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FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
DATE:October 26,2023 TIME:AM PM
The following represents a comprehensive tentative agreement between the City of
Cupertino City”)and the Cupertino Employees’Association CEA”)as a result of
the wage reopener language in Section 4 of the current Memorandum of Understanding
effective July 1,2022 through June 30,2025).
MOU Section City’s Proposal
Term
Same as under current MOU agreement: 3-Year term
effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
Section 4
Salary Schedule
Effective the first full pay period on or after July 1, 2023, a
3.50% salary increase will be added to the salary range of
each classification in this bargaining unit.
There shall be no further salary increase for FY24/25.
The parties further agree that they have fully satisfied the
healthcare reopener negotiations for FY23-24 and FY24-25
and that no further healthcare negotiations will be held for
the remainder of the MOU term.
Section 13.1 Health
Medical and Dental
Insurance
City agrees to pay an amount as set forth herein for medical
coverage for employee and dependents through the Meyers-
Geddes State Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act.
Effective January 1, 2024, for each participating employee,
the City shall contribute the maximum toward premium cost
per month for health and dental during the term of this
agreement as follows:
January 1,
2024
City Max
Health
Contribution
City Max
Dental
Contribution
City Total
Max
Contribution
Employee $1,021.41 $126.78 $1,148.19
Employee +
1
2,042.82 $126.78 $2,169.6
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2,655.67 $126.78 $2,782.45
Required contribution amounts exceeding the premium
contribution of the City are the responsibility of the
employee. The City will no longer pay medical insurance
cash back (excess of the monthly premium less the cost of
the medical coverage) for any employee.
With regards to any change in the monthly medical plan
premium charged by CalPERS in the plan year 2025
compared to the plan year 2024, the City’s maximum
contributions shall be capped at no more than 6%. Any
required contribution amounts exceeding the premium
contribution of the City are the responsibility of the
employee.
All other provisions of this Section are the same.
Section 15.1 Fixed
Holidays
The Effective January 1, 2024, the City shall provide the
following fixed paid (8 Hour) holidays for eligible
employees covered by this agreement:
1. New Year's Day
2. Martin Luther King Day
2.3.Lunar New Year
3.4.President's Day
4.5.César Chávez Holiday
5.6.Memorial Day
6.7.Juneteenth
7.8.Independence Day
8.9.Labor Day
9.10. Veteran's Day
10.11. Thanksgiving Day
11.12. Day following Thanksgiving
12.13. Christmas Eve
13.14. Christmas Day
14.15. New Year's Eve
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday
shall be observed as the non-work day. When a holiday falls
on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the
non-work day.
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the right of the
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department head with the approval of the Appointing
Authority to reschedule work assignments or hours of work
to meet emergency situations and other administrative
necessities caused by the observance of a holiday or non-
work day or period; provided, however, that all such affected
employees are duly compensated for said rescheduled work
assignments.
Floating Holiday for CY
2023
For Calendar Year 2023, CEA employees will receive one
1) floating holiday in lieu of Lunar New Year holiday. Said
floating holiday is “use it or lose it” and must be used by
December 31, 2023. If said floating holiday is not used by
the last full pay period in December 2023, it shall be
automatically cashed out in the first full pay period in
January 2024.
Wage Reopener
For the sole purpose of this wage reopener provision which
applies for the current MOU term (effective July 1, 2022
through June 30, 2025), should the City’s financial situation
change, such that ongoing revenue loss beginning with
FY24/25 would be mitigated, and such mitigation would
result in the City’s budget being balanced and provide a
minimum of $3 million dollars in ongoing surpluses (as
defined in the City’s quarterly and annual budget reports) in
all subsequent years of the 10 year forecast chart for the
General Fund, the parties agree to reopen wage negotiations
for FY24/25. This provision shall automatically sunset on
June 30, 2025.
All outstanding proposals to which there is no Tentative Agreement or which are not
addressed above are to be withdrawn or deemed denied.
The parties agree to recommend positively this Final Comprehensive Tentative
Agreement to their principals for ratification.
For the City For the Union
Kristina Alfaro Date Stanley Young Date
Director of Administrative Services Representative/Organizer
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Vanessa Guerra Date Alex Corbalis Date
Human Resources Manager
Christopher Boucher Date
Labor Employment Counsel
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