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Council renews and expands community workforce agreement, adds specialty-contract thresholds and 10-year term
Summary
The City Council approved a revised Community Workforce Agreement for Moreno Valley after summer negotiations; substantive changes set new thresholds for specialty prime contracts ($150,000) and extend the agreement term to 10 years with a required five-year review.
The Moreno Valley City Council unanimously approved a revised Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) on Aug. 19, renewing the city’s labor partnership and adding changes negotiated over the summer with building trades representatives.
City Manager Brian Mohan summarized negotiated revisions, saying one substantive change in section 2.2.1 adds “as well as all prime specialty contracts that exceed $100,000 $150,000 and all subcontract, flowing through these contracts as well,” extending the agreement to cover smaller specialty contracts that previously fell below a $1 million threshold. Mohan said the change responds to concerns that many specialty trades (flooring, roofing, drywall) never reach previous $1 million thresholds and therefore were not captured by the original agreement.
The updated agreement also lengthens the contract term: rather than a five-year limited term, the document will automatically continue every 10 years with a mandated five-year review to ensure compliance with law, changes in trades training and workforce development, and drug-workplace-agreement provisions. The CWA retains the city’s local-hire and veteran goals (the staff presentation noted a recommended local resident participation goal of 30% on qualifying projects) and expanded connections with workforce-development programs and the city’s Business & Employment Resource Center (BERC).
Union representatives and building-trades delegates told the council the agreement supports apprenticeships, training and placement for veterans and disadvantaged residents. Several speakers at public comment — including union and apprenticeship representatives — said the agreement provides stable pathways to careers and local employment. The council approved the revised CWA by unanimous vote.
