RES-2007-128A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM APPROVING A LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE ANAHEIM FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 2899,
AND THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim and the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local
2899, have met and conferred and reached an agreement with respect to amending Article 6-
AFA Representatives of the Memorandum of Understanding dated July 1, 2005 through June
30, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Firefighters Association is in agreement with the
recommendation contained in said Letter of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, as a result thereof, the Letter of Understanding dated June 19,
2007, between the parties has been prepared and signed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim finds that it is in the best
interest of the City of Anaheim to approve the said Letter of Understanding.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim that the Letter of Understanding dated June 19, 2007 between the Anaheim
Firefighters Association, Local 2899 and the City of Anaheim, a copy of which is attached
hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is hereby approved.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 17th day of July 2007, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Hernandez, Sidhu, Galloway, Kring
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN:NONE
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CI CLERK OF THE '4! ANAHEIM
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JACK L. WHITE, CITY ATTORNEY
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RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 128
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LETTER of UNDERSTANDING
between the
ANAHEIM FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION Local 2899
and the
CITY of ANAHEIM
The City of Anaheim (ANAHEIM) and the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local 2899 (AFA)
have met and conferred, and reached an agreement to replace Sections 6.6.1, 6.6.1.1 and
6.6.1.2 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Parties dated July 1, 2005
through June 30, 2009. The Parties agree to the following:
1. ARTICLE 6.6 of the MOU is suspended until the parties have entered into a successor MOU
as provided in paragraph 2 below and is replaced with following:
6.6 ANAHEIM agrees that due to the unique work schedules of employees assigned to
firefighter work the officers, employee representatives and officials of the AFA shall
be allowed time off without loss of compensation or other benefits for activities
concerned with the intemal management of the AFA.
6.6.1 ANAHEIM agrees to provide a combined total of up to 480 hours per year of paid
released time from normal work assignments to the officers, employee
representatives and officials of the AFA. The AFA shall reimburse ANAHEIM on
an hour -for -hour basis at the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours of
released time taken by the officers, employee representatives, and officials of the
AFA. The provisions of Article 6.6.1 shall be suspended effective the first day of
the pay period following approval of this Letter of Understanding by the City
Council, and shall remain suspended until the parties have entered into a
successor MOU as provided in paragraph 2 below.
6.6.2 ANAHEIM agrees to deposit in an Association Leave Bank one hundred sixty
(160) hours the last pay period of 2007 and each calendar year thereafter. The
last pay period shall be defined as the pay period producing the last check for a
calendar year. The one hundred sixty (160) hours so deposited shall be utilized,
in the following calendar year, only for attendance by officers, employee
representatives, and officials at regularly scheduled AFA Board meetings and
General Membership meetings. Hours deposited to the Association Leave Bank
under the provisions of this Section 6.6.2 that were not used during the
applicable calendar year shall not carry over into the next calendar year.
6.6.2.1 For every Association Leave hour(s) utilized, the equivalent amount of
hour(s) shall be deducted from the Association Leave Bank. For the
purpose of this Section "equivalent amount" shall be understood to
require that one hour of Association Leave be deducted from the
Association Leave Bank for each hour of Association Leave taken.
6.6.2.2 The Association Leave Bank is separate and apart from and in addition
to time off without loss of compensation or other benefits allowed
pursuant to Article 6.3,_and the Union Leave described in Section 6.6.3.
6.6.3 Regular, full time employees with an average, regular work week of fifty -six (56)
hours shall have four (4) hours of Paid Leave deducted from their Paid Leave
balance the first pay period following approval of this Letter of Understanding by
the City Council, and the first pay period of each calendar year thereafter.
6.6.3.1 The four (4) hours deducted from each employee's Paid Leave account
shall be deposited in a Union Leave Bank to be used to receive time off
without loss of compensation or other benefits by the officers, employee
representatives and officials of the AFA or their designee to engage in
any activity consistent with the lawful purposes of AFA.
6.6.3.2 For every Union Leave hour(s) utilized, the equivalent amount of hour(s)
shall be deducted from the Union Leave Bank. For the purpose of this
Section "equivalent amount" shall be understood to require that one
hour of Union Leave be deducted from the Union Leave Bank for each
hour of Union Leave taken.
6.6.3.3 The Union Leave Bank is separate and apart from and in addition to the
time off without loss of compensation or other benefits allowed pursuant
to Article 6.3, and the Association Leave described in Section 6.6.2.
6.6.3.4 All unused hours deposited to the Union Leave Bank under the
provisions of Section 6.6.3 shall carry over to the next calendar year.
6.6.4 ANAHEIM shall produce as monthly statement for the AFA of all Union Leave and
Association Leave utilized. The statement shall include the date Leave was
utilized, name of the employee using the Leave, the number of hours utilized
that month, and the total number of hours used year to date.
6.6.5 Officers, employee representatives and officials shall not leave their duty or
workstation without the knowledge of the appropriate Battalion Chief.
6.6.6 Meetings are subject to scheduling in a manner consistent with operating needs
and work schedules.
2. The Parties agree that the terms and conditions agreed to herein shall expire when the
parties have entered into a successor Memorandum of Understanding, unless that new
Memorandum of Understanding incorporates those terms and conditions. In the event
the provisions of Section 6.6 enumerated herein do so expire, Section 6.6 shall revert to
those original provisions suspended by the terms of this Letter of Understanding.
STAFF OFFICIALS of the CITY OF ANAHEIM FIREFIGHTERS
ANAHEIM, a Municipal Corporation ASSOCI ION, Local No. 2899
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