HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2024-57 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION (HBFA)BY
ADOPTING THE SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, on January 16, 2024, the City Council of Huntington Beach adopted
Resolution 2024-02 for the purpose of adopting the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the City and HBFA;
Subsequent to the adoption of the MOU,the City of Huntington Beach and HBFA met and
conferred and agreed to changes, corrections, and clarifications to the MOU that are reflected in a
Side Letter of Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach as follows:
1. The Side Letter of Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A is approved and adopted.
2. The Side Letter of Agreement amends the MOU between the City of Huntington Beach
and HBFA
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of November
, 2024.
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Director of Human Resources
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Reso No. 2024-57
Exhibit "A"
SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AND THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH FIREFIGHTERS (HBFA)
Representatives of the Huntington Beach Firefighters Association (HBFA) and the City
of Huntington Beach have negotiated this Side Letter of Agreement to modify the
following sections of the HBFA MOU dated January 1, 2024 through December 31 ,
2026:
ARTICLE VIII- UNIFORMS, CLOTHING, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
E. Reportable to PERS- The City will report as special compensation, in accordance
with Title 2, California Code of Regulations, Section 571(a)(5) to the California Public
Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS), for each classification the annual cost of
uniforms provided by the City as well as the physical fitness uniform described in
Subsection (B). For employees who are not actively employed for an entire payroll
calendar year, a prorated cost of uniforms shall apply. For "new members" as defined by
the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013, the cost of uniforms will not be
reported as compensation earnable to CaIPERS.
The annual cost of uniforms reported to CaIPERS shall be based on Rank as shown
below:
HBFA Yearly Uniform Allowance
' Rank: YearlyAmount:
Firefighter
Firefighter/Paramedic $1,333.12
Engineer
Fire Captain
$1,417.72
Administrative Fire Captain
Physical Fitness Uniform
All Ranks $150.00
ARTICLE IX-HOURS OF WORK/ OVERTIME
H. Minimum Staffing and Filling Vacancies:
1. Minimum Staffing Levels- The City shall cause apparatus to be staffed with
sufficient employees to assure the safety of employees and the control of risk.
For these purposes, the minimum staffing of apparatus shall be defined in
Policy 207, Minimum Staffing Levels, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit G
and incorporated by reference Herein.
a. If a Rank Paramedic is activated on a Paramedic Engine, the overall
number of on duty firefighters will increase and the overall number of
Firefighter Paramedics will decrease for each Rank Paramedic.
However, the total number of on-duty Paramedics will be no less than
16.
b. If the Fire Chief determines the need to convert a Truck Company to a
PAU or Paramedic Truck Company, the overall number of Paramedics
shall be no less than 16.
c. For the length of the MOU dated January 1, 2024, any additional
Paramedics assigned to a Paramedic Squad shall be in addition to the
above referenced minimum number of 16 on-duty Paramedics.
Paramedics assigned to a Paramedic Squad may be used to fill
vacancies on a Paramedic Engine when needed.
ARTICLE XIV- MISCELLANEOUS
F. Employees Hired under SAFER Grant:
1. Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions—Employees hired under the three-year
SAFER Grant do not count toward the official FTE number for the Fire
Department unless officially approved by the City.
2. End of Three-Year Period— The City will notify the HBFA at year two of the
Grant funding regarding their plan to add the FTE positions to the Fire
Department or discontinue the positions.
3. Discontinuance of Staffing Funding— Should the City choose to discontinue
the funding of staffing after year three of the Grant funding, the Fire
Department will make every effort to absorb the staffing through normal
attrition vacancies. The City agrees that no Paramedic originally hired through
the SAFER Program shall be terminated at the conclusion of the Grant
funding due to lack of available positions or funding.
Side Letter Implementation
Should the MOU between HBFA and the City of Huntington Beach continue beyond
December 31, 2026, either through a successor MOU or an extension of the current
MOU, all terms and conditions of this side letter shall remain in full force and effect
unless changes are mutually agreed by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT to
be executed by and through their authorized officers on November 19, 2024 .
City of Huntington Be Huntington Beach Fire Association
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Eric Parra Bill Cerri
Interim City Manager/Chief of Police HBFA President
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Travis Hopkins Tim Keating
Assistant City Manager HBFA Vice President
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Marissa Sur Ferrone Law Group
Director of Human Resources
APPROVED AS RM:
Mic el Gates ��
Ci Attorney
COUNTERPART
Side Letter Implementation
Should the MOU between HBFA and the City of Huntington Beach continue beyond
December 31, 2026, either through a successor MOU or an extension of the current
MOU, all terms and conditions of this side letter shall remain in full force and effect
unless changes are mutually agreed by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT to
be executed by and through their authorized officers on
City of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Fire Association
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By: By: •
Eric Parra Bill Cerri
Interim City Manager/Chief of Police HBFA President
By: By:
Travis Hopkins Tim Keating
Assistant City Manager HBFA Vice President
By: By:
Marissa Sur Ferrone Law Group
Director of Human Resources
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Michael Gates p 1
City Attorney I
COUNTERPART
Res. No. 2024-57
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, 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 November 19, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Moser, Bolton, Burns, Van Der Mark, Strickland, McKeon, Kalmick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
AarILK/ (lainiZMA
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California