Fremont City Council Meeting: 07/12/22 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Human Resources
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Labor Relations
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
STAFF REPORT (ID # 4667) DOC ID: 4667
Updated: 7/8/2022 8:14 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1
FREMONT FIRE FIGHTERS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 1689 (IAFF) MOU - Consideration of a Resolution Approving a Successor Memorandum of Understanding with the Fremont Fire Fighters, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1689 (IAFF)
Contact Persons:
Name: Tina Gallegos Allen DeMers
Title: Human Resources Manager Human Resources Director Div/Dept: Human Resources Human Resources
Phone: 510-494-4652 510-494-4651
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: In June 2022, the City of Fremont reached agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), for a three-year Memorandum of Understanding. The bargaining unit is made up of 127 members including Fire Fighters, Fire Engineers and Fire Captains. The proposed MOU contains general wage, health-benefit and certification pay enhancements. The remaining substantive provisions of the current MOU are unchanged.
BACKGROUND: The City’s current MOU with IAFF expired on June 30, 2022. The City’s negotiating team and IAFF conducted nine negotiating sessions regarding a successor agreement and reached a tentative agreement on June 30, 2022. The City received notice that IAFF ratified the agreement on July 2, 2022.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Significant Memorandum of Understanding Provision Changes:
1. Employee Wage:
a) Effective the start of the first full pay period in July 2022, IAFF members will receive a base wage increase of 6.0%.
b) Effective the start of the first full pay period in July 2023, IAFF members will receive a base wage increase of 6.0%.
c) Effective the start of the first full pay period in July 2024, IAFF members will receive a base wage increase of 5.0%.
2. Health Benefit Allowance:
a) Effective January 1, 2023, the unit’s health benefit allowance will be increased by $150 per month (from $2,350 per month to $2,500 per month). b) Effective January 1, 2024, the unit’s health benefit allowance will be increased by an additional $100 per month (from $2,500 per month to $2,600 per month).
c) Effective January 1, 2025, the unit’s health benefit allowance will be increased by an additional $100 per month (from $2,600 per month to $2,700 per month).
3. Paramedic Recertification Pay:
Staff Report (ID # 4667) Meeting of July 12, 2022
Updated: 7/8/2022 8:14 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 2 a) Effective the first full pay period in July 2022, biennial Paramedic Recertification Pay will be increased by $1 ,000 (from $2,500 to $3,500 per month) per qualifying paramedic staff member.
4. Juneteenth Holiday:
a) Effective July 1, 2022 the City of Fremont will commemorate Juneteenth (June 19) as a holiday consistent with the procl amation of this day as a holiday.
FISCAL IMPACT: In addition to approving the MOU, it is recommended that the City Council direct staff to adjust appropriations in the FY 2022/23 adopted operating budget as necessary to implement the terms of the MOU.
1. Wage Increases:
a) Fiscal Year 2022/23 Approximate Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $1.33M (Approximately $664,000 was included in the 2022/23 Adopted Budget) b) Fiscal Year 2023/24 Approximate Additional Anticipated Fiscal Impact:
$1.33M
c) Fiscal Year 2024/25 Approximate Additional Anticipated Fiscal Impact:
$1.11M
2. Health Benefit Allowance:
a) Fiscal Year 2022/23 Approximate Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $82,000 b) Fiscal Year 2023/24 Approximate Additional Anticipated Fiscal Impact:
$137,000
c) Fiscal Year 2024/25 Approximate Additional Anticipated Fiscal Impact:
$109,000
3. Paramedic Recertification Enhancement:
a) Approximate Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $40,000 in each year of the contract.
4. Juneteenth Holiday:
a) Approximate Anticipated Fiscal Impact: $58,000 in holiday pay for this bargaining group in each year of the contract
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: N/A
ATTACHMENTS:
• Draft Resolution IAFF MOU
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution approving the negotiated terms and authorizing the City Manager to execute a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) including those terms for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 between the City of Fremont and the Fremont Fire Fighters, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 1689; and direct staff to adjust appropriations in the FY 2022/23 adopted operating budget as necessary to implement the terms of the MOU.