Board of Estimate and Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on May 13, 2026, and signed by the Mayor on May 15, 2026, ratifying and approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of Mount Vernon and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), as follows:
1. Effective January 1, 2024, all bargaining unit members' salaries shall be increased retroactively by one and one-half percent (1.5%); and
2. Effective January 1, 2025, all bargaining unit members' salaries shall be increased retroactively by one and one-half percent (1.5%); and
3. Effective January 1, 2026, all bargaining unit members' salaries shall be increased retroactively by two percent (2%); and
4. Effective January 1, 2027, all bargaining unit members' salaries shall be increased retroactively by three percent (3%);
be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND APPROVING
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON
AND THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION (CSEA)
Whereas, in correspondence dated May 6, 2026, the Mayor formally requested authorization to ratify, approve, and adopt the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Mount Vernon (the "City") and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), together with all terms, conditions, wage adjustments, and ancillary provisions contained therein, and such legislation shall be known and may be cited as the "CSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement Ratification Ordinance"; and
Whereas, the City and the CSEA (the "Union") have engaged in collective bargaining negotiations concerning the terms and conditions of employment for members of the bargaining unit represented by the Union; and
Whereas, the City and the Union have reached a mutually agreed upon collective bargaining agreement intended to address and update the provisions of the prior expired agreement; and
Whereas, the neg...
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