CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ______
CONFIRMING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COMPENSATION, INCLUDING PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY AND OVERTIME, FOR ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AWAY FROM THEIR OFFICIAL DUTY STATION WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of California and located in the County of Alameda, State of California; and WHEREAS, the City has in its employ, Fire Department response personnel including: Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, Division Chief, Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Apparatus Operator, Paramedic/Firefighter, and Firefighter; and WHEREAS, the City compensates its Fire Department response personnel portal-to-portal and for overtime, in accordance with the current and applicable Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 689 and the Alameda Fire Chiefs Association, while in the course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for an emergency response.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that personnel shall be compensated according to the applicable Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 689, the Alameda Fire Chiefs Association, and/or other directive that identifies personnel compensation in the workplace; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Alameda by and through its Fire Department will maintain a current salary survey or acknowledgment of acceptance of the “base rate” on file with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue Division; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that personnel will be compensated (portal-to-portal) beginning at the time of dispatch to the return to jurisdiction when equipment and personnel are in service and available for agency response. * * * * * *
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 1st day of September 2026, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the said City this 2nd day of September 2026. __________________________
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Len Aslanian, Acting City Attorney
City of Alameda