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File #: 22-697    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/10/2022 In control: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*
On agenda: 5/17/2022 Final action:
Title: DESIGNATION OF CITY NEGOTIATORS FOR THE COSTA MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (CMPA) MEET AND CONFER AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT MOU PER THE TRANSPARENCY IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS COUNCIL POLICY
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report
TITLE:
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DESIGNATION OF CITY NEGOTIATORS FOR THE COSTA MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (CMPA) MEET AND CONFER AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT MOU PER THE TRANSPARENCY IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS COUNCIL POLICY
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE- HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, (714) 754-5169

RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:

1. Designate Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Partner Peter Brown as the Principal Negotiator and City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Assistant City Manager Susan Price, Assistant to the City Manager Alma Reyes, Human Resources Manager Kasama Lee, and Finance Director Carol Molina as the City's representatives in negotiations with the CMPA.

2. Authorize staff to have the independent fiscal analysis of the current CMPA 2018-2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) completed per the requirements of the Transparency In Labor Negotiations Council Policy (hereinafter policy).

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BACKGROUND:
Per the policy, the City Council must designate a Principal Negotiator who "shall have extensive prior experience in negotiating public employee collective bargaining agreements and shall be free from any actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to the bargaining unit." The City Council may also designate one more employees to be present during negotiations and to assist the Principal Negotiator as the City Council and/or Principal Negotiator deem appropriate.
ANALYSIS:
Staff recommends that the City Council designate Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Partner Peter Brown as the Principal Negotiator and City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Assistant City Manager Susan Price, Assistant to the City Manager Alma Reyes, Human Resources Manager Kasama Lee, Human Resources Manager and Finance Director Carol Molina as the City's representatives in negotiations with the CMPA. Furthermo...

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