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RESOLUTION NO. 6943
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, AND ACTING
AS EX-OFFICIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND
PARK DISTRICT, APPROVING A ONE-TIME RETENTION STIMULUS FOR ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEES IN THE CYPRESS EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION AND
MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the City Council appreciates employees' continued service to the
City and their willingness to partner with the City in periods of financial uncertainty to
ensure high quality and high value services continue to be provided to the community;
and
WHEREAS, the Cypress Employees' Association (CEA) and Maintenance
Employees' Association (MEA) entered into multi-year agreements in 2021 which
included annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) between two and one-half percent
and three percent based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI); and
WHEREAS, due to the impacts of inflation over the past 18 months, CPI has far
exceeded the negotiated COLAs for the CEA and MEA during this period; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires a $1,000 one-time retention stimulus
payment be made to eligible employees in the CEA and MEA to help alleviate the
impacts of inflation; and
WHEREAS, to be eligible for the full payment, individuals must have been
employed as of July 1, 2022 and remain employed through the end of the pay period
the retention stimulus payment was approved by the City Council (July 21, 2023) and
worked a minimum of 1000 hours in FY 2022-23; and
WHEREAS, the retention stimulus will be prorated for employees hired between
January 1, 2023 and March 30, 2023 ($500), individuals hired between April 1, 2023
and June 30, 2023 ($250), and any employee hired prior to July 1, 2022 who worked
between 500 and 1,000 hours ($500); and
WHEREAS, the payment is not performance based and is not considered
pensionable compensation; and
WHEREAS, the retention stimulus will be paid with the regular payroll on July 28,
2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress, and acting as the ex-officio Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and
Park District, does hereby approve a one-time retention stimulus in the amount of
$1,000 for eligible employees in the CEA and MEA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, and acting
as ex-officio Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District, at a regular
meeting held on the 10th day of July, 2023.
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I, ALISHA FARNELL, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 10th day of July, 2023, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Burke, Marquez, Peat, Minikus and Hertz-Mallari
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS