City Council

10. RESOLUTION APPROVING A THIRD SIDE LETTER AMENDING THE MEMORANDUM\nOF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA AND THE ALHAMBRA\nPOLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE\nESTABLISHING AND AMENDING SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN\nEXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES – F2M23-2,\nC2M11-32, R2M23-8, O2M23-4809\nOn January 23, 2023, Council approved a Side Letter amending the existing MOU\nbetween the City and Alhambra Police Officers’ Association (APOA) in order to provide\nfor increased compensation and benefits to attract, recruit and retain sworn Police\npersonnel. City staff meets with Alhambra Police Management Association (APMA)\nmembers on a regular basis to discuss recruitment, retention and other department\nmatters as they arise. Most recently both parties met and conferred regarding the impacts\nof the increased compensation and benefits to APOA members and reached agreement\non a side letter memorializing compensation and benefits that would extend the existing\nMOU from the last pay period of Fiscal Year 2022-23 through the last pay period of Fiscal\nYear 2025-26, aligning the term dates of the APMA MOU with the APOA MOU. The\ncompensation and benefits provided to APMA by this third side letter is necessary in order\nto prevent compaction in the salary and benefits amongst the ranks and positions of sworn\nPolice personnel. Additionally, an amendment to the existing ordinance that establishes\nthe salary and benefits for Executive Team and Confidential employees is necessary.\nSection 3(V)(2) states “The Chief of Police and Fire Chief may receive additional salary\nand/or medical benefits that are granted to the Alhambra Police Officers’ Association or\nAlhambra Firefighters’ Association, respectively, to maintain parity with lower-level safety\nclassifications. In addition, the Chief of Police and Fire Chief may receive additional salary\nand/or medical benefits to maintain parity between the two positions.” Furthermore,\nalthough the ordinance does not require the same parity be provided at the level of the\nChief of Police and Fire Chief and the City Manager, it is recommended that the same\ncompensation increase, increase to medical/health benefits and option to cash out forty\n(40) hours of vacation leave on an annual basis be provided to the City Manager also in\norder to avoid salary and benefits compaction amongst the three positions.\nRecommended Action: City Council, by one motion, take the following actions:\n1. Adopt Resolution No. R2M23-8 entitled: A Resolution of the Alhambra City\nCouncil approving a Third Side Letter amending the Memorandum of\nUnderstanding between the City of Alhambra and the Alhambra Police\n6\n2-13-23\nManagement Association and amending the City of Alhambra Compensation Plan,\nand direct staff to undertake the steps necessary to finalize Council’s action; and,\n2. Declare introduced for its first reading the following ordinance entitled:\nOrdinance No. O2M23-4809: An Ordinance of the Alhambra City Council\nestablishing and amending salary and benefits for certain Executive Team\nMembers and Confidential Employees superseding Ordinance No. O2M21-4795\nand Ordinance No. O2M22-4804\nwhich ordinance will return for a second reading and adoption at the next Council\nmeeting.