60A - AGREEMENT WITH THE FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

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A. The parties agree that any SAFBA member who fails to meet the standards to be employed by the OCFA on April 20, 2012 because of injury or illness and who either does not seek or does not qualify for a disability retirement will be offered employment by the OCFA upon meeting such standards, provided, however, OCFA shall not be obligated to offer any employment beyond one year from the effective date of the contracting-out of firefighting and related services. 7. Dispatch Personnel: The parties agree that full-time Fire Services Dispatchers of the City (up to a maximum of four (4)) who pass a police background investigation shall be given the option of employment as Police Services Dispatchers. If there are more than four (4) full- time Fire Services Dispatchers who wish to remain employed by the City who pass a police background investigation, the parties agree that the four most senior (based on City-wide seniority) shall be offered employment as City of Santa Ana Police Services Dispatchers and the remaining employees will be offered positions as Communications Services Officers. The parties further agree that members employed as Communications Services Officers shall be promoted to Police Services Dispatchers upon obtaining their POST Basic Dispatcher Certificate. The parties agree that employees will be offered employment at the salary step for Police Services Dispatcher or Communications Services Officer, whichever is applicable, that is closest to each employee's salary as a Fire Services Dispatcher and which does not provide the employee a cut in pay of greater than $50 per month; provided, however, under no circumstances will any employee be paid above top step for a Police Services Dispatcher (if assigned as such) or Communications Services Officer (if assigned as such). 8. Civilian Paramedics: Of the SAFBA civilian paramedics, Dawna Cooper meets the job requirements for, and will be offered the position of, EMS Nurse Educator with the OCFA. The City has decided to contract-out Basic Life Support (BLS) transport services 9. Paid Leave Balances: The parties agree that the leave balances provided in the parties' MOU for members of SAFBA being employed by OCFA will be paid or forwarded to OCFA as follows: A. Holiday Leave: The City will cash out 50% of accrued holiday leave at the time of separation from City employment. The remaining 50% will be converted to vacation leave and forwarded to OCFA as set forth below. B. Vacation Leave: Upon separation from the City, the first 350 hours of vacation leave, inclusive of converted holiday leave, will be transferred to OCFA as vacation leave. The City will cash out the remaining amount of accrued vacation leave which, when combined with the converted holiday leave referenced above, exceeds 350 hours total. The vacation bank which transitions over to the OCFA will not be combined with vacation earned while at the OCFA and shall not be counted towards the maximum cap of OCFA vacation accrual. C. Compensatory Time Off ("CTO"): SAFBA members with CTO banks will be offered the following options (at their individual choice): 1) to cash out 100% of their 4 60A-8