TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: August 21, 2024
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RESOLUTION - APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL #3080 (IAFF LOCAL #3080) MODIFYING ARTICLE 16 - DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 2022, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025; PROVIDING FOR A DAILY MINIMUM DUTY COMBAT FORCE OF NINETEEN (19) STATE CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS; PROVIDING FOR THE MOU TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2025 SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE
BACKGROUND: At the April 17, 2025, City Commission meeting, the City Commission directed the Administration to take all steps necessary to implement a staffing level goal of three Fire Department personnel on a fire engine and three Fire Department personnel on a fire rescue vehicle. This agenda item provides for an MOU with IAFF Local #3080, to amend Article 16 of the collective bargaining agreement, to increase the daily minimum duty combat force from sixteen (16) to nineteen (19). This MOU would be effective June 1, 2025, subject to full ratification by the City and IAFF Local #3080.
RECOMMENDATION: For approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: $133,292 per firefighter paramedic; with an additional cost of $6,000 per class to assist in training.
CONTACT PERSON: Roberto Lorenzo, Fire Chief