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1973/11/0873-924 City Hall, Anaheim, California - COUNCIL MINUTES - November 6, 1973, 1:30 P.M. RESOLUTION NO. 73R-542 SETTING PUBLIC HEARING DATE - EAST LA PALMA NO. 2 ANNEXA- TION: Councilman Stephenson offered Resolution No. 73R-542 for adoption, setting December 18, 1973, 1:30 P.M. for public hearing on the proposed East La Palma No. 2 Annexation. Refer to Resolution Book. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A PETITION FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRI- TORY TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, DESIGNATING THE TERRITORY AS THE EAST LA PALMA NO. 2 ANNEXATION; DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TERRITORY PRO- POSED TO BE ANNEXED AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE DAY, HOUR AND PLACE WHERE AND WHEN ANY PERSON OWNING REAL PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY SO PRO- POSED TO BE ANNEXED'MAY APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHOW CAUSE WHY SUCH TERRITORY SHOULD NOT BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM. Roll Call Vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Stephenson, Sneegas, Pebley, Thom and Dutton None Nome The Mayor declared Resolution No. 73R-542 duly passed and adopted. RECESS EXECUTIVE SESSION: Councilman Sneegas moved to recess to Executive Session. Councilman Stephenson seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED. (5:07 P.M.) AFTER RECESS: Mayor Dutton called the meeting to order, all Councilmen being present. (6:05 P.M.) ADJOURNMENT: Councilman Thom moved to Adjourn to Thursday, November 8, 1973 at 11:00 a.m. Councilman Pebley seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED. Adjourned: 6:08 P.M. City Clerk City Hall~ Anaheim~ California - COUNCIL MINUTES November 8~ 1973~ 11:00 A.M. The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in Adjourned Regular session. PRE SENT: TEMPORARILY ABSENT: PRESENT: COUNCILMEN: Stephenson, Pebley and Thom COUNCILMEN: Sneegas and Dutton CITY MANAGER: Keith A. Murdoch ACTING CITY ATTORNEY: Alan R. Watts CITY CLERK: Dene M. Daoust Councilman Pebley called the meeting to order. RECESS - EXECUTIVE SESSION: Councilman Pebley moved to recess to Executive Session. Councilman Thom seconded the motion. MOTION CARRIED. (11:03 A.M.) AFTER RECESS: Mayor Dutton called the meeting to order, all Councilmen being present with the exception of Councilman Sneegas. (Mayor Dutton having entered during Executive Session.) (11:50 A.M.) DISCUSSION REGARDING SALARY NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ANAHEIM POLICE ASSOCIATION: Prior to any motion for adjournment, Councilman Thom referred to the publicized recent 73-925 City Hall~ Anaheim~ California - COUNCIL MINUTES - November 8~ 1973~ 11:00 A.M. events including the picketing of City Hall by the Amaheim Police Association, and asked if the remainder of the Council would consider joint meetings between the Council, City staff and Anaheim Police Association, in an attempt to bring the area of disagreement into proper prospective. Councilman Dutton asked Councilman Thom if he was prepared to renego- tiate contracts with all other City employee groups as well. Councilman Thom replied that he is addressing himself to the immedi- ate problem at hand. Councilman Dutton disagreed, stating that he felt opening 'negotia- tions with the Anaheim Police Association would precipitate renegotiating con- tracts with I.B.E.W., A.M.E.A. and all other employee organizations. Councilman Thom felt this would not be the case since the other employee groups have already signed their contracts. Councilman Dutton voiced concern over the fact that Councilman Thom would consider opening negotiations with the Anaheim Police Association after the extensive deliberations held in Executive Session, during which the issue was thoroughly discussed and all Councilmen were aware that the final offer made to the Anaheim Police Association and to the other employee groups was the best within the City's capabilities. He pointed out that despite the fact that some of the placards read that the Anaheim Police were given nothing, they were offered an increase of 6.75%, which they chose not to accept. Further he noted that they were granted an additional two week time period in which to resolve the situation without loss of ~any portion of this increase. Councilman Thom stated that he has never agreed or voted in Executive Session as implied by Councilman Dutton, noting that it is illegal to vote in' Executive Session. He reiterated that he is trying to address the immediate problem and to resolve it by sitting down to meet and confer with the Anaheim Police Association and settle the dispute. Councilman Pebley remarked that during his experience in the past ten years as Councilman and Mayor, almost every year representatives from the A.M.E.A., Police, Fire and I.B.E.W. sectors of City employees have come for- ward and addressed their grievances to the Council directly, and if the Anaheim Police Association this year had employed this procedure, they too, would have had an opportunity to make their disagreement known at an open meeting of the City Council, however they did not choose to avail themselves of this forum. Councilman Thom suggested that the problem could perhaps be of such a nature that the Police representatives did not wish to discuss it in public. He stated that there is no reason to deny them a private meeting. Councilman Pebley did not feel this is possible at this time. Councilman Dutton again questioned whether Councilman Thom's request that they meet and confer with the Anaheim Police Association should be con- sidered as advocating that the Council reopen negotiations with all City employee organizations. Councilman Thom again replied that his statement infers that Council should meet and confer with the Anaheim Police Association since they have not reached an agreement, whereas the other employee groups have not only agreed, but have also signed their contracts. He asked again whether the remainder of the Council would entertain the idea of meeting with the Police representatives. He remarked that he feels this to be Council's responsibility. Councilman Stephenson stated that as far as he is concerned, he has already meet and conferred regarding salary negotiations for two and one-half months during which it was determined that the offer eventually made was as much as the City could extend. In answer to Councilman Thom, Councilman Stephenson remarked that if the Anaheim Police Association had desired an opportunity for a private meeting 73-926 City Hall, Anaheim, California - COUNCIL MINUTES - November 8, 1973~ 11:00 A.M. during the salary negotiations, he was at a loss to explain why they had not presented a request for such a meeting to the Council. He expressed the opinion that further salary negotiations are not possible since the City has made a final offer. He noted that if the public were made aware of the salary and fringe benefits paid a patrolman after three years, they would not be in sym- pathy with an additional wage increase. Councilman Pebley remarked that he had requested a report from the Personnel Department, for his own information, relative to salaries paid patrol- men and received the following figures which would apply to a patrolman after his third year: 1. Monthly Salary 2. Retirement Benefits 3. Health Insurance (with two or more dependents) 4. Workmen's Compensation 5. Disability Insurance 6. Life Insurance $1,076.00 252.28 46.61 57.48 7.75 4.39 patrolman. offered.) This amounts to a total monthly cost to the City of $1,444.51 per (The figures shown do not reflect the 6 3/4% increase which was Councilman Dutton felt that one source of the problem might be that there are many young people on the police force who do not recognize and appre- ciate the fact that they receive 50 cents in fringe benefits in addition to each dollar of salary. Councilman Sneegas entered the Council Chambers. (12:05 P.M.) After being apprised of the tenor of the discussion, and the suggestion offered by Councilman Thom that the Council and City staff meet and confer with the Anaheim Police Association representatives to attempt to resolve the situa- tion, Councilman Sneegas stated that as he recalled from the negotiating sessions, the final offer which the City made was considered satisfactory to all parties, and to date he has not received any input to explain why the Anaheim Police Association has not accepted it. Councilman Thom remarked that this illustrates his point, that the Council should meet with the Anaheim Police Association to find out where the problem lies. Councilman Pebley voiced the opinion that the request of the Anaheim Police Association to meet now comes rather belatedly, after the Council and staff had spent two and one-half months deliberating, which culminated in the offer made. He further noted that all of the Council was made aware of the eco- nomic facts behind the offer and stated he could not understand why Councilman Thom has reversed his position on this issue once out of Executive Session. Councilman Thom stated that the only item he changed his mind about was voting on the conditional resolutions, with which he had previously indicated disagreement. At the conclusion of discussion, by general Council consent, Councilman Thom's suggestion of ajoint meeting between the Anaheim Police Association, City Council and staff was taken under advisement. ADJOURNMENT: motion. No further action was taken by the City Council. Councilman Stephenson moved to adjourn. Councilman Sneegas seconded the MOTION CARRIED. Adjourned: 12:10 P.M.