Item 17 - Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Ana Management Association and Resolution for Associated Unrepresented Classifcations

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Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Management Association October 7, 2025 Page 2 Other key terms of the agreement include: updated discipline and grievance processes; providing contributions to vision coverage for employees; modifying the number of management vacation hours that can be cashed out from eighty(80)to one hundred (100) per year; modifying the number of unused sick leave hours that may be converted to CalPERS service credit to a maximum of three hundred fifty-two (352) hours; and increasing paid bereavement leave from three (3) days to five (5) days. Lastly, pursuant to Resolution No. 2021-026, there are unrepresented classifications that mirror the salary increases and terms and conditions of employment of SAMA. The attached Resolution merely updates the respective salary schedule of the unrepresented classifications as a result of the salary increases provided to SAMA. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with these actions. FISCAL IMPACT The estimated annual cost of the agreement during the three (3) year period is $946,488 for FY 2025-26, $1,693,166 for FY 2026-27, and $2,298,478 for FY 2027-28, for a total estimated cost of $4,938,132. The estimated annual cost for the associated unrepresented classifications during the three (3) year period is $91,675 for FY 2025-26, $174,176 for FY 2026-27, and $240,804 for FY 2027-28 for a total estimated cost of $506,655. The FY25-26 budget is sufficient to pay for the first year of the MOU, and future proposed budgets will be based on the terms of the MOU. EXHIBIT 1. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Management Association 2. Resolution for associated unrepresented classifications Submitted By: Lori Schnaider, Executive Director of Human Resources Approved By: Alvaro Nunez, City Manager