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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2023-196 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-196 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE 2022-2024 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND LOCAL 2180, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS WHEREAS, toward the development of a mutually beneficial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which the parties entered into for the time period of July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024; and WHEREAS, on July 12, 2022, the City Council approved the MOU between the City and Local 2180 related to wages and other terms and conditions of employment; and WHEREAS, in October 2023, the City and Local 2180 engaged in informal discussions, and after good faith negotiations, an agreement was reached to amend the medical benefit plans for calendar year 2024; and WHEREAS, the City and Local 2180 have agreed on the terms for amending the MOU to provide that: (i) Employees enrolled in the lowest cost, non-Kaiser, limited network HMO/limited network alternative plan will pay $50 per month and the City will pay the balance of the premium and (ii) for the 2024 benefits plan year only, the $50 per month premium will be waived if the Aetna Whole Health (AWH) Southern California HMO is elected; and WHEREAS, the above terms have been memorialized in the Second Amendment to the MOU, which is presented for City Council approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it hereby:(i) approves the Second Amendment to the 2022-2024 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Chula Vista and Local 2180, International Association of Fire Fighters in substantially the form presented; and (ii) authorizes and directs the City Manager, or her designee, to execute the Second Amendment to the MOU, and make such minor modifications to it as may be approved or required by the \[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE\] Resolution No. 2023-196 Page No. 2 Presented by Approved as to form by Tanya Tomlinson Jill D.S. Maland Assistant Director of Human Resources Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Acting City Attorney PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 5th day of December 2023 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None John McCann, Mayor ATTEST: Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-196 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 5th day of December 2023. Executed this 5th day of December 2023. Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk