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Adopt a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Memorandum of Understanding Side Letter Agreements with the San Leandro Police Officers' Association (SLPOA), San Leandro Police Management Association (SLPMA) and San Leandro City Employees Association (SLCEA) to Facilitate a Staffing Retention and Resiliency Program
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to exceute Side Letters of Agreement to the existing Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between the City of San Leandro and the San Leandro Police Officers' Association (SLPOA), San Leandro Police Management Association (SLPMA), and San Leandro City Employees Association (SLCEA), which would provide retention and resiliency incentive payments for active current employees as a means of addressing significant vacancy and retention issues.
BACKGROUND
The San Leandro Police Department (SLPD) is currently facing significant staffing retention issues that are deserving of immediate attention. The City presently has 22 sworn vacancies, 3 sworn personnel positions in field/academy training, and 12 sworn personnel who are on leave for various reasons such as worker's compensation and other approved leaves of absence. For context, these figures equate to an active deployable sworn staff of less than approximately 60%.
Further compounding these challenges, the emergency dispatch center is presently operating with minimum critical staffing levels. Many SLPD 24-hour personnel are working extended emergency shift schedules and subject to mandatory overtime. As a result, the present situation is creating a tremendous strain on Police staffing and their families, and negatively impacting employee morale. While the City continues to work diligently to attract new talent and recruit new police officers and public safety dispatchers, it is also incumbent upon the City to pay equal attention to current...
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