HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-63 - Approving a Side Letter of Agreement Between the City of Newport Beach and the Newport Beach City Employees Association Related to CalPers Pension DeductionsRESOLUTION NO. 2025-63
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A
SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AND THE NEWPORT BEACH
CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION RELATED TO
CALPERS PENSION DEDUCTIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City Council")
previously adopted Resolution No. 2001-50, the "Employer -Employee Relations
Resolution," pursuant to authority contained in the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Government
Code 3500, et seq;
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") promotes effective communication
and collaborative working relationships with its employees to foster improved relations
while balancing good management practices;
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2021-109 approving a Memorandum of Understanding ("Memorandum of
Understanding") with the Newport Beach City Employees Association ("NBCEA"), a
recognized organization, with a term of January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enter into a Side Letter of Agreement
between the City and NBCEA to bring NBCEA in alignment with other miscellaneous
groups related to CaIPERS pension deductions as set forth in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby approve and authorize the Mayor to
execute the Side Letter of Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is incorporated
herein by this reference. The terms referenced in the attached Side Letter of Agreement
shall prevail over any previously adopted terms within the Memoranda of Understanding
that conflict herewith.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
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Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of September, 2025.
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE
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City Attorney
Attachment(s): Exhibit A: Side Letter of Agreement between the City and NBCEA
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA 11
COUNTY OF ORANGE ; ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
I, Molly Perry, Interim City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2025-63 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
held on the 23rd day of September, 2025, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tern Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Noah Blom,
Councilmember Michelle Barto, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J.
Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 24th day of September, 2025.
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City of Newport Beach, California