CC RES 2024-075 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-75
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
DESIGNATING THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT
REPRESENTATIVES FOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION NO.
2-20 FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLYING WITH THE
MYERS-MILIAS-BROWN ACT, GOVERNMENT CODE
§§ 3500 ET SEQ AS LEAD NEGOTIATOR PAM LEE OF
ALESHIRE & WYNDER, LLP; CITY MANAGER, ARA
MIHRANIAN; DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CATHERINE
JUN; FINANCE DIRECTOR, VINA RAMOS; AND
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, VANESSA
GODINEZ.
WHEREAS, California Government Code §§ 3500 et seq., requires that a
public agency, or such representatives as it may designate, and representatives
of recognized employee organizations, have the mutual obligation to meet and
confer in order to exchange information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor
to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation; and
WHEREAS, Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, Chapter 2.48, requires
the designation of one or more City management employees or other individuals
to participate, in person, during negotiations with recognized employee
organizations; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Instruction No. 2-20 requires that the City's lead
negotiator not be a City employee; and
WHEREAS, such instruction further provides the City Manager may select
the members of the negotiating team and present them to the City Council for its
advise and consent; and
WHEREAS, that certain "Second Amendment to Memorandum of
Understanding," by and between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the Rancho
Palos Verdes Employee Association is scheduled to expire June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, that certain "Second Amendment to the Memorandum of
Understanding," by and between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council
365 is scheduled to expire June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Manager to recommend to the City
Council for its consideration and approval management representatives to engage
in meet and confer negotiations with the above referenced recognized employee
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organizations for the purposes of reaching new memoranda of understanding
between the parties.
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council, upon the recommendation of the City
Manager, hereby designates the following persons to act of City representatives
for the upcoming labor negotiations with the above referenced recognized
employee organizations:
Lead Negotiator, Pam Lee of Aleshire & Wynder, LLP
City Manager, Ara Mihranian
Deputy City Manager, Catherine Jun
Finance Director, Vina Ramos
Human Resources Manager, Vanessa Godinez
Section 2: All prior resolutions relating to the designation of City
management representatives to engage in labor negotiations with the
aforementioned recognized employee organizations are hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED th' th day of December 2024.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2024-75 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on December
17, 2024.
City Clerk
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