HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-070 N.C.S. 05/02/2022 DocuSign Envelope ID:6E5326EE-3912-4911-BD56-B190FE78F440
Resolution No. 2022-070 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING,
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021 —JUNE 30, 2023, REACHED BY THE DULY AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND THE PETALUMA PUBLIC
SAFETY MID-MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION,UNIT 10,AND AMENDING THE
CLASSIFICATION PLAN BY REVISING THE CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS
FOR POSITIONS REPRESENTED BY UNIT 10
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma and the Petaluma Public Safety Mid-Management
Association (PPSMMA),Unit 10, through their duly authorized representatives, have concluded
their mutual obligation to meet and confer in good faith with respect to the successor contract
provision provided by Section 1.2 of the existing PPSMMA Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU), effective July 1, 2018 —June 30, 2021, in accordance with the Meyers• Milias-Brown
Act and the City's Employer-Employee Relations, Rules and Regulations (Resolution No. 55412
N.C.S.); and,
WHEREAS, the duly authorized representatives of the City and the PPSMMA have
reached a Tentative Agreement and executed this MOU, effective July 1, 2021 —June 30, 2023,
and recommend its approval by the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager, pursuant to Section 28 of the Charter of the City of
Petaluma, and as the City's Municipal Employees' Relations Officer (Resolution No. 5375
N.C.S.), is required and empowered to make a recommendation to the City Council on matters
related to good faith bargaining and employees' compensation; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and concurs with said MOU, effective July
1, 2021 —June 30, 2023, for PPSMMA Unit 10, and does recommend that the City Council ratify
said MOU; and,
WHEREAS, Petaluma Municipal Code Section 3.04.020.D authorizes the City Manager
as the City's Personnel Officer to prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan,
including class specifications and revisions of the plan; and,
WHEREAS,the results of the proposed changes align with the duties and
responsibilities of existing workloads and City needs; and the proposed changes have been
discussed with Ralph Andersen and Associates, who has prepared a classification and
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compensation study for the City, and who indicate that the proposed changes are consistent
with their review and findings; and,
WHEREAS,the City Manager, acting as the Personnel Officer, has determined that
certain duties and responsibilities are appropriately allocated to the applicable classifications (as
attached in Exhibit B); and,
WHEREAS,the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4),
in that ratifying the attached MOU does not meet CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the
action does not have the potential for resulting either a direct physical change in the environment
or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and because this is a
personnel-related action that constitutes organizational or administrative activities of
governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Petaluma
hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated into
this resolution as findings of the City Council.
2. Finds that the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA
Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), in that ratifying the attached MOU does
not meet CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the action does not have
the potential for resulting either a direct physical change in the environment
or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and because this is a personnel-related action that constitutes organizational
or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or
indirect physical changes in the environment.
3. Ratifies the MOU, effective July 1, 2021 —June 30, 2023,between the
City of Petaluma and the Petaluma Public Safety Mid-Management
Association, attached to and incorporated as Exhibit A.
4. Approves the amendments to the Classification Plan as described in this
Resolution, including an amendment in the Competitive Service of the
Personnel System as attached to and incorporated as Exhibit B.
5. Revises the classification specifications of positions represented by Unit
10 as attached to and incorporated as Exhibit B.
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Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by Doug vW as to
the Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 2"d day form:
of May 2022,by the following vote:
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AYES: Barrett,Barnacle,Fischer,Healy,King.McDonnell,Pocekay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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