DATE: May 19, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager/Interim Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Approving the Side Letter of Agreement Amending the Current Memoranda of Understanding between the City of Hayward and Both the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1909 and the Hayward Fire Officers Association and Authorizing Staff to Execute the Agreement
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a Resolution (Attachment II) approving the Side Letter of Agreement amending Memoranda of Understanding between the City of Hayward and both the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1909 and Hayward Fire Officers Association (HFOA) and authorizing staff to execute the agreement.
SUMMARY
The City of Hayward is suffering a sudden drop in revenue as a result of State and County Shelter in Place Orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the City has taken a number of cost-saving measures to limit the impact this crisis has on its employees and residents, such as reducing expenditures, laying off temporary staff, and seeking concessions from its bargaining groups. The City has met and conferred in good faith with Local 1909 and the HFOA, and members of the Union and Association have agreed to forego a previously agreed upon salary survey adjustment (capped at 2%) scheduled to take effect July 1, 2020, as provided in the groups’ current Memoranda of Understanding in effect through December 31, 2023. In exchange, positions represented by the Union and Association shall be surveyed in the fourth and fifth years of their contract pursuant to the salary survey terms included in their Memoranda of Understanding.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III DRAFT 1909 Side Letter