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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 047-2022 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and the Operating Engineers Local No. 3 representing employees in the Trades and Crafts Bargaining Unit;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign said MOU, noting the MOU will be effective the first full pay period following Union 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 Operating Engineers Local No. 3 (OE3 or “Union”) representing employees in the Trades and Crafts (TC) Bargaining Unit, ended on June 30, 2021.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of the Union and the County have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the bargaining unit. The County and Union jointly prepared a successor MOU, for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, 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 to (+/- 1%) of the median of the County's approved benchmark organizations. Estimated annual cost of $1,256,000.
2. Effective the first full pay period of July 2022, the County will increase base wages for all classifications in the Trades & Crafts unit by 2.0%. Estimated annual cost of $290,200.
3. Effecti...
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