RESOLUTION NO. 2026 - ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM ADOPTING A LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
ESTABLISHING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A PEER
SUPPORT CANINE PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES
REPRESENTED BY THE ANAHEIM FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATION, LOCAL NO. 2899
WHEREAS, Chapter 1.06 of the Anaheim Municipal Code establishes the employer- employee relations system for the City; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 1.06, Section 1.06.100 requires that agreements between the City and labor groups be presented to the City Council for determination and approval; and WHEREAS, on October 28, 2025, the City Council passed Resolution No. 2025-092 adopting a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Anaheim and the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local No. 2899 (“AFA”), establishing a collective bargaining/labor relations agreement between the parties for the period June 20, 2025 through June 19, 2027 (“MOU”); and
WHEREAS, the parties recently agreed to establish a Peer Support Canine Program and to provide for a Peer Support Canine Handler who will receive additional compensation of two and one-half percent (2½%) of base pay of the Firefighter I, Step 10, classification, as well as a stipend to provide food, equipment and care for the canine, which agreement is memorialized in a Letter of Understanding which will supplement the terms of the MOU; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that adoption and implementation of the Letter of Understanding is in the best interest of the City and members of the AFA.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that the Letter of Understanding between the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local No. 2899, and the City of Anaheim executed by the City Management Representative and the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local No. 2899, as set forth in the document attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, be and the same is hereby adopted and that the effective date of such Letter of Understanding shall be April 8, 2026 through June 19, 2027.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Human Resources Director shall be delegated with the authority to publish the authorized salary schedule in the Letter of Understanding in any format meeting the requirements of California Code of Regulations section 570.5.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 7th day of April 2026, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM