HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020-097 N.C.S. 06/15/2020Resolution No. 2020-097 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF CALOES FOR PETALUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT
RESPONSE PERSONNEL WHEN AWAY FROM THEIR
OFFICIAL DUTY STATION AND ASSIGNED TO
A STATE EMERGENCY INCIDENT
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma Fire Department is a department of the City of
Petaluma, a California municipal corporation and charter city located in the County of Sonoma,
State of California; and
WHEREAS, it is the City of Petaluma's obligation to provide to all its employees full
compensation in accordance with all applicable memoranda of understanding (MOUs), personnel
rules and policies, the City's agreement with the California Public Employees' Retirement System
(Ca1PERS) and the Public Employees Retirement Law (PERL), and all other applicable laws and
regulations, for employee time worked; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has in its employ Fire Department response personnel
to include the ranks of Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain,
Lieutenant (Fire Inspector), Fire Engineer, Fire Engineer/Paramedic, Fire Fighter/Paramedic, and
Fire Fighter/EMT; and
WHEREAS, the City's obligations to compensate its employees apply portal to portal
while in the course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to
an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident or pre -positioned for emergency
response; and
WHEREAS, the City's obligations to compensate its employees overtime in accordance
with current MOUs, personnel rules and policies, and other applicable law, including the U.S. Fair
Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code apply while in the course of their employment
and away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an
emergency incident or pre -positioned for emergency response.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma,
as follows:
1. Personnel shall be compensated according to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),
Personnel Rules & Regulations and/or other directives that identify personnel
compensation in the workplace.
2. In the event a personnel classification does not have an assigned compensation rate, a "base
rate" as set forth in an organizational policy, administrative directive or similar document
will compensate such personnel.
The City of Petaluma Fire Department will maintain a current salary survey or
acknowledgment of acceptance of the "base rate" on file with the California Governor's
Office of Emergency Services, Fire Rescue Division.
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4. Personnel will be compensated (portal to portal) beginning at the time of dispatch to the
return to their jurisdiction when equipment and personnel are in service and available for
agency response.
5. Petaluma Fire Department response personnel include the ranks of Fire Chief, Assistant
Fire Chief, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Lieutenant (Fire Inspector), Fire Engineer,
Fire Engineer/Paramedic, Fire Fighter/Paramedic, and Fire Fighter/EMT.
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 Approved s to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 151h day of June for
2020, by the following vote:
a
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
ATTEST:
City Attorney
Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Fischer; Healy; King; McDonnell; Miller
None
None
Kearney
City Clerk
4Y....
Mayor
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