City of Alexandria, Virginia
________________
MEMORANDUM
DATE: DECEMBER 4, 2025
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER
DOCKET TITLE:
TITLE
City Council Impasse Resolution Hearing: City of Alexandria and Alexandria Chapter of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association.
BODY
_________________________________________________________________
ISSUE: Consideration of the bargaining positions at impasse between the City of Alexandria (City) and the Southern States Police Benevolent Association (SSPBA) resulting from their negotiations over a successor collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
RECOMMENDATION: The City Council render a decision on each area of the bargaining impasse between the parties.
BACKGROUND: At a public hearing on April 17, 2021, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously to adopt a public employee collective bargaining ordinance (Attachment 1). The authority for Virginia municipalities to undertake collective bargaining was enabled by new state legislation that took effect May 1, 2021. Alexandria was the first locality in Virginia to authorize collective bargaining under this new state law. The City's ordinance authorizes exclusive representatives of bargaining units to negotiate, among other things, wages, leave, insurance, and retirement plans presently made available under city authority.? However,?the ordinance and state law make clear that any agreement reached by collective bargaining is subject to appropriation of funds by the City Council.
The City and the SSPBA (together, the "Parties") negotiated an initial collective bargaining agreement effective for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 through FY 2026 - from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The Parties are currently engaged in the negotiation of a successor collective bargaining agreement covering FY 2027, FY 2028, and FY 2029, to be effective from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
Bargaining for the successor cont...
Click here for full text