January 23, 2024
Human Resources
DATE: January 23, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Nickie Mastay, Deputy City Manager – Internal Services
Sharrone Taylor, Director of Human Resources
Dave Aleshire, City Attorney
Jack Hughes, Chief Negotiator
SUBJECT:
Proposed Resolution Approving a Memorandum of
Understanding between the City of Richmond and the
Richmond Fire Management Association (RFMA)
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Richmond Fire Management Association (RFMA) Bargaining
Unit. The estimated fiscal impact for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022- 23 is $56,784; FY 2023-24 is $99,300; FY 2024-25 is
$85,546. Terms of the agreement - July 1, 2022 through
June 30, 2025.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
October 17, 2023
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The City’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
Richmond Fire Management Association expired June 30,
2022. RFMA and the City negotiated regarding a successor MOU. The parties reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) to
establish a new MOU. The City Council approved the TA on October 17, 2023. This action is to formally approve the new MOU.
RECOMMENDED
ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution approving the successor Memorandum
of Understanding between the City of Richmond and the
Richmond Fire Management Association for the term of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025; and DIRECT the city
manager or designee to update the publicly available salary schedule with the adopted wage increases during the term of the MOU – Human Resources Department/City Attorney’s AGENDA
REPORT
January 23, 2024
Office (Sharrone Taylor/Nickie Mastay/Dave Aleshire/Jack Hughes 510-620-6602).
DISCUSSION:
The term of the prior Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Fire Management Association (RFMA) covered the period of July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2022. Representatives of the City and RFMA met and conferred in good faith to negotiate an agreement and finalize the MOU. The parties reached Tentative Agreements to establish a new MOU, and the City Council approved those agreements through the adoption of City Council Resolution #108-23 on October 17, 2023.
Following City Council approval of the Tentative Agreements, the parties worked together to prepare the new MOU to memorialize and replace the Tentative Agreements. The parties have reached agreement on the MOU for the term of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. City staff is submitting it to City Council tonight for approval and adoption.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The estimated fiscal impact of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Richmond Fire Management Association is as follows:
Fiscal Year 2022-23 is $56,784
Fiscal Year 2023-24 is $99,300
Fiscal Year 2024-25 is $85,546.
RECOMMENDATION:
City staff recommends the City Council adopt the proposed resolution approving the successor MOU between the City of Richmond and the RFMA for the term of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. City staff further recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager or her designee to update the publicly available salary schedule with the adopted wage increases during the term of the MOU.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Resolution Exhibit 1 (Memorandum of Understanding)