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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1979/04/12 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. April 12, 1979 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of Chula Vista, California, was held on the above date beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Public Services Building, 276 Fourth Avenue. ROLL CALL Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Cox, Egdahl, Gillow Councilmen absent: Councilman Scott Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant City Manager Asmus, Deputy City Manager Robens, Assistant City Attorney Harron, Director of Personnel Thorsen, Fire Chief Longerbone, Director of Parks & Recreation Hall 1. PRESENTATION BY CERTIFIED Mayor Hyde explained the purpose of the meeting was to hear EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS presentations by the employees organizations prior to the time the City enters into empl~ye~s' negotiations. a. Chula Vista Employees Mr. Jim Fuller, spokesman for the Employees Association, Association said that their proposal has been sent to the City Manager. They feel it is an equitable and fair package and asked for Council's favorable consideration. Angela Villagomez Ms. Villagomez, secretary to the Boards and Commissions, said she has been with the City for eight years. She asked that the Council take special recognition of the clerical workers this year because "without them, this meeting wouldn't even be held." Mayor's comments Mayor Hyde expressed the Council's feelings towards the employees: (1) tremendous appreciation of the fine work done by the employees; (2) warm and personal interest in their well-being; (3) hate to be put in the position of being on opposite ends of the table, but this is the way negotiations must be made. Bill Wheeler Mr. Wheeler, Plan checker in the Building and HousinK Department, with the City for 3~ years, said it was a privilege to serve on the Chuta Vista Employees AssoCiation. Ambrosio Daluraya Mr. Daluraya, an employee of the City for nearly eight years, thanked the Council for their interest in hearing the employees today. Jim Fuller Mr. Fuller referred to their proposal indicating he would not go into the details but hoped the Council would take a sensitive position regarding employees' needs on negotiations. b. Chula Vista Fire- Mr. Don Byrum, President of the Firefighters Association, fighters Association submitted a fact sheet to the Council of a survey of wages, workweek, and those c~ties having the 2% at 50 plan. Mr. Byrum said he received his iS-year pin in November, but if he had it to do all over again, he would not have chosen Chula Vista, Since 1971, the department has been losing people; from a minimum manning of 21, they are now down to 17; lost 5 firefighters; responses have increased 400%; responsibilities and assignments within the department have increased; he has personally obtained two educational degrees adding that "the more professional I get, the less I'm appreciated." Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 2 - April 12, 19~9 c. Police Officers Officer Stille, representing the police Officers Associ- Association arson, cor~nented that as a result Of their last meet and confer session, the Memorandum of Understanding stated they would be able to meet (~ith Council] and thoroughly discuss: the 2% at 50 issue. He attempted to comment on this at the March 2~ meeting and was not allowed to do so. Last week, he received a letter from the City Manager noting the guidelines set up for this meeting: 15 minute presen- tation and that the Council would not comment directly on any presentation made hy the employee associations~. Officer Stille remarked that the Association has been very patient even though their MOU for 1978/7~ called for a comparison survey to he completed by February 1, 1~79, and that they would have access to the study fourteen days prior to Council's meeting on that issue. None ofthese things were done. In December, the Police Qfficers_~AsSO~iBtion:lade their own survey (a copy of which was presented to the Council). Officer Stille discussed the questionnaire sent out to the different cities [26) in which the questions asked pertained to the 2% at 50, rate increases, and reasons for reductions. He noted that the average rate increase experiBnced for 1~78 was 1.2877% for the 2% at 50 retirement plan commenting that this is "not a runaway factor." In checking with PERS, Officer Stille remarked that the City has in its Safety account as of June 1978, $2,100,000. The City Manager's office reported to the State government in August 19'78 that the City. had $2,O98,821 in reserves Cgeneral fund). Officer Stille then delineated the survey made hy the City of Bakersfield which showed Chula Vista as #13 of 44 cities surveyed; #17 in the size of the area served; ~26 in police per thpusand; #26 for requests for services; ~]8 in serious crime;'#40 in-s:alarr positions; 52 out of the 44 cities had the 2% at 50 plan -Chula Vista was not on that list. The uonclusion reached hy the Police 0fficerS.Ass~cia~ion is that the study made by the consultants show that the PERS is Sound; their oval: p olicp survey study: indicated that no city has shown a runaway rate increase for this plan; Chula Vista has ample money in PERS in the Safety account; the City has as adequate general fund serve; after 31 years on the same retirement program, they feel it is time to update that program. d. Western Council of Mr. Jim Wright, representing the Western Council of Engineer~ Engineers remarked that they had no concrete proposal to offer the Council at this time because "frankly, we dont know where we are going this year." He added that he did not know if the bargaining units were too hound by the President's guidelines (7%) and if this was the case, then they would have very little to say because the cost of living has greatly exceeded that. Mr. ~righI asked that the Council he cognizant of the morale of the people, keep the qualified people on board and pay them a salary commensurate with their positions. Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 3 - April 12, 1979 Consultants introduced City Manager Cole introduced Mr. JOhn Liebert and Dan Cassidy of the firm of Paterson and Taggart who will handle the negotiations for the City. Mr. Cole snggested an Executive Session for the Council to meet with these gentlemen. Motion for Executive It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by CouncilmanGillo~ Session and unanimously carried by those present that the Council recess to Executive Session for reasons of employee nego- tiations. The meeting recessed at 4:33 p.m. and the City Cle.rk was excused. The City Manager was appointed Deputy City Clerk and he reported that the Executive Session adjourned at 5:00 p.m. ADJOURNN~BNT Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting atS:00p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 1979 at7:OO p.m.