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?N' Office of the INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Jason E. Brown, County Administrator Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator FROM: Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator DATE: March 31, 2020 SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters Local 769 Regarding Coronavirus Disease Background: On March 17, 2020, Indian River County declared a local state of emergency in response to the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 crisis ("COVID-19") with said declaration being affirmed and continued on March 24, and again on March 31, 2020. In response to recently adopted federal legislation titled Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the "Act'), the County and Teamsters Union desire to clarify the impact to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") through a Memorandum of Understanding ("M.O.U."). The Act requires certain employers including Indian River County to provide their employees with up to 80 hours of additional paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19 available from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 ("CV Sick Leave"). The Act, in addition to mandating up to 80 hours of CV Sick Leave, requires expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to child care for up to 12 weeks at 66.7% of their equivalent rate of pay ("Expanded Family Leave"). Analysis: Section 9.4 of the CBA requires the County to provide additional compensation to employees who are required to work when employees are released from duty with pay during a County declared emergency. The parties agree that strict compliance with the letter of the CBA, which originated in response to several weather related disasters, could produce unintended burdens on either the County or the Union when applied to the extenuating duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, 124