August 12, 2025 Fremont City Council Special Meeting Agenda Page 1 Fremont City Council Special Meeting
August 12, 2025
City Council Chambers
3300 Capitol Avenue, Building A
5:00 PM
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August 12, 2025 Fremont City Council Special Meeting Agenda Page 2 Agenda
Fremont City Council Special Meeting
August 12, 2025
City Council Chambers
3300 Capitol Avenue, Building A
5:00 PM
1. Call to Order
A. Call to Order
B. Salute the Flag
C. Roll Call
D. Announcements by Mayor / City Manager
2. Public Communications
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A. Oral and Written Communications
3. Scheduled Items
A. FREMONT ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES MOU - Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Successor Memorandum of Understanding with the Fremont Association of Management Employees (FAME)
Contact Persons:
Name: Tina Gallegos Brian Stott
Title: Human Resources Director Assistant City Manager
Dept: Human Resources Human Resources
Phone: 510-494-4652 510-494-4660
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution approving the tentative agreement with the Fremont Association of Management Employees and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period of August 10, 2025, through June 30, 2026, between the City of Fremont and FAME.
4. Adjournment
Fremont City Council Meeting: 08/12/25 05:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Human Resources
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Labor Relations
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5514) DOC ID: 5514
Updated: 8/11/2025 10:16 AM by Susan Gauthier Page 1
FREMONT ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES MOU - Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Successor Memorandum of Understanding with the Fremont Association of Management Employees (FAME)
Contact Persons:
Name: Tina Gallegos Brian Stott
Title: Human Resources Director Assistant City Manager
Div/Dept: Human Resources City Manager's Office
Phone: 510-494-4652 510-494-4660
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: In August 2025, the City of Fremont (City) reached a tentative agreement with the Fremont Association of Management Employees (FAME) for a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The bargaining unit is made up of 124 members and represents a variety of managers throughout the City. The proposed successor MOU contains the following changes from the prior agreement term: modest compensation and health-benefit allowance increases (inclusive of a parity clause) and language clarifying Appendix B Market Survey Methodology. The remaining substantive provisions of the prior MOU are unchanged. The effective dates of the successor MOU are August 10, 2025 (the start of the first full pay period following notification of FAME ratification), through June 30, 2026.
BACKGROUND: The City’s current MOU with FAME expired on June 30, 2025. The City’s negotiating team met and conferred with FAME representatives regarding a successor MOU and signed a tentative agreement on August 1, 2025. The City received notice that FAME members ratified the tentative agreement on August 8, 2025. California Government Code Section 3505.1 requires the City Council to vote on the proposed successor MOU at a duly noticed public meeting.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The significant changes in the proposed successor MOU include:
1. Employee Compensation:
a) Effective the start of the first full pay period following FAME ratification of the tentative agreement, FAME members will receive a base wage increase of 1.3%.
2. Health Benefit Allowance:
a) Effective the first of the month following FAME ratification of the tentative agreement, the unit’s health benefit allowance will be increased by $100 per month (from $2,700 per month to $2,800 per month).
b) Effective January 1, 2026, the unit’s health benefit allowance will be increased by an additional $100 per month (from $2,800 per month to $2,900 per month).
3. Parity or “Me Too”:
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Council Staff Report (ID # 5514) Meeting of August 12, 2025 Updated: 8/11/2025 10:16 AM by Susan Gauthier Page 2
a) If during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City grants a general, across-the-board wage increase to another bargaining unit greater than 1.3%, the City agrees to extend the equivalent general wage increase to all FAME classifications listed in Appendix A. This provision does not apply to increases as a result of any market equity increases or increases based on internal relationships. This provision will sunset at 11:59pm on June 30, 2026.
b) If during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City grants a larger Health Benefit Allowance increase to another bargaining unit, the same allowance increase shall be granted to FAME classifications listed in Appendix A.
FISCAL IMPACT:
1. Compensation Increase:
a) Fiscal Year 2025/26 Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $318,984
2. Health Benefit Allowance
a) Fiscal Year 2025/26 Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $147,051
Staff will return to the City Council with recommended adjustments to the FY 2025/26 Adopted Budget reflecting the terms of the approved MOU.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The proposed approval of a successor MOU is exempt from and not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because, without limitation, it is not a “project” as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and/or 15378(b)(5), and it has no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment, as specified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance.
LINKS: None.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Draft Resolution - FAME Tentative Agreement
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution approving the tentative agreement with the Fremont Association of Management Employees and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period of August 10, 2025, through June 30, 2026, between the City of Fremont and FAME.
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DRAFT
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FREMONT APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF FREMONT
AND THE FREMONT ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEES (FAME) FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE AUGUST
10, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026
WHEREAS, the Fremont Association of Management Employees (FAME) and the City of Fremont (City) have expressed a desire to continue their bargaining relationship as governed by the California Government Code Section 3500 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, FAME and the City have met and conferred in good faith in accordance with California Government Code Section 3500 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, such meetings have resulted in an agreement of a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period of August 10, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fremont as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council approves the tentative agreement reached with FAME for a successor MOU, the terms set forth in the staff report dated August 12, 2025 and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2 . The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute a successor MOU with FAME effective August 10, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and to implement the successor MOU.
ADOPTED, ___________, 20 25, by the City Council of the City of Fremont, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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Attachment: Draft Resolution - FAME Tentative Agreement (5514 : FAME 2025/2026 MOU Approval)