1981-119-Approving Agreement Between The Town Of Los Gatos And County Of Santa Clara Employee Relations ServiceRESOLUTION NO. 1981 -119
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
TOWN OF LOS GATOS AND COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SERVICE.
BE IT RESOLVED, and it is hereby resolved by the Town Council of
the Town of Los Gatos, that the Town of Los Gatos enter into that
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AND COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SERVICE, a copy of which is attached hereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Manager is authorized and is
hereby directed to execute said agreement in the name and in behalf of
the Town of Los Gatos.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 18th day of May, 1981, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, MarLyn J
Rasmussenz Brent N. Ventura and Peter W. _
Si
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Thomas J. Ferrito
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
C E K •�F TOWN OF LOS GA,
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
and
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SERVICE
This AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 5th — day of June
1981, at Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara, State of California, by and
between the TOWN OF LOS GATOS (hereinafter called "TOWN ") and the COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SERVICE (hereinafter called "ERS ").
WITNESSETH: that the ERS for and in consideration of the conditions of
the TOWN expressed herein, does hereby agree to furnish to the TOWN services
as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Statement of Work
ERS shall perform work outlined in Attachment A, which is entitled
"Proposal to the Town of Los Gatos for a Classification and Pay Study."
Attachment A is hereby incorporated and made a part of this Agreement by
reference.
ARTICLE 2
Schedule
ERS shall begin its work under this Agreement on Monday, June 1, 1981,
with work to be completed by Friday, August 7, 1981.
ARTICLE 3
Costs
ERS will be compensated by the TOWN in the total amount of $2,550.00,
payable in the following manner: one -third payable upon completion of the
interview phase of this Agreement; and two - thirds payable upon delivery of
a final report to the TOWN.
ARTICLE 4
Notice
Notice required to be given to ERS shall be deemed to be duly and
properly given if mailed to ERS, postage prepaid and addressed to Employee
Relations Service, Santa Clara County, 70 West Hedding Street, 8th Floor,
San Jose, CAlifornia 95110.
Notice required to be given TOWN shall be deemed to be duly and
properly given if mailed to TOWN, postage prepaid and addressed to Town
Manager, Town of Los Gatos, P.O. Box 949, Los Gatos, CA 95031.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
on the day and the year first mentioned above.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SERVICE, COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA
DATE: June 5, 1981 By; - _
OHN C. OBE UBER, Director
OF LOS GATOS
DATE: 3_ -. By:
DA9
VID R. MA, Town Manager
DATE: 6- P -X/ APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
CLERK F THE TOWN OF LOS GATO
By: I %//
WALTER V. HAYS, To n Atto ne /
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Emplovee Relations SF -vice
PRnPnSAI
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
CLASSIFICATION AND PAY STUDY
April 24, 1981
ATTACHMENT A
Scope: To conduct a classification and pay study encompassing the
twenty -eight (28) positions allocated to twelve classifications in the
Tow'n's Corporation Yard Unit, as set forth in Article 1I, Section 3 of
the 1980 -82 AFSCME Memorandum of Agreement.
Components: The study shall consist of the following elements:
I. A determination of the current duties of each position by
means of completion of duty statements by each incumbent
and on -site interviews with each incumbent.
2. A review of the information collected above with appropri-
ate management representatives.
3, Development of a salary survey utilizing all Unit classifi-
cations. It is recommended that the scope of this survey
include twelve cities approximately comparable in popula-
tion to the Town of Los Gatos. These should be selected
from the Town's general labor market area for maintenance
personnel.
The determination of this labor market shall be based upon
applicant residences which would be provided the Service by
the Town within two weeks of the contract award. If, for
whatever reason, this methodology is unacceptable to the
Town, the Service shall submit a proposed 'List of twelve
survey cities to it within two weeks from the date of the
contract award.
Regardless of methodology, the final selection of the sur-
vey group shall be made within three weeks of the contract
award.
4. A determination of the most appropriate classification and
salary level for each position in the study. This deter-
mination shalt_ take into account the salaries for generally
comparable work as collected through the survey and inter-
nal classification and salary relationships.
5. The development of new and revised class specifications
,reelecting current duties and the foregoing classification
determinations.
6. The preparation of a report containing all classification
and pay recommendations, the results of the salary survey
and proposed class specifications.
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7. A meeting with the Town Manager and any management repre-
sentative he may deem appropriate to discuss the report's
findings.
Schedule: On-site interviews shall be concluded within four weeks of
The contract award; the salary survey completed within six weeks from
the award date; and the study concluded within eight weeks from the
date of the award.
Cost: The cost for undertaking this study shall be $2,550, subject to
the following:
A reduction should the project extend beyond June 30,
1981. This decrease would be $480 and represent the
16 -hour allotment for survey services provided to the Town
as a member of the Employee Relations Service.
If the Town elects a survey scope consisting of less or
more than twelve cities, the cost for this element of the
study shall be adjusted accordingly and be transmitted to
the Town in writing. The amount of such adjustment shall
be $45 per city.
If on -site collection of survey data is required or if
meetings are required with other than the Town Manager dur-
ing the course of the study or following its completion,
Service time shall be charged at the rate of $30 per hour.
Experience: The Employee Relations Service has been in operation
since 1974. During that time, it has conducted a variety of classifi-
cation studies which have included these cities:
South San Francisco Millbrae
Mountain View Los Gatos
Milpitas Menlo Park
Saratoga Palo Alto
These studies have encompassed a variety of occupational groups, in-
cluding maintenance personnel. In addition, the Employee Relations
Service conducts continuous compensation studies for both non-
management and management classifications on behalf of its twenty -five
member agencies. These projects dictate the Service maintaining cur-
rent, relavent documents such as pay schedules, memoranda of agreement
and class specifications. This type of information is maintained for
a minimum of fifty (50) local public jurisdictions.
Project Staff: Mr. John C. Obenhuber will serve as project manager.
He will personally participate in the on -site interviews and be
exclusively responsible for the development of the recommendations and
Class specifications to be contained in the study. Mr. Obenhuber has
twenty -one years of experience in public and private sector industrial
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Classification Studv
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relations, and for the past seven years has been the Director of the
Employee Relations Service. As part of this function, Mr. Obenhuber
has been the primary individual involved in the aforementioned classi-
fication studies.
Ms. Christine Sorensen will assist in conducting the on -site inter-
views and be primarily responsible for conducting the salary survey
under the direction of the project manager. Ms. Sorensen is an
Employee Relations Analyst on the staff of the Service and has per-
formed in this capacity for the past three years. During this time,
she has personally assisted the Director in classification studies and
has independently conducted a large variety of complex compensation
studies which have included maintenance classifications. These
assignments have provided her with a thorough knowledge of the classi-
fication systems and compensation plans of Bay Area cities.
Manner of Payment: One -third of the stated cost for the study will be
payable upon completion of the on -site interview phase, with the bal-
ance payable upon submission of the report to the Town.
This proposal shall remain open to acceptance by the Town of Los Gatos
until June 1, 1981. The Employee Relations Service reserves the right
to amend this proposal or withdraw it should significant modifications
be made to its scope by the Town of Los Gatos.