Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association (RPVEA) - FY2025-051
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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
FOR A SUCCESSOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Per Gov’t Code Section 3505.1
Between
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes and
the Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association
The current Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (“City”)
and the Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association (“RVPEA”), including the First
Amendment and the Second Amendment, expires at midnight on June 30, 2025 (“RPVEA MOU
2022-2025”). In February 2025, the City’s labor representatives and the RPVEA
representatives commenced labor negotiations, including exchange of information, exchanges
of proposals, meet and confer sessions, towards reaching agreement on a successor
memorandum of understanding. At their April 28, 2025 meeting, the parties reached a
complete tentative agreement on a successor MOU, the deal points of which are set forth below
and affirmed by execution of this Tentative Agreement by the parties’ labor r epresentatives
subject to RPVEA member ratification and then City Council approval and adoption.
1. Successor MOU: All terms and conditions of the prior RPVEA MOU 2022-2025 shall be
maintained for the duration of the successor RPVEA MOU 2025-2028 unless expressly
modified or changed herein.
2. Term/Duration: Update Article I to reflect a new three (3) year term from July 1, 2025 to
June 30, 2028.
3. Compensation Adjustment: Update Article IV, Section E to reflect effective the first full
pay period in July of each year, the City shall provide additional an annual cost of living
adjustment in the amount not less than zero percent (0%) nor higher than a maximum of
three percent (3%), as measured by the consumer price index for all urban consumers
(“CPI-U”) for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area covering the prior twelve-month
period March to March each year.
4. Retirement Health Saving Account: Update Article VII, Section B, effective the first full
pay period in July 2025, to increase the City contribution towards the retirement health
savings account to one hundred dollars ($100) per pay period. This amount shall annually
increase on the first full pay period each July by the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) in the
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim area for the twelve (12) month period ending March
to March of each calendar year.
5. Medical Insurance Opt-Out: Update Article VII, Section A, Paragraph 2, to increase the
opt-out amount to up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the premium cost of the employee-
only least expensive medical plan for employees who show proof of insurance elsewhere
and who do not enroll in the City’s medical plan.
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6. Wellness Leave: Update Article X, Section D to eliminate the 4.5 hours of paid wellness
leave for ten (10) consecutive weeks of perfect attendance without using any sick leave
time. Additionally, the City will provide up to three hundred ($300) per year as
reimbursement for gym membership or other h ealth-related activity, equipment, or
apparatus.
7. Deferred Compensation: Update Article VII, Section J, effective the first full pay period
in July 2025, (i) to increase the City’s matching for CalPERS designated Tier 1 employees
up to sixty-five dollars ($65) per month per employee towards the City’s deferred
compensation program (457 plan), and (ii) to increase the City’s matching for CalPERS
designated Tier 2 and Tier 3 represented employees up to one -hundred twenty dollars
($120) per month per employee towards the City’s deferred compensation program (457
plan).
8. Tuition Reimbursement: Update Article VII, Section K to increase tuition reimbursement
to up to two-thousand dollars ($2,000) per academic year for courses related to the
employee’s advancement within city government; provided that if the employee leaves
the employment of the City within two (2) years of receipt of the reimbursement then the
employee must pay back the pro-rated amount of the reimbursement, which will be
deducted from the employee’s final paycheck.
9. Sick Leave: Add a new paragraph to Article X, Section B (as paragraph 10) that provides,
upon retirement from employment with the City, an employee may convert an y unused,
accumulated sick leave into CalPERS service credits, in accordance with the City’s
contract with CalPERS and CalPERS regulations.
10. Uniforms: Update Article VII, Section M, to provide existing Open Space and Trails
(OST), Park Rangers, and Maintenance employees with City uniforms at no expense as
follows: seven (7) sets of uniforms and one (1) jacket per calendar year.
11. Boot Reimbursement: Update Article VII, Section N, to provide existing Open Space
and Trails (OST), Park Rangers, Maintenance, Code Enforcement, and Building Inspector
employees with up to three hundred dollars ($300) in reimbursement for one (1) set of
work boots per year.
12. Three Additional Paid Holidays Leave: Update Article X, Sections I and J, to provide
employees three (3) additional paid holiday leaves at his/her straight hourly rate for the
following federal holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, and Veterans Day.
13. Holiday Pay: Update Article X, Section I, to provide that (i) non-exempt employees shall
receive holiday pay for working any hours during the winter break (between Christmas
and New Years Day), and (ii) the City Manager shall grant extra compensation or in-lieu
time off for exempt employees who work during a holiday or the winter break (between
Christmas and New Years Day).
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14. On-Call Duty and Pay: Update Article IV, Section K, to: (i) define an on-call shift as a
continuous seven- (7-) day period; and (ii) increase the pay for an employee who is
assigned to an on-call shift to four-hundred dollars ($400) per week.
15. Call-Back Pay: Update Article IV, Section L, to: (i) increase the pay for an employee who
reports to work for call-back duty to a minimum of four (4) hours; (ii) clarify the langua ge
regarding pay for travel time when reporting to locations at the City; and (iii) clarify
minimum rest times for employees who are called back to work during call -back duty
versus emergency situations when the emergency operations center (EOC) is activated.
16. Performance Evaluations: Update Article VI regarding annual anniversary dates to
provide that “an employee who is absent from work for 90 or more days due to an
unprotected (non-statutory) leave shall have their annual anniversary and evaluation date
adjusted in accordance with the number of days of the unprotected (non-statutory) leave
of absence.”
City of Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes Employee
Association
Ara M. Mihranian – City Manager Matt Waters – President
Pam K. Lee – Chief Negotiator Cheri Bailiff – Vice President
Catherine Jun – Deputy City Manager Robert Nemeth – Secretary
Vina Ramos – Director of Finance
Andrew Berg – Treasurer
Vanessa Godinez – Human Resources &
Manager
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Robert Nemeth
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Andrew Berg
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Recreation Supervisor II
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Ara Mihranian
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Pam Lee
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Catherine Jun
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Vina Ramos
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