1975-059-Approving A Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Town Of Los Gatos And The Town Employees AssociationRESOLUTION NO. 1975 -59
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TOWN OF LOS
GATOS AND THE TOWN EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.
RESOLVED, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the
Town Representative and the President of the Town Employees
Assoeiation on May 9, 1975, is hereby approved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos held on the 19th day
of May 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Ruth Cannon
ATTEST:
Mark B. DiDuca
,john B. Lochner
Albert B. Smith
Egon Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum o_f Understanding ("Memorandum") is made and
entered into on the 9th day of May , 1975, between
the Town of Los Gatos ( "Town ") and the Town Employees Association
( "Assoei.ati.on") by the Town Employee Relations Representative and the
Association President, as a result of meeting and conferring under the
provisions of the Meyers - Milias -Brown Act.
The Town and the Association agree:
ARTICLE I
Term
1. The term of this agreement shall be twelve (12) months
commeneing July 1, 1975 and ending June 30, 1976.
ARTICLE II
General
2. The Association is a recognized employee organization within
the meaning of the Town's Employer- Employee Relations Resolution
No. 1974 -41.
3. The Association represents all employees in the Miscellaneous
Unit and the Corporation Yard. Unit, except employees paid by the hour;
temporary employees; and employees who work less than twenty (20) hours
per week. All Town classifications except Police Officer, Police
Sergeant, and those designated as Management employees in Resolution
No. 1974 -4.1_, are included in these units.
4. The Association is the only employee organization which is
entitled to meet and confer with the Town on behalf of represented
employees in the Miscellaneous Unit and the Corporation Yard Unit.
5. Representatives of the Town and the Association have met and
conferred pursuant -to the provisions of tine Meyers -Mil ids -Brown Act
and Resolution No. 1974 -41 for the purpose of attempting to reach
agreement eo.ncerning the salaries, wages, and supplemental benefits to
be received by Town employees whom the Association represents during
the term of this Memorandum of Understanding.
6. An agreement has been reached.
7. The Association agrees that it will not attempt to meet and
confer on any items within the scope of representation, as defined by
the Meyers -Milias -Brown Act and Town Resolution No. 1974 -41 during the
term of this Memorandum of Understanding.
ARTICLE III
Definitions
As used in this agreement:
8. The term "Personnel Rules" means those regulations titled
"Town of Los Gatos Personnel Rules and Regulations," enacted as
Resolution No. 1965 -191 and as thereafter and hereafter amended.
9. The term "Salaries ", "Wages", or "Salaries and Wages" shall
mean the gross monthly base pay prior to any deductions.
1.0. The term "Town Retirement Plan" shall mean the Town of Los
Gatos Retirement Plan created by and administered under Chapter 20
of the Los Gatos Town Code.
11. The term "PERS" means -the Public Employees' Retirement
System created by and administered under Title 2, Division 5, Part 3
of the Government Code.
ARTICLE IV
Salaries - Wages - Supplemental Benefits
A. Salaries and Wages
12. The salaries and wages paid by the Town to employees
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represented by the Association shall be paid according to the job
classifications which they hold, as follows:
a. Effective July 1, 1975: the salary ranges in effect on
June 30, 1975, shall be increased by $59.00 per month for full -time
personnel. Represented one -half time personnel will receive an
increase of $29.50 per month. (Prior to this increase, the temporary
one -half percent reduction imposed January 1, 1975, to correct
for Consumer Price Index errors will be restored to all salary ranges.)
b. Effective January 1, 1976, the salary ranges in effect on
December 31, 1.975, shall be increased by two (2"o percent.
B. Supplemental Benefits
13. Effective July 1, 1975, the Town shall amend Rule XIII,
Sec. 1(A), of the Personnel Rules to provide that the Town will pay
the full. .premium for -the existing medical and hospitalization insurance
for the employee and all eligible dependents.
14. Effective July 1, 1975, the Town shall amend Rule XIII,
Sec. 1(B), of the Personnel Rules, to provide that the Town will
contribute $12.00 per employee per month into the Dental Plan Fund.
15. Effective July 1, 1975, the Town shall amend Rule XI,
Sec. 10, of the Personnel Rules, and Section 1 -13 of the Los Gatos
Town Code, to provide for the addition of Washington `s Birthday as a
paid holiday.
15. Effective July 1, 1975,a the Town shall amend Rule XI,
See. 3, of the Personnel Rules -to provide as follows:
aParagraph 16(a) shall also apply to any individuals retiring
during the month of April, 1975.
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a. Payment for unused sick leave will be made upon retire-
meat at age 55 or over, or at any age in the case of disability
retirement. Payment will be made for up to eighty (80) days of
accumulated sick leave at the rate of one -half -the base rate of pay
on the effective date of retirement.
b. The maximum allowable accumulation for sick leave will
be increased from 130 -to 150 days. Affected employees will begin to
accumulate sick leave in excess of 130 days at the normal.. accumulation
date when this provision becomes effective.
17. Effective July 1, 1975, the Town shall amend Rule XIII,
Sec. 4(b), of the Personnel Rules to provide that represented personnel
in the Corporation Yard Unit shall receive a $125.00 per year uniform
allowance. This allowance shall be kept in an individualized account
for each employee and may be used to purchase required uniform items
subject to prior approval of type, style, nature and price by manage -
went personnel designated by the Town Manager. Equipment Mechanic may
continue -to utilize the existing laundry service, at their option.
18. The Town and Association agree that an employee vote on
withdrawal from Social Security will be held no later than March 1,
1976. In the event that the Town Council determines that a substantial
majority of Town employees covered. by Social Security voted in favor of
terminating Social Security coverage effective June 30, 1976, the Town
will, effective July 1, 1976:
a. Provide employees in PERS with the basic, unmodified
Miscellaneous Retirement Plan. Further, the Town will utilize any
savings it realizes from the difference in the Town's cost between the
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current Social Security contributions plus PERS contributions, and
the cost to the Town of the Unmodified PERS plan, to provide optional
improvements to the PERS contract. Such improvements will be subject
to the mutual approval of a majority of PERS miscellaneous members and
the Town Council.
b. For members of the Town Retirement Plan, the Town will
agree -to either increase its contribution to the Town Plan by an amount
equal to the current Social Security contribution (5.85 percent of first -
$14,100 earned in any calendar year), or to contribute all or part of
such money to any other investment program or supplemental retirement
benefit mutually agreed to by the majority of the members of the Town
Plan, Retirement Board, and the Town Council.
19. All other supplemental benefits provided for in the Personnel
Rules on June 30, 1975, shall remain in effect for the term of this
Memorandum of Understanding.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
20. Effective July 1, 1975, the Town shall allow any retiree to
continue as a member of any Town medical, hospital, and/or dental-
plan in which they were enrolled. Membership shall be dependent upon
the retiree paying premiums to the Town in advance, and could continue
until the retiree or the reti.ree`s spouse reaches age 65 (whichever
occurs latest). Any funds received as a result of the sick leave pay-
out plan described in Paragraph 16(a) may be utilized to pay these
premiums, at retiree's option.
21. Effective July 1, 1975, the following reclassifications
shall take effect:
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a. The existing Police Clerk - Matron 1, Range 5, shall. be
reelassi.fi.ed to Police Clerk- Matron II, Range 7.
b. Tile existing Secretary- Stenographer, Police Department,
shall be reclassified to Police Clerk- Matron II, with no change in
salary range.
e. The existing Engineering Aide II, Range 18, shall be
reclassified to Engineering Technician I, Range 21.
d. The classification title of Head Gardener shall be
changed to Park Foreman, with no change in salary range.
e. The existing Equipment Operator- Mechanic shall be
reclassified to Equipment Mechanic, with no change in salary range.
22. No later than February 1_5, 1975, the Association shall
provide the Town with its written requests on items within -the scope
of representation for the period commencing July 1, 1976. The Town
and Association shall commence to meet a' onfer within thirty (30)
days after that date.
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By
WILLIAM R. IIAYES, President
ASSOCIATION
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