CC SR 20250617 D - Fiscal Sustainability Subcommittee
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 06/17/2025
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:
Consider renaming and expanding the roles of the City Council Labor Unit Negotiations
Subcommittee and Audit Subcommittee into the Fiscal Sustainability Subcommittee.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Rename and expand the role of the City Council Labor Unit Negotiations
Subcommittee and Audit Subcommittee into the Fiscal Sustainability
Subcommittee to include addressing matters related to the City’s fiscal
sustainability and maintain Mayor Bradley and Councilmember Lewis as
Subcommittee Members.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Catherine Jun, Deputy City Manager CJ
REVIEWED BY: Same as below
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
BACKGROUND:
The City Council formed the Labor Unit Negotiations Subcommittee to provide staff with
direction on labor negotiations with employee bargaining units. In addition, the Council
formed the Audit Subcommittee to provide feedback on City audits, as needed.
This year, Mayor Bradley and Councilmember Lewis were appointed to both
Subcommittees. Since March, they have been providing the entire City Council with
feedback on negotiations for successor Memoranda of Understanding with the City’s two
recognized employment groups. This work often includes assessing the fiscal impacts to
the City’s operations and finances. Furthermore, both members – as part of the Audit
Subcommittee - met in March 2025 to review and provide feedback on the City Auditor’s
FY 2023-2024 audit results.
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Lastly, during the March 17, 2025 City Council Goals Workshop, the City Council directed
staff to research ways to enhance fiscal sustainability to support City operations and
infrastructure investments; this item was adopted as a major project under the City
Council’s Quality of Life Goal on June 3, 2025. Since then, staff has conducted research
and is developing a framework of short- and long-term action items including future
strategies for ongoing cost containment, enhancing revenue sources, and identifying
other opportunities to maintain long-term sustainability.
DISCUSSION:
To aid in this expansive effort on fiscal sustainability, including matters related to labor
negotiations and audits, Staff recommends establishing a Council Subcommittee to
provide feedback and finetune the overall fiscal sustainability strategy. Since the Labor
Unit Negotiations and Audit Subcommittees often engage in fiscal assessments and also
meet infrequently (prior to Memoranda of Understanding expiring or as needed), Staff
recommends renaming them and expanding their roles to encompass not only labor
negotiations and audits but also work that includes fiscal sustainability. For consistency,
Mayor Bradley and Councilmember Lewis are recommended to remain on the renamed
and expanded role of the Fiscal Sustainability Subcommittee through December 2025.
CONCLUSION:
Approve renaming and expanding the role of the City Council Labor Unit Negotiations
Subcommittee to the Fiscal Sustainability Subcommittee and maintain Mayor Bradley and
Councilmember Lewis as members.
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