HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2001-056 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-056
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROV1NG AN AMENDMENT TO THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
(LOCAL 2180), EXTENDING THE MOU FOR TWO YEARS
AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND
BENEFITS, AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2000/2001
BUDGET, APPROPRIATING $168,500 FROM THE
UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND
WHEREAS, the current Intemational Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) expires on June 30, 2003; and
WHEREAS, the IAFF and City reopened the MOU to discuss compensation and
retirement benefits which was market driven, as the salaries of IAPF-represented classifications
were currently just above the County average with no raises scheduled over the remaining two
and a half years of the current five-year MOU; and
WHEREAS, adopting the recommended amendments to the MOU should place IAFF
wages in the top three in the County, comparable to the recently adopted MOU of the Police
Officers Association; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the MOU were ratified by an overwhelming
majority of the IAFF membership at well-attended general membership meetings held on
February 26 and 27, 2001; and
WHEREAS, these amendments extend the term of the MOU by two years, increase
wages to retain a competitive pay structure with other municipal fire agencies in the county, and
provide significant retirement enhancements as follows:
TABLE: MOU Extension: Description of Differences
FISCAL CURRENT CONTRACT PROPOSED CONTRACT
FY01 5% wages to all in Jan. 9% wages to all in Jan.
Modify sick pay in lieu
FLSA language change
Provision of Class A uniforms
FY02 0% wages 3% wages to all in Jan.
EPMC PERS benefit 7/01 EPMC PERS benefit 7/01
FY03 0% wages 4% wages to all in Jan.
3%~50 PERS benefit 7/02
FY04 No contract 4% wages to all in Jan.
FY05 No contract 4% wages to all in Jan.
Increase spreads between Firefighter & Engineer
to 15% & Engineer & Captain to 20% in Jan.
Resolution 2001-056
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby approve an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the
Intemational Association of Firefighters (Local 2180) extending the MOU for two-years and
providing additional compensation and benefits, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the
City Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fiscal Year 2000/2001 budget is hereby
amended by appropriating $168,500 from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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" ity Manager
PASSED,hAPPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 6t day of March, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Padilla, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2001-056 was duly passed, approved, and hadopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 6t day of March, 2001.
Executed this 6th day of March, 2001.
h Susan Bigelow, City Clerk