HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 11-071 RESOLUTION NO. 11 071
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
APPROVING EMPLOYMENT POLICY
FOR UNREPRESENTED REGULAR, BENEFITED FULL -TIME
NON MANAGEMENT, MID MANAGEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, the City's Unrepresented Classifications are unrepresented, which means incumbents do not
engage in collective bargaining with the City on matters related to wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of
employment; and
WHEREAS, Unrepresented Employees are those employees who after successful completion of the City's
mandatory 12 -month probationary period, become regular, benefited full -time employees; and
WHEREAS, Unrepresented Employees are subject to the City's Personnel Rules and Policies adopted by
the City Council and are subject to the terms in this Resolution (except as modified by subsequent personnel rules
and policies and resolutions, if any, applicable to such an unrepresented, regular, full -time employee); and
WHEREAS, Unrepresented Employees shall receive an annual cost -of- living adjustment on July 1 of each fiscal
year of no less than one percent (1 and no greater than two and one -half percent (2.5 as based upon the annual
average for the 12 month period of January 1 to December 31 of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, "All Urban Consumers (CPI -U)" for the "San Francisco Oakland -San Jose" region; and
WHEREAS, Unrepresented Exempt (Salaried) Employees must take Paid Time Off (PTO) in increments of
one (1) hour or more in a work day; and
WHEREAS, A PTO Cash -Out Option will not be made available other than at the time of termination,
except for the optional PTO cash -out plan as follows: If an employee has used the required minimum 80 accrued
hours of PTO in the prior fiscal year, the employee is eligible to cash out up to a maximum of 200 accrued hours of
PTO per fiscal year on approximately September 1 and/or March 1. An employee must maintain a minimum
balance of 200 hours of accrued PTO after the cash out; and
WHEREAS, Effective July 1, 2011 Mid Management and Management Unrepresented Exempt (Salaried)
Employees will receive 65 hours of administrative leave each July 1 which must be taken in increments of one (1)
hour or more in a work day (see the City's adopted personnel rules and policy, Article VI. Employee Benefits,
Section 4. Administrative Leave); and
WHEREAS, For any unrepresented employee hired on or after July 1, 2011, the City will provide a monthly
health insurance contribution as follows: $600.00 for employee -only coverage, $1,200 for employee plus one dependent
coverage, and $1,500 for employee plus two or more (family) coverage. If an employee selects a health insurance plan
with a monthly premium above the City contribution, the employee will pay the amount above the City contribution as a
pre -tax payroll deduction; and
WHEREAS, Effective July 1, 2011, each unrepresented employee will contribute 7% of his/her
compensation on a pre -tax basis for the employee's seven (7) percent fixed share of the Ca1PERS defined benefit
retirement program and unrepresented employees hired after the City's adoption of the 2 -tier retirement plan will
participate in the 2 -tier defined benefit retirement plan of 2%@60 with a three (3) year average salary as part of the
retirement calculation; and
WHEREAS, this Council finds that the provisions and agreements contained in said
Resolution are fair and proper and in the best interest of the City; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga the terms and
conditions contained in said Resolution for Unrepresented Employees is hereby adopted.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Saratoga City Council at a regular meeting held on
the 2n day of November 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Manny Cappello, Emily Lo, Jill Hunter, Vice Mayor Chuck Page,
Mayor Howard Miller
NAYES: None
ABSTAIN: None
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ABSENT: None O
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Howard A. M ler, ayor
ATTEST:
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DATE:
Ann Sullivan,
City Clerk