Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: JUNE 6, 2023
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: ERIC LEVITT, City Manager
PREPARED BY: EDDIE MANFRO, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
SUBJECT: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FULLERTON AND THE FULLERTON FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN UPDATE RELATING TO FIRE BATTALION CHIEF, DIVISION CHIEF, AND DEPUTY CHIEF
SUMMARY
A proposed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Fullerton and the Fullerton Fire Management Association (FFMA) reflecting tentative agreement on wages, hours and working conditions and a classification plan update for Fire Battalion and Division and Deputy Chief positions for City Council consideration.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-XXX
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FULLERTON FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION DATED MAY 17, 2023 AND SUPERSEDES, IN ITS ENTIRETY, RESOLUTION NO. 2022-029 AND UPDATING, ADDING, AND DELETING CERTAIN CLASS SPECIFICATIONS IN THE PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION PLAN
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
Recommend approval.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statements:
Fiscal and Organizational Stability
Public Safety.
FISCAL IMPACT
The following outlines the annual fiscal impact of the proposed agreement:
Fiscal Year
Amount
2022-23
$65,790
2023-24
$220,633
2024-25
$321,466
2025-26
$412,886
2026-27
$463,592
Total
$1,484,367
The current budget has adequate funding available for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
DISCUSSION
Memorandum of Agreement
The FFMA represents seven management employees in the Fire Department (six sworn Fire Suppression employees and one non-sworn Emergency Medical Services Manager). The current MOA with this unit does not expire until June 30, 2023. The City Council decision to reject the Orange County Fire Authority proposal to provide fire services and the directive to reopen Fullerton Firefighters’ Association negotiations ahead of schedule, necessitated earlier negotiations with the FFMA as well. This labor negotiation process resulted in the proposed agreement.
The redline attachment reflects specific changes to the agreement showing new language in bold print and deleted language in strikeout. The following provides a summary of the significant changes in the MOA:
ARTICLE # PROVISION
2 The term of the Agreement shall be from January 7, 2023 through June 30, 2027. 7 Restructuring of Division Chief and Deputy Chief assignments to clarify that these are distinct classifications, and they may have different assignments within each classification (e.g., Training, Administration, Operations, and Fire Marshal). The classification of Division Chief shall have a base salary set at 7% above Fire Battalion Chief. The classification of Deputy Chief shall have a base salary set at 14% above Fire Battalion Chief. Currently, Division Chief assignments are set at 10% above Fire Battalion Chief and Deputy Chief assignments are set at 10% above Division Chief. 19 (A) Across the board base salary increases for all salary ranges within the unit as follows:
8% effective the first full pay period after January 1, 2023. 4% effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2023. 4% effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2024. 3% effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2025. 3% effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2026. (C) The addition of a new 7th step to the salary ranges for sworn classifications placed 5 % above the current step 6 effective the first full pay period after January 1, 2023.
The addition of a new 8th step for sworn classifications placed at 5% above step 7 effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2023. 13 (B) Effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2026, the City paid contribution toward the Employer Paid Member Contribution will be decreased by an additional 4%, with an additional 4% of the normal member contribution to be paid by the employee. FFMA previously agreed to this exchange in an amount of 2%. This will bring the total to 6%.
Concurrently, the employee cost share shall be reduced by an additional 4% (for a total of 6%).
The tentative agreement incorporates the terms of a side letter agreement related to the non-sworn classification of Emergency Medical Services Manager. In addition, The agreement includes amendments to reflect prior changes or outdated provisions, clarify language, reference corrections and/or formatting changes.
Classification Specifications
This proposal restructures the Division Chief and Deputy Chief assignments to create independent classifications rather than assignments among the rank of Fire Battalion Chief, revising the Fire Battalion Chief classification to remove any reference to the Division and Deputy Chief assignments and creating new classification specifications for Deputy Chief and Division Chief. In addition, this propowal would remove the Fire Marshal / Deputy Chief – Administration classification from the classification plan as an appointed Deputy Chief would perform these tasks.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – PowerPoint Presentation
Attachment 2 – Draft Resolution 2023-XXX
Attachment 3 – Tentative FFMA MOA – redline version
Attachment 4 – Fire Battalion Chief Class Specification – redline version cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
Tentative Agreement with Fullerton Fire Management Association June 6, 2023 - Page 2