Council approves three-year AFSCME agreement with 3% annual raises

Dec 22, 2025

The council adopted Resolution 2025-16, approving a three-year bargaining agreement with AFSCME Minnesota Council 5 that includes 3% wage increases each year and several contract language changes including sick-and-safe leave; the vote was recorded as carried.

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The council voted to adopt Resolution 2025-16, approving a three-year bargaining agreement between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Minnesota Council 5. A staff member explained the resolution lists eight contract changes and that two of those (holiday language and sick-leave language previously agreed via memoranda) had been addressed during the prior contract cycle.

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