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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2024-232RESOLUTION NO. 2024-232 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE 2022-2024 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND LOCAL 2180, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, AMENDING MEDICAL BENEFITS PLANS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025 WHEREAS, in 2022, negotiating teams representing the City of Chula Vista (“City”) and the Local 2180, International Association of Fire Fighters (“Local 2180”) worked collaboratively 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 November 2024, 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 calen dar year 2025; 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 2025 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 Fourth 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 does adopt the Second Amendment to the 2022-2024 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Chula Vista and the Local 2180, International Association of Fire Fighters in substantially the form presented and that the City Manager may make such minor modifications as may be approved or required by the City Attorney’s Office. Docusign Envelope ID: 4EDC4644-BDBB-4FBE-B342-E375DF29792C Resolution No. 2024-232 Page No. 2 Presented by Approved as to form by Tanya Tomlinson Marco A. Verdugo Director of Human Resources/ City Attorney Risk Management PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 3rd day of December 2024 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Gonzalez, Morineau, 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. 2024-232 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 3rd day of December 2024. Executed this 3rd day of December 2024. Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk Docusign Envelope ID: 4EDC4644-BDBB-4FBE-B342-E375DF29792C For