HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_74-2019CITY OF REDLANDS AND THE REDLANDS ASSOCIATION OF
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT (2018)
This Side Letter of Agreement amending the July 1, 2018 — June 30 2023 Memorandum of
Understanding between the Redlands Association of Department Directors ("RADD") and the City
of Redlands ("City") is made and entered into tlus 16th day of April, 2019 RADD and the City
are sometimes individually referred to herein as a "Party" and, together, as the "Parties "
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2017, RADD and the City agreed to a Memorandum of
Understanding ("RADD MOU") for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023, and
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to clarify their intentions with respect to Article 3,
Article 12, paragraph 2, and Article 14, paragraph (A) of the RADD MOU, and
WHEREAS, representatives of the City and RADD have met and conferred in good faith,
and now wish to effect changes with respect to Article 3, Article 12, paragraph 1, and Article 14
paragraph (A) of the RADD MOU,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, RADD
and the City agree as follows
AGREEMENT
Section 1 The text of existing Article 3 of the RADD MOU, entitled "Recognition," is hereby
deleted in its entirety, and the remaining Articles and sections of the RADD MOU shall be
renumbered appropriately to reflect such deletion
Section 2 The text of existing Article 12, paragraph 1 of the RADD MOU, is hereby deleted
and rewritten to read as follows
"Unit employees who achieve fifteen (15) years of service with the City shall be entitled to
Lifetime Medical coverage for themselves and their dependents upon separation of service from
the City "Lifetime Medical" means health insurance and dental insurance as provided by the City
to its then existing Unit employees through CalPERS, or similar group medical plan as determined
by the City which does not exceed the cost to the City of the Ca1PERS plan Any employee who
is promoted into the Unit shall maintain (i) any Lifetime Medical benefit such employee has
previously accrued with the City, and/or (u) eligibility to earn the Lifetime Medical benefit if they
had that right under their previous Memorandum of Understanding
Section 3 The text of existing Article 14 (A) of the RADD MOU is hereby deleted and
rewritten to read as follows
"Unit employees who promote into RADD after January 1, 2009 shall combine all existing
Sick Leave, Vacation balances, Floating Holidays, and Executive Leave hours previously accrued
to them and unused at the time of their promotion into RADD into a Directors Accumulated Leave
accrual category
Notwithstanding any other provision of existing Article 14 of the RADD MOU to the contrary,
commencing with the date of Ms Janice McConnell's employment appointment by the City
Council (the "Commencement Date") to the position of Assistant City Manager, Ms McConnell
shall have up to and including the date of June 30, 2022, to decrease her accrued unused hours of
leave ("Director's Accumulated Leave"), as of the Commencement Date, to nine hundred (900)
hours or less In the event Ms McConnell's leave balance is in excess of nine hundred hours as of
July 1, 2022, Ms McConnell's leave balance will be reduced to 900 hours and she will no longer
accrue leave until her balance is below 900 hours At such time after July 1, 2022, and after Ms
McConnell's leave balance is below 900 hours, she shall then accrue Director's Accumulated
Leave consistent with the provisions and limitations of Article 14 of this MOU "
CITY OF REDLANDS
W
L;aul W Foster, Mayor
Attest
ne Donaldson, City Clerk
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REDLANDS ASSOCIATION OF
DEPARTME DIRECTORS
C is Boa , President