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Report regarding a resolution to approve a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City and International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 1507 and approving budget amendment number 23.018, and a resolution approving a Side Letter Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 39, and approving budget amendment number 23.019 (Leah Lockhart, Human Resources Director)
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RECOMMENDATION
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1. Adopt a resolution approving a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City and International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 1507 for the term of July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 and approving budget amendment number 23.018,
2. Adopt a resolution approving a Side Letter Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 39 for July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 and approving budget amendment number 23.019.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City's regular full-time workforce is organized into six (6) represented bargaining units, as well as the unrepresented Public Safety Managers Unit and Executive Management Unit. In accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA), the City negotiates agreements with each unit over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and such agreements are memorialized in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) over a specified term. In January, 2022, City Council authorized staff to begin negotiations with each employee bargaining unit for successor MOUs, as the current MOUs were scheduled to expire as of June 30, 2022.
Successor MOU for International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 1507
IAFF Local 1507 represents approximately seventy-two (72) sworn fire department personnel, including Paramedic Firefighters, Fire Apparatus Engineers, Fire Captains and Fire Safety Inspectors. The City's negotiation team met with representativ...
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