60A - AGREEMENT WITH THE FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

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The City and OCFA have negotiated a Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services Agreement which governs the provision of firefighting and related services to the City, some terms of which impact the wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of SAFBA members that will become employees of OCFA. The parties agree that the following provisions of the City's agreement with OCFA are incorporated herein and are thus part of this MOU between the parties. A. As addressed in paragraphs 1 and 6 above, OCFA will offer employment effective 8:00 a.m., April 20, 2012, to personnel employed by City on the effective date of this agreement who meet the minimum physical and medical standards for their designated positions with OCFA, as determined by a physical examination conducted prior to April 20, 2012. B. Exhibit 1 to this MOU sets forth the names of sworn SAFBA members who shall be offered employment subject to the terms of this MOU. Exhibit 1 includes the rank or job title being offered and the OCFA salary step at which the SAFBA member shall be placed on the date of hire. As addressed in paragraph 4 above sworn SAFBA members listed in Exhibit 1 who accept employment with OCFA shall be referred to as "Transitioning Employees". C. In accordance with the applicable OCFA bargaining unit MOU, Transitioning Employees assigned by OCFA to hazardous materials, ARFF, USAR Logistics, Staff Assignment, EMT, or paramedic assignments will be paid specialty pay. The parties understand and acknowledge that once the Transitioning Employees become employees of the OCFA and members of the applicable bargaining unit at the OCFA, all terms and conditions of employment set forth in the MOU between the bargaining unit and the OCFA are subject to modification in accordance with the law and collective bargaining between those parties. This includes, but is not limited to the specialty pays described herein. D. Transitioning Employees who qualify for bilingual pay, but do not qualify pursuant to Paragraph 11 of this MOU, shall receive the compensation provided under the Bilingual Pay provision of the applicable OCFA bargaining unit MOU. As addressed in paragraph 15c above, this benefit is subject to modification through collective bargaining between the OCFA and the bargaining unit who will be representing the Transitioning Employees at the OCFA. E. Those Transitioning Employees who qualify for Education Incentive Pay pursuant to the terms of the applicable OCFA bargaining unit MOU shall be able to collect such pay upon verification by the OCFA. As addressed in paragraph 15c above, this benefit is subject to modification through collective bargaining between the OCFA and the bargaining unit who will representing the Transitioning Employees at the OCFA. F. Transitioning Employees assigned to positions requiring special training will receive such training. However, once these employees are OCFA employees, the training they receive is up to the OCFA to determine. The parties agree and acknowledge 7 60A-11