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FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
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THE SANTA ANA FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FOR FISCAL YEARS 2010-11
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(y The City of Santa Ana (City) and the Santa Ana Firemen's Benevolent Association (SAFBA)
have met and agreed to extend the 2004-10 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Q') between the CITY and SAFBA for four (4) additional years. The initial MOU provisions,
' and the provisions outlined in the two-year Contract Extension for Fiscal Years 2008-09
O 2 and 2009-10, shall remain unchanged and in effect unless modified by this Contract
cJ. Extension. The new expiration date of the MOU shall be June 30, 2014, and the MOU
shall be amended as follows:
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AMENDED ARTICLE IV (new language in bold italics)
4.3 Salary Adjustments
" 2909, the base selepy ef empleyees eeyered by this Agreement shall
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F. Effective July 1, 2009, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered by
this Agreement.
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.
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G. Effective January 1, 2010, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered
by this Agreement.
14. Effee-toye "ly 1, 2010, the base salary of empleyees eayered by this Agreement-
shall be onereased by eight (8) salary rate ranges (appimeximetely 4%)-.
H. Effective July 1, 2010, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered by
this Agreement.
z. E#fee*lye T..nua 1, 2011, the base salary of employees eavered by this agreel"eM
shall be inereased by fi-ve (5) salary re*e Pm9es (approximately 2.6%).
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I. Effective January 1, 2011, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered
by this Agreement.
J. Effective July 1, 2011, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered by
this Agreement.
by this Agreement.
K. Effective uranuary 1, 2012, the base salary of employees covered by this Agreement
shall be increased by five (5) salary rate ranges (approximately 2.590).
L. Effective July 1, 2012, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered by
this Agreement.
A Effective January 1, 2013, the base salary of employees covered by this
Agreement shall be increased by eight (8) salary rate ranges (approximately 4%).
N. Effective FY2013-14, there shall be no salary increase for employees covered by
this Agreement.
0. Should any other bargaining unit receive a salary or benefit increase that is of
greater value than the combined value of that set forth in wand "II" X" and W'
hereof during the term of this Agreement, the SAFBA shall be granted that salary
the value of that additional salary or benefit.
AMENDED ARTICLE IX (new language in bold italics)
9.5 Compensation for Overtime - Fire Suppression Personnel Assigned to the 24 Hour Duty
Work Schedule.
A. Overtime Duty: Emergency or Scheduled A Fire Suppression pepsen+gel employee who
Gee is required to remain on active duty or who volunteers to work overtime following
the scheduled termination of his or her tour of duty will be paid overtime at the rate
of one and one-half times his or her regular hourly rate of pay for all such time worked
in excess of his or her regularly scheduled workday or work schedule.
1. The regular hourly rate of pay will be computed by dividing the employee's regular
monthly base rate of pay, plus pay additives, by 243.
2.
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A suppression employee shall have two options for compensation for overtime work:
a) Monetary Payment - The employee may receive cash overtime pay at one
and one-half times his or her regular hourly rate for all such time worked
in excess of his or her regularly scheduled workday or work schedule.
b) Compensatory Time - The employee may receive time off with pay at a
rate of one and one-half hours for every hour of overtime worked.
Compensatory time may be accumulated to a maximum of 144 hours.
Compensatory time may be used in any hourly increment. Compensatory
time off shall be taken at the discretion of the employee, provided it does
not unduly disrupt the operations of the Fire Department. The
requirement to backfill on overtime shall not unduly disrupt the operations
of the Fire Department. subjeet 4;o the operational needs and staff
The SAFBA agrees that the first 24-hour overtime shift worked by every
suppression employee in Fiscal Years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, and
2013-14 shall be taken as compensatory time and placed into *eir employees'
Compensatory Time Banks. Should any employee exceed the maximum 144 hours
allowed in the compensatory time bank, that time shall be paid in cash as overtime.
The parties hereto further agree that the City shall not be required to backfill for
employees taking compensatory time off, for a period of two four (4) years, ending
July 1, 2-04 2011. During that period, the SAFBA agrees to allow the Department
to utilize step-up (move-up) for any staffing issues created by members' use of
compensatory time.
C. Staffing Levels.
1 , The minimum daily staffing level (without
Battalion Chiefs) for Suppression and EMS shall be as follows:
• July 1, 2904 thpeugh June 80, 2006i 64 pei-senne4
• July 1, 2006 *hi-eugh June 80 2007; 66 persenne4
• july 1, 2097 Opeugh June 30, 2008; 66 pepsemne4
• ,Tuly 1, 2010 through Tune 30, 2012: 63 personnel
(reduction of one Captain, one Engineer and one firefighter per shift)
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• After Aly 1, 2012: 64 personnel
(Whether the additional position is of the Firefighter, Engineer, or Captain
rank shall be determined mutually by the parties).
The hiring practice will be to hire Firefighters as follows:
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• .Tiny 1, 2010 through Tune 30, 2012: When *he staffing -lIf, during the
term of this Agreement, the number of permanent employees assigned to Fire
Suppression in ranks represented by the SAFBA drops to Feeehes 189 or less
, the City wfl4 may then hire
additional employees, provided, however, that the maximum number of te-e
staffing !eye! of permanent employees assigned to Suppression in ranks
represented by the SAFBA shall, in no event, exceed 195.
• After .Tiny 1, 2012: When the staffing leyel Pesehes 192 pepmenent employees
essigned te SuppPessien, the Gi4y will then hipe te a staffing leyel 0498
pepmenent employees assigned te If, during the term of this
Agreement, the number of permanent employees assigned to Fire Suppression
in ranks represented by the SAFBA drops to 192 or less, the City may then
hire additional employees, provided, however, that the maximum number of
permanent employees assigned to Suppression in ranks represented by the
SAFBA shall in no event exceed 198.
In the event there is a change in the deployment of apparatus, the City will increase
staffing levels to support this deployment.
For purposes of this Agreement, the City agrees to maintain the following deployment
levels on duty daily:
• Tuly 1, 2010 through rune 30, 2012: 14 Captains, 14 Engineers, 35
Firefighters or firefighter/Paramedics, and 6 Staff Captains.
• After Tuly 1, 2012: 14 Captains, 14 Engineers, 35 Firefighters or
Firefighter/Paramedics, 6 Staff Captains, plus one additional position to be
determined mutually by the parties (see "C above).
2. If, due to budget overruns or revenue shortfalls budget appropriations are
insufficient to fund the minimum staffing level during the term of this Agreement,
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then this provision of the Agreement is subject to being reopened for negotiation.
Between Tu/y 1, 2010 and Tune 30, 2014, any change shall be by mutual
agreement of the City and FBA.
3. Effective Jru/y 1, 2010 through Tune 30, 2014: The parties agree that the
City shall not be required to 'backfi//" for up to one employee per platoon to
attend Paramedic School.
AMENDED ARTICLE X (new language in bold italics)
10.3 Cash Option - All peps employees covered by this Agreement shall be given an
option, twice per calendar year, concurrent with the longevity vacation cash out option, to
receive cash compensation on a straight time basis in lieu of all or part of their holiday
leave benefits set forth in section 10.2 above.
Such option may be eliminated or modified at the discretion of the Fire Department or
to the extent it is construed as overtime under Department of Labor guidelines
implementing provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Effective July 1, 2009, all employees covered by this Agreement shall defer for the
duration of Fiscal Year 2009-10 the employee's ability to cash out holiday leave
time. The ability to cash out holiday leave time shall be re-instated July 1, 2010.
During the term of this Agreement, such deferral shall not affect an employee's
ability to be compensated for the accumulated holiday leave time upon separation
from employment with the City, not to exceed a maximum of 216 hours.
10.5 A maximum of one (1) year of accrued Holiday leave time hours benefits may Abe
carried over from one calendar year to the next.
Effective July 1, 2010, employees choosing to cash out their holiday time may do
so to a maximum Yalue of 1.33 x 108 hours, of 144 hours per year. During the
term of this Agreement, such limit on yearly cash-out shall not affect an employee's
ability to be compensated for the accumulated holiday leave time upon separation
from employment with the City, not to exceed a maximum of 216 hours.
AMENDED ARTICLE XI (new language in bold italics)
11.2 Regular Vacation Period
E. Computation of Regular Vacation
2. During the term of this Agreement, no employee may carry over from one calendar
year to the next more than the equivalent of twe three (3) regular vacation periods
and twe three (3) longevity vacation periods from the previous two years., and Yeee*4a
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not taken be-yend *he* emewnt is feFfe4ed- A regular vacation period is defined as the
maximum amount of vacation earned in a calendar year as provided in Subsection 11. ZA
above.
3. The time at which an employee shall take his or her vacation shall be determined by
seniority within rank, with due regard for the needs of the Department.
4. The policy requiring minimum mandatory annual pre-selected vacations as set forth
in the Manual of Operations (M.O.O.) shall be suspended for the term of this
Agreement. Annual pre-selected vacation will be voluntary and a M.O.O. policy
shall be drafted to reflect this change. Additionally, all employees shall be given
the option to cancel and bank their unused Calendar Year 2009 pre-selected
vacations (subject to maximum vacation accrual limitations).
11.3 Longevity Vacation
D. All members employees covered by this Agreement shall be given an option, twice per
calendar year, concurrent with the holiday cash out option, to receive cash
compensation on a straight time basis in lieu of all or part of their longevity vacation
leave benefits set forth in Subsection A above.
Such option may be eliminated or modified at the discretion of the Fire Department or
to the extent it is construed as overtime under Department of Labor guidelines
implementing provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Effective July 1, 2009, all employees covered by this Agreement shall defer for
the duration of Fiscal Years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 an employee's ability
to cash out longevity vacation leave time. The ability to cash out longevity vacation
leave time shall be re-instated July 1, 2012. This deferral shall not affect an
employee's ability to be compensated for the accumulated longevity vacation leave
time upon separation from employment with the City.
Effective July 1, 2010, employees choosing to cash
may do so to a maximum
cap on annual cash-out of longevity vacation shall not
to be compensated for a// accumulated longevity
separation from employment with the City.
AMENDED ARTICLE XIV (new language in bold italics)
out their longevity vacation
of 160 hours per year. This
affect an employee's ability
vacation leave time upon
14.6 Retiree Health Insurance Ffeetiye-Geteber +1, 20 ?7he City shall contribute each
October 1 an amount equal to
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Pespeetiyely, the City she!! eentpibute one and three quarter percent (1.75%) of the
bargaining unit's salary base, including assignment pays to mod: a fund for the
purpose of providing premium reduction assistance. This program is for premium
reduction only and is provided for bargaining unit employees retiring after July 1, 1989.
li-ffeefiye July 1, 2007, the City and Assecietien eypee te Peepen this pi-eyision ef the
The SAFBA shall be entitled to
inspect/audit the financial affairs and status of the fund.
The SAFBA agrees to defer the City's annual FBA Retiree Health Insurance Fund
(Fund 84) October 2009 deposit to a date no later than March 31, 2010. Interest
shall continue to accrue during this deferral period as stipulated by the Fund 84
Policy.
The Association agrees to a loan of $700,000 from Fund 84 (FBA Retiree Health
Insurance Fund) to Fund it (General Fund), effective November 1, 1996. The loan is to be
for an indefinite term at an annual interest rate of 5.65%, and will be repaid when
necessary, based on the fiscal condition of the FBA Retiree Health Insurance Fund. The
City shall provide the Association an annual report on the status of Fund 84 and the status
of the loan from Fund 84. As of July 1, 2010, the parties acknowledge that the entire
$700, 000 loan is outstanding.
The City and Association agree to form a joint labor-management committee for the
purpose of formulating a plan by which the Association will take over the administration of
this fund during the term of this Agreement. Once the Association accepts responsibility
for the administration of the plan, the FBA will provide an independent actuarial valuation
to the City on an annual basis.
AMENDED ARTICLE XV - (new language in bold italics)
15.5 Payment of 3% at 50 Service Retirement Benefit
The City and Association agree that
eligible employees will pay 60%
met 4:e --emceed .93% of safety peyreal the City's employer contribution. Effective
January 1, 2011, this employee contribution shall be increased to 1.43%.
15.6 Yearly Actuarial Valuation Fluctuations. CaIPERS 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 this 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. ° ef any ye
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Should the City employer contribution rate meet or exceed 25% during the term of
this Agreement, the City and Association agree to a reopener of this section, but
there shall be no changes without the mutual written agreement of the parties.
AMENDED ARTICLE XXVI (new language in bold italics)
26.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2010 through Tune 30, 2014.
ARTICLE XXVII
27.0 RATIFICATION 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 W
20"' day of Jane September 2010.
CITY OF SANTA ANA, a
SEP 2 2 2010
Dated:
Dated: SEP 2 2 2010
By:
By:
CITY MANAGER
Dated: 0I \'A' w By:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PERSONNEL SERVICES
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCXL?)
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Municipal Corporation of the
This Agreement has been ratified by the membership of the Santa Ana Firemen's Benevolent
Association.
Dated: 0 ( - l e-1 1- / o
SANTA ANA FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
MARK EIDE, PRESIDENT
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7/1/2010 7/1/2011 1/1/2012 1/1/2013 7/1/2013
RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE RANGE
JOB TITLE NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
FIRE CAPTAIN 708 708 713 721 721
FIRE ENGINEER 677 677 682 690 690
FIREFIGHTER 657 657 662 670 670
FIREFIGHTER (PROBATIONARY) 604 604 609 617 617
FIRE ALARM AND MAINTENANCE LEADER 646 646 651 659 659
FIRE ALARM AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 626 626 631 639 639
FIRE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR 665 665 670 678 678
FIRE EDUCATION SPECIALIST 1 612 612 617 625 625
FIRE EDUCATION SPECIALIST II 632 632 637 645 645
FIRE SAFETY ANALYST 673 673 678 686 686
FIRE SAFETY ASSISTANT 582 582 587 595 595
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST 1 612 612 617 625 625
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST II 632 632 637 645 645
FIRE SAFETY SPECIALIST III 652 652 657 665 665
FIRE SERVICES DISPATCHER 637 637 642 650 650
FIRE TRAINING COORDINATOR 667 667 672 680 680
PARAMEDIC 637 637 642 650 650
SALARY SCHEDULE MATRIX
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
38 1332 1338 1345 1352 1358 1365 1372 1379 1386 1393
39 1399 1405 1413 1420 1427 1434 1441 1448 1455 1463
40 1469 1476 1483 1491 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
85 13210 13275 13342 13409 13476 13543 13611 13678 13748 13816
86 13871 13939 14009 14079 14150 14220 14292 14362 14435 14507
87 14565 14636 14709 14783 14858 14931 15007 15080 15157 15232
88 15293 15368 15444 15522 15601 15678 15757 15834 15915 15994