RES-8251 Amending Resolution No. 7624 Orange CIty FIre Fighters, Inc. Local 2384RESOLUTION NO. 8251
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE APPROVING THE LEITER OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF ORANGE AND THE ORANGE
CITY FIRE FIGHTERS, INC. LOCAL 2384 OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, AFL-
CIO CONCERNING WAGES, HOURS AND OTHER
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF ocroBER 12,
1993 TO JUNE 24, 1995, AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO.
7624 FOR SAID
EMPLOYEES.
r-WHEREAS, the City of Orange (hereafter "CITY") and the Orange City
Fire Fighters, Inc. Local 2384 (hereafter "UNION") have met and conferred in
accordance with the requirements of the Meyers-Milias-
Brown Act; and WHEREAS, the CITY and the UNION have reached agreement
on wages, hours and other conditions of employment for the period of October 12, 1993
to and including June
24,1995; and WHEREAS, the CITY and the UNION have agreed
upon amendments to Resolution 7624 as more particularly set forth in the attached
Letter
of Understanding;and WHEREAS, such changes as have been agreed upon by both
CITY and the UNION represent meaningful efforts on the part of both parties
to address significant financial difficulties and resulting budget shortfall currently faced
by the CITY.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Orange does hereby adopt the changes to the existing
Memorandum of Understanding and adopts the Letter of Understanding attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
between the CITY and UNION as fully
set forth herein.ADOPTED this 12th day
of
October, 1993.
ATIEST:A'"~~ O~~City Oerkof
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 12th day
of October, 1993, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: SPURGEON, BARRERA, MAYOR BEYER,
MURPHY
COUNCIL MEMBERS: COONTZ
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
07A'N<~r'~ Q r7~/P'~
City Clerk of th Ity o~n~
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EXHIBIT "A"
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Thi. x.ttar of under.tan4!n9 (~ "LOU") i. ent:are4 into
by and betv_n the City ot orang. (the "City.) and tha oranq. city
Fire Flghter., Local 2384, Xnt.rnational AalJOCiation ot Fire
Fighter., MI.-ClO, (the .union.).
1. nDDLa/BUZ8 J'o. anWDD'r
In March un the Union and the city anqaqad. in dl._.1ema
ClOncerning fiscal probleaa that the Clty QCO\U\ter~ tor the
1992-93 "{acal Year. Such dl.cussiena resul~ in a Latter
ot Under.t&ndinq (March 19n) wherein pur.uant to t:ha
City'.reque.t the Union agreed that tor the balance of the
1992-93 i.cal Year (t:hrouqh June 30, 1993), the union
vould not entor~ oertain _ployment rlqht. ot bargainlng' \
U\lt ploy.e., relatlng to fllling of vacanoie./flre depart:
aent prOllOtional policy, a. provided for by the City-
Local 238C Koorandwa ot Undar.tan4inq ("MOU"), and the "abruary
4, 1993,Avard ot Arbitrator Jos.ph Gentlle, "Rar PrOllOtion to
I'ill
peraanent Vacancy".b. During the .....tand c:onfer"/neqotiation proce..
tor a successor KelIIorandwa of Underst&ndinq, the City
again advised the union a. to on9oin9 :U.oal probl_ that the
Cityi.axperienc!n9 tor the 1993-94 Flscal Year, and
In a4d1tlon the ant!~ipation ot fi.cal proble.. for the 1994-
95
Fi.cal Year.a.o. Theratore, pur.uant to the City'. request, the
union ba. aq_in agreed that tor the 1993, 1994 and
1995 "boal Yor. (through June 26, 19915), the Union vill
not entorce certain Slllployment right..ot bargainlng unit _ployea.
a. hereinafter .at
torth and de.cribed.
2. 'rDJl OF ..mo.......,Thi. x.ttar of under.tanding shall re..in in
tull torae and etteat:to and inolud1nq .:rune 24, 1995. Except a. .
et forth herein, the term. of theKeaorand\IJI of Unc1eratanc1ll\9 batveen
the City and the union, for the period July 1, 1990 to JUne
26, 1993 (the .MOU.)ahAll be extended andramain in full forc:e
and aftaat: to and
includlng
J. .u.IllT
fte-. .ull be no incr.a.. 1n .,... aalulu during the UJ:a ot 1:hl.
Latte- ot Undu.tancu'nll ot:hU ~ 1:ho.. inor.a... alr.adr zoeQU1red
by ~. IIOU (.. II. , prOllotioJUl, .t..p 1ncn'....., a..lan-ant.
par,
to.).4. OVDTDm - ~..~% ~DUl OR
Artlol. V of ~. MOV shall be amended to provlde. -Efteatlv.
8eptAlIlha-r , 1~1I3, suppresslon PU'sonnal ahall bave ~
e opportunlty to accrue 'COKP'rXKB' for tbe vorJte4 ln thetollov!
n9 JUUUler. Xl the eploy.e VorD a24-!loUr overt1aa ahlft, be/.be"
r elect: to raeeiv. up to a ..xiaua ot 24 houra ot 00IlP tt- and
12 hours caah torJ'I.8A prea1ua
paY".I. BOLID1Y llJ.
Y For the duratlon ot this Letter at Understand1n9, 1'1re Suppre.
slon pU'.onnel .hall raoaive hollday pay, and not -hollday COKP
TIME-tor the stated le9al holidays (10), provlded for in the
1100,Article IX -HOlidays-, sectlon 11.2 (
A)).U8. OJ' .Bau'. SOUD ,.
llllJUlomrBL a. 1'01' ~e duration of thi. Letter of unde-.tandlng, Bru.h
8czuad 7 personnel will conti.nue to be utilila4 t.o till po.itions
of Flre l'i9htars who are at.ten41n9 par_eello .chool, a. aet
forth in ~. Karch 1993 Latter of under.tanding between the city
and e
union.b, Brush Squad 7 per.onnel ..y also be utllbeel to fl11 po.
itlon.tor daily manninq requirement. (HOO 514.2), when a po.
ition i. toporarily vacant, due to employee illne..or di.
ability.0, Upon written notice by the I'ire Chi.t to the Union,
Brush Squad 7 personn.l may also be utili.eel to tl11 positlon(
s)which ..y beooaa vacant on a -peraanent-
baal..1'J!:K1l0llU'I' VloClATIHG" OJ'
POIITIOH.a, Th. union aqr... to extend the -tlllllporary vacat.inq- at
tour 4) position. (reterred t.o in th. Karch UU 1At.t.e-
of Understan41nq) tor the duration at. thl. lAtter
ot Under.tand1ng. fte.e po.ltlonll
are:TWo Fire Inllp.ctor position. (toraerly tlllAcS
by MacDonald and
Hl11)Traininq captain (
Wallarle)Deputy I'ire Harahall (
Salth)b, The Union aqr..s that. the -Fire Inspeator Posltlon-, current.
ly tilled by Fire Engineer Brian Ford, may be -
tamporarily
vacat:e4- during tha tara ot thi. LOU, provided 'ire Zft9ineer
Ford b p'ant:a4 a PIRS indu.trial 4i.ability rat1raaent (with
Lebor C048 .ca50 Leave vocational ....h.bilitation Righta),
retir.. or re.ip8. . .
c. 'l'ha city and the Union a9r- that SU.an Gus.etta ahou1d ...t
with ~tr..entative. of the per.onnal Dapartaent to di.ClU*s
the r ficationa (financial, .. wall a. any other.) ot .her
worJd.no a r.4uoed week. Th. City and tha Union ap'.. that they
wou14 .upport: her 4.ci.ion.
d. 'l'ha City and th. Union ap'aa that no indiv14ual be
4i.a4vanbqed or advantaqed it proaot:1onal 11.t. are extended.
Bv"'Plet If a vacancy beaoaa. open 4Uri1\9 the -noraal- lifa
ot a pro~tional li8t the -appropriata- aan4idata on -that-
11.t will raoelve th. prOllOt:1on when that vacanoy ia fillad.
a. Pilling o~ Vaeanaies. All taaporarily vacant poaitions will
be f1llad and Bruah Squad 7 will be raturnad to noraal uaa
ttactive June 25, lU5, (unl... the Union alJZ'e.. to extend
tor a apec1tic period ot ti.a -tUlporary vacating- ot
poaitiona-, or other use of Bruah Squad 7 paraonn.l).
Th. Union and the City a9r.a that tha -.tatua quo- prior to the Karch
lU3 LOU b tha terms of th. 111110-113 HOU and the Fabruary 4,
19513, Award of Arbitrator Jo..ph Ga1\tlle ReI PrOlllOtion '1'0 Fill
peraanent Vacancy. The parti.. a9ree that by enterin9 intothia
Latter ot Uft4eratandin9, n.ither party vaiv.. it. riqht to .a.t and
conter in qoo4 faith to cban;a that -.tatWJ quo- upon the expiration
ot thi. ~tt.r ot Under.tandinq.rLSA
OVD~Dm A~ Hmaux .AT AmIln4
S.ction 5.5 ot the MOU to read:Overtllle
shall be paid in accordance with tha _i.tinq requir...
nt. ot the Fair Lebor Standard. Act, (MFLSA-),all .
pr..J.WIIMovert i_ hour. worked by covered (non-exapt) ..
ploye.s (either reqular 40-hour work w.ek or
24-hour day/56-bour ..uppr...ion- work waek) .
ball be compen.atad at on. and ona-balt (1-
1/2) the ..ployaa'.r.gular rate ot pay. Halt-ti_ overt
i.. (pr_i\Dl pay)ahall be calculated on a 27-
day FLSA cycl. and will b.received durinq tha pay
period following the end of the 27-day cycla
in which it is workad. Reqular achedulad hour. worked, .
inWJ l.ava tiJDa taken, plWJ ovartla.worked, d.
t~ina. actual hour. worked. Ellploy... are entitled to pr_
iWII pay (halt tiaa) on actual hour.workad in .xca.. ot
204
hour. durin9 the 27-day JI'L8A cycl..UTULX8~ 01' 1 MI'IR. UID
IlUftY 1tRO'l~IO. ~UJt 1'0JlO.-The city and the union .
qraa to establisb a -Fire and satety Protection Taak Force-
cOJlPO..
rapr_entat.iv_ froa Pira Departaant. 1IIln&9eaent. and th. union. Th.
1'allk Porce Hall aonit.or a!I4 atwly the illpaot of .t.aff1ft9 levela
on .-ploy_ ..rety, --Veney ..4ioal .ervl~ delivery a1\4 the
claHvary ot fir. protectlon for the Clt.y a!I4 lta oltbana. ft. '!'ask
Porce Hall ...t on a QUarterly baal. (or a. ~.eary) and llhall
report ita recoaaen4at.lon. t.o th. city, Fir. Depart:JMnt and the
unlon.t
10.
a.
b.
c.
U8cu.LUaOU'
Procedure.. 'the Union agre_ t.o _to with the l"ire
Ada btraUon t.o et.tellIpt. t.o develop a layoff prQ9r-/
procedure wlth the intent. that. thair COIIJ:)ined effort w111 be
agreed t.o by the City.
d.
Rladuet:ion/1tH..lnation of On-Dutv SDO~~;,nif:riee and
the R..ultln9' Co.t.. The union agr... t.ot.--v'~U' ly auapend
all competitive .porta until the Union and the l"ira ......lnlltr.
Uon have ..t, reviaved -injuri..- .ttribut.a4 to -ocmpat.itlve
porta- , a!I4 r_ch agreeaent on any apeaial r..triotiona
aniJ./or equip..nt that will be required, or identify .pacitlo
c01lpetitive .porta which ahould be panumantlY dlaocntinWl4.
Article xn:. Retirement. 'the city and the Union agree to ..et
aa .oon a. po..ible to resolve thi. i..ua and oomait to
writing an aqre...nt of impl..entation.
other Usa of Brush Bauad 7. The Union agree. to .e.t with the
Fire Adminl.tration to reviaw th. -dratt. boX- and other
procedur_ and wher. the operation/orqanl&ation of the l"ir.
D.partaant would not be interrupted, davelop u.a9a ot Bruah
SqUad 7 per.ann.l tor vacant vacat.ion and ooap po.itlon..
COJl'.rUC'1'XllCI 01' I'IU sUVICES11.
Tha City agr... that it ahall not contract out, conaolidate, .ar9a
Or antar into ne90tiation. with .ny third party over contr.otiDlJ
out. oolUloli4atin9 or mer9!nq barqainlnq unit work durin9 the
duration ot th18 Lett.r ot Under.tanding. It ia not. t.be intent ot
the parti.. to re.trict th.ir ri9ht:a to qath.r intoraat.ion. conduct
tudie. cr .aka raque.ta tor propo.al..
11. .BQVI'~ ~ un PD CODa
Upon writtaD notice and raquest ot either party t.o ao4ity the t.erm.
ot ~ city - Union Memorandum of UndaratancUn9 Prior t.o June 2.,151515,
tha partie. Hall ..at and conter in 9004 taith tor the purpo..
a of reachinq a new agreement..13.
ltA'.rIl'lCA~IO. PD ~U'.rIOMThe
City and the Union aoknowle4qe that thi8 Letter .of Under.
tandin9 .hall not be in full forca an4 etteat. unt.il ratitied by
the Unicn and adopte4 by the city Council of t:heCity of oraDlJe.Subject
to the foreqoing, th1a Letter ot Under.tanding 18 hereby 4
exeoute4 by the authorized repre.entativ.. of the City an4 1:h.
union aD4 entered into 1:ht. 4ay of S.pt.....her, 1913.
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