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BACKGROUND AFSCME Local 955/Pleasanton City Employees' Association (AFSCME/PCEA) represents approximately 220 employees, in a variety of non-management, non-safety classifications in all City departments. The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with this group covers the period November 1, 2010 through March 31, 2013. Representatives from the bargaining group and the City have met and conferred in good faith to develop a successor agreement. All agreements reached between the parties during the meet and confer process are tentative until the contract is ratified by members of AFSCME/PCEA and approved by the City Council. The union membership met on May 6, 2013 and voted in favor of the contract. It is the City's practice to introduce the proposed MOU in a public City Council session to obtain public input prior to adopting the contract at the next public session. DISCUSSION In accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the parties are required to meet and confer in good faith over items covered within the scope of representation, including wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment. The significant results of the negotiations include: Term of agreement: The expiration date of the proposed MOU is March 31, 2016, for a proposed term of 3 years. Contracts of this duration allow for sufficient flexibility to make adjustments should the economic environment or the City's financial situation change significantly. Wage Adjustments and Member Contributions: In the last round of contract negotiations with all its bargaining units, the City did not provide salary adjustments. The AFSCME/PCEA unit was the first represented group to experience no wage increases in 2010 and this continued for 3 years. Also in 2011, this unit was the first group to initiate paying member contributions, which amounted to 4%, towards their pension program. (Up until that time, the City, like many other California cities, paid the employee's 8% member contributions.) As part of the proposed contract, AFSCME/PCEA has agreed to pay the full 8% member contributions through a two-step process. The payment of the member contributions and wage adjustments are summarized in the chart below: SUMMARY OF PENSION MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS AND WAGE ADJUSTMENTS DATE MEMBER WAGE NOTES CONTRIBUTIONS ADJUSTMENT July 2011 2% 0 December 2011 1% 0 July 2012 1% 0 May 2013 2% 2% December 2013 2% 2% Floating Holiday hours will also be reduced from 56 to 32 in 2014 April 2014 1% April 2015 2% Page 2 of 4