HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-122 - Approving the Second Side Letter of Agreement to the 2014-17 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Police Association Regarding Further Amendments Clarifying Motor Officer and Canine Officer CompensRESOLUTION NO. 2016-122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE SECOND SIDE LETTER OF
AGREEMENT TO THE 2014-17 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AND THE NEWPORT BEACH
POLICE ASSOCIATION REGARDING FURTHER AMENDMENTS
CLARIFYING MOTOR OFFICER AND CANINE OFFICER COMPENSATION
PROVISIONS
WHEREAS, on or about August 9, 2005, then Newport Beach Police Department
Police Chief Bob McDonell determined Police Officers who work with canines spend
approximately ten (10) hours per month handling, training, and boarding their canines;
WHEREAS, thereafter, Police Officers assigned to work with canines were
compensated at the rate of ten (10) hours a month paid at time and a half (effectively fifteen
(15) hours of compensation);
WHEREAS, on or about July 15, 2014, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
authorized the City of Newport Beach to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with the Newport Beach Police Association (NBPA) by adopting Resolution No. 2014-54;
WHEREAS, the MOU provides for compensation, benefits, and other terms and
conditions of employment for employees represented by the NBPA for the period July 1, 2014
through June 30, 2017;
WHEREAS, certain elements of compensation as stated in the MOU for Motor Officer
Pay and Canine Officer Pay required additional clarification based upon input from CalPERS;
WHEREAS, representatives from the City of Newport Beach and the NBPA met and
conferred in good faith and agreed to non -substantive revisions to the MOU to clarify the
City's existing practice for compensating City employees in NBPA for Motor Officer Pay and
Canine Pay, which agreement was memorialized in that certain document entitled "Side
Letter to the 2014-17 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Newport Beach
and the Newport Beach Police Association Clarifying Canine and Motor Officer Pay
Provisions" dated August 1, 2016 ("First Side Letter");
WHEREAS, subsequent to the execution of the First Side Letter, it was discovered the
amount of compensation determined by Chief McDonell in 2005 had not been incorporated
into the MOU;
WHEREAS, representatives from the City of Newport Beach and the NBPA have met
and conferred in good faith to resolve the compensation inconsistencies, resulting in the
drafting of a Second Side Letter to the MOU ("Second Side Letter"), attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach desires to amend the MOU
between the City of Newport Beach and the NBPA by approving the Second Side Letter and
authorizing the City Manager to execute the Second Side Letter.
Resolution No. 2016-122
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby resolves
as follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are incorporated
into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: The Second Side Letter, as attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby
approved and the City Manager is authorized to execute the Second Side Letter on behalf of
the City.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is,
for any reason, is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses and phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity
will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City
Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 22"d day of November 2016.
ane B. Dixon
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit A (Second Side Letter)
Exhibit A
BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AND THE NEWPORT BEACH POLICE ASSOCIATION .
This Second Side Letter of Agreement ("Second Side Letter") between the City of
Newport Beach ("City") and the Newport Beach -Police Association ("NBPA") is entered into
with respect to the following:
RECITALS
A, On or about August 9, 2005, then Newport Beach Police Department Police Chief
Bob McDonell, at the request of the Canine Officers, reviewed the amount of
compensation to be paid to Canine Officers based upon the amount of off-duty
time being spent by Canine Officers in handling, training, and boarding their
canines. At the time of Chief McDonell's review, the amount being paid to
Canine Officers was six (6) hours a month paid at time and a half (effectively nine
hours of compensation) and the Canine Officers were asking for an increase in the
amount of such monthly compensation. As a result of his review, Chief
McDonell determined that Canine Officers should be compensated ten (10) hours
a month paid at time and a half (effectively fifteen hours of, compensation) with
such fifteen hours being a reasonable amount of off-duty time to compensate
Canine Officers for handling, training, and boarding •their canines each month
while off-duty. Payments to Canine Officers for off-duty Canine activities after
Chief McDonell's review became ten (10) hours a month paid at time and a half.
B.' On or about July 15, 2014, the City and NBPA entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding ("MOU") regarding wages, benefits, and other terms and
conditions of employment for employees represented by NBPA, for the period
July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017.
C. On or about August 1, 2016, the City and NBPA entered into that certain "Side
Letter to the 2014-17 Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of
Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Police Association Clarifying Canine and
Motor Officer Paj Provisions" ("First Side Letter's to clarify the City's existing
practice for compensating City employees in NBPA for Motor Officer Pay and,
Canine Pay to comply with the applicable California Public Employee Retirement
System ("PERS") regulations and modify the MOU's terms regarding such
premium pay in recognition of, respectively, patrolling the City on a motorcycle
and maintaining and servicing the motorcycle (Motor Officer Pay) and handling,
training, and boarding canines (Canine Pay).
D. As part of the efforts in clarifying the MOU to comply with the PERS regulations
via the First Side Letter, it was discovered that there was conflict between (1) the
terms of the MOU and the First Side Letter regarding the amount of Canine Pay
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(six hours a month at time and a half, effectively nine hours of compensation) and
(2) the amount determined by Chief McDonell in 2005 at the request of the
Canine Officers (ten hours a month at time and a half, effectively fifteen hours of
compensation) and actually paid to Canine Officers at all times thereafter.
E. The purpose of this Second Side Letter is to further amend and clarify the MOU
regarding compensation to Motor Officers and to Canine Officers under the terms
and conditions herein. Among other things, the parties hereto intend for this
Second Side Letter to: (1) clarify and amend the MOU to state that Canine
Officers are to receive compensation of fifteen hours a month at two-thirds of
their regular hourly rate of pay at time and a half (effectively fifteen hours of
compensation) for off-duty canine responsibilities; (2) ratify payments to Canine
Officers since Chief McDonell's review in 2005 and determination of ten hours a
month at time and a half (effectively fifteen hours of compensation)
notwithstanding any inconsistencies in the terms of the MOU and the First Side
Letter, (3) make the provisions of this Second Side Letter regarding payments to
Canine Officers since Chief McDoncll's review in 2005 and determination of ten
hours a month at time and a half (effectively fifteen hours of compensation)
retroactive to cover all such ratified payments; and (4) memorialize the
understanding and agreement of the parties hereto that the terms and conditions
herein result in capturingcomplete and accurate payment of all Canine Fay since
Chief McDonell's review in 2005.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. All of the foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as
part of the Second Side Letter for all purposes.
2. Subsection (J) of section 2, Compensation, of the MOU, as amended by the First
Side Letter, is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended to read:
J. Motor Officer
FLSA Standard
Employees assigned to work as Motor Officers that routinely and
consistently patrol the City on a motorcycle and maintaining and
servicing their motorcycle are entitled to compensation for such
off-duty activities, The parties acknowledge that the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA), which governs the entitlement to
compensation for off-duty motorcycle duties, entities the parties to
agree to a reasonable number of hours per month for the
performance of such duties. The FLEA also allows the parties
hereto to agree on appropriate compensation for the performance
of such off-duty motorcycle duties, It is the intent of the parties
through the provisions of this Subsection (J) to fully comply with
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the requirements of the FLSA and that such provisions do comply
with the FLSA.
2. Motorcycle Premium Pay
Employees assigned to work as Motor Officers shall receive an
additional six (6) hours of straight time compensation per month,
paid at one and one-half (1.5) tunes their regular hourly rate of
pay. This pay is in recognition of the routine and consistent
responsibility for patrolling the City on a motorcycle and for
maintaining and servicing the motorcycle. Pursuant to PERS
regulations and limitations, the City shall report Motor Officer
premium pay as special compensation, and therefore compensation
eamable, pursuant to Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations,
Section 571(a)(5) and Government Code Section 20636.
3. Motorcycle Reimbursement
Employees assigned to work as Motor Officers who are required to
perform extraordinary off-duty motorcycle care (in rare instances)
which causes a substantial increase in the normal off-duty hours
worked for that month, shall submit a written request to the Police
Chief or the Chief a assigned designee for additional compensation
for the hours, spent performing such work. Pursuant to PERS
regulations and limitations, the City will not report compensation
to perform extraordinary off-duty motorcycle care as special
compensation, and therefore not compensation eamable, pursuant
to Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 571 and
Government Code Section 20636.
3. Subsection (K) of section 2, Compensation, of the MOU, as amended by the First
Side Letter, is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended to read:
K. Canine Officer
1. FLSA Standard
Employees assigned to work as Canine Officers that routinely and
consistently handle, train, and board the canines are entitled to
compensation for such off-duty activities. The parties
acknowledge that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which
governs the entitlement to compensation for off-duty canine duties,
entitles the parties to agree to a reasonable number of hours per
month for the performance of such duties, The FLSA also allows
the parties hereto to agree on appropriate compensation for the
performance of such off-duty canine duties. It is the intent of the
parties through the provisions of this Subsection (K) to fully
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comply with the requirements of the FLSA and that such
provisions do comply with the FLSA,
2. Canine Premium Pay
Employees assigned to work as Canine Officers shall receive
compensation of fifteen (15) hours a month at two-thirds (2f3) of
their regular hourly rate of pay at time and a half for canine duties.
This pay is in recognition of the routine and consistent
responsibility for handling, training, and boarding the canines.
Pursuant to PERS regulations and Iimitations, the City shall report
Canine Officer premium pay as special compensation, and
therefore compensation eamable, pursuant to Title 2 of the
Califomia Code of Regulations, Section 571(a)(5) and Government
Code Section 20636.
3. Canine Reimbursement
Employees assigned to work as Canine Officers who are required
to perform extraordinary off-duty canine care, such as a veterinary
emergency or other rare occurrence, which causes a substantial
increase in the normal off-duty hours worked for that month, shall
submit a written request to the Police Chief or the Chief's assigned
designee for additional compensation for the hours spent
performing such work. Pursuant to PERS regulations and
limitations, the City will not report compensation to perform
extraordinary off-duty canine care as special compensation, and
therefore not compensation earnable, pursuant to Title 2 of the
California Code of Regulations, Section 571 and Govemment
Code Section 20636,
4. The parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that payments to Canine
Officers since Chief McDonell's review in 2005 of ten hours a month at time and
a half (effectively fifteen hours of compensation) are hereby ratified
notwithstanding any inconsistencies in the terms of the MOU.
5. Subsection (K)(2) of the MOU, as amended by this Second Side Letter, regarding
Canine Premium Pay shall apply retroactively to all payments to Canine Officers
ratified in section 4 of this Second Side Letter. The parties agree and
acknowledge that this retroactivity provision, in conjunction with the ratification
of all such payments in section 4 hereof, results in capturing the complete and
accurate accounting of all payments of Canine Pay since Chief McDonell's
review in 2005 and determination, in response to the request of the Canine
Officers, that such amount should be ten hours a month at time and a half
(effectively fifteen hours of compensation). The parties agree that Chief
McDonell's determination constitutes a reasonable number of hours per month for
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the performance of off duty canine duties for all periods covered by this Second
Side Letter,
6. The understanding reached in this Second Side Letter will continue through the
term of the MOL. It is further understood that this Second 'Side Letter is not for
the purpose of increasing or decreasing a benefit or changing a practice, but to
further clartfv tate MOU regarding compensation to Motor Officers and to Canine
off. ,;er, :rider the terms and conditions herein. All other provisions ofbe current
N101', existing policy, applicable Police Depatvnent Standard Operating
Procedure or related practices, shall remain unchanged.
Executed this day of �_. , 2016
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
Bv:
Dave Kif, , City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Aaron C. Harp. City Attorney
ATTEST:
By:
Leilani 1. Brown, City Clerk
NEWPORT BEACH POLICE
ASSOCIATION
By:
V lad Anderson, President
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stt-pnen Silver, Counsel
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2016-122 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 22nd day of November, 2016, and that the same was so passed and adopted
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich, Council Member Curry, Council
Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon, Mayor Dixon
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Council Member Peotter
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 23�d day of November, 2016.
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Leilani I. Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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