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MINUTES CITY OF PLEASANTON ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING March 24, 2015 CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Brown called the special meeting to order at the hour of 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Narum, Olson, Pentin, Vice Mayor Brown Absent: Mayor Thorne PUBLIC COMMENT: None PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 1. Consider approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Police Officers'Association with term ending May 31, 2017 Director of Human Services Debra Gill presented the staff report and noted that it was first introduced at the March 17 meeting. She stated that the previous Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering the 73 sworn officers in the Pleasanton Police Officers' Association (PPOA) expired May 31, 2014. In early 2014, staff began the process to meet and confer with the bargaining unit over wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment. City and PPOA representatives met and have prepared a Tentative Agreement that they believe meets the four identified objectives: • To provide reasonable cost of living adjustments; • To increase employee contributions to the CaIPERS pensions; • To provide a means of compensation that is not subject to roll ups, which was identified as deferred compensation; • To increase employee contributions to medical premiums. Ms. Gill reviewed the following key elements of the Tentative Agreement: • An expiration date of May 31, 2017; • Wage adjustments of 3% each in January 2015, June 2015 and June 2016; • Increase employee contributions to PERS pensions by 1% (for a total of 10%) in June 2015 and an additional 0.5% (total of 10.5%) in June 2016; • Introduce deferred compensation contributions for employees at 0.5% of base pay beginning June 2016; • Any employee not paying towards their medical contributions will begin paying $25 per month. This represents approximately 90% of the bargaining group; • Deferral of the 20 hour reduction in paid time off from 2015 to 2017. The overall financial impact of the proposed MOU is approximately $1.85 million through the 2015-16 FY, with $260,000 of that in the current Fiscal year Vice Mayor Brown noted there were no speakers to address this item. The Council reiterated their support for the agreement.