RESOLUTION NO. ___-2026
RESOLUTION OF THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL APPROVING SIDE LETTER AMENDING ARTICLE 1 – PREAMBLE AND ARTICLE 11 – COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS OF THE 2025-2029 FORT BRAGG EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION/SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1021 (FBEO/SEIU) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO INCLUDE NON-EXEMPT, FULL-TIME BROADBAND CLASSIFICATIONS AND UPDATE COST OF LIVING PROVISIONS WHEREAS, the City and the Fort Bragg Employee Organization/Service Employees International Union Local 1021 (FBEO/SEIU) commenced negotiations on April 30, 2025, for a new four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); and WHEREAS, during the process of negotiations, both parties presented proposals which were discussed, countered, agreed to, and/or withdrawn from the table; and WHEREAS, the parties agreed to a tentative agreement package, which was ratified by the FBEO/SEIU membership on June 18, 2025; and WHEREAS, the 2025-2029 MOU is fully executed (see MOU attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference); and WHEREAS, Resolution 4926-2025 approved the establishment of the Broadband and Digital (Broadband) Division effective July 1, 2025, as part of the Mendocino Community Network (MCN) acquisition that was approved during the June 23, 2025, City Council meeting; and WHEREAS, Resolution 4954-2025 established a compensation plan and the terms and conditions of employment for all Broadband and Digital Infrastructure, non-bargaining, non-exempt employees; and WHEREAS, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 is the Recognized Employee Relations Officer for the Fort Bragg Employee Organization (FBEO) bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, the 2025-2029 FBEO/SEIU Local 1021 Memorandum of Understanding was negotiated and approved before SEIU/Local 1021 petitioned the City to recognize SEIU Local 1021 as the Recognized Employee Relations Officer for non-exempt, full-time employees as provided for by Resolution 4954-2025; and WHEREAS, the parties agree to meet and confer at a later, undetermined time to meet and confer through the collective bargaining process; and WHEREAS, the City and the FBEO/SEIU have undertaken to bargain in good faith regarding Articles 1 and 11 of the 2025-2029 FBEO/SEIU Local MOU, which both parties have reviewed; and WHEREAS, the Fort Bragg Employee Organization/Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and the City of Fort Bragg wish to amend Article 1 – Preamble and Article 11 – Cost of Living Adjustments and One-Time Payments, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, Exhibit A, to better serve the needs of the FBEO/SEIU by clarifying the language to recognize SEIU Local 1021 as the Recognized Employee Relations Officer representing non-exempt, full-time Broadband classifications; and WHEREAS, to amend Article 11 – Cost of Living Adjustments and One-Time Payments, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, to add language excluding non-exempt, full-time Broadband classifications from the previously negotiated cost of living adjustments specified in Article 11 as approved by Resolution 4937-2025 during the June 23, 2025, City Council meeting; and WHEREAS, the approval of Resolution 4954-2025 approved a three percent (3%) cost-of-living adjustment for the non-exempt, non-bargaining Broadband employees effective the first full pay period in July 2025 (July 14, 2025) who are now part of the Fort Bragg Employee Organization (FBEO) bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, approval of this Resolution nullifies the provisions outlined in Resolution 4954-2025 because the non-exempt, full-time Broadband employees are no longer non-represented and are instead part of the FBEO bargaining unit by virtue of the City’s September 25, 2025, letter to the SEIU Local 1021; and WHEREAS, the agreed-upon redlined version of Article 1 – Preamble and Article 11 – Cost of Living Adjustments and One-Time Pay are shown in Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, changes to the Memorandum of Understanding require City Council approval, and the side letter is complete and ready for signatures; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, FOUND, AND DETERMINED as follows:
The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated therein; and The City of Fort Bragg does hereby amend the 2025-2029 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fort Bragg and the Fort Bragg Employees Organization, SEIU Local 1021, as shown in Exhibit A; and Resolution 4954-2025 is no longer valid due to the approval of this Resolution; and This Resolution has been reviewed with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et. Seq,) (“CEQA”). It is determined that the approval of this Resolution does not have the potential for creating a significant effect on the environment and is therefore exempt from further review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) because it is not a project as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Adoption of this Resolution does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical damage in the environment.
The above and foregoing Resolution was introduced by Councilmember ________, seconded by Councilmember ________, and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg held on the 9th day of February 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
Jason Godeke
Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana Paoli
City Clerk
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