RESOLUTION NO. 2023-__________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO
THE 2022 -2024 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND LOCAL 2180,
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
WHEREAS, in 2022, negotiating teams representing the City of Chula Vista (“City”) and the Local 2180, International Association of Fire Fighters (“Local 2180”) worked collaboratively toward the development of a mutually beneficial Memorandum of Understan ding (MOU), which the parties entered into for the time period of July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2022, the City Council approved the MOU between the City and Local 2180 related to wages and other terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, in October 2023, the City and Local 2180 engaged in informal discussions and after good faith negotiations, an agreement was reached to amend the medical benefit plans for calendar year 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City and Local 2180 hav e agreed on the terms for amending the MOU to provide that: (i) Employees enrolled in the lowest cost, non -Kaiser, limited network HMO/limited network alternative plan will pay $50 per month and the City will pay the balance of the premium and (ii) for the 2024 benefits plan year only, the $50 per month premium will be waived if the Aetna Whole Health (AWH) Southern California HMO is elected; and
WHEREAS, the above terms have been memorialized in the Second Amendment to the MOU, which is presented for City Council approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it hereby :(i) approves the Second Amendment to the 2022 -2024 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Chula Vista and Local 2180, International Association of Fire Fighters in substantially the form presented; and (ii) authorizes and directs the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the Second Amendment to the MOU, and make such minor modifications to it as may be approved or required by the City Attorney’s Office.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Tanya Tomlinson Jill D.S. Maland
Asst. Director of Human Resources/ Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Risk Management Acting City Attorney