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File #: 2025-5132   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 7/1/2025
Title: Adoption of Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the Management and Confidential Employees Association and the City of Alameda for a Twenty-Four Month Term Commencing July 1, 2025 and Ending June 30, 2027. (Human Resources 10025060)
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1: MCEA MOU - Redline, 2. Exhibit 2: MCEA MOU - Clean, 3. Exhibit 3: MCEA Salary Schedule, 4. Resolution
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Adoption of Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the Management and Confidential Employees Association and the City of Alameda for a Twenty-Four Month Term Commencing July 1, 2025 and Ending June 30, 2027. (Human Resources 10025060)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The prior agreement with MCEA, representing approximately 122 City employees, expired on June 30, 2025. Negotiations between the City of Alameda (City) and MCEA commenced in January of 2025.

The revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) submitted for approval represents a twenty-four month agreement, commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, and includes increases to base salary, one-time healthcare premium cost offset, administrative leave, and increases to safety shoe/boot reimbursements. Additionally, the agreement includes agreement to meet and confer during the term of the MOU for implementation of a 401(a) plan and forty-hour workweek for exempt MCEA classifications. Elements of the proposed MOU are summarized below.

MCEA members have ratified this agreement.

BACKGROUND

The City has nine labor groups and administers two compensation plans. This includes four Public Safety groups and five miscellaneous groups.

The agreements with the five miscellaneous groups, two Public Safety groups, and the two Compensation Plans expired in June of 2025. The City has now reached agreement with the Alameda Police Officers Association (APOA), Alameda Police Officers Association: Non-Sworn (PANS), MCEA, the Alameda City Employees Association (ACEA), and the Electrical Utility Professionals Association (EUPA). The City is currently meeting with the Alameda Police Managers Association (APMA), and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245 (IBEW) groups.

DISCUSSION

Proposed MOU wage increases for the term of the MOU will be based on the Base Revenue Index (BRI), defined ...

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