City of Fresno  
2600 Fresno Street  
Fresno, CA 93721  
www.fresno.gov  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, January 27, 2022  
9:00 AM  
Special Meeting  
In Person and/or Electronic  
City Council  
President - Nelson Esparza  
Vice President - Tyler Maxwell  
Councilmembers:  
Esmeralda Z. Soria, Mike Karbassi, Miguel Angel Arias, Luis Chavez,  
Garry Bredefeld  
City Manager - Thomas Esqueda  
City Attorney - Douglas T. Sloan  
City Clerk - Todd Stermer, CMC  
The City Council for the City of Fresno convened in special session on January 27,  
2022 at 9:00 A.M.  
The special session ran concurrently with the regular session meeting.  
9:03 A.M. ROLL CALL  
Present: 7 -  
Council President Nelson Esparza  
Vice President Tyler Maxwell  
Councilmember Esmeralda Z. Soria  
Councilmember Mike Karbassi  
Councilmember Miguel Angel Arias  
Councilmember Luis Chavez  
Councilmember Garry Bredefeld  
APPROVE AGENDA  
On motion of Councilmember Bredefeld, seconded by Vice President  
Maxwell, the above Action was approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
Aye: 7 -  
Chavez, Esparza, Soria, Karbassi, Arias, Maxwell and  
Bredefeld  
Notice of Special Meeting - Signed  
ID 22-223  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
***RESOLUTION - Suspending the Labor Management Act for 14 days  
(Subject to Veto).  
ID 22-220  
RESOLUTION 2022-019 ADOPTED  
On motion of Councilmember Bredefeld, seconded by  
Councilmember Chavez, the CONSENT CALENDAR was hereby  
adopted by the following vote:  
Aye: 7 -  
Chavez, Esparza, Soria, Karbassi, Arias, Maxwell and  
Bredefeld  
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION  
***Adopt a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of  
ID 22-221  
Fresno and the Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA) for Unit 4 -  
Non-Supervisory Police (Subject to Veto).  
There was no staff presentation on the above item, no public comment, and  
no Council discussion.  
APPROVED  
On motion of Vice President Maxwell, seconded by Council President  
Esparza, the above Action Item was APPROVED. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
Aye: 7 -  
Chavez, Esparza, Soria, Karbassi, Arias, Maxwell and  
Bredefeld  
***Adopt a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of  
Fresno and the Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA) for Unit 9 -  
Police Management (Subject to Veto).  
ID 22-222  
There was no staff presentation on the above item, no public comment, and  
no Council discussion.  
Director Miller read the following changes to the staff report into the record:  
under the Management Leave header, the leave change should read, "82 to  
90 hours" not "82 to 100 hours," and; under the Health Reimbursement  
Arrangement (HRA) header, the first bullet point reading, "Language  
updated to reflect new Special HRA Vacation Bank," should be stricken.  
APPROVED AS AMENDED  
On motion of Councilmember Maxwell, seconded by Vice President  
Esparza, that the above Action Item be APPROVED AS AMENDED. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
Aye: 7 -  
Chavez, Esparza, Soria, Karbassi, Arias, Maxwell and  
Bredefeld  
City Council and Mayor Dyer held a press conference at 5:00 P.M. regarding the  
approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fresno and the  
Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA). The press conference concluded at 5:30  
P.M.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The special meeting adjourned at 5:30 P.M.