FROM: Laura Kalty, Chief Negotiator
Originator: Celia Chandler, Director of Human Resources
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SUCCESSOR MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
A. Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 19-09, entitled, "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving the Memoranda of Understanding between the Orange County Sanitation District and the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA), for Fiscal Years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 & 2021/2022; and
B. Direct staff to finalize and sign the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between Orange County Sanitation District and the three (3) OCEA bargaining units.
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BACKGROUND
The MOUs between the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District) and the three Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) bargaining units that became effective on July 1, 2016 expired on June 30, 2019. OCEA submitted its initial proposal for successor MOU(s) on February 25, 2019. OCEA and the Sanitation District have met and conferred in good faith eleven (11) times since receiving the initial proposal. As of the Board meeting on June 26, 2019, all items except for salary & wages had either reached tentative agreement or had been withdrawn.
On June 26, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized the Chief Negotiator to make a counter proposal to OCEA including a three-year contract with a 3.0% salary increase and corresponding range adjustments due in the first pay period in July for each year of the contract, with the first increase to commence on July 5, 2019.
The Sanitation District delivered this counter proposal to OCEA on July 9, 2019. OCEA's membership ratified the proposal by majority vote on July 17, 2019.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Ensure the public's money is wisely spent
* Offer competitive compensation and benefits
* Cultivate a ...
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