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Consent-General Government # 10.

Board of Supervisors

County Administrator

Meeting Date:	07/23/2019
Brief Title: Approve Four Year Agreement with SPEA
From:	Mindi Nunes, Assistant County Administrator, County Administrators Office
Staff Contact:	Alexander Tengolics, Manager of Governmental Relations, County Administrator's Office, x8068

Subject

Approve four-year Memorandum of Understanding with Yolo County Supervisors and Professional Employees Association, and approve salary and benefit changes for unrepresented employees. (General fund impact $1,300,000) (Nunes/Tengolics)

Recommended Action

Approve four-year Memorandum of Understanding with Yolo County Supervisors and Professional Employees Association; and
Approve salary and benefit changes for unrepresented employees. Remove vacation buy back for unrepresented employees in exchange for an additional eight hours of floating holiday leave per year (no cash value).

Strategic Plan Goal(s)

Operational Excellence
Safe Communities

Fiscal Impact

Fiscal Impact
Fiscal impact (see budgetary detail below)

Fiscal Impact (Expenditure)

Total cost of recommended action: $3,200,000 (life of the contract)
Amount budgeted for expenditure: $425,000 (current FY)
Additional expenditure authority needed: $
One-time commitment: No

Source of Funds for this Expenditure

Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue)

Further explanation as needed: The cost of salary and benefit changes is estimated to be approximately $3.2m over the life of the contract. This will be incorporated into department's budgets through the annual budget process.

Reason for Recommended Action/Background

The County reached a tentative agreement with the Yolo County Supervisor and Professional Employees Association and the resulting Memorandum of Understanding is included as Attachment A. The primary changes include:

4 year contract, expiring June 30, 2023, with equity adjustments to 95% of market in FY19-20, 2% cost of living adjustment (COLA) per year.
Capping cash-in-lieu at $1,250 per month for employees who opt out of County sponsored health insurance (vision and dental premiums will be deducted from this amount) beginning January 2020. Employees who elect any County health insurance plan will not be affected.
Employees hired prior to January 1, 2020 who opt out of County sponsored health insurance will receive a $5,000 deferred compensation contribution distributed across 24 pay periods.
Increasing deferred match compensation to $250 match upon one year of employment, $1000 match upon 15 years, and an additional unmatched $700 contribution upon 20 years of service contingent upon employee maximizing the County match.

Staff is further recommending provisions negotiated with represented employees be extended to unrepresented employees, excluding attorneys (unrepresented attorneys have historically followed represented attorneys) to ensure parity. These provisions include the previously described COLAs, and changes to the benefit package and deferred compensation for 15 and 20 years of service, as well as an additional eight hours of floating holiday leave (no cash value) in exchange for the elimination of vacation buyback.

Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies)

Human Resources, County Counsel

Attachments
Att. A. SPEA MOU 2019-2023