Beverly Hills Seeks Community Input On Labor Negotiations

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The City of Beverly Hills will be gathering community input as labor negotiations with City employee groups begin in early May, the City of Beverly Hills said.

A community meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Municipal Gallery at City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills. The meeting will include an overview of the labor relations process, information on employee compensation and benefits along with a brief overview of the current state of City finances, the press release said. The community can make comments at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m.

The Beverly Hills City Council adopted a Civic Openness in Negotiations "COIN" ordinance in 2014 to "provide additional impartiality and transparency to the collective bargaining process," according to the City.

"The results of the negotiations process are written agreements or contracts reached between the City and the City employee associations, commonly referred to as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)," the City said. "Currently, the City is preparing for labor negotiations with the nine employee associations whose MOU's expire in late 2019."

For more information on the current agreements, visit beverlyhills.org/MOU.