REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources
PREPARED BY: Marissa Sur, Director of Human Resources
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-47 Amending the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City and the Huntington Beach Police Officers’ Association by Adopting a Side Letter of Agreement
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Statement of Issue:
The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Huntington Beach Police Officers’ Association (POA) is effective January 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026. Although the current MOU allows for the City to report certain special pays to CalPERS, certain information is missing from the MOU preventing CalPERS from accepting the City’s report of these pays.
Financial Impact:
No additional funding is requested. Funding is included in the FY 2024-25 budget.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-47, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Amending the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City and the Huntington Beach Police Officers’ Association (POA) by Adopting the Side Letter of Agreement.”
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve the recommended action and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
Article VII of the current MOU between the City and POA outlines certain Special Pays that POA members may be eligible to receive, and the agreement that the City will report each pay as special compensation pursuant to Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations. However, after further review by CalPERS it was identified that the MOU as written did not meet the CalPERS criteria for reportable compensation. City staff and the POA have agreed upon revisions to the language that meet the criteria for reportability for CalPERS. These revisions are redlined in the proposed Side Letter of Agreement.
The proposed Side Letter of Agreement does not add any special pays not already provided for in the current MOU, nor change an employee’s eligibility to receive them. The revised language allows for the City to report the special compensation to CalPERS per the terms of the current MOU.
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-47
2. Exhibit A- POA Side Letter of Agreement
3. POA Side Letter PowerPoint Presentation