facilities shall be determined by the City in order to balance the impact on public services with the need for cost savings. During this closure employees may take paid leave from holiday, management leave, compensatory time or vacation accruals; however, unpaid leave may only be taken from furlough hours. SECTION 41: ADOPTION OF MOU This memorandum, between representatives of the City and the San Bernardino Public Employees Association, was adopted on May 18, 2011. 13 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 16 of 17 SECTION 42: EFFECTIVE DATE The provisions of this memorandum of understanding are effective July 1 , 2011 and shall continue for a one-year period, ending June 30, 2012. SBPEA CCS Dated Dated David Farugia Jack Lam, City Manager Supervising Labor Relations Representative Don Ballard, Maintenance Worker Brett Lance, Lead Maintenance Worker Richard Favela Jr., Lead Maint. Worker Rudy Linares, Sr. Maintenance Worker Jerry Sandoval, Maintenance Worker 14 Resolution No. 11-069 - Page 17 of 17