*Authorize Letter of Agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 189 to recognize previously non-represented employees classified as Senior System Analysts on the Human Capital Management Team as represented employees classified as Business System Analysts

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: The City and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 189 (AFSCME189) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) effective January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024. On August 2, 2023, the Employment Relations Board (ERB) determined seven members of the Bureau of Technological Services Human Capital Management Team (HCM Team) are public employees properly included in AFSCME-189’s existing bargaining unit of Business System Analysts (BSAs). In the process of transitioning the HCM Team from non-represented to represented status, the City negotiators tentatively agreed to waive HCM Team member’s repayment of non-represented management leave awards. The City further tentatively agreed to grant the HCM Team compensatory time, overtime, retroactive recognition status and related pay adjustments; The City has also agreed to a one-time payment of $3,000.00 to each to six of the HCM Team members. The tentative Letter of Agreement attached as Exhibit A. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Interim Director of the Bureau of Human Resources is authorized to enter into a Letter of Agreement between the City and AFSCME189 in a form substantially similar to the attached Exhibit A to reclassify effected employees as BSAs and identify their terms of employment. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists to avoid undue delay in granting represented status to Senior Systems Analysts in the Human Capital Management Team and implementing its distinct terms and conditions of employment; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.