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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 175-2026 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and El Dorado County Employees’ Association, Local 1, AFSCME Council 57 representing employees in the General, Professional, and Supervisory Bargaining Units;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign said MOU, noting the MOU will be effective the pay period including January 1, 2027, following the Board of Supervisors’ adoption of the MOU; and
3) Direct the Human Resources Department and the Auditor-Controller's Office to administer and implement the MOU provisions.
FUNDING: Various funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The term of the current MOU between the County of El Dorado (County) and the El Dorado County Employees’ Association, Local 1, AFSCME Council 57 (Union) representing employees in the General (GE), Professional (PL), and Supervisory (SU) bargaining units, ends on December 31, 2026.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of the Union and the County (collectively, the Parties) have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the GE, PL, and SU bargaining units. The Parties jointly prepared a successor MOU for the term of January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2026, reflecting agreed revisions to certain terms and conditions. Subject to the provisions in the MOU, a summary of the changes are listed below:
1. Effective the first full pay period containing January 1, 2027, the County will increase base wages for benchmark classifications and internally tied non-benchmark classifications to approximately eight percent (+/- 8%) of the total compensation median of the County’s February 2026 comparable agency compensation survey, with the exception of the Associate Civil Engineer, Cook II, Mental Health Clinician II, Public Hea...
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