HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 87-1975 RESOLUTION NO. 87-75
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UNIT 5 -
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO POLICE ASSOCIATION,
JULY 1, 1975 - JUNE 30, 1978.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the Memorandum of Understanding with Unit 5 - South
San Francisco Police Association, for the period .July 1, 1975 to
June 30, 1978, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A
and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth verbatim,
is hereby accepted and approved.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly
introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South
San Francisco at a special meeting held on the
30th day of June , 1975, by the following vote'
AYES, COUNCILMEN Richard a. Battaglia, F. Frank Mammini, Terry J.
Mirri, Leo Padreddii and Warren Steinkamp
NOES, None
ABSENT, None
ATTEST' ~ C~e~k~~~'
City
EXHIBIT "A"
TO RESOLUTION NO. 87-75 ~
M£MORANDUM OF UNDERSIANDING
UNIT 5 - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
POLICE ASSOCIATION
July 1, 1975 - June 30, 1978
The City'of South San Francisco (hereinafter, City) and
Unit 5 - South San Francisco Police Association (hereinafter, Unit 5)
acknowledge and affirm that they have met and conferred in good faith,
exchanged proposals and counter-proposals and in all respects fulfilled
their obligations under law to meet and confer in good faith.
This Memorandum of Understanding is the product of the above-
described meet and confer process'. Representatives of the City have
agreed to present this Memorandum to the City Council for determination
'and representatives of Unit 5 have agreed to present this Memorandum
to their membership for acceptance and approval.
1. Term. The term of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be
from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1978, at which time all agreements, ..
understandings, provisions and conditions contained herein shall
terminate.
2. Salary.
(a) Beginning on June 27, 1975 there s'hall be an increase of
seven and one-half percent (7-1/2%) in the base salary of each employee
in Unit 5.
(b) Beginning with the pay period that includes July 1, 1976
each employee in Unit 5 shall receive an adjustment in base salary in
a percentage equal to the annual percentage change in the cost of living as
reflected in the Bay Area Cost of Living Index for the preceding completed
annual index peri od (April to April).
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(c) Beg-inning with the pay period that'includes JUly l, 1977
and continuing until June 30, 1978 each employee in Unit 5 shall receive
an adjustment in baSe salary in a percentage equal to the annual
percentage change in the cost of living as reflected in the Bay Area
Cost of Living Index for the preceding completed annual index period
(Apri 1 to Apri 1 ).
3. Holidays. Beginning on January 1, 1976, there will no longer
be a paid holiday'on FebruarY 12 (Lincoln's Birthday) and in lieu
thereof, employees in Unit 5 shall be entitled to a paid holiday
on the'Friday following Thanksgiving Day.
Beginning on July 1, 1975, there will no longer be a paid
holiday on September 9 (Admissions Day) and in lieu thereof, the
employees in Unit 5 shall be entitled to one-half (1/2) paid holiday
for one-half (1/2) of the working day on December 24 and one-half (1/2)
paid holiday for one-half (1/2) of the working day on December 31 each
year.
4. Sick Leave-
(a) Beginning with the pay. period that includes July l, 1977
all permanent and probationary employees in Unit 5, except those'who
work less than full time, shall be entitled to receive base salary for
a period of ninety (90) calendar days from the commencement of a given
illness'for disability as compensation for sick leave. Said compensation
is in lieu of any amounts employee is entitled to receive from worker's
compensation or other income supplement sources existing by reason of
the employee's employment by City. In consideration of receiving said
.base salary for said period, employee assigns to City all rights to
receive worker's compensation or other income supplements arising by
reason of employee's employment by City. In addition, during said
ninety (90) calendar days City will provide previously agreed upon
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health, dental life insurance. The City wil so provide long
term disability insurance for said employee which insurance shall provide.
subject.to terms and conditions contained therein for the payment of
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two-thirds (2/3) of base salary after the expiration of the ninety (90)
'calendar days described above.
(b) After the expiration of ninety (90) calendar days from the
commencement of a given disability or illness, the City will pay the
employee at the employee's option any accrued vacation time. The City
will also continue to pay previously agreed .upon premiums for such 'employee
on all health, dental and life insurance until the date of separation.
(c) · At ~ny time after the expiration of ninety (9'0) calendar
days and .before the expiration of three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar
days from the commencement of a given disability.or illness, the City '
has the right to review the case of the individual employee and either
separate the employee from the City's service or extend coverage beyond
three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days.
(d) After the expiration of three hundred sixty-five (365)
calendar days or extensions thereof, from the commencement of a given
disability or illness, the employee will be separated from the City's
service. Nothing herein shall be construed so as to limit the employee's
right to receive long term disability benefits under the long term
disabilit~ policy beyond the three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar
day peri od.
(e) The compensation for sick leave actually taken described
in the preceding subparagraphs is the only compensation for sick leave
.actually taken which the City will pay beginning with the pay period that
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July l, 1977. To be entitled to receive that compensation, the employee
must satisfy all of the following conditions'
(1) The employee must notify his or her immediate
supervisor prior to, or within two (2) hours after, the
commencement of the daily work period for which compensated
sick leave is sought; provided, that fire, police, communication
or sanitation employees serving on shift assignments must
notify superiors prior to the shift in accordance with
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departmental policy;
(2) Each employee on sick leave must produce evidence
satisfactory to the City describing the nature of the illness
and such ev.idence may be in the form of a personal affidavit;
provided, that the City reserves the ri§ht to take such action
it deems necessary to confirm or verify actual illness .or disability;
provided further, that in the event that the employee is ill or disabled
for more than one calendar week, less one hour, then ~the employee shall
present to the City .before returning to work a certification by a
medical doctor describing the nature and extent of the illness or
disability and confirming that the employee has recovered fully
and is able to perform regular work without.any restrictions;
,(f) "Sick leave" as used herein is defined as the period of
time during which the employee suffers actual personal illness or
disability which necessitates his absence from employment. Sick leave
is 99t~ a right or privilege to be used at the discretion of the employee.
(g) Beginning with the pay period that included July 1, 1977,
employees shall not be entitled to accumula'te unused sick leave. In
accordance with City's Personnel Rules and Regulations in effect as of
the date of this agreement, each employee will be entitled to payment at
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his or her then e~'sting salary for fifty percent~0%).~ of the days of
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accumulated sick leave, which accumulated days of sick leave shall not
exceed one hundred twenty (120) days. Said right to payment is deemed
a property right which shall not be taken from the employee without
mutually, agreed upon consideration. If state or federal legislation is
enacted int~o law mandating a percentage other than the fifty percent (50%)
described herein, then such mandated percentage shall supersede the
percentage described herein.
(h) In the event a disabled or ill employee is entitled to
receive full pay pursuant to state or federal law for more than
ninety (90) days from the commencement of illness or disability, then
City shall have no obligation to provide the base salary described in
subparagraph (a) hereinabove.
5. Medical APpo.intments. Beginning with the pay .period that includes
July l, 1977 an employee shall be entitled to receive authorization for
leave withOut loss of pay for appointments with medical doctors and 'dentists.
Such leave shall be authorized only for the actual time necessary for the
appointment 'and for traveling to and from the appointment. Employees'shall
be required to submit a personal affidavit describing the nature and need
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of such viSits. The City reserves the right to confirm or verify any
appointments for which such leave is authorized.
6. Family Leave.
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(a) Beginning on July 1, 1977, each employee may take leave
without loss of pay up to three (3) calendar.days per calendar year in
the case of serious and actual sickness or disability suffered by any
family member residing within the employee's home.
(b) Beginning on July l, 1977, each employee may take leave
without loss of pay up to five (5') calendar days per calendar year in
the case of the death of any of the following relatives: spouse,
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brothers, sister grandparents, child, mother-in dw, father-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-inZlaw,.daughter-in-law or son-in-law. In
addition, the City Manager may grant the above described leave in the
event of the illness or disability or funeral of someone other than those
persons designated, if, in the City Manager's opinion, there exists an
extraordinarily close relationship between the employee and such person.
7. Insurance.
(a) Beginning on June 27, 1975 City will pay premiums up to
seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month per employee for a health
insurance plan for the employee and his or her dependents, with the
option available to the employee to select the plan now known as the
Kaiser "S" Plan.
(b) 'Beginning on June 27, 1975, City shall pay premiums up
to'twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month per employee' for a dental
insurance for employee and dependents from California Dental Service.
(c) Beginning on the pay period that includes July 1, 1977,
City shall pay premiunis up' to eighty dollars ($80.00) per month per employee
for a health insurance plan for the employee and his or her dependents,
with the option available to the employee to select the plan now known as
the Kaiser "S" Plan.
(d) Beginning on the pay period that includes July l, 1977,
City shall' pay premiums up to thirty dollars ($30.00) per month per employee
for a dental insurance plan for' employee and dependents from California
Dental Service.
8. Retirement. Beginning with the pay period that includes July 1,
1976 City will provide the employee with a retirement plan including
"Sur. vivor's Continuance" (commonly referred to as PERS One-half Survivors
Benefit)', entitling a member to his or her retirement allowance, not adjusted or
reduced because of continuance of one-half said allowance (or other
applicable amount for those members under the plan integrated with
social security)'to his or her survivor.
9. Vacation. Beginning with the pay period that i.ncludes
January l, 197~,~ employees in Unit 5 shall be entitled to/annual vacations
without loss of pay in accordance with the following schedule:
Length of City Service
One to four years, inclusive
Five to fourteen years, inclusive
Fifteen to twenty-four years, inclusive
Twenty-five or more years
Annual Vacation
12 working days
17 working days
22 working days
27 working days
10. Retired Personnel. Beginning On or before December 26, 1975
City shall provide a health insurance plan for employees who are retired
on a disabilitY or service retirement, after July l, 1975 and only for
such employees, and City will pay the larger of the following two
amounts ·
(a) A percentage of the retiree's premium for said health plan
equal to the percentage of "final compensation" used to compute the employee's
service retirement allowance; or
(b) A percentage of the reti'ree's premium for said health plan
equal to ~he percentage of disability when an employee is retired. City
will continue contributing to said heali~h plan in the amount described
above until the employee reaches age 65 or becomes gainfully employed as
hereinafter defined, whichever comes first. "Gainfully employed" as
used herein is defined as employment or self employment which produces
gross income for the individual in an amount in excess of twenty-five (25%)
percent of the base salary then being paid for the position said employee
last held with the City, or for a comparable position if the employee's
last position has been abolished. Once coverage has been terminated because
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of age or employment, employee forfeits any further right to coverage.
Employee must elect coverage immediately prior to retirement.
11. Employees covered. The provisions of this memorandum apply
to the employees represented by Unit 5 - South San Francisco Police
Association.
12. Modification. This memorandum does not modify any provision
of the Personnel Rules of the City except as expressly provided herein.
Except as expressly provided herein, all wages and benefits remain the
same as they are currently being provided or administered.
13. Dispute.-Any dispute over an interpretation of this
Memorandum shall be processed in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the City's Employee Grievance Procedure.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this
Memorandum of Understanding in the City of South San Francisco on
this ~2~ day of ~I,,~ , 1975.
EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVE
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