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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 122-2022 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and the El Dorado County Law Enforcement Management Association representing employees in the Law Enforcement Sworn Management Bargaining Unit;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign said MOU, noting the MOU will be effective the first full pay period following Association ratification and 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.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The term of the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and the El Dorado County Law Enforcement Management Association (Association) representing employees in the Law Enforcement Sworn Management (SM) Bargaining Unit, ended on December 31, 2021.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of the Association and the County have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining unit. The County and Association jointly prepared a successor MOU, for the term of January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023, reflecting agreed revisions to certain terms and conditions. Subject to the provisions in the MOU, those revised terms and conditions with a County cost impact are summarized below, along with the estimated annual cost.
1. Effective the first full pay period following MOU adoption, the County will increase base wages for benchmark classifications and internally tied non-benchmark classifications in the Probation Department to (+/- 1%) of the median of the County's approved benchmark organizations. Estimated annual cost of $41,600.
2. Effective the first full pay period of July 2023, the County w...
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