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| 00:00:00.03 | Walfred Solorzano | to speak. Raise your hand from a phone, press star nine. Each speaker will be notified when the time has elapsed. City Clerk. Oops. Sorry about that. Okay. Okay. |
| 00:00:11.66 | Walfred Solorzano | I don't see any hands raised, do you? No, I don't see any hands raised. Okay, again, this is public comment, freedoms not on the agenda. OK, we'll go ahead and close public comment. And now we will move on to business items. We have two today. Item 1A, adopt resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the memorandum of understanding between the service employees, International Union, SEIU, Local 1021, and the city of Sausalito for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. So I hand that over to the city manager. |
| 00:00:45.20 | Chris Zapata | Thank you, Mayor, members of the council, and thank you for your time this morning. on this special meeting. It's very important that we take care of this. And before I go into what I want to report on and recommend, I'd like to thank all of our city employees for all the work that they do, because it's important in terms of our service to the community. And this agreement continues that. One of the things that's in this contract, which is important for the community to note, is that it is a one-year deal, and it does continue the service levels that are expected by our community. It's not a typical contract in the sense that Thank you. important for the community to note is that it is a one year deal and it does continue to service levels that are expected by our community. It's not a typical contract in the sense that it reflects the current realities of our financial situation and attempts to try to create some |
| 00:01:25.97 | Chris Zapata | understanding of service value and value of our workforce to our employees. And it is not typical in a way that |
| 00:01:33.03 | Chris Zapata | them |
| 00:01:33.79 | Chris Zapata | Thank you. |
| 00:01:33.97 | Chris Zapata | THERE IS NO COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN THIS CONTRACT, WHICH IS PARCEL TO OUR FINANCIAL ISSUES. IT HAS WHAT I CALL A ONE-TIME |
| 00:01:44.98 | Chris Zapata | bonus, which is non-pensionable, which is a reflection of the need to curtail our rising pension |
| 00:01:52.97 | Chris Zapata | and it's paid for by a concept that is a little new to sauce litter, which is a reduced. |
| 00:01:59.03 | Chris Zapata | work week. Typically, it was ran for 40 hours a week. And in this particular case, we're talking about a 36-hour work week and a schedule that will be revised to reflect that in the community where there would be, instead of five eight-hour days, there would be four nine-hour days. I want to be clear that this does not affect three specific areas. The police service, the parking function, |
| 00:02:26.03 | Chris Zapata | and the water and wastewater functions. Those are 24 seven operations and different than the agreement that we have in front of us. |
| 00:02:34.98 | Chris Zapata | obviously we still have to work on our negotiation with the police officers association. So this agreement would apply to all SEIU local |
| 00:02:43.03 | Chris Zapata | 21 members. It would apply to non represented and management employees, except the city manager. And the idea that there |
| 00:02:51.03 | Chris Zapata | would be a parallel, uh, There would absolutely be a me too on the other factors which involve the one time bonus and it would involve approximately a savings of |
| 00:03:06.97 | Chris Zapata | $100,000 a year. This year is what we're projecting. It could be more, but it applies to 24 SEIU members that we |
| 00:03:14.97 | Chris Zapata | right now and 13. management and non-represented members that we have right now. It's not typical, but it does some things that I really want to again stress. It does create some work-life balance for our employees. As you know, the price of housing in Sausalito last year, an average house in Sausalito sold for north of $2 million. So as a result, we have about |
| 00:03:42.04 | Chris Zapata | 90% of our workforce that comes from other places. So what this does is just get some off the road, reduces our carbon footprint to a degree and creates a little thing that we think will help stability in the future, which is work life balance. So if you have any specific questions, Deborah much more is on the call. But I'd really like to thank the council for its direction, the staff that |
| 00:04:08.03 | Chris Zapata | THE BARGAINING TABLE WITH SEIU LEADERSHIP AND THAT WAS THE Dumpy as well as Deborah and myself. Uh, but the bottom line is, is this was not an easy agreement. |
| 00:04:21.75 | Chris Zapata | It's a different agreement, but it's a necessary agreement in the sense that we are trying to balance many, many competing challenges, including retaining our workforce. And so in following through and allowing this contract to be implemented, I think you go a long way toward creating a different Sausalito that can compete with other cities in Marin County and the North Bay to recruit and retain employees. A four-day work week is something the community |
| 00:04:51.02 | Chris Zapata | We'll get used to. It's new and different in the sense that we've always run on a five-day. Our library will have a different schedule. Our police will have a different schedule. Our parking will have a different schedule. Our water and waste management will have a different schedule. But our public works and city hall functions will be a Monday through Thursday. |
| 00:05:09.97 | Chris Zapata | the operation for the most part. If I can answer any questions, I'm happy to do that. Otherwise, I strongly recommend that you support these resolutions and we implement these contracts. |
| 00:05:23.41 | Unknown | Thank you, Chris, and thank you for your hard work and huge thanks to Deborah Burke and Charles, but also huge thanks to the union folks who came to the table and worked collaboratively to get this done. So really appreciate everybody understanding where we are and moving forward collaboratively. Any questions for staff? City Manager. Okay, so the action required here is going to be a resolution, but let's just see if there's any public comment on this first item. City Clerk, you see anybody with a hand raised? |
| 00:05:54.86 | Unknown | is that? |
| 00:05:55.03 | Walfred Solorzano | no hands raised. Okay. So closing public comment back to the dais. I was looking for a motion to approve the draft resolution. |
| 00:06:07.35 | Walfred Solorzano | I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION Second. All right. Please call her on. Okay, Council member Sobieski. Yes. Council member Cleveland knows. Yes. Councilmember Hoffman. Yes. |
| 00:06:22.72 | Walfred Solorzano | you |
| 00:06:22.74 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 00:06:23.84 | Walfred Solorzano | Vice Mayor Blaustein. Yes. And Mayor Kellman. Yes. |
| 00:06:28.26 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:06:29.34 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:06:29.35 | Unknown | This item passes. This is 1A. This is the resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the the number number standing between SEIU and City of Sausalito. Item 1B is to adopt a resolution approving the compensation and benefits plan for the unrepresented employee groups, management and confidential for the same period that mirrors the SEIU Local 1021, excluding police management schedule and compensation and no schedule exchange to the wastewater collection services. I know City Manager, you just spoke to that. Do you want to mention anything else on that? |
| 00:07:01.05 | Chris Zapata | No, I think that's a distinction that needs to be clear. The 24-7 operations will continue mayor and council. They're necessary. And by knowledge of the community, the police union has its own separate bargaining process and unit that we are in the middle of. So it would exclude them as well. And I think that's been made clear in my previous comments. |
| 00:07:23.30 | Unknown | Bye. Any questions? Okay, city clerk, any public comments? |
| 00:07:28.97 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. I don't see any, but I think I need to read that blurb again really quick just to be safe. |
| 00:07:35.33 | Walfred Solorzano | Sure, please do. |
| 00:07:36.65 | Walfred Solorzano | The video and audio public comment participation is limited to three minutes per speaker. If you would like to make a comment, please raise your hand in the Zoom application and you will be called upon when it is your time to speak. To raise your hand from a phone, press star nine. Each speaker will be notified when the time has elapsed. I don't see any hands raised. Bye. |
| 00:07:55.84 | Walfred Solorzano | Okay, I'm close for the comment, bring it back up, looking again for A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 1B. |
| 00:08:05.76 | Walfred Solorzano | I move to approve the draft resolution of item 1b. |
| 00:08:09.22 | Chris Zapata | Thank you. |
| 00:08:10.05 | Walfred Solorzano | Second. Okay, please call her off. Council member Sobieski. |
| 00:08:14.49 | Chris Zapata | Yes. |
| 00:08:14.92 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Councilmember Cleveland Knowles, Yeah. Council member Hoffman? Yes. Vice mayor Blaustein? Yes. And mayor Kelman? Yes. I'll write item passes. |
| 00:08:29.03 | Unknown | Thank you. Thank you, everybody. That's all we had on the agenda today. Any other comments related to these agenda items? I'll suggest we adjourn then. Thanks everyone. Thank you, Chris. Thank you. |
| 00:08:41.30 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:08:42.08 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:08:47.97 | Walfred Solorzano | you |