Sacramento Area Sewer District approves union MOU, benefits changes, ordinance amendments and tax-roll levy for delinquent charges

The Sacramento Area Sewer District board on July 9 approved a package of personnel and regulatory items that the board and staff said align compensation with market rates, clarify impact-fee naming and authorize placing delinquent sewer charges on the Sacramento County property tax roll.

The actions included approving a tentative agreement with the Professional Engineers Association, adopting revised employee benefits for several employee groups, adopting amendments to the district’s Collection System and Treatment and Resource Recovery ordinances (with staff saying the changes are exempt from CEQA), and adopting a resolution to place delinquent sewer service charges on the county tax roll to be collected via property taxes.

The board’s actions affect district compensation and benefits, how the district classifies developer impact fees, and the mechanism for recovering overdue customer charges. Staff said the levy to the tax roll would be filed with the Sacramento County Auditor-Controller by Aug. 5, 2025, if the process proceeds as recommended.

Staff presentations and key facts

A district staff presenter reviewed the tentative agreement with the engineers’ union and said the agreement implements the district’s compensation policy, which targets the median of comparable agencies. The presenter cautioned that the draft MOU contained “an incorrect reference in the MOU to the labor index that we use, each year,” and said staff and the union concurred with…