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23-1365RESOLUTION NO. 23-1365 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MENIFEE CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, GENERAL UNIT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024 WHEREAS, the City of Menifee ("City") has formally recognized the Menifee City Employees' Association ("MCEA") General Unit as the exclusive employee organization for the non -Police Department general employees bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, on August 17, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 22-1195, approving a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the City and MCEA for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024; and WHEREAS, Article 15, Section 1 (Reopener) of the MOU allows a limited reopener to discuss the results of the proposals solicited by the City for health benefits administration; and WHEREAS, Article 9, Section 14 (Health Insurance) of the MOU provides a monthly allocation which may be applied toward the cost of any benefit made available by the City; and WHEREAS, the City and MCEA have met and conferred in good faith to reach a Tentative Agreement to modify Article 9, Section 14 (Health Insurance) to increase the monthly allocation only for the Employee + Family coverage level to $1,950.00 effective January 1, 2024, attached hereto, pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") (Gov't Code Sections 3500-3511); such Tentative Agreement is attached to this Resolution as "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, MMBA Section 3505.1 provides that: "If a tentative agreement is reached by the authorized representatives of the public agency and a recognized employee organization or recognized employee organizations, the governing body shall vote to accept or reject the tentative agreement within 30 days of the date it is first considered at a duly noticed public meeting. A decision by the governing body to reject the tentative agreement shall not bar the filing of a charge of unfair practice for failure to meet and confer in good faith. If the governing body adopts the tentative agreement, the parties shall jointly prepare a written memorandum of understanding" toward the cost of any benefit made available by the City; and WHEREAS, all other terms and conditions of the MOU shall remain in full force and effect. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Menifee, California does hereby DETERMINE and ORDER as follows: Section 1. That the City Council approves the Tentative Agreement between the City and the Menifee City Employees' Association General Unit effective January 1, 2024, a full copy of which is attached hereto as "Exhibit A" and by this reference made a part hereof. Section 2. That the City Council authorize the Finance Department to make the necessary budget adjustments, appropriations, and transfers. 1 City of Menifee Resolution Approving MCEA General Tentative Agreement Effective January 1, 2024 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of November, 2023 Attest: rah Manwaring, City Clerk Approved as to form: J rey . Melching, Ci Att rney 2 v Bill Zimm ( n, ayor DocuSign Envelope ID: 109F2238-7F61-4969-A6D8-3146309A523B TENTATIVE AGREEMENT The Menifee City Employees' Association (General Unit) The City of Menifee Regarding the Health Benefit Reopener Provision in the 2022-2024 MOU October 9, 2023 Tentative agreement has been reached between the Menifee City Employee's Association (General Unit) and the City of Menifee regarding a proposal to address the provisions of the reopener, 2022-2024 Memorandum of Understanding, Article 15. The Tentative Agreement is specified below. 1. Article 9.14.1— Health Insurance Effective January 1, 2024 the City Shall provide the following monthly allocations (Cafeteria Plan), which may be applied toward the cost of any benefit made available by the City at the option of the employee. Coverage Level Employee Only Employee + 1 Dependent Employee + Family City of Menifee Jonathan Nicks, Deputy City Manager Natalie Jacobs, Human Resources Supervisor Monthly Allocation $1, 500.00 $1,850.00 $1,950.00 Menifee City Employees' Association w Mary LaPlante, Managing Labor Representative vow Sip Don Sharp, City Employees' Association President �VtS{�tn.a. %�t.V1n.a.ln.D�t/�j Kristina Hernandez, General Unit Employee Representative STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF MENIFEE ) I, Sarah Manwaring, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution No. 23-1365 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 1st Day of November 2023 by the following vote: Ayes: Estrada, Deines, Karwin, Sobek, Zimmerman Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None Manwaring, City"Clerk