RESOLUTION NO. 2026-016
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT NO. 2 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 986
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. The Teamsters Local Union 986 (Teamsters) has been recognized as an employee organization pursuant to Resolution No. 4027.
B. On September 2, 2025, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted Resolution No. 2025-024 approving a Memorandum of Understanding setting forth certain terms and conditions for employment of the City of Vernon employees in classifications represented by Teamsters, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
C. On December 16, 2025, the City of Council of the City of Vernon adopted Resolution No. 2025-038 approving and authorizing the execution of a Side Letter of Agreement (Teamsters Side Letter No. 1) between the City of Vernon and Teamsters, updating provisions regarding excess leave accrual pay-out procedures.
D. Representative members of Teamsters and the City have agreed to execute a second Side Letter of Agreement, effective March 31, 2026, to reflect a holiday name change from Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day.
E. All other terms of the existing Teamsters MOU would remain in effect.
F. The City Council desires to approve the Teamsters Side Letter of Agreement No.
2. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby approves and authorizes the execution of the Side Letter of Agreement (Teamsters Side Letter No. 2) between the City of Vernon and the Teamsters Local Union 986, in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby instructs the City Administrator, or his designee, to take whatever action is deemed necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing and carrying out the actions of this Resolution and the Resolution No. 2026-016
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transactions herein approved or authorized, including but not limited to, any nonsubstantive changes to the Side Letter Agreement attached herein.
SECTION 5. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby directs the City Clerk, or the City Clerk’s designee, to send a fully executed Teamsters Side Letter No. 2 to Michael Grijalva, Business Representative of Teamsters Local Union 986.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED April 7, 2026.
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LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH MOUSSA-MILWARD,
City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF VERNON )
I do hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2026-016 that was passed and adopted at the Regular Meeting held on April 7, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
No. 2
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF VERNON
AND THE
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 986
This Side Letter of Agreement (“Agreement”) between the City of Vernon (“City”) and Teamsters Local 986 (“Union”) (collectively “Parties”) is entered into to modify the following sections of Union MOU dated July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028:
ARTICLE NINE – HOLIDAYS
Effective March 31, 2026, Article Nine Holidays Section 1 A, shall be modified to read as follows:
A. All full-time employees, excluding employees assigned to a 24/7 operation, shall be provided with the following holidays with pay based on the number of hours constituting a regular working day, subject to the provisions below.
1. January 1st - New Year’s Day
2. The 3rd Monday in January – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
3. The 3rd Monday in February – Presidents Day
4. March 31st – Farmworkers Day
5. The last Monday in May – Memorial Day
6. June 19th - Juneteenth
7. July 4th – Independence Day
8. The first Monday in September – Labor Day
9. The second Monday in October – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10. November 11th – Veterans Day
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11. The 4th Thursday in November – Thanksgiving Day
12. December 24th – Christmas Eve
13. December 25th – Christmas Day
14. December 31st – New Year’s Eve
15. Such other days as may be designated as holidays by the City Council of the City of Vernon (employees assigned to a 24/7 operation shall receive an equivalent number of in-lieu hours)
FOR THE CITY OF VERNON
_____________________________ _________________________ Brian Saeki, City Administrator Date
FOR TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 986
_____________________________ _________________________ Michael Grijalva, Business Representative Date
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