HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/30/2004 - STAFF REPORTS (2) SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
EXTENDING TERM OF THE JULY 1, 2000 - JUNE 30, 2004
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)
BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
REPRESENTATIVE
(MERR) AND THE PALM SPRINGS FIRE SAFETY UNIT (PSFSU)
REPRESENTING THE FIRE SAFETY UNIT
1. The City of Palm Springs (hereinafter the "City") and the Palm Springs Fire
Safety Unit (hereinafter "PSFSU") previously entered into an agreement entitled
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between The Municipal Employee
Relations Representative (MERR) And The Palm Springs Fire Safety Unit
(PSFSU) Representing the Fire Safety Unit dated July 19, 2000. Article B of that
MOU defined the term of the MOU to be July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2004.
2. In anticipation of the expiration of the current MOU, the parties have been
negotiating in good faith pursuant to the provisions of the Meyers-Milias-Brown
Act to reach agreement on a new MOU to take effect upon the expiration of the
current MOU. These negotiations, however, will not be completed prior to the
expiration date of the current MOU. Yet, the parties desire to maintain the current
MOU for at least three additional months to allow additional negotiation time.
Accordingly, the current MOU tern must be extended to accomplish this desire.
3. Therefore, the parties have met and conferred in good faith and have jointly
prepared this Side Letter of Agreement extending the term of the current MOU by
three months. Furthermore, ARTICLE 2 — TERM OF AGREEMENT of the
MOU is hereby amended such that the text thereof is deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
"The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2000 through
September 30, 2004."
4. hi light of the extension of the current MOU, the City's representatives and the
PSFSU's representatives have also reached an understanding that any negotiated
wage increases for the 2004-2005 fiscal year contained in any ensuing MOU shall
be retroactive to July 1, 2004.
5. The City's representatives and the PSFSU's representatives have reached the
understanding reflected by this Side Letter and agreed to recommend same to
their respective representative bodies. The parties jointly urge City Council to
adopt this Side Letter by Minute Order which will provide for the MOU changes
4A A,
Side Letter of Agreement Extending PSFSU MOU Term
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contained herein. The parties hereto acknowledge that this Side Letter shall not
be in frill force and effect until adoption by the City Council.
Subject to the foregoing, this Side Letter is hereby executed by the authorized
representatives of the City and the PSFSU and entered into this 30th day of June, 2004.
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE PALM SPRINGS FIRE SAFETY UNIT
RELATIONS RE PRESENTATIVE
Date: Date:
By: By:
CITY MANAGER PRESIDENT, PSFSU
By: By:
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Labor Representative
By: By:
NEGOTIATOR BOARD MEMBER
By:
BOARD MEMBER
By:
BOARD MEMBER
MINUTE ORDER NO. 7506
APPROVING A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT EXTENDING
TERM OF THE JULY 1, 2000 - JUNE 30, 2004 MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE (MERR) AND THE
PALM SPRINGS FIRE SAFETY UNIT (PSFSU) REPRESENTING
THE FIRE SAFETY UNIT
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving a side letter of Agreement
extending term of the July 1, 2000 — June 30, 2004 Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Municipal Employee Relations
Representative (MERR) and the Palm Springs Fire Safety Unit (PSFSU)
representing the Fire Safety Unit was adopted by the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, California this 30th day of June, 2004.
PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk