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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3516 RESOLUTION N0. 3516 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE HUNTINGTON BEACH FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC . The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach resolves as follows : The Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and the Huntington Beach Firemen' s Association, Inc . , dated June 27 , 1972, a copy of which, with its attached exhibits , is marked Exhibit "A" and attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby approved and ratified and ordered implemented in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at an adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 28th day of June, 1972 . May r ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: PAUL C. JONES, City Clerk DON P. BONFA, City Attorney By By ssistant City Clerk S M IS, D putt' Res. No.3516 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss : CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I , PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held on the day of , 19 , by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Bartlett, Matney, Duke, Coen NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Shipley. Gibbs, Green Paul C. Jones City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California By Assistant City Clerk MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA Hereinafter called CITY and THE HUNTINGTON BEACH FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC . Hereinafter called ASSOCIATION PREAMBLE WHEREAS , pursuant to California Government Code Section 3500 et seq and Resolution No. 3335 , the CITY , acting by and through its City Administrator, duly appointed by the Governing Body of said CITY for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith with the representatives of the ASSOCIATION, a duly recognized employee association, concerning wages , hours , and other terms and condi- tions of employment for the fiscal years 1972-1975 ; and WHEREAS the representatives of the CITY and the ASSOCIA- TION have met and conferred in good faith and have fully communi- cated and exchanged information concerning wages , hours and other terms and coditions of employment ; and WHEREAS , except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of this agreement shall apply to all employees represented by the ASSOCIATION; and WHEREAS , the representatives of the CITY and the ASSO- CIATION desire to reduce .their agreements to writing, NOW, THEREFORE, this Memorandum of Agreement is made , to become effective July 1, 1972 , and it is agreed as follows : 1 . ARTICLE I Commencing July 1, 1972 , the following classification title , salary ranges and actual salary rates shall become effective : CLASSIFICATION TITLE SALARY RANGES Fireman 347 Fire Engineer 351 Fire Protection Specialist 353 Fire Captain 356 Deputy Fire Marshal 358 ACTUAL MONTHLY SALARY RATES Salary Effective Effective Effective Effective Range 7-1-72 1-1-73 7-1-73 7-1-74 347 833-1036 875-1088 919-1142 351 915-1139 928-1155 974-1213 1023-1274 353 966-1203 979-1220 1028-1281 1079-1345 356 1065-1326 1118-1392 1174-1462 358 1126-1402 1181-1472 1240-1546 ARTICLE II EDUCATION INCENTIVE PLAN July 1, 1972 Education HBFD Incentive Completed Years of Monthly Level Units Tenure Amount I Cert . in Fire 1 $ 50 Science or 30 Units II 60 2 70 III 90 (or AA 3 90 Fire Science) IV 120 5 110 V BA or BS 6 120 2 . It is the purpose and intent of the Educational Incentive Plan to motivate the employee to participate in and continue with his education so as to improve his knowledge and general proficiency which will, in turn, result in additional benefits to the Depart- ment and to the City. When and as certain levels of additional education are satisfactorily completed and attained, the employee will receive additional monetary compensation in recognition of his educational achievement . As used herein, "education" is defined as units in approved college courses or approved special courses , seminars and programs , or a combination thereof. In order to imple- ment the foregoing, the following stipulations shall apply : 1. Participation in the Plan shall be available to all classi- fications who are represented by the ASSOCIATION. 2. An Education Committee shall be formed and shall be composed of three members . Of said three members , one shall be appointed by the ASSOCIATION, one appointed by the Department Head, and the Personnel Director or his designee . 3 . Certification to an Educational Incentive Level and to the additional monthly compensation therefor shall commence on the first day of the month after approval by the Department Head and Education Committee . 4 . Special courses , seminars and programs , which have been approved in advance by the Education Committee and Department Head, shall be considered as educational units on the basis of one unit for each 18 hours of instruction . Fractional hours in one course , seminar or program shall be cumulative and may be added to frac- tional hours resulting from another course , seminar or program. 3 . Such courses , seminars and programs shall be at CITY expense and the employee shall attend either on-duty or off-duty in the discretion of the Fire Chief. 5. An employee who has attained Educational Incentive Levels I or II shall, so as to maintain himself therein, satisfactorily complete either two college courses which have been approved in advance by the Education Committee and Department Head , or two special courses , seminars or programs , or any combination thereof, during each fiscal year, except that one who has attain- ed Educational Incentive Level II with an AA degree shall, so as to maintain himself therein, satisfactorily complete either one approved college course or one special course , seminar or program, or any combination thereof. 6 . An employee who has attained Educational Incentive Level III , may so as to maintain himself therein, satisfactorily complete either one college course which has been approved in advance by the Education Committee and Department Head, or one special course , seminar or program, or any combination thereof, during each fiscal year. Any employee who elects to not fulfill the foregoing annual requirement shall revert to and thereafter receive the Monthly Amount set forth for Educational Incentive Level II , but he shall thereafter be reinstated to the Monthly Amount for Educational Incentive Level III upon satisfactory completion of the annual requirements therefor. 7 . An employee who has attained Educational Incentive Level IV may , so as to maintain himself therein, satisfactorily complete either one college course which has been approved in advance 4 . by the Education Committee and Department Head, or one special course , seminar or program, or any combination thereof, during each fiscal year. Any employee who elects to not fulfill the foregoing annual requirement shall revert to and there- after receive the Monthly Amount set forth for Educational Incentive Level III , but he shall thereafter be reinstated to the Monthly Amount for Educational Incentive Level IV upon satisfactory completion of the annual requirements therefor. 8 . "Satisfactory completion" of college courses , as referred to in the preceding three paragraphs , shall be by attaining a minimum grade of "C" . The furnishing of all documentation, including transcripts , to the Education Committee , shall be the sole responsibility of the employee . g . Degree majors to be in Public Administration, Fire Protection Engineering or other closely related fields to be approved in advance , by Education Committee and Department Head . 10 . Courses to be related to job or general education requirements for degree objective as approved by educational institution for degree program. 11. Ten of 30 and 20 of 60 units must be approved Fire Science or Fire Administration. However, an approved degree program will fulfill this requirement . 12 . Special courses shall not constitute more than 1/3 of total unit credits . 13 . This program shall be renegotiated when the proposed new State Professional Standards System is adopted. ARTICLE III Employees shall be entitled to Bereavement Leave not to 5 • exceed three working days per calendar year in each instance of death in the immediate family. Immediate family is defined as father , mother, sister, brother, spouse , children, stepfather, stepmother, stepsisters , stepbrothers , mother-in-law, father-in- law or stepchildren. ARTICLE IV In the event the State of California mandates what is commonly referred to as the "2% - Age 50" retirement plan for Public Safety employees, the CITY shall adopt and implement such plan. ARTICLE V Upon receipt from the Public Employees ' Retirement System of the Actuarial Study relating to actual costs of the Widows One-Half Continuance Plan, the ASSOCIATION and the CITY shall meet to discuss such Plan and related costs . ARTICLE VI The terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement , dated July 26 , 1971, between the ASSOCIATION and CITY shall continue for the term of this agreement unless specifically modified by this agreement . ARTICLE VII Effective in calendar year 1972 , the uniform allowance shall be one hundred ($100) dollars per year, payable annually, the first annual payment of which shall be made on the first regular pay day during the month of December 1972 . Additional annual payments of one hundred ($100) dollars shall be made on the first regular pay days during the months of December 1973 and December 1974 . ARTICLE VIII Paychecks shall be ready for distribution to employees 6 . by 0800 hours on each pay day, barring unforeseen circumstances such as mechanical breakdown, etc . Further, the nature and purpose of each deduction withheld from any employee ' s gross earnings shall be clearly specified and set forth, either on the paycheck stub or on an accompanying memo . ARTICLE IX Classified Relief shall be managed by the Department in such manner which will (1) maintain six (6) engineer positions and three (3) firemen positions in addition to those positions necessary to man the in-service companies , and (2) assign those relief posi- tions equally among shifts to relieve vacancies due to vacations , sickness, injuries , etc . ARTICLE X A joint salary survey committee composed of a representative of the ASSOCIATION and a representative of the Personnel Department shall conduct a salary survey by the end of February in each of the years 1973 , 1974 and 1975 . The committee shall survey the classi- fications of Fireman, Fire Engineer and Fire Captain, reviewing the minima and maxima of the respective ranges with prime consideration given to the top salary step , exclusive of longevity, in the respective salary ranges . The cities ,to be surveyed shall be the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove , Glendale , Inglewood , Long Beach, Pasadena, Riverside , San Bernardino, Santa Ana and Torrance . The results of the survey shall be reviewed by the ASSO- CIATION and the CITY to determine the CITY 'S competitive position as it relates to the averages determined by the survey . In the event the survey indicates that the average rates in the survey 7 . I cities exceed the 5% salary increases payable under Article I hereof, which excess amounts to 1% or more , the fringe benefits shall thereupon be reviewed jointly by ASSOCIATION and CITY to determine mutually agreeable areas of improvement , to which the aforesaid excess shall be applied so as to become effective beginning the following July 1. ARTICLE XI A joint committee composed of a representative of the ASSOCIATION and a representative of the Personnel Department shall study the areas of sick leave accumulation, CITY paid long term disability insurance , CITY payment for dependent medical coverage and all other areas of employee group insurance . Such study shall be completed no later than January 1, 1973 and the overall program, as it shall be mutually agreed upon between ASSOCIATION and CITY, shall be implemented by July 1, 1973 • ARTICLE XII This Memorandum of Agreement shall be in effect for a term commencing July 1, 1972 and ending June 30 , 1975 . ARTICLE XIII It is the understanding of the CITY and ASSOCIATION that this Memorandum of Agreement is of no force or effect whatsoever unless and until ratitifed and approved by Resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach in accordance with Section 8 , Resolution No. 3335 • IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this (Rest of Page not Used) 8 . r Memorandum of Agreement to be executed this 2--7-f" day of June , 1972 . HUNTINGTON BEACH FIREMEN 'S CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ASSOCIATION, INC . By City Administrator APPROVED AS TO FORM: By Personnel Director COLTON & AUSTIN EROME G. COL 0 ' Attorney for Association APPR VED AS TO FO DON B NFA, City Attorney i By L IS D puty 9 .