Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors (Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo)
From: Debbie McIntyre, Executive Director, Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo
Subject: Request to Modify the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 57
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, adopt a resolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, or their designee, to modify the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (“HACSM”) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 57 (“AFSCME”) (A) by extending this Memorandum of Understanding by one year (i.e., a term of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025) and (B) by authorizing a five (5) percent cost-of-living adjustment to non-management HACSM staff effective the first full pay period of October 2024.
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BACKGROUND:
On or about May 31, 2023, AFSCME and HACSM entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) regarding the wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Authority Employee Unit. The term of this MOU is from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2024. Because this MOU is set to end on September 30, 2024, AFSCME and HACSM would like to extend the existing MOU by an additional one year while the parties conduct a study and collect information to inform further labor negotiations between the parties. AFSCME and HACSM would also like to provide non-management HACSM staff with a cost-of-living adjustment during this one-year extension of the MOU.
As a distinct business entity, HACSM is a separate employer from the County of San Mateo. HACSM’s labor management consultant, Industrial Employer & Distributors Association (“IEDA”), acted as the consultant to HACSM management and served as the chief negotiator on behalf of HACSM with non-management HACSM staff.
DISCUSSION:
AFSCME and HACSM have entered into an MOU that is set to end on September 30, 2024. The parties, however, anticipate further negotiations regarding a new MOU, but AFSCME and HACSM have first agreed to complete a classification and compensation study and to gather more information about alternative retirement plan options to inform further labor negotiations between the parties. Once the study is completed and the information is gathered, AFSCME and HACSM anticipate engaging in further labor negotiations. On May 10, 2024, the majority of HACSM staff who are AFSCME members ratified the MOU extension.
Given increased inflation and rising costs locally, statewide, and nationally, AFSCME and HACSM believe that a five (5) percent cost-of-living adjustment is necessary and appropriate to compensate non-management HACSM staff. Thus, AFSCME and HACSM have tentatively agreed to provide a five (5) percent cost-of-living adjustment to non-management HACSM staff, subject to this Board’s approval. The parties have agreed that this increase would be effective the first full pay period in October 2024.
HACSM has another resolution before this Board regarding a request for a five (5) percent cost-of-living adjustment effective the first full pay period in October 2024 for the unrepresented management employees of HACSM.
The County Attorney’s Office has reviewed and approved the resolution as to form.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no net County cost associated with this action. HACSM is 100% funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.