Amador County – Ione City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a 119,000-dollar contract for city union employees over the next 2-and-a-half years. City Manager Kim Kerr will present a report on negotiations with city staff and the Service Employees International Union Local Number 1021, with the numbers and a list of negotiated terms. The contract includes salaries and raises of employees over the next 2-and-a-half fiscal years, with the salaries totaling 46,558 dollars and raises between 29,000 and 73,000 dollars. The raises are based on the federal Cost Of Living Adjustment and cannot fall below 2 percent or rise higher that 5 percent. Raises in this fiscal year would take effect January 1st, 2009 at a cost of 4,867 dollars. Raises in fiscal year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 both occur on July 1st of each lead year. In 2009-2010, raises in the contract could cost between 14,224 and 35,561 dollars. In 2010-2011, raises could cost between 14,645 and 37,684 dollars. The total cost of the 3-year contract, counting this fiscal year, is between 75,000 and 119,000 dollars. Kerr in a report recommended the council authorize the her to finalize the MOU with SEIU to incorporate the changes and finalize other revisions to the language, then sign the final version of the MOU upon completion of revisions. Kerr said the “negotiations took time to complete” due to a Total Compensation Study presented to the City Council. In the report to Mayor Andrea Bonham and the council, Kerr said the “City Council can elect not to approve this agreement and request that City negotiators go back and negotiate more with SEIU.” She said that was “not recommended at this time due to the on-going negotiations that have been shared with the City Council during Closed Session and how SEIU and the City negotiators arrived at this agreement.” Kerr said “Unfortunately, the MOU has expired and we need to address the issues raised by staff and to be competitive with our employees even during difficult financial times.” Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Monday, 01 December 2008 00:06
Ione to Consider $119,000 SEIU Union Employee Contract
Amador County – Ione City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a 119,000-dollar contract for city union employees over the next 2-and-a-half years. City Manager Kim Kerr will present a report on negotiations with city staff and the Service Employees International Union Local Number 1021, with the numbers and a list of negotiated terms. The contract includes salaries and raises of employees over the next 2-and-a-half fiscal years, with the salaries totaling 46,558 dollars and raises between 29,000 and 73,000 dollars. The raises are based on the federal Cost Of Living Adjustment and cannot fall below 2 percent or rise higher that 5 percent. Raises in this fiscal year would take effect January 1st, 2009 at a cost of 4,867 dollars. Raises in fiscal year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 both occur on July 1st of each lead year. In 2009-2010, raises in the contract could cost between 14,224 and 35,561 dollars. In 2010-2011, raises could cost between 14,645 and 37,684 dollars. The total cost of the 3-year contract, counting this fiscal year, is between 75,000 and 119,000 dollars. Kerr in a report recommended the council authorize the her to finalize the MOU with SEIU to incorporate the changes and finalize other revisions to the language, then sign the final version of the MOU upon completion of revisions. Kerr said the “negotiations took time to complete” due to a Total Compensation Study presented to the City Council. In the report to Mayor Andrea Bonham and the council, Kerr said the “City Council can elect not to approve this agreement and request that City negotiators go back and negotiate more with SEIU.” She said that was “not recommended at this time due to the on-going negotiations that have been shared with the City Council during Closed Session and how SEIU and the City negotiators arrived at this agreement.” Kerr said “Unfortunately, the MOU has expired and we need to address the issues raised by staff and to be competitive with our employees even during difficult financial times.” Story by Alex Lane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
