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Adopt a resolution approving the Side Letter with Service Employees International Union Local #1021 (SEIU) to amend the Memorandum of Understanding for Unit 7, Regulatory, Technical, and General Services, to provide an 11.6% market equity increase for the Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry) classification; Adopt a resolution amending the Alphabetical Listing of Classes and Salaries for the Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry) monthly salary range to $6,398.30 - $7,777.17; and Authorize the Director of Human Resources to make any technical corrections necessary to effectuate the intent of the Side Letter
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Human Resources (Department) recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution approving the Side Letter with Service Employees International Union Local #1021 (SEIU) to amend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Unit 7 to provide an 11.6% market equity increase for the Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry) classification; Adopt a resolution amending the Alphabetical Listing of Classes and Salaries for the Public Safety Dispatcher (Entry) monthly salary range to $6,398.30 - $7,777.17; and Authorize the Director of Human Resources to make any technical corrections necessary to effectuate the intent of the Side Letter.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On March 24, 2026, the Board adopted a successor collective bargaining agreement between the County and SEIU Local #1021, representing Unit 7, for the term of March 24, 2026, through September 30, 2028. The agreement included a negotiated provision providing market equity salary increases for classifications in the Public Safety Dispatcher series at the journey level and above to align salaries with the market median of comparable cities and counties. The signed total tentative agreement and the MOU presented to the Board did not include the Public Safety Dispatche...
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