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Page 2 of 5 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />Uphold the highest standards of professionalism within City Operations, and encourage fiscal <br />responsibility, innovation, and strategic decision making. <br />In addressing this goal, the City continues to invest in staff leadership, skill development and other human <br />resources strategies to attract, develop, support and retain a highly qualified, valued and diverse <br />municipal workforce. City staff also has worked closely and collaboratively with the City Council and <br />employee groups to develop recommended salary and benefit changes. When considering compensation <br />packages for various employee groups the City considers multiple factors such as the cost of living, <br />recruitment and retention goals, and compensation survey data from comparable Bay Area cities, as well <br />as the current financial condition of the City, and any anticipated fiscal challenges. In addition, in <br />accordance with State law, the City negotiates agreements with recognized bargaining units on any <br />changes that affect hours, wages, or terms and conditions of employment for positions within the <br />respective groups. <br />ANALYSIS <br />At the direction of City Council, City staff met and conferred in good faith with representatives of the <br />RCPSA, as the MOU was set to expire on August 25, 2024. The parties met regularly since May 3, 2024 to <br />address topics of concern to both parties and to meet and confer over the terms of a successor MOU. <br />The RCPSA agreement addresses topics of concern to both RCPSA and the City. The City and <br />representatives of the RCPSA reached a Tentative Agreement on the terms and conditions of the successor <br />MOU governing employees of the City who are represented by the RCPSA for the period of August 26, <br />2024 through August 29, 2027. <br />The Tentative Agreement before the City Council provides the following terms: <br />DURATION OF AGREEMENT <br />Three years (August 26, 2024 – August 29, 2027) <br />SALARY <br />Effective August 26, 2024: 3% cost of living adjustment. <br />Effective August 25, 2025: 3% cost of living adjustment. <br />Effective August 24, 2026: 3% cost of living adjustment. <br />Eligible employees will receive the following lump sum retention incentives: <br />$5,000 effective the second full pay period in February 2025 <br />$5,000 effective the second full pay period in February 2026 <br />An employee must be in full paid status for the entire applicable pay period listed above to be eligible <br />for the retention incentive. <br />Currently, Police Sergeants are required to complete ten years of service with the City of Redwood <br />City in order to be placed into the single level Police Sergeant - Advanced classification, and Police <br />Lieutenants are required to complete ten years of service with the City of Redwood City in order to <br />be placed into the single level Police Lieutenant - Advanced classification. <br />6.H. - Page 2 of 72 <br />344