HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2015-81 RESOLUTION NO. 2 015—81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION(MEA),BY ADOPTING THE SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach elects to implement a holiday closure for the period of
Thursday December 24,2015, (including Christmas Day,Friday,December 25,2015), and Thursday December 31,
2015 (including New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 2016), which will result in City Hall and other non-essential
City of Huntington Beach operations being closed to the public over the specified closure period,and
WHEREAS,the City of Huntington Beach elects to permit MEA employees to take paid leave for select
dates over the period December 24,2015 and December 31,2015,and
WHEREAS, on July 7,2014,the City Council of Huntington Beach adopted Resolution No 2014-34 for
the purpose of adopting the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Municipal
Employees' Association(MEA),
Subsequent to the adoption of the MOU and the extension thereof,the City of Huntington Beach and MEO agreed to
changes, corrections, and clarifications to the MOU that are reflected in a Side Letter of Agreement between the
City of Huntington Beach and MEA ("Side Letter Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated
herem by this reference The Side Letter Agreement pertains to Holiday Closure
NOW,THEREFORE,IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
as follows
Section 1 The Side Letter Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit"A" is approved and adopted
Section 2 The Side Letter Agreement amends the MOU between the City of Huntington Beach and MEA
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 7 t h day of December , 2 015 .
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City of Huntington Beach
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
Representatives of the Municipal Employees' Association (MEA) and the City of Huntington Beach
(CITY) hereby agree to the following terms related to the MEA MOU with respect to the following
Article IX— HOURS OF WORK/OVERTIME
A Work Schedule
4 Holiday Closure
a Thursday, December 24, 2015, Friday, December 25, 2015 (Christmas
Day), Thursday, December 31, 2015, and Friday, January 1, 2016 (New
Years Day), will be known and referred to as "Holiday Closure" for the
dates specified Some departments, at the discretion of the Department
Director with the approval of the City Manager, will be excluded from the
holiday closure and employees must work as scheduled
b Employees will use approved leave accruals (general leave or
compensatory time) to account for the time away from work during the
Holiday Closure
c Employees who wish to take time off in addition to the Holiday Closure
must seek approval to do so from their department head
d Employees will need to account for Holiday Closure time applied to
Thursday, December 24, 2015 and/or Thursday, December 31, 2015
depending upon work schedules
i Employees on the 9/80 work schedule A, will not be required to
account for Holiday Closure hours for December 24, 2015 as this
will be considered as the appropriate "Flex" Friday Employees on
the 9/80 work schedule B, will not be required to account for
Holiday Closure hours for December 31, 2015 as this will be
considered as the appropriate "Flex" Friday
ii Employees on 5/8 and 4/10 schedules will need to make the
appropriate time accounting entries to account for Holiday Closure
hours on Thursday, December 24, 2015 and Thursday, December
31, 2015, depending upon work schedules
i Time Accounting
a Members of this unit will be required to account via payroll for the
appropriate time associated with the Holiday Closure and any
additional elective approved time off
b The payroll accounting of the holiday closure will include, use of
approved leave accruals (general leave, or compensatory time) or
alternative equivalent time taken in-lieu of the specific Holiday Closure
dates referenced herein for employees required by the department
director to work Payroll accounting for the Holiday Closure not
specifically listed herein must be approved by the City Manager or
designee
c The payroll accounting methods listed herein may be used in any
approved combination on or before the end of the pay period ending
January 1, 2016
d Any Holiday Closure hours not voluntarily accounted for via payroll as
of the end of the pay period ending January 1, 2016, shall be
accounted for in the following order until a zero balance is achieved
1 Compensatory Time
2 General Leave
3 Time Off Without Pay
ii Payroll accounting of the Holiday Closure shall not impact seniority,
probationary periods, and health or retirement benefits
Side Letter Implementation
The parties agree that this side letter agreement and the implementation thereof will not be
subject to Personnel Rule 19 — Grievance Procedure/Non-Disciplinary Matters nor Article XIV-
Miscellaneous (a) — Grievance Arbitration, or otherwise appealed either administratively or in a
court of competent jurisdiction
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused t is SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT to be
executed by and through their authorized officers on �/s
Huntington Beach City of unti gton Beach
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Res. No. 2015-81
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven, that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on December 7, 2015 by the following vote
AYES: Posey, O'Connell, Katapodis, Hardy, Sullivan, Delgleize, Peterson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City 4rk and e'x-offid Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California