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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 29, 2009 TITLE: AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ., ,.~ ~; ~( 1 CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 1 S' Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the Fire Management Association regarding wages and other terms and conditions of employment. DISCUSSION The City and the Fire Management Association (FMA) recently completed contract negotiations resulting in a two-year contract extension to the 2008-09 and 2009-10 amended Memorandum of Understanding. This extension period covers July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012. The provisions of this extended agreement are as follows: 1} Salary: July 1, 2009 = 0% January 1, 2010 = 0% July 1, 2010 = 4% (deferred from July 1, 2009) January 1, 2011 = 2.5% (deferred from January 1, 2010) July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 = 0% 2) Holiday cash out: Employees shall defer holiday leave cash out for 2009-10. Employees may carry over holidays from one calendar year to the next, and maximum cash out value is 192 hours per year. 3) Vacation cash out: Employees shall defer regular and management vacation cash out for 2009-10. Allow carryover of up to three periods of regular vacation and longevity vacation and up to thirty (30) days of management vacation, and maximum cash out value is 160 hours per year, beginning in 2010-11. 4) Shift Replacement Pay: Effective July 1, 2009, each Fire Battalion Chief shall place the first extra 24-hour shift worked into a leave time bank. 25E-1