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TWO-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AND
THE SANTA ANA FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2008-09 AND 2009-10
The City of Santa Ana (CITY) and the Santa Ana Firemen's Benevolent Association
(SAFBA) have met and agreed to amend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the CITY and SAFBA for Fiscal Years 2004-05 through 2007-08 by
extending this MOU for two additional years. The existing MOU provisions will
remain unchanged unless addressed by this addendum. The new expiration date of
the MOU will be June 30, 2010, and the MOU will be amended as follows:
AMENDED ARTICLE IV (new language in bold)
4.3 Salary Ad iustments.
C. Effective July 1, 2007, the base salary of employees covered by this
Agreement shall be increased by the greater of the following amounts: 1)
that percentage increase necessary, rounded to the nearest half-percent
(.5')'0), not to exceed nine (9) salary rate ranges (approximately 4.5')'0), to
ensure that the top step level base salary of a Santa Ana Fire Captain is
two percent (2')'0) higher than the highest top step Fire Captain in any other
Orange County Fire Department, on that date; or 2) that percentage
increase in an across-the-board salary adjustment provided to any other
City bargaining unit during fiscal year 2007-08.
Effective July 1, 2007, Miscellaneous employees covered by this
Agreement shall contribute 210 of their salary toward the 2.710 at 55
retirement benefit. To the extent permitted by CalPERS and Internal
Revenue Service regulations, this 2% contribution shall be implemented
through payroll deduction on a pre-tax basis.
D. Effective July 1, 2008, the base salary of employees covered by this
Agreement shall be increased by eight (8) salary rate ranges
(approximately 4%).
Effective .July 1, 2008, Miscellaneous employees covered by this
Agreement shall contribute an additional 2% of their salary (for a total
of 4%) toward the 2.n'o at 55 retirement benefit. To the extent
permitted by CalPERS and Internal Revenue Service regulations, this
additional 2% contribution shall be implemented through payroll
deduction on a pre-tax basis.
E. Effective .January 1, 2009, the base salary of employees covered by
this Agreement shall be increased by five (5) salary rate ranges
(approximately 2.5%).
F. Effective .July 1, 2009, the base salary of employees covered by this
Agreement shall be increased by eight (8) salary rate ranges
(approximately 4%).
Effective .July 1, 2009, Miscellaneous employees covered by this
Agreement shall contribute an additional 2.3% of their salary (for a
total of 6.3%) toward the 2.7% at 55 retirement benefit. To the
extent permitted by CalPERS and Internal Revenue Service regulations,
this additional 2.3% contribution shall be implemented through payroll
deduction on a pre-tax basis.
G. Effective .January 1, 2010, the base salary of employees covered by
this Agreement shall be increased by five (5) salary rate ranges
(approximately 2.5%).
AMENDED ARTICLE XIV (new language in bold)
14.1 Health Insurance. The City shall contribute toward the payment of
premiums for affected employees and their dependents under the CalPERS
Health Program. Effective January 1, 2005, January 1, 2006, January 1,
2007, eA6: January 1, 2008, January 1, 2009, and .January 1, 2010,
respectively, the City shall contribute toward medical premiums an amount
consistent with the rates then in effect on the dates listed above for the
"employee-only", "employee plus one", and "family" tiers, respectively, of the
Kaiser California CalPERS HMO plan.
For each such employee who is covered under a spouse's non-City sponsored
health plan, the City will pay the employee a cash payment each month in an
amount equal to 50% of the monthly premium amount for the City's lowest
"employee-only" coverage, if said employee waives, in writing, City-paid
coverage.
Any contribution necessary to maintain benefits under any health insurance
program provided by the City for its employees and their eligible dependents
in excess of the amounts of the City contributions specified above shall be
borne entirely by the employee.
RcseeAcr. D~piR!j the term af this f'.~PCC"'Cl'lt, the City sMd ,"'.sseeiatisA
a~pcc fa peapeR this t.rtielc fa salic:it bids fram atRep Realth iASI:IPSACC
J3ravidcrs BAa fa disel:Jss rates.
14.2 Dental Insurance. During the term of this Agreement, the City will
contribute the following amounts for each affected employee enrolled in
dental insurance plans provided by the City for its bargaining unit members
and their eligible dependents:
Effective 7-1-04 - 12-31-05 up to ~ ($70)/month per employee
Effective 1-1-06 - 12-31-Geo9 up to $80/month per employee
Effective 1 1 07 the Cit..,' ar=usi ,~ssedatiaA agroe fa peapeR this J3ra'lisisA af
the l.gte-tOmoAt fa elisel:Jss rates.
Effective 1-1-10 - 6-30-10 up to $90/month per employee
Any contribution necessary to maintain benefits under said dental plans in
excess of the amount set forth above shall be borne entirely by the
employee.
14.3 Lonq Term Disability (LTD.) Insurance. Effective January 1, 2006, the City
shall contribute up to a maximum of $35 per month per employee toward the
payment of premiums for employees covered by this Agreement under
existing long term disability plans provided by the Association for its
members. Effective January 1, 2008, this City contribution amount shall
increase to a total of $60 per month per employee toward the payment
of premiums for employees covered by this Agreement.
Any contribution necessary to maintain benefits under such long term
disability insurance plan provided by the Association for its members in
excess of the amount set forth above shall be borne entirely by the
employee.
AMENDED ARTICLE XV (new language in bold)
15.1 General. The City shall continue to make contributions to the California
Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS) in accordance with its
contract with CalPERS for employees covered by said contract.
15.2 Deferred Retirement. The City will shall continue to make payment to
CalPERS on behalf of each affected employee covered by this Agreement in
an amount equal to 100/0 of each employee's individual retirement
contribution. Such payments shall be credited to the individual employee's
CalPERS account.
Such payments are not increases in base salary and no salary rate range
applicable to any of the employees covered by this Agreement shall be
changed or deemed to have been changed by reason thereof. As a result,
the City will not treat these payments as ordinary income and thus, will not
withhold federal or state income tax from said payments. The City has
received an opinion or ruling from the Internal Revenue Service confirming
that these payments are deferred compensation, not ordinary income.
In the event that the City receives a subsequent ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service that such payments are ordinary income of the employees
instead of deferred compensation, the City's obligation to make such
payments shall discontinue and in place thereof the base salary of each
affected employee shall forthwith be increased by eighteen (18) salary rate
ranges (9.0%) for "safety-member" and fSl:lrteel'l (14) seier)' rete rel'lges
(7.0~{.) sixteen (16) salary rate ranges (8.0%) for all "miscellaneous-
member" employees covered by this Agreement.
For the purpose of reporting an employee's compensation to CalPERS, the
City shall include these payments as if they were a part of the employee's
base salary.
15.3 2'10 at 55 for CalPERS "Miscellaneous" Members. CalPERS designated
"miscellaneous" employees represented by the Association shall be covered
by the 2% at 55 retirement benefit. Effective beginning January 1, 2009,
miscellaneous employees covered by this Agreement shall be covered by
the 2.7% at 55 retirement benefit, as specified in section 15.11 below.
15.6 Yearly Actuarial Valuation Fluctuations. CalPERS provides the City with a
yearly actuarial valuation informing it of its new employer contribution rate
to be in effect July 1st of each year. The City and Association agree that
the City's employer contribution rate will fluctuate from year to year based
on the investment returns earned by the retirement system. The City
agrees that current eligible safety employees paying to receive this benefit
should also benefit from this yearly fluctuation in the City's annual actuarial
valuation. As such, current eligible Safety employees will contribute 50% of
any yearly City employer contribution rate to a maximum of .93'10 during the
term of this Agreement.
A. Pre - Taxable Benefit . To the extent permitted by CalPERS and
Internal Revenue Service regulations, the City shall make the above
employee deduction as a pre-tax contribution.
15.10 Retirement Reopener. If, during the term of this Agreement, CalPERS
adopts a new retirement formula or modifies an existing formula for eitkcr
safety er l'tlisE:ellsfleel:ls members, the City and Association agree to reopen
this provision of the Agreement. Additionally, the City and Association
agree to discuss the feasibility of and costs associated with converting
civilian paramedic service time from a 2'10 at 55 formula to 3'10 at 50
formula.
15.11 2. 7'~o at 55 Service Retirement Benefit for Miscellaneous Members.
The City agrees to amend its retirement contract with CalPERS to
provide Miscellaneous employees covered by this Agreement with the
2.7% at 55 Service Retirement benefit to be effective January 1,
2009. Pursuant to CalPERS regulations, this new formula will apply to
all miscellaneous members covered by this Agreement that are in active
status on the date this amendment takes effect. This new formula will
apply to each year of eligible service credited with the City of Santa
Ana.
Payment of New 2.7% at 55 Service Retirement Benefit. Miscellaneous
employees covered by this Agreement agree to pay 6.3% of CalPERS
reportable compensation toward the cost of the 2.7% at 55 enhanced
retirement formula in the following manner:
1. Effective July 1, 2007, the City shall deduct from each
miscellaneous employee covered by this Agreement two percent (2%)
of CalPERS reportable compensation to pay toward the cost of the
new enhanced retirement formula.
2. Effective July 1, 2008, the City shall deduct from each
miscellaneous employee covered by this Agreement an additional two
percent (2%) of CalPERS reportable compensation (4"0 total) to pay
toward the cost of the new enhanced retirement formula.
3. Effective July 1, 2009, the City shall deduct from each
miscellaneous employee covered by this Agreement an additional two
point three percent (2.3%) of CalPERS reportable compensation
(6.3% total) to pay toward the cost of the new enhanced retirement
formula.
Pre- Taxable Benefit. To the extent permitted by CalPERS and
Internal Revenue Service regulations, the City shall make the above
employee deductions pre-tax contributions.
AMENDED ARTICLE XXVI
Article 26 - Term of Agreement
26.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2004 through June 30,
2Qgg10.
ARTICLE XXVII
27.0 RA TIFICA TION AND EXECUTION
27.1 The City and Association have reached an understanding as to certain
recommendations to be made to the City Council for the City of Santa Ana
and have agreed that the parties hereto will jointly urge said Council to
adopt a new wage and salary resolution which will provide for the changes
contained in said joint recommendations. The City and the Association
acknowledge that this Agreement shall not be in full force and effect until
ratified by the membership of the Association and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
is hereby executed by the authorized representatives of the City and
Association and entered into this 4#> 5th day of OE:tel3er February 209407.
CITY OF SANTA ANA, a
Municipal Corporation of the
State of C ifornia
Dated:
By:
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CITY MANAGER
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PERSONNEL SERVICES
Dated:
By:
Dated:
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By:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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This Agreement has been ratified by the membership of the Santa Ana Firemen's
Benevolent Association.
Dated:
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By:
RENE PAQUI
FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA nON
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3/14/2007
7/1/2007 7/1/2008 1/1/2009 7/1/2009 1/1/2010
RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE
JOB TITLE NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
FIRE CAPTAIN 695 703 708 716 721
FIRE ENGINEER 664 672 677 685 690
FIREFIGHTER 644 652 657 665 670
FIREFIGHTER (PROBATIONARY) 591 599 604 612 617
FIRE ALARM AND MAINTENANCE LEADER 633 641 646 654 659
FIRE ALARM AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 613 621 626 634 639
FIRE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR 652 660 665 673 678
FIRE EDUCATION SPECIALIST I 599 607 612 620 625
FIRE EDUCATION SPECIALIST II 619 627 632 640 645
FIRE SAFETY ANALYST 660 668 673 681 686
FIRE SAFETY ASSISTANT 569 577 582 590 595
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST I 599 607 612 620 625
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST II 619 627 632 640 645
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST III 639 647 652 660 665
FIRE SERVICES DISPATCHER 624 632 637 645 650
FIRE TRAINING COORDINATOR 654 662 667 675 680
PARAMEDIC 624 632 637 645 650
FBA
EXHIBIT A
BASIC SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE
The City's Basic Salary and Wage Schedule provides for a number of ranges of
pay rates (salary rate ranges), each comprised of five or six steps or rates.
The salary rate ranges are identified by a three-digit number and the steps by
the letters AA, and A to E inclusive. For FBA, the purpose of each step and
the length of service required for advancement within the rate range are
summarized as follows:
PURPOSE:
AA Step -
A Step-
B Step-
C Step-
o Step-
EStep -
Normal beginning pay rate
classifications.
Normal beginning
classifications.
Automatic Increase
classifications.
Automatic Increase.
Automatic Increase.
classes.
Automatic Increase.
Merit Rate.
for
non-sworn
(CalPERS Miscellaneous)
rate
for
pay
(Ca1PERS
sworn
Safety)
for
(Ca1PERS
non-sworn
Miscellaneous)
Also optional hiring rate.
May also be maximum hiring rate for certain
Maximum hiring rate.
AA to A -
A to B -
B to C -
C to D -
D to E -
REQUIRED LENGTH OF SERVICE:
After 6 months' completed service in the next
After one year's completed service for
Miscellaneous) and 6 months I completed
(CalPERS Safety) classifications.
After one year's completed service.
After one year's completed service.
After 18 months' completed service.
lower step.
non~sworn (CalPERS
service for sworn
In the following salary schedule matrix, each salary range is identified by a
three-digit number. The first two digits are listed in the first vertical
column on the left and the third digit is listed horizontally across the top
and identifies the appropriate column. This three-digit range number locates
the "A.A" and "A" Step of the range, depending upon if the classification has
been assigned 5 or 6 steps. Steps "A" (if applicable), "B," "C," "0," and "E"
are found in the column directly below "M" or "A" Step. For example, for a
sworn (CalPERS Safety) classification assigned to a five step range, "A" Step
of Range No. 401 is found to be $1476 by moving down the left column (Range
No.) to the number 40 (the first two digits of the Range No.), then
horizontally to column 1 (the third digit of the Range No.). The "A" Step of
$1476 has the remaining steps shown directly beneath it; thus the full, five
step range is 1476-1549-1627-1708-1793. In the same manner, for a non-sworn
(CalPERS Miscellaneous) classification assigned to a six step range, Range No.
455 is found to be 1921-2017-2118-2223-2334-2451.
SALARY SCHEDULE MATRIX
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
40 1469 1476 1483 14 91 1498 1506 1513 1521 1528 1536
41 1542 1549 1557 1565 1573 1580 1588 1596 1604 1612
42 1619 1627 1635 1643 1651 1659 1668 1676 1684 1693
43 1700 1708 1717 1725 1734 1742 1751 1760 1769 1778
44 1785 1793 1802 1811 1820 1830 1839 1848 1857 1866
45 1874 1883 1892 1902 1911 1921 1930 1940 1950 1960
46 1968 1977 1987 1997 2007 2017 2027 2037 2048 2058
47 2066 2076 2086 2097 2107 2118 2128 2139 2150 2160
48 2169 2179 2190 2201 2212 2223 2234 2246 2257 2268
49 2277 2288 2299 2311 2322 2334 2346 2357 2369 2381
50 2391 2402 2414 2427 2439 2451 2463 2475 2488 2500
51 2511 2523 2536 2548 2561 2574 2587 2600 2613 2626
52 2637 2650 2663 2676 2690 2703 2717 2730 2744 2758
53 2769 2782 2796 2810 2824 2838 2853 2867 2881 2896
54 2907 2921 2936 2950 2965 2980 2995 3010 3025 3040
55 3052 3067 3082 3098 3113 3129 3144 3160 3176 3192
56 3205 3221 3237 3253 3269 3285 3302 3318 3335 3352
57 3365 3381 3398 3415 3432 3449 3467 3484 3501 3519
58 3533 3550 3568 3586 3604 3622 3640 3658 3676 3695
59 3710 3728 3747 3765 3784 3803 3822 3841 3861 3880
60 3896 3915 3935 3954 3974 3994 4014 4034 4054 4074
61 4091 4111 4132 4152 4173 4194 4215 4236 4257 4278
62 4296 4317 4339 4360 4382 4404 4426 4448 4470 4493
63 4511 4533 4556 4579 4601 4624 4648 4671 4694 4718
64 4741 4764 4787 4810 4834 4858 4882 4906 4930 4954
65 4978 5002 5026 5051 5076 5101 5126 5151 5176 5201
66 5226 5252 5278 5304 5330 5356 5382 5408 5434 5461
67 5488 5515 5542 5569 5596 5623 5650 5678 5706 5734
68 5762 5790 5818 5847 5876 5905 5934 5963 5992 6021
69 6050 6080 6110 6140 6170 6200 6230 6260 6291 6322
70 6353 6384 6415 6446 6478 6510 6542 6574 6606 6638
71 6670 6702 6735 6768 6801 6835 6869 6903 6937 6971
72 7005 7039 7073 7107 7141 7176 7211 7247 7283 7319
73 7355 7391 7427 7463 7499 7535 7571 7609 7647 7685
74 7723 7761 7799 7837 7875 7913 7951 7989 8029 8069
75 8109 8149 8189 8229 8269 8309 8349 8389 8431 8473
76 8515 8557 8599 8641 8683 8725 8767 8809 8853 8897
77 8941 8985 9029 9073 9117 9161 9205 9250 9296 9342
78 9388 9434 9482 9529 9577 9625 9673 9721 9770 9819
79 9857 9906 9955 10005 10055 10105 10156 10207 10258 10309
80 10350 10401 10453 10506 10558 10611 10664 10717 10771 10825
81 10868 10922 10976 11031 11086 11142 11198 11254 11310 11366
82 11411 11468 11525 11583 11640 11699 11757 11816 11875 11934
83 11982 12041 12102 12162 12223 12284 12345 12407 12469 12532
84 12581 12643 12707 12770 12834 12898 12963 13027 13093 13158