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People Serving People CITY OF RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM Riverside AIFAmedca City HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 9, 2004 ITEM NO: 2/, SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Riverside Police Administrators' Association (RPAA}--Supplemental Appropriation BACKGROUND: RPAA members have been working under an expired agreement with the City since July 1, 2002. In that agreement was a clause referred to as "me, too," which ensured that members of RPAA received at a minimum the same salary and benefit increases of RPOA (Riverside Police Officers Association). The second half of RPAA's last increase was not implemented due to the expired condition, pending completion of a new contract. Late last year, RPAA and the City reached an impasse and mediation was engaged. Mediation did not result in a final recommendation and both parties agreed to revisit negotiations. At this time, a tentative agreement has been reached and is presented for ratification by the City Council. The agreement proposes a salary adjustment dating back to the previous agreement and a retro-active salary alignment to create an appropriate separation in pay ranges between ranks. A $30 per pay period increase in medical premiums and $45 per month increase in deferred compensation is included in the agreement. The agreement allows for RPAA to receive the same benefits as RPOA, including any reductions (may be taken in either salary or benefits in equal value) that may occur, with adjustments for any benefits that are not suitable for the management classification. Finally, the agreement provided for a limited re-opener for non- economic issues within specified time frames. The proposed term is through the year 2010. The agreement presents a departure from the previous agreement with this unit, which permitted not only parity of benefits and salary increases with RPAA but also allowed for additional negotiations above that base. FISCAL IMPACT: The total direct cost for implementation of the eight-year agreement is $226,000. Additional costs will be incurred with any changes in the RPOA contract. The current budget included $206,000 towards the increase. A supplemental appropriation would be required for the additional $26,000. ALTERNATIVES: The Council may choose to not approve the agreement and direct staff to resume the negotiation process. 24-1