City Council Agenda Report
TO: Mayor Clauzel and Members of the City Council
FROM: Ken Irwin, City Manager
BY: Marie Guillory Jones, Director of Human Resources
MEETING DATE: May 2, 2023
ITEM NO: 5.5
SUBJECT: Approve the Patterson Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 4577 (IAFF) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 and corresponding salary schedule, and authorize the Finance Department to make any necessary budget adjustments.
RECOMMENDATION
Motion to Approve the Patterson Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 4577 (IAFF) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 and corresponding salary schedule, and authorize the Finance Department to make any necessary budget adjustments.
BACKGROUND
The collective bargaining agreement between the City of Patterson and IAFF expired on June 30, 2022. The parties have met and conferred, contract negotiations have concluded, and a tentative successor agreement has been reached. In addition, IAFF membership has ratified the negotiated agreement. The proposed MOU is now presented to City Council for final approval.
ANALYSIS
The following highlights the significant provisions agreed to by the negotiating parties with no budgetary impact:
· Three (3) year contract effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. · Section 7G - Overtime Availability Forms: New section - The procedure for filling overtime will consist of a list where the person with the least number of hours of overtime will be at the top of the list and the person with the greatest number of hours will be at the bottom of the list. Personnel at the top of the list will be awarded the assignment first and the personnel at the bottom, last.
· Section 7H - Filling of Overtime Positions Procedure: Language revised to clarify the rank order for filling overtime, the timing for filling overtime positions, and elimination of obsolete language.
Sub-Section 3: Living Boundaries - Updated to include Tiers. This will allow prioritization of candidates who reside closest to the City of Patterson, but also allow consideration of applicants beyond the current 45-mile radius:
- Tier 1 within 45-mile air radius
- Tier 2 within 90-mile air radius
- Tier 3 outside of 90-mile air radius
· Section 7K - Mandating of Personnel for Overtime: Language revised to state that prior to mandating overtime, all efforts will be made to fill overtime on a voluntary basis, including moving personnel from their primary position into a lower or higher rank to accommodate employee requesting to work overtime.
· Section 10D - Assignment of Work: New paragraph added to codify that the On-Duty Chief Officer has overall authority for station/shift activities and work assignments. No change to process or procedures.
· Section 11 - Holidays and Leaves:
- Sub-Section B(2): Maximum Accrual Removed language that employees will be notified when accrual balance reaches 415.22 hours.
- Sub-Section B(3): Vacation Usage and Approval Added vacation card and bidding system. This specifically allows the number of personnel off on vacation leave during a 24-hour period to be a maximum of 2 persons for 24 hours or 2 person for 12 hours each with non-overlapping time periods (0700-1900 hours and 1900-0700 hours). · Section 12 - Sick Leave, Bereavement Leave, Family Leave: Added clarifying language of when an employee may be required to provide a physician’s note. · Section 13A - Filling Vacancies: Provision added to allow current bargaining unit members preference points to initial test score for recruitments that include nonbargaining unit candidates. · Section 13G - Personnel Assignments: Revised language to extend platoon assignments that result from the bid process from two-year to seven-year terms. Station and apparatus assignments shall remain in effect for two-year terms.
· Section 20 - Uniform Allowance: Added clarifying language that uniform allowance shall only be reported to CalPERS for “classic” members. (This is in accordance with government code and there is no change to current process.) The following highlights the significant provisions agreed to by the negotiating parties with budgetary impact:
· Section 7A - Cost of Living Adjustments:
Year 1 - (4)% effective July 1, 2022
Year 2 - (3% -5%) effective July 1, 2023; based upon consumer price index and availability of funds
Year 3 - (3% - 5%) effective July 1, 2024; based upon consumer price index and availability of funds
· Section 7B - Equity Increases - Additional Salary Steps:
As part of the city-wide compensation study, the series of IAFF classifications were found to be under market. In order to bring these classifications to market median, two (2) five percent (5%) steps will be added to the salary range of each classification covered by this MOU effective July 1, 2022, and subject to availability of funds.
Employees will be eligible to move into these new salary steps upon their anniversary in accordance with existing City rules. The existing first two steps will be frozen and subsequently abolished after years 1 and 2 of the MOU, respectively. · Section 7AA - Firehouse Amenities: A one-time $1,000 allowance will be provided for culinary supplies each fire station.
· Section 20 - Uniform Allowance: After completion of the probationary period, City will pay the cost for each new hire to purchase a full Class A uniform.