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• <br />DENTON, NAVARRO, ROCHA & BERi''dAL <br />A Professional Corporation <br />ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS <br />SAN ANTONIO OFFICE - www.rampagelaw.com RIO GRANDE VALLEY OFFICE <br />25 ] 7 North Main Avenue RECEIVED 701 East Harrison, Suite 100 <br />San Antonio, Texas 78212 Harlingen, Texas 78550 <br />Phone (210) 227-3243 /~ N t / Phone (956) 421-4904 <br />Fax (210) 225-4481 Q(V `-~' Fax (956) 421-3621 <br />JUN i 6 2 <br />CITY OF SAN MARCO$ <br />CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE <br />June 13, 2008 <br />Mr. Rick Menchaca <br />City of San Marcos <br />630 East Hopkins <br />San Marcos, Texas 78666 <br />Re: Negotiations Proposal <br />Dear Mr. Menchaca: <br />We would like to submit Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, P.C.'s updated proposal for <br />professional services for Meet and Confer negotiations. We understand that the City of San <br />Marcos ("City") Police and Fire Associations desire to meet and confer for the Fiscal Year <br />beginning 2008. Based on that understanding, we estimate a budget of approximately $65,000 to <br />$70,000 to complete the negotiation cycles for the two bargaining groups. The cost would be <br />somewhat more than half if we are used only to do one of the groups or if we do them <br />successively, because of the loss of efficiency built into the schedule. This is based on the <br />attached budgetary calendar; however, we note that we do not control the number of meetings or <br />the length of the process, and that this is our best projection. <br />Prior to beginning negotiations, we still recommend and propose that we conduct an on- <br />site introductory session with selected city staff personnel. The meeting usually takes several <br />hours as we explore local issues, conditions, relationships, history and so forth. However, some <br />of these points were already covered in our earlier meeting on May 15, 2008, which we provided <br />cost free. <br />We propose to have an Executive Session discussion early in the process, to brief the <br />Council on legal issues and to discuss the roles and responsibilities of officials during the <br />process. That meeting would focus on the Council's options under the statute, and would cover <br />• Review of the "Meet and Confer" statutes; <br />• Comparison of "Meet and Confer" with "Collective Bargaining;" <br />• Discussion of local labor management conditions and relationships; <br />• Providing sample contract material from other cities; <br />• Review of our experiences and legal proceedings in the bargaining process <br />