City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 8, 2026
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: ERNESTO TAMAYO, CHIEF LABOR RELATIONS OFFICER
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Public?Hearing?on?the?Fiscal?Impact?Study?of?the?Tentative?Collective?Bargaining?Agreement?with?the?American Federation?of?State, County and Municipal Employees and Consideration?of?a Resolution?indicating City Council's Good Faith Commitment to?Appropriate the Funding Necessary to Implement?the?Agreement. [ROLL-CALL VOTE].
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ISSUE: Consideration?of?a resolution?reflecting City Council's good faith commitment to appropriate funding necessary for the City to meet its obligations under the tentative collective bargaining agreement reached between?the?City and?the?American Federation?of?State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 20, Local 3001 (AFSCME).?
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council, following a public hearing, adopt?the?attached resolution?indicating its good faith commitment to appropriate funding necessary to implement the?tentative?collective?bargaining?agreement?between?the?City and AFSCME, subject to annual appropriation?with?the?approval?of?the?budget in each?fiscal?year the agreement is in effect.
BACKGROUND: The City and the Administrative and Technical bargaining unit, represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 20, Local 3001 (AFSCME), are parties to a collective bargaining agreement governing wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment for bargaining unit employees.
Ordinance No. 5336 establishes five?bargaining?units. Section?2-5-72(c) creates?the?Administrative & Technical?bargaining?unit, consisting?of?non-supervisory and non-managerial employees who perform administrative or office support work and who are not confidential employees exclude...
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