HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 96-7 RESOLUTION NO. 96-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ADOPTING HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION
ON FIVE ISSUES AT IMPASSE BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH
FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach (City) and the Huntington Beach Firefighters
Association(HBFA) met and conferred on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing
their respective obligations and responsibilities under California Statutory Law and City
resolutions, since the expiration of the current MOU on September 30, 1993; and
After protracted meetings, impasse was reached on six(6) issues; and
Both City's and HBFA's positions were presented to a mutually agreeable Hearing
Officer; and
The Hearing Officer, Joseph F. Gentile, considered both the City's and the HBFA's
positions; and
On February 17, 1995, the Hearing Officer ruled on the six (6) impasse issues as contained
in Exhibit L, and
The City and the HBFA, after additional meetings, could not reach a final agreement and
could not agree on the Hearing on December 19, 1995. The City notified the HBFA that it
intended to adopt the hearing officer's recommendations of February 7, 1995.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby unilaterally adopt the Hearing Officer's recommendations I through 5 as
contained in his February 17, 1995 report, and attached hereto.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that recommendation 6 is not adopted. Recommendation
6 concerns the term of the MOU, This Recommendation is inapplicable because the decision of
the City Council to unilaterally implement the Hearing Officer's recommendation does not
constitute a MOU, and has no term.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of February, 1996,
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Res. No. 96-7
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified 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 at least a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the Sth of February, 1996 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Harman, Leipzig, Bauer, Sullivan, Dettloff,
Green
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAINED: Councilmember Garofalo
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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