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File #: 26-117    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/22/2026 In control: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*
On agenda: 2/3/2026 Final action:
Title: DESIGNATION OF CITY NEGOTIATORS FOR THE COSTA MESA POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CMPMA), THE COSTA MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (CMPA) AND THE COSTA MESA CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (CMCEA) LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PROCESSES AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) PER THE TRANSPARENCY IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS COUNCIL POLICY
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report
TITLE:
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DESIGNATION OF CITY NEGOTIATORS FOR THE COSTA MESA POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CMPMA), THE COSTA MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (CMPA) AND THE COSTA MESA CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (CMCEA) LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PROCESSES AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) PER THE TRANSPARENCY IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS COUNCIL POLICY
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE- HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: KASAMA LEE, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (714) 754-5169

RECOMMENDATION:
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1. Designate City Manager Cecilia Gallardo-Daly as the City's Principal Negotiator, Assistant City Manager Alma Reyes, Human Resources Manager Kasama Lee, and Finance Director Carol Molina as the City's representatives in negotiations with the CMPMA, CMPA and CMCEA.

2. Designate Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Partner Peter Brown to serve as legal counsel during negotiations with the CMPMA, CMPA and CMCEA.

3. Authorize staff to have the independent fiscal analysis of the current CMPMA, CMPA and CMCEA Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) completed per the requirements of the Transparency in Labor Negotiations Council Policy.

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BACKGROUND:
Per the Transparency in Labor Negotiations Council Policy (300-8), the City Council must designate a Principal Negotiator who "shall have extensive prior experience in negotiating public employee collective bargaining agreements and shall be free from any actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to the bargaining unit." The City shall also be represented by legal counsel, whether or not legal counsel is designated as the Principal Negotiator.
The City Council and/or Principal Negotiator may also designate additional employee(s) to be present during negotiations and to assist the Principal Negotiator as the City Council and/or Principal Negotiator deem appropriate.


ANALYSIS:
The current Memoranda of Understa...

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