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March 8,
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Agenda
Item No. 49 Roll
Call No. 10-
Communication No. 10-124 Submitted by: Tom Turner, Human Resources Director |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
One Year Extension of Labor Agreement with Municipal
Employees Association.
SYNOPSIS:
Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) and formal contract document with Municipal
Employees Association to extend their labor agreement one year in exchange for
wage considerations.
FISCAL
IMPACT: NONE
Amount: None in FY11.
A net savings of $440,000 as compared to the budget model for FY12.
Funding Source: Savings will be realized City-wide in all
departments with MEA employees.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
As part of the effort to achieve a two-year balanced
budget, City staff conducted contract discussions with all of the employee
unions of the City. These discussions eventually focused on the four largest
unions [Central
Iowa Public Employees Council (CIPEC), Municipal Employees Association (MEA),
Des Moines Association of Professional Fire Fighters (Fire) and the Des Moines
Police Bargaining Unit Association (Police)]. Although the discussions were
constructive and focused on the structural deficit facing the City, only the
MEA was willing to advance a proposal to a vote of the membership. The City and
MEA reached an agreement in principal in January that provided for a conversion
of the negotiated 3.25% general wage increase due in FY11 to pay in a lump sum
not incorporated into the base pay. In exchange, the City agreed to extend the
labor agreement for one year expiring June 30, 2012; increase the deferred
compensation match from 2.0% to 2.5% effective January 1, 2012; provide a shift
differential of $0.25 per hour for essentially evening and night workers
beginning January 1, 2012; provide an incentive for retirement by paying up to
24 months of the single premium for the City of Des Moines Health plan for
employees retiring between May 1 and December 31, 2010; and provide a cash
contribution to the employee’s Medical Flexible Spending Account equal to 50%
of the single premium for employees who elect to forego health coverage under
the City of Des Moines plan and who are not covered by another City of Des
Moines employee. The MEA members ratified this agreement by a vote of the
membership on February 26, 2010. A copy of the MOU is attached to the Roll Call.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: November 20, 2006
Roll
Call Number: 06-2329
Action: Extensions of Collective Bargaining
Agreements for Central Iowa Public Employees Council (CIPEC), Municipal
Employees Association (MEA), Des Moines Association of Professional
Firefighters, Local 4 (Fire), Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit Association
(Police) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,
Council 61, Local 3673 (AFSCME). (Council
Communication No. 06-739) Moved by Hensley to adopt.
Motion Carried 6-0.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S): NONE
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,