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Conejo Recreation & Park District GENERAL MANAGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Friedl George M. Lange, Chair Susan L. Holt, Vice Chair Joe Gibson, Director Ed Jones, Director Chuck Huffer, Director DATE: June 15, 2017 GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS Tex Ward TO: Board of Directors FROM: Jim Friedl, General Manage SUBJECT: Memorandum of Unde (MOU) with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Approve Resolution Number 061517-8, approving the MOU between the District and SEIU Local 721 and adjusting employee compensation and benefits, as outlined herein. 2. Authorize budget adjustments as necessary to reflect changes. DISCUSSION The proposed MOU was arrived at through the regular meet and confer process as outlined in state law and as set out under the provisions of District Resolution 6172-A. All agreed upon matters have been incorporated into the proposed MOU. Represented employees are scheduled to determine whether to ratify this agreement on June 14, 2017. During the negotiation process two years ago, there were substantial changes to the then -existing MOU in an effort to simplify and streamline the MOU so that it would be easier to understand. Voluminous sections of the MOU involving policies will be relocated from the prior MOU to an updated Personnel Policy Manual. In some instances, articles of the MOU which were merely restating existing federal or state law were eliminated as redundant and unnecessary since compliance therewith is mandatory whether or not the language appears in the MOU. Due in part to the significant work done by both parties 2 years ago, this year the negotiations moved forward more quickly. In terms of economic changes, the proposed MOU provides for salary adjustments of 2.5% beginning the first pay period including July 1, 2017 and 2.5% salary adjustment the first pay period including July 1, 2018. The provisions below summarize and highlight some of the more significant portions of the proposed MOU that have changed from the existing MOU. Art. 2 -- Term — Two years (July 1, 2017 — June 30, 2019). • Art. 11 — SEIU Dues, Deductions & Agency Shop — This section has been revised to provide an "opt out" - written notification of withdrawal — time period for Union Members should they wish to discontinue Union dues prior to the expiration of the term of the MOU. This section also allows members of a bona fide religion which holds objections to joining or ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 403 West Hillcrest Drive • Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 (805) 495-6471 - FAX: (805) 497-3199 • Email: parks@crpd.org - Website: www.crpd.org