2001-277 RESOLUTION NO. 2001R-277
A 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 Human Resources Director met and conferred with the officials and
employee representatives of the Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local 2899 where they have
reached an agreement to amend Article 19 (Appointments and Promotions) of the Memorandum
of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, the Association is in agreement with the recommendations contained in the
Letter of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, as a result thereof, the Letter of Understanding dated October 26, 2001
between the parties has been prepared and signed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim does find that it is in the best interest
of the City to approve said Letter of Understanding; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that
the Letter of Understanding dated October 26, 2001 between the Anaheim Firefighters
Association, Local 2899 and the City of Anaheim, 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 6th day of November 2001.
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CITY CLERK F THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
between the
ANAHEIM FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, Local 2899
and the
CITY OF ANAHEIM
The Anaheim Firefighters Association, Local 2899 (AFA) and the City of Anaheim (ANAHEIM)
have met and conferred and have reached an agreement to amend Article 19 Appointments and
Promotions of the Memorandum of Understanding between the parties dated July 1, 2001
through June 30, as follows:
ARTICLE 19
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
• 19.1 Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far
as practicable by competitive examinations. Examinations shall be used and conducted to
aid in the selection of qualified employees, and shall consist of recognized selection
techniques which will, in the opinion of ANAHEIM, test fairly the qualifications of
candidates.
19.2 Minimum standards of employment for each job classification shall be established by
ANAHEIM.
19.3 Vacancies in positions above the entry level shall be filled by promotion whenever one or
more qualified candidates are available, except when a qualified, work disabled employee is
placed in such position according to the Vocational Rehabilitation Administrative Regulation.
Promotions shall be on a competitive basis except when the Human Resources Director
finds that the number of employees qualified for promotion is insufficient to justify
competition. Appropriate consideration shall be given to promotional candidates'
III qualification, record of performance, and seniority, in that order.
19.3.1 Advancement to a higher paid job classification shall constitute a promotion.
19.3.2 Employees promoted to Fire Engineer or Fire Captain shall be placed in the "E"
step of the salary schedule.
19.4 Examinations for appointments and promotions shall be in such form as will fairly test the
abilities and aptitudes of candidates for the duties to be performed, so that such
appointments and promotions will be solely based on qualifications without regard to race,
color, national origin, religious or political affiliation or belief, membership in or attitude
toward any employee organization, sex, age, or physical disability, except where sex, age,
or lack of physical disability is a bona fide occupation qualification.
19.5 Candidates who qualify for employment or promotion shall be placed on an eligibility list for
the appropriate job classification. At such times as a Fire Department management
evaluation is included in the establishment of a promotional eligibility list, the list shall rank
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the eligible candidates in the order of final evaluation, and appointment from that list shall
normally follow rank order.
19.5.1 Records Retention Period
At the minimum, ANAHEIM, shall provide for the preservation of the rater's sheets
and notes for the duration of the eligibility list, or for the duration of litigation if any.
19.6 The Fire Chief, with the concurrence of the Human Resources Director, may order names
removed from an eligibility list for good and sufficient reasons.
19.7 In the absence of appropriate employment lists, a provisional appointment may be made
by ANAHEIM of a person meeting the minimum qualifications for the position. An eligibility
list shall be established within six months for any regular, fulltime position filled by
provisional appointment. In the event that any provisional appointee fails to qualify on the
eligibility list as established within six months of his provisional appointment, said
provisional appointee shall have his employment terminated at the close of the first
• complete biweekly pay period following the establishment of the eligibility list.
19.8 Appointments to certain grant funded positions as designated by the City Manager may be
made without competitive examinations and/or evaluations. Such appointments may be
made by ANAHEIM. In the event that a grant funded appointee fails to complete
competitive examinations and/or evaluations and is not appointed to a City funded position
during his period of employment under the grant, said grant funded appointee shall be
terminated from ANAHEIM employment.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, SHERYLL SCHROEDER, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2001 R-277 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of
• the Anaheim City Council held on the 6th day of November, 2001, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Kring, Tait, McCracken, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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C Y CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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