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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
**POST-MEETING AGENDA**
Date:December 7, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
Location:Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA
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1.CALL TO ORDER
2.ROLL CALL
3.CLOSED SESSION
Announcements of actions taken in Closed Sessions shall be made available by noon on
the next business day following the Council meeting at the City Attorney's office in
accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code 54957.7)
3.1.Conference with Labor Negotiators Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957.6
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Agency designated representatives: Maria Kachadoorian, Glen Googins,
Courtney Chase, Kelley Bacon, Simon Silva, Sarah Schoen, Tanya Tomlinson
and Steve Berliner
Employee organizations: IAFF, MM/PR, NS-IAFF and WCE
3.2.Conference with Legal Counsel Regarding Existing Litigation Pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
Name of case: In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation; United States
District Court, Southern District of Ohio; Case No. 17-md-2804
4.ADJOURNMENT
to the regular City Council meeting on December 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers.
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December 7, 2021
Honorable Mayor & City Council,
My name is Cheryl Goddard and I am a Senior Planner. I have worked for the City of Chula Vista
for six years. I am a proud member of SEIU Local 221 and am also proud to serve on this year’s
Middle-Managers and Professionals (MMPR) Negotiation Team. As you discuss Item 3.1 -
Conference with Labor Negotiators Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, I would like
to bring up three points and respectfully have three requests for Council’s consideration.
Point #1: The MMPR Negotiation Team and its members have completed its research,
analysis and assessments and have brought forward a FAIR CONTRACT. We are asking that
the 54% of our members currently being paid under median be brought to median and a 12%
raise across our membership over three years. We are also asking for an Essential
Worker/Wellness stipend of $6000 for work completed during the height of the COVID
pandemic. Please note, the recently approved Chula Vista Police Association (POA) contract
includes an $8,000 stipend. The City of Imperial Beach approved a $5,000 Essential Worker
stipend and the City of National City approved a $10,000 Essential Worker stipend.
The MMPR bargaining group are your middle-managers and professionals that as a profession,
we research, analyze, identify risks, create and manage budgets and most importantly, we
regularly bring forward our professional recommendations to Executive Management of our
respective Departments, the City Manager’s office as well as before Council for their
consideration. Our Negotiation Team has worked hard on our FAIR PROPOSAL and have had
the same mindset as if we were reviewing a complex project for the City. We have met with
the Finance Department multiple times during negotiations, we have done our homework by
reviewing policies and budget reports and have kept current with Agenda Items brought
forward to Council.
Based on our research and analysis, our proposal, over a three-year contract term is less than
$100,000 a part per year from the City’s current proposal.
Point #2: Our wage proposal is spread as 4% in the first year, 4% in the second year and 4% in
the last year of the contract. As we all know, and as indicated in the City’s Long-Term Financial
Plan, inflation is over 6% and is estimated to remain at 6% in 2022. Our proposal does not ask
to keep up with inflation. With the citizen’s of Chula Vista in mind and MMPR’s
acknowledgement that the City has many priorities, MMPR is asking for raises at 4% each year ;
2% below the current inflation rate.
We are very thankful that we had an opportunity to meet with individual Council offices. In
those meetings, it was acknowledged by multiple councilmembers that City employees are its
biggest asset. When long-time employees leave because compensation packages are no longer
competitive, the brain drain of institutional knowledge is a hit to the organization. There is also
a cost to recruit and train new employees in hopes that they stay with the organ ization for
longer than the cost to recruit and train them was.
Written Communications - Goddard
Item 3.1 - Received 12/7/2021
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Point #3: The City has the tools in place to approve the fair MMPR contract before you. City
Council’s Compensation Policy, Policy #303, states, “If fiscally prudent, it is the City Council’s
objective to compensate employees at rates above the middle of the labor market as
measured by the median.” It does not say keep wages at or below median. The policy goes on
to say, “The City’s compensation program is designed to ensure that the City has the ability to
attract and retain the quality of employees the City needs to implement the City Council’s
policies, goals, objectives and priorities and to ensure the City is run effectively and efficiently.”
The City’s Strategic Plan posted on its website, states Goal 1 is Operational Excellence with
strategies to continuously improve and an initiative to retain and attract quality employees.
The Strategic Plan also has a strategy to ensure interaction with the City is a positive experience
and an initiative to provide quality customer service. The City can achieve those goals by filling
the current vacancies and by attracting the best and brightest with a competitive compensation
package.
The City’s Long-Term Financial Plan identifies multiple revenue streams and mid-year budget
adjustments brought forward to City Council historically identify unanticipated revenues, i.e.
higher than anticipated revenues for Measure A and Measure P.
Approving MMPR’s FAIR PROPOSAL is consistent with City Council policy and is in line with the
City’s own Strategic Plan.
I respectively have three requests for Council:
Request #1 – As you review MMPR’s proposal, please keep in mind that the analysis put into
the proposal is on par with how we bring forward recommendations for any complex project
assigned to us. If you trust our professional recommendations as they relate to City projects,
trust that we put in the same effort in our FAIR PROPOSAL.
Request #2 – As you review MMPR’s proposal, please keep in mind that our annual proposed
wage increase is 2% BELOW current inflation rates and over all, over a three-year contract
Request #3 – I respectfully request that you encourage the City to wrap up these negotiations.
We are in month 8. MMPR extended its last contract because we acknowledged that there
were many unknowns associated with COVID, so we went without wage increases even when
inflation continued to rise. By reviewing the Long-Term Financial Plan, and the anticipated
revenues, we come to the conclusion that the City is able to fund our FAIR PROPOSAL.
As a part of the City’s biggest asset, we ask, when will we receive fair compensation? If not
now, then when?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Goddard
Written Communications - Goddard
Item 3.1 - Received 12/7/2021
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Mid Managers (MM) bargaining proposal-Honorable Mayor & City Council, I implore you to consider the
current proposal by the MM negotiating team.A majority of our members have fallen behind the median
over the years, and the City’s current proposal will only increase that inequity in years 2 and 3 of the
contract. The MM bring value to the City and are only requesting a fair proposal to bring our wages to
current average wages! If we are able to receive an average wage, we will always give ABOVE average effort,
thank you for your consideration, Jose
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