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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 95-C176e RESOLUTION NO. 95- C176 e A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA APPROVING THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS MEMORANDUM COVERING THE CITY AND THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1995. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, it is customary for the Management of the City of Azusa to receive, on a periodic basis, proposals for amendments to the memoranda and/or Resolutions that govern the compensation, benefits and working conditions of City employees, based upon changes in the consumer price index and other factors, and WHEREAS, the Executive Management employees of the City of Azusa are not covered by a meet -and -confer process; and WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledged the Executive Management employees within the various departments of the City of Azusa, and occupying the classifications as listed in Exhibits "A," "B," "C," "D" and "E" attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the City of Azusa has received the proposals for amendment and updating of compensation and benefits for the upcoming 5 fiscal years for those employees who are represented by formally recognized associations and a union, WHEREAS, the representatives of Management and the represented employees have met on numerous occasions during the last 6 months and have discussed the issues between them and have bargained in good faith, and WHEREAS, Management and the represented employees have come to an agreement with regard to every issue, and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to consider how these same conclusions apply to the Executive Management employees, and WHEREAS, the new Compensation and Benefits Memorandum between the City of Azusa and the Executive Management employees covering the period of July 1, 1995 through July 31, 2000, is attached hereto, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Azusa does hereby approve the Compensation and Benefits Memorandum attached hereto, and directs the representatives of Management to affix their signatures theron. The City Clerk shall certify the passage of this Resolution. APPROVED AND PASSED this 20th day of November, 1995. MAYO I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of November, 1995. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, MADRID, NARAJO, BEEBE,t ALEXANDER NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBE NONE E 0 FROM ITS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 95-C176 approving the Compensation and Benefits Memorandum Covering the Executive Management Employees of the City of Azusa does grant a Cost -of -Living Adjustment to the Executive Management employees of the City that was effective on July 1, 1998, and WHEREAS, the Finance Department has projected that overall, in the 1998-99 Fiscal Year, revenues in the City's General Fund will remain at levels roughly equal to the prior year; and WHEREAS, the City has commitments to pay the cost of essential community services such as fire protection, animal control and refuse collection, as well as the costs for City needs such as legal representation and insurance protection, and WHEREAS, increases in these "non -discretionary" costs, coupled with the Cost -of - Living Adjustment, juxtaposed against an essentially "flat" revenue picture, caused the Finance Department to predict a revenue shortfall in the 1998-99 Fiscal Year, and WHEREAS, in a demonstration of leadership and example that is both symbolic and real, the City Council did contribute to the resolution of the shortfall by directing a 15% reduction in the monthly Council stipend, which the Finance Department has implemented, and WHEREAS, in a demonstration of good faith, the City has not wavered in its adherence to the letter and the intent of Resolution No. 95-C176, having down -sized the budgeted discretionary appropriations and implemented the Cost -of -Living Adjustment for 1998-99, and WHEREAS, the City Manager and Finance Director did meet with all employees to explain the situation and did ask the employees to assist the City financially by mitigating the impact of the Cost -of -Living Adjustment, and WHEREAS, in recognition of these facts, the Executive Management Employees of the City of Azusa do wish to assist the City in mitigating the impact of the Cost -of -Living Adjustment, and WHEREAS, the Executive Management Employees wish to donate accrued paid leave hours constituting the return of 10% of their base pay to the City, NOW, THEREFORE, BY VIRTUE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SIGNATURES HEREON, THE EXECUTIVE MANAGERS OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DO HEREBY AGREE AND DIRECT AS FOLLOWS: 1. The seventy (70) hours of Administrative Leave that were credited to each employee on July 1, 1998 shall be returned to the City by reversing them at the rate of 2.6923 hours per pay period for 25 pay periods. 2. The twenty (20) hours of Floating Holiday leave that were credited to each employee on July 1, 1998 shall be returned to the City by reversing them at the rate of 0.7692 hours per pay period for 25 pay periods. 3. A total of one -hundred eighteen (118) hours of Vacation Leave from the accrued hours of each employee shall be returned to the City by reversing them at the rate of 4.720 hours per pay period for 25 pay periods. SIGNED, THIS 23RD DAY OF JULY, 1998. of Community Development Director ` Joseph Hsu, Dirdetor of Utilihjs Paymaneh Maghsoudi, ty Librarian xj/A Louie Pedroza, Public Works Superintendent