REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
September 13, 2022
FROM
DIANE RUNDLES, Director, Human Resources Department
SUBJECT
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Side Letter Agreement with Teamsters, Local 1932
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve a Side Letter Agreement between San Bernardino County and Teamsters, Local 1932, representing employees in the Consolidated Memorandum of Understanding, increasing the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Critical On-Call compensation.
(Presenter: Diane Rundles, Director, 387-5570)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Create, Maintain and Grow Jobs and Economic Value in the County.
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Ensure Development of a Well-Planned, Balanced, and Sustainable County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The total estimated cost is $40,000 ongoing per year. Sufficient appropriation is included in the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) Department’s 2022-23 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The ARMC Critical On-Call compensation is utilized under certain circumstances when certain employees are required to have a shorter time to return to ARMC than required by the On-Call compensation provision in the Teamsters, Local 1932 Consolidated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The County engaged in a meet and confer with Teamsters, Local 1932 regarding increasing this compensation differential to align with other MOUs with similar compensation provisions. At the conclusion of the meet and confer, the parties agreed to the proposed Side Letter Agreement (Agreement) that will increase the ARMC Critical On-Call Differential from $5.15 per hour to $8.50 per hour. If approved, this Agreement would be effective on September 24, 2022.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Cynthia O’Neill, Principal Assistant County Counsel, 387-5455) on August 11, 2022; Human Resources (Diane Rundles, Director, 387-5570) on August 9, 2022; Human Resources (Leonardo Gonzalez, Deputy Director/Labor Chief, 387-5568) on August 8, 2022; County Finance (Ivan Ramirez, Administrative Analyst, 387-4020) on August 15, 2022; and County Finance and Administration (Matthew Erickson, County Chief Financial Officer, 387-5423) on August 23, 2022.