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Hermosa Beach approves multi-year labor agreements; city estimates roughly $3.6 million in multi-year costs across units
Summary
Council approved successor MOUs for Teamsters, Police Management, Professional/Administrative (side letter), and the Police Officers Association. Staff estimated roughly $1.5 million for the non-POA units presented and about $2.163 million for the POA over three years; changes cover COLA, market adjustments, bilingual pay and other benefits.
The Hermosa Beach City Council on Aug. 26 approved a series of multi-year labor agreements covering represented and unrepresented employees.
Staff presented consolidated recommendations for multiple bargaining units. Cindy Stafford and other HR staff summarized changes for the Teamsters (general and supervisory), the Police Management Group and the city's unrepresented professional and administrative employees. Key provisions include three-year terms from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028; annual 3% cost-of-living adjustments for many units; market adjustments to bring wages closer to median comparables; modest increases in shift differential and uniform allowances; adjustments to bilingual pay; changes in vacation accrual for long-tenured employees; and a shift in some benefits administration (cash-in-lieu for insurance options).
For the Police Officers Association (POA) bargaining unit, staff described a tentative agreement that included a 3% COLA for each year of the agreement, an 8% market adjustment effective July 1, 2025, an increase in life insurance coverage to $150,000, a $50/month deferred compensation contribution, a lateral hiring incentive to credit eligible prior service, increased vacation accruals to a 20-year maximum (200 hours), and new language around acting pay and comp time for fitness time worked directly before/after shifts. Staff estimated the total cost for negotiated POA changes over three years at about $2.163 million.
Staff estimated total fiscal impact for the non-POA groups presented earlier in the staff report to be just under $1.5 million across the three-year terms; staff said those costs will be included in the budget then carried forward into subsequent fiscal-year budgets.
Council discussion was brief and largely congratulatory to staff for the negotiations; no substantive amendments were made to the packages presented. The council voted to adopt the resolutions for each unit separately (items 17a through 17e); each vote carried (motions recorded by roll call). The adopted changes will be incorporated into the FY budgets and implemented per the MOUs.
What happens next: staff will include the adopted costs in the operating budget and complete administrative steps for implementation; staff identified follow-up items including continued labor/management meet-and-confer work on discipline language and insurance contributions for certain reopeners.
