Contract & Negotiations
The latest information from your Board and Negotiations Team.
March 2022: Letter of Agreement Extension between the City of Palo Alto and UMPAPA
Executive Summary: Both the City and the Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto (UMPAPA) have a mutual interest in extending the current Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) as set forth in the document linked here. All other terms of the existing MOA shall continue in effect through December 31, 2022.
February 2021:
City of Palo Alto complies with Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) order to negotiate & confer with UMPAPA
Staff report: Approval of Agreement With Utilities Management and Professional
Association of Palo Alto (UMPAPA) for Payments to Current and Former
Employees Totaling $1,860,900 to Comply With PERB Decision Number 2664-M; Adoption of Agreement Extending the Memorandum of Agreement. Between the City and UMPAPA for one Year.
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Human Resources
Recommendation
Staff recommends that:
(1) Council approve the UMPAPA Implementation Agreement (Attachment E) authorizing
one-time non-pensionable payments to current and former employees totaling
$1,860,900 to comply with the Public Employee Relations Board’s (PERB) order in Decision No. 2664-M.
(2) Council adopt a side letter of agreement (Attachment F) negotiated between the City of
Palo Alto and Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto (UMPAPA)
which extends the previous contract, that ended June 30, 2020, for a period of 12
months. The new agreement would expire on June 30, 2021.
September 2019: The Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) released an official decision on August 21, 2019, ruling that the City of Palo Alto violated the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA) and PERB Regulations by failing to provide relevant and necessary information and otherwise engaging in bad faith bargaining. PERB Decision 2664-M
February 2019: The City and UMPAPA agreed upon a contract which was approved by the City of Palo Alto City Council on December 10. This contract expires June 30, 2019. The City and UMPAPA resume contract negotiations in February 2019.
July 27, 2018: The Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) issued a proposed decision in Unfair Practice Case No. SF-CE-1413-M, Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto v. City of Palo Alto. Read the media alert from August 1, 2018.
