1 RESOLUTION NO. _________________
(GFFA)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSIFICATION TITLES AND
COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
COVERED BY THE GLENDALE FIRE FIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATION
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale (hereinafter referred to as “City”) has established a system of classification for all positions within the City service with descriptive occupational titles used to identify and distinguish positions from one another based on job duties, essential functions, knowledge, skills, abilities and minimum requirements; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s best interest to periodically add and delete classification titles to ensure that the City’s classification plan and organizational structure is contemporary and best meets the needs of its operating departments; and WHEREAS, the City has established a system of compensation for the classification titles listed herein, based on collective bargaining agreements, resolutions and agreements as approved and adopted by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GLENDALE:
Section 1. The classification titles hereinafter designated in this resolution, except insofar as they are specifically provided for in The Charter of the City of Glendale, are hereby created.
Section 2. As to the persons in the various classification titles herein mentioned subsequent to the effective date of this resolution, the increases or decreases in rates of compensation set forth herein.
2 Section 3. The following schedule of compensation rates, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A" and labeled "Salary Range,” shows standard salary range numbers, the salary steps designated by number, and unless otherwise specified, the full-time monthly rates and special rates (in dollars) for all classification titles.
Section 4. The salary range number assigned to each classification are set forth alphabetically as follows:
Title
Job Class
Grade
FIRE CAPTAIN 6106
FIRE CAPTAIN 40 HR 6114
FIRE CAPTAIN PARAMEDIC 6107
FIRE CAPTAIN PARAMEDIC 40 HR 6115
FIRE ENGINEER 6104
FIRE ENGINEER 40 HR 6112
FIRE ENGINEER PARAMEDIC 6105
FIRE ENGINEER PARAMEDIC 40 HR 6113
FIREFIGHTER 6100
FIREFIGHTER 40 HR 6108
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC A 6101
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC A 40 HR 6109
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC B 6102
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC B 40 HR 6110
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC C 6103
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC C 40 HR 6111
FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT 6200
Section 5 (a). The base salaries stated herein include the employees’ portion of the contributions made to the PERS retirement system. The City does not reimburse employees for their PERS contributions, therefore their effective salaries are reduced by this amount from the amounts stated in this resolution. The City furthermore requires a contribution by all GFFA unit employees of four and one-half percent (4.5%) 3 toward the PERS employer contribution.
Section 5 (b). Effective the first day of the pay period that includes July 1, 2025, the portion of the employer PERS contribution paid by GFFA PEPRA employees shall decrease by three and one-half percent (3.50%), thereby eliminating cost-sharing for said employees.
Section 6. The provisions of this resolution so far as they are substantially the same as the provisions of previous classification/compensation resolutions and/or ordinances, and any amendment thereto, must be construed as continuations thereof and not as original enactments.
Section 7. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Council that the sections, paragraphs, lines, sentences, clauses and phrases of this resolution are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, line, paragraph or section of this resolution shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, lines, paragraphs and sections of this resolution.
Section 8. This resolution shall take effect and be in force as of the first pay period that includes June 14, 2026.
(a)In addition to the compensation rates set forth herein, effective the commencement of the first pay period that includes July 1, 2026, all GFFA unit employee classifications listed in Section 4, shall receive a five percent (5%) wage increase to the wages previously in effect.
Adopted this 23rd day of June 2026.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the 23 rd day of June 2026, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
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City Clerk