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 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, 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, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 is the Recognized Employee Relations Officer for the Fort Bragg Employee Organization (FBEO) bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, Resolution 5003-2026 was approved during the February 9, 2026, City Council meeting that approved the side letter as noted in Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the parties agreed to meet and confer at a later, undetermined time to meet and confer through the collective bargaining process; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Bragg and SEIU Local 1021 reopened labor negotiations to bargain in good faith on May 14, 2026, to discuss the full integration of the former MCN employees into the FBEO bargaining unit; and WHEREAS, both parties have undertaken in good faith regarding cost-of-living adjustments as outlined in Article 11 – Cost of Living Adjustments and the previously negotiated side letter that was approved during the February 9, 2026, City Council meeting; and WHEREAS, the parties reached an agreement to revise Article 11 – Cost of Living Adjustments as shown in Exhibit B to remove the requirement of bargaining each year of the memorandum of understanding and ensure the Broadband employees will receive the agreed-upon cost-of-living adjustments for the remainder of the contract period, starting with the July 2026 cost-of-living adjustment; and WHEREAS, both parties agree that cost-of-living adjustment that was already provided in July 2025 for FBEO classifications will not be given retrospectively; and WHEREAS, both parties have reviewed and agreed upon the language to revise the FBEO Side Letter that City Council approved during the February 23, 2026, City Council meeting, as shown in Exhibit B; and WHEREAS, changes to the memorandum of understanding require City Council approval, and the side letter is complete and ready for signatures (see the side letter, which is incorporated by reference); 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 is thereby replaced upon 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 22nd day of June, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
Jason Godeke
Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana Paoli
City Clerk
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