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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 158-2023 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado Operating Engineers Local No. 3, representing the Corrections 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: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The term of the current MOU between the County of El Dorado and Operating Engineers Local No. 3 AFL-CIO, representing the Corrections Bargaining Unit (Union), ended on June 30, 2023.
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 of employees in the bargaining unit. The County and Union jointly prepared a successor MOU, for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, 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 of all classifications in this Unit by 15.02% in order to bring the benchmark position of Correctional Officer II and internally tied non-benchmark classifications to the median (+/- 1%) of the County’s March 2023 comparable agency compensation survey. Estimated annual cost of $1,382,350.
2. Effective the first full pay period in July 2024, the County will increase base wages of all classifications in this Unit by 2.0%. Estimated annual cost of $211,7...
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