Board Meeting Agenda – June 8, 2023 Board Meeting

LOCATION:  Public Employment Relations Board *

                      1031 18th Street, First Floor, Room 103, Sacramento, CA

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A note on public comment:

In advance of the meeting, those who wish to comment during the public comment portion of the agenda or on specific agenda items may request to be added to the queue by emailing Cheryl.Shelly@perb.ca.gov . Please be sure to include your name, affiliation if any, and topic in the email.

During the meeting, you can make a request to speak in person, via video or the teleconference line when prompted by the Chair at each appropriate agenda item.

2.      Adoption of Minutes. April 13, 2023, Meeting

3.      Public Comment. This is an opportunity for the public to address the Board on issues not scheduled on today’s agenda. The Board cannot act on those items but may refer matters to staff for review and possible Board action at a future, publicly noticed meeting.

4.      Staff Reports. The following Reports will be received. Any matter requiring Board action, and not included on this agenda, will be calendared for a subsequent public Board meeting.

                       A. Executive Director

                       B. Division of Administration

                       C. Office of General Counsel

                       D. Division of Administrative Law

                       E. State Mediation and Conciliation Service

5.     Old Business: None

     A. The Educational Employment Relations Act and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act require that PERB select and bear the costs of the services of the factfinding panel chairperson, including per diem fees and actual and necessary travel and subsistence. Prior Board action set the rate for factfinding services at $1,300 per day with a five-day contract maximum. The Board will review the current factfinding policy for compensating factfinding panel chairpersons annually for potential modification.

     B. Transit Regulations: Consideration of approval for submitting a rulemaking package to the Office of Administrative Law to initiate the formal rulemaking process to amend PERB regulations that govern transit districts to include the addition of Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The proposed regulation is attached to the agenda.

7.     Recess to Closed Session. The Board will meet in a continuous closed session each day beginning immediately upon recess of the open portion of this meeting through August 10, 2023. The purpose of these closed sessions will be to deliberate on cases listed on the Board’s Docket (Gov. Code sec. 11126(c)(3)), personnel (Gov. Code sec. 11126(a)), pending litigation (Gov. Code sec. 11126(e)(1)), and any pending requests for injunctive relief (Gov. Code sec. 11126(e)(2)(c)).

*This meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs disability-related accommodations or modifications in order to participate in the meeting shall make a request no later than five working days before the meeting to the Board by contacting Cheryl Shelly at (916) 322-8231 or sending a written request to Ms. Shelly at PERB, 1031 18th Street, Sacramento, California 95811. Requests for further information should also be directed via telephone or writing to Ms. Shelly. Additional information is also available on the internet at www.perb.ca.gov.