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AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: March 24, 2026
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Peter Brown, Labor Negotiator
Subject: FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT ON THE UPCOMING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY’S SIX (6)
NON-SWORN EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS
Attachments: None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receives public comment related to the upcoming labor negotiations and provides direction to the City’s labor negotiator for additional information needed prior to any closed session at which it may provide direction to its labor negotiator.
INTRODUCTION
The City’s six (6) non-sworn employee associations (listed below) have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which expire on October 2, 2026. The current MOU for each association is available to review on the Human Resources page of the City’s website, under the Memoranda of Understanding link.
• Municipal Employees’ Association (MEA)
• Part-time MEA Unit
• Supervisors’ Association
• Confidential Employees’ Association
• Safety Support Employees’ Association
• Management and Professional Employees’ Association
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Meeting Date: March 24, 2026
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Tonight’s meeting is the formal public meeting where the public may provide input to the Council regarding the upcoming labor negotiations.
DISCUSSION
The City Council follows a process set forth in the City Ordinance Regarding the Procedure for Adopting or Amending a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City and an Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization, often referred to as the COIN Ordinance (Civic Openness in Negotiations). The Ordinance includes the following provisions:
1. Adoption of the MOU only after conducting at least two public meetings:
a. one early in the negotiation process
b. one after the negotiations have concluded but prior to MOU adoption
2. Fiscal analysis conducted by an independent firm
3. The MOU and fiscal analysis are to be posted on the City’s website at least two weeks before the Council meeting at which the proposed MOU is considered Tonight’s meeting is the first of the two meetings required by the City’s COIN ordinance and a formal opportunity for the public to voice questions, concerns or feedback to the Council early in the negotiation process and prior to the City presenting a proposal to these associations in the meet and confer process based on Council authority.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with soliciting input at this time.
Peter Brown
Labor Negotiator
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