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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 059-1998RESOLUTION NO. 59-98 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING REVISION IN THE WAGE INCREASE CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR CITY EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY AFSCME LOCAL 829, AFSCME LOCAL 2190, TEAMSTERS LOCAL 856, AND BURLINGAME ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE MANAGERS RESOLVED, by the City'Council of the City of Burlingame, California: WHEREAS, the current memoranda of understanding between the City of Burlingame and the following employee organizations: AFSCME Local 829; AFSCME Local 2190; Teamsters Local 856; and Burlingame Association of Middle Managers, provide that on June 22, 1998, the wages for employees represented by these organizations is to be increased by an amount equal to the percent change from April 1997 to April 1998, in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumers Price Index for San Francisco -Oakland -San Jose, California (CPI); and WHEREAS, the CPI percentage change for this time period is only 2.6 percent, which would mean a wage increase of only 1.6 percent, and which would significantly reduce the buying power of City employees in the Bay Area economy and seriously impair the competitiveness of the City's wages and salaries against those of other government agencies and private employers; and WHEREAS, because of the small fiscal impact of the CPI change without a one -percent reduction, the full CPI percentage change should be used in the wage calculation; and WHEREAS, the employee organizations have indicated their consent to this revision in the wage calculation for this year only, NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved and determined as follows: 1. The Memoranda of Understanding of the following employee organizations are revised to provide that the wage increase to be applied on June 22, 1998, will be equal to the change in the Consumer Price Index -- Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the San Francisco -Oakland -San Jose, CA area from April 1997 to April 1998, with a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 4%: AFSCME Local 829 AFSCME Local 2190 Teamsters Local 856 Burlingame Association of Middle Managers 2. These revisions shall apply only to the 6/22/98 wage increase, and all other terms and conditions of the Memoranda of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed or interpreted as establishing any prec ent of any kind. 141 I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1 s t day of JUNE ,1998, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALL I GAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O' MAHONY, SP I NELL I NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: CAW P51\FrLES\Pmomelbpichmge.res.wpd NONE UIR 2