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Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Side Letter Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of San Leandro and the San Leandro City Employees Association (SLCEA) to Amend Certain Terms for Public Safety Dispatcher Classifications and to Amend the SLCEA Salary Schedule
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Public Safety
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
Due to emergency staffing issues, the City of San Leandro opened discussions with the San Leandro City Employees Association (SLCEA) to amend certain terms in the current Memorandum of Understanding for Public Safety Dispatchers, Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, and Public Safety Dispatcher Supervisors.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Side Letter Agreement to amend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of San Leandro and the San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) and the respective SLCEA salary schedule.
BACKGROUND
The City's current Memorandum of Understanding with the San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) is for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The City is currently experiencing significant difficulty in both attracting and retaining qualified dispatch staff for the Police Department's Communications Center.
The Communications Center is currently budgeted for 12 full-time Public Safety Dispatcher positions, two Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, and two Public Safety Dispatcher Supervisors. The primary function of the Communications Center is to answer community emergency and non-emergency calls for police services and to dispatch and provide critical communications to the appropriate emergency services personnel. The Center operates twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, including weekends and holidays. In 2021, San Leandro's dispatch team fielded 100,802 calls.
Over the last few years, it has been t...
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