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File #: RES 18-0032    Version: 1
Type: Consent - SR w/Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 3/20/2018 Final action:
Title: Resolution No. 18-0032 Amending the City of Manhattan Beach Personnel Rules Classified Service List (Human Resources Director Zadroga-Haase). ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0032
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 18-0032, 2. Personnel Rules Attachment ā€œCā€ ā€“ Classified Service
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Teresia Zadroga-Haase, Human Resources Director

SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 18-0032 Amending the City of Manhattan Beach Personnel Rules Classified Service List (Human Resources Director Zadroga-Haase).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0032
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt by Resolution the amendment to the Personnel Rules Classified Service List (Attachment 2). The City Council adoption will authorize the City Manager to take appropriate actions necessary to amend Attachment "C" of the Personnel Rules.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are currently nine (9) unrepresented employees in classified positions. The total annualized cost of the deferred compensation benefit provided to at-will employees will range from between zero and $14,500, depending upon how many of the nine (9) unrepresented, classified employees elect to become at-will.

On February 6, 2018, City Council adopted the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Manhattan Beach Mid-Management Employees' Association (MBMEA), which provided for currently classified employees to become at-will, and for future employees in currently classified positions to be hired as at-will. A more detailed discussion on fiscal impacts for this group can be found in the staff report from the February 6, 2018 City Council Meeting. The proposed updates to the Classified Service List reflect the actions taken by City Council on February 6, 2018.

BACKGROUND:
California's Labor Code contains a presumption that employees are employed at will, which means that either the employer or the employee may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or prior notice. One of the exceptions to the "at will" status are public-sector employees who are covered by civil service laws (usually adopted by the l...

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