07-07-2020 - AGENDA ITEM 13 CONSIDERATION OF A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE WEST COVINA CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION (WCCEA)AGENDA ITEM NO. 13
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
City of West Covina I Office of the City Manager
DATE: July 7, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: David Carmany
City Manager
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE WEST COVINA CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (WCCEA)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-81- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE WEST COVINA CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (WCCEA)
BACKGROUND:
The West Covina Confidential Employees Association (WCCEA) represented by City Employees' Association
(CEA) Memorandum of Understanding expired on June 30, 2019. The City and the West Covina Confidential
employee association met and conferred on ten (10) occasions and have reached a side letter of agreement.
DISCUSSION:
The City and the Confidential Employees Association have memorialized a side letter of agreement. The terms
and conditions agreed upon address personnel -related cost -saving measures immediately needed as a result of
the City's dire financial condition, as declared on May 19, 2020. Such cost -savings measures include the
suspension and reduction of certain employment benefits through the end of December 2020.
Prepared by: Helen Tran, HR/Risk Management Director
Fiscal Impact
FISCAL IMPACT:
Anticipated savings is approximately $109,000 of benefits reduction suspended for a period of 6 months
(through December 31, 2020).
Attachments
Attachment No. 1 - Resolution No. 2020-81 (WCCEA)
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Print Staff Report
CITY Achieve Fiscal Sustainability and Financial Stability
COUNCIL
GOALS &
OBJECTIVES:
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Attachment No. 1
RESOLUTION NO.2020-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTING THE SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE WEST
COVINA CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (WCCEA) REPRESENTED BY CITY
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATES (CEA)
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina, hereinafter referred to as the "City," and the West
Covina Confidential Employees' Association represented by City Employees Associates, have
met and conferred in accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and Government Labor Code
§3500; and
WHEREAS, the City and the West Covina Confidential Employees' Association
represented by City Employees Associates have memorialized the agreement in a written side
letter of agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Side Letter of Agreement between the City and the West Covina
Confidential Employees' Association represented by City Employees Associates to be provided
at the regular meeting of the City Council on July 7, 2020 is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to sign the Side Letter of Agreement.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of West Covina at its regular
meeting on this 7th day of July, 2020.
Tony Wu
Mayor
APPROVED AS FORM ATTEST
Thomas P. Duarte Lisa Sherrick
City Attorney Assistant City Clerk
Attachment No. 1
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-81 was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7
day of July, 2020, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Sherrick
Assistant City Clerk