Manhattan Beach reaches labor agreements with police, fire, teamster unions
Following more than two years of negotiation, the City of Manhattan Beach has finalized a three-year labor contract with the city’s police, fire and teamster unions, City Manager Dave Carmany announced Thursday. The agreements will come before the City Council and the public at the council meeting next Wednesday for final review and approval. The city’s newly consummated Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Manhattan Beach Police Officers’ Association, Manhattan Beach Firefighters’ Association and Teamsters Local 911 highlight a number of significant changes that address operational needs, working conditions and some important economic impacts, Carmany said. It also marks the city’s first introduction to a two-tier pension system to ease the unsustainable costs of employee pensions. Under the new MOUs, new employees hired after Jan. 1, 2013 are subject to the new retirement formula mandated by the Public employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013. For police and fire unions, new members fall under “2.7% at 57” formula, and for teamsters, under the “2% at 62” formula. This will be calculated on a 36 consecutive-month period. Police and fire employees are required to pay 5 percent…
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