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W A T E R E N E R G Y T I F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES id& Board Memorandum P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2019 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT: WATER DIVISION'S OVERTIME HOURS AND EXPENDITURES UPDATE ISSUE: Receive and file the Water Division's overtime hours and expenditures update. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities receive and file the Water Division's overtime hours and expenditures update. BACKGROUND: In response to a May 2017 Transparent California detailing overtime payroll costs, staff prepared a presentation to the Board of Public Utilities and presented this information at its regularly scheduled meeting on September 10, 2018. The presentation focused on the overtime costs of the Electric Operations Division. This report highlights the analysis of the Water Enterprise of Riverside Public Utility (RPU). The Water Division reviewed overtime usage and practices within its divisions, identifying causes and making determinations of appropriateness. At the division level, the primary drivers of overtime are unplanned emergency work and planned work done after hours for various reasons (regulatory, safety, or customer -centric). In some cases, the Water Division uses overtime as it is the lower cost alternative to hiring additional crews. On a more individual level, assignment of overtime hours follows the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the causes of overtime, highlight overtime trends, and identify action items to reduce overtime levels, where appropriate, moving forward. DISCUSSION: There are several factors taken into consideration when contemplating the use of overtime. The table below identifies six of the drivers for overtime: