Desk Item. Item #22 - Unrepresented Managment, Confidential, and Temporary Labor Agreement
PREPARED BY: Salina Flores
Human Resources Director
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 06/07/2022 ITEM NO: 22 DESK ITEM
DATE: June 7, 2022
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Approve Cost of Living Increases for Unrepresented Management,
Confidential, and Temporary/Hourly Employees; One-Time Non-PERSable
Bonuses for Confidential and Management; and a 5% Market Adjustment for
Confidential and Temporary/Hourly Employees
REMARKS:
Attachment contains public comments received between 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 6, 2022,
and 11:01 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
Attachments Previously Received with the Staff Report:
1. Salary Schedule for Management Effective July 10, 2022
2. Salary Schedule for Confidential Classifications Effective July 10, 2022
3. Salary Schedule for Temporary/Hourly Classifications Effective July 10, 2022
Attachment Received with this Desk Item:
4. Public comments received between 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 6, 2022, and 11:01 a.m.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
ATTACHMENT 4
From: Phil Koen
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2022 10:59 AM
To: Rob Rennie <RRennie@losgatosca.gov>; Matthew Hudes <MHudes@losgatosca.gov>; Mary Badame
<MBadame@losgatosca.gov>; Maria Ristow <MRistow@losgatosca.gov>; Marico Sayoc
<MSayoc@losgatosca.gov>
Cc: Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>; Shelley Neis <sneis@losgatosca.gov>; Arn Andrews
<aandrews@losgatosca.gov>; jvannada; Rick Van Hoesen; Lee Fagot; Catherine Somers
Subject: Agenda items #19 - #22
Dear Honorable Mayor and Members of the Town Council,
The Los Gatos Community Alliance respectfully requests that Agenda items #19 through #22 be pulled
from tonight’s consent calendar to allow for public discussion and increased transparency. We
acknowledge that the terms of the various labor agreements are the result of a long negotiation process
and want to thank all parties for their efforts in finding a solution. We want to also thank the Town
Council for their hard work on this matter.
Issue
The reason for pulling these items revolves around the lack of transparency in the Staff report. While we
understand labor negotiations are confidential and therefore little was disclosed during the process, it is
then extremely important that the Staff report be comprehensive and fully transparent in detailing how
the Town arrived at these results. This is particularly important when the only benchmark the public had
regarding possible increases in salary and benefit expenditures for FY 23 was what was included in the
preliminary budget. Clearly, what is being approved tonight is materially greater than what was in the
preliminary budget.
Request for more information
The LGCA requests that Staff disclose the following additional information prior to any vote on agenda
items #19 through #22:
1. What will be the total salary and benefit expenditures for FY 23 as previously reported on
Schedules C-8, C-9, C-10, C-11, C-12, and C-13 after taking into effect all salary adjustments
recommended in Agenda items #19-#22?
2. How is the $2,318,733 (increases to negotiated salary increases) being funded? Since the
proposed FY 23 budget did not have an operating surplus, where are the additional sources of
funds coming from to cover this increase? Please be specific.
3. A portion of the $2,318,733 expenditures are one-time in nature. How much are the “one- time
payments” and how much will be recurring expenditures beyond FY 23?
4. Please disclose the initial offer letter from the Town to each of the bargaining units so the public
has full transparency to the negotiating process. For sake of clarity, the City of San Jose releases
to the public all correspondence between bargaining units once agreements have been reached
and voted on by the bargaining units. It appears we are at that point.
5. If the Town does not use $902,579 of the OPEB 115 Trust Assets to “further balance the budget”
what other funds could the Town tap to provide the required source of funding? Was this
discussed and approved by the Town Council Trust Fund Committee?
Thank you.
Phil Koen
LGCA