HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020-011 N.C.S. 01/27/2020Resolution No. 2020-011 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RATIFYING THE SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE DULY
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, UNIT 7
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF),
Unit 7, through their duly authorized representatives, have concluded their mutual obligation to
meet and confer in good faith with respect to amending cost -share language in Section 26 of the
IAFF Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), effective January 1, 2018 — June 30, 2021, in
accordance with the Meyers- Milias-Brown Act and the City's Employer -Employee Relations,
Rules and Regulations (Resolution No. 55412 N.C.S.); and
WHEREAS, the duly authorized representatives of the City and the IAFF have reached
agreement on amended cost -share language and executed this Side Letter Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, pursuant to Section 28 of the Charter of the City of
Petaluma, and as the City's Municipal Employees' Relations Officer (Resolution No. 5375
N.C.S.), is required and empowered to make a recommendation to the City Council on matters
related to good faith bargaining and employees' compensation; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and concurs with said Side Letter
Agreement for IAFF, Unit 7, and does recommend that the City Council ratify said Side Letter
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Side Letter Agreement, being in
the best interests of the City of Petaluma, is hereby ratified and the terms and conditions of said
Side Letter Agreement, attached to and incorporated as Exhibit A, shall be effective following
ratification.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the /",App ve� as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 27' day of January � for :
2020, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Fischer; Healy; Kearney; King; McDonnell; Miller
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ftath�
City Clerk
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Exhibit A
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (IAFF), UNIT 7
The representatives of the City of Petaluma and the International Association of Fire Fighters
(IAFF), Unit 7, have met and conferred and reached agreement on this Side Letter of Agreement
to modify the current cost -share agreement in Section 26 - California Public Employees'
Retirement System to comply with CalPERS regulations. The parties agree to the following:
Effective the first payroll following the adoption of a contract amendment with CalPERS, the
employee contribution for employees defined as "classic" shall increase by one percent (1 %).
This one percent (1 %) is added to the current nine percent (9%), for a total of ten percent (10%).
Effective July 1, 2020 or the first payroll following the adoption of a contract amendment with
Ca1PERS, whichever is later, the employee contribution for employees defined as "classic" shall
increase by an additional one percent (1 %), for a total of eleven percent (11 %).
Effective January 1, 2021, the employee contribution for employees defined as "classic" shall
increase by an additional one percent (I%), for a total of twelve percent (12%).
The parties shall work collaboratively to expedite formal adoption of a contract amendment with
CalPERS to reflect this cost-sharing agreement under which the employees defined as "classic"
are paying a portion of the employer contribution to CalPERS.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
Kenneth Dick, President, IAFF Local 1415 Date
Matt Martin, Representative, IAFF Local 1415 Date
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CITY OF PETALUMA
Peggy Flynn, City Manager Date
Charles Castillo, Director of Human Resources Date
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