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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution # 3750~ .+. t RESOLUTION NO. 3%50 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS AND CITY OF CANTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL NO. 1897. WHEREAS, the City of Canton and Firefighters Local No. 1.897 have entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement providing for all the wages, terms and conditions of Firefighters for the Canton Fire Department; and, WHEREAS, the City of Canton Fire Department has obtained a Grant allowing them to hire a Fire Inspector who will work a regular forty (40) hour week as opposed to a schedule of twenty-four (24) hours on, forty-eight (48) hours off like the rest of the Firefighters; and, WHEREAS, in order to hire the Fire Inspector, it is necessary to prepare a Supplemental Agreement on the amount of wages and benefits that will be paid to this individual commensurate with the forty (40) hour work week; and, WHEREAS, the Canton Fire Department and Firefighters Local No. 1897 have tentatively agreed on a Supplemental Agreement to their contract subject to Council approval, copy of said Supplemental Agreement being attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON, Fulton County, Illinois as follows: 1. That the City Council hereby finds the foregoing recitals to be fact. 2. That the City Council approves the Supplemental Agreement for the wages and working conditions of a new Fire Inspector position at the Canton Fire Department, said Agreement being attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. +, 3. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby directed to affix their signatures to the supplemental agreement on behalf of the City of Canton, Illinois obligating the City to the teens and conditions of the Supplemental Agreement to the cun-ent Firefighters' contract with Canton Firefighters Loca] No. 1897. PASSED by the City Cowlcil of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular meeting this 21st day of Ma.reh , 2006. AYES: ~-dermen Hartford, Sarff, West, Carl, TTeade, 9ahenck, NAYS: None. ABSENT: ~-dermen Berardi, Keeci, ATTEST: Nancy Whites, City Clerk r CITY OF CANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT The undersigned parties herewith agree to the following terms, conditions and modifications to the current collective bargaining agreement to provide for the addition of a new, full time fire fighter/fire inspector position to the fire department: Section 1. Purpose and Definition of Terms. The position of "Fire Inspector" shall be filled by an employee who is a full time commissioned officer, holding the rank of fire fighter, who is assigned to a forty (40) hour work week. The primary purpose of the Fire Inspector shall be fire code inspection duties. Section 3. Hours of Work The Fire Inspector shall be assigned to a forty (40) hour work week. Such work week shall consist of five (5) eight (8) hour shifts scheduled Monday through Friday. The regular hours of work shall be set by the Fire Chief and will normally be 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. However, the regular work hours may be altered to suit the operating needs of the department, so long as they fall between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Fire Chief shall give seven (7) calendar days written notice of any change to the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. scheduled hours of work. The regular hours of work shall include a paid lunch period of one-half (1/2) hour. The full time Fire Inspector may be utilized as a line fire fighter in lieu of overtime during his/her regular work week. Utilization of the Fire Inspector in lieu of overtime will be limited to sixteen (16) hours per month during fiscal year 2006-2007 and twenty-four (24) hours per month during fiscal year 2007-2008. The Fire Chief may also elect to use the Fire Inspector in lieu of overtime up to a maximum of forty-eight (48) additional hours during the course of each fiscal year as stated above. In the event the Fire Chief elects to use any or all of the forty- eight (48) additional hours provided for above, the Fire Chief will notify the Union, through its president, of his/her intent to use such hours. Section 4. Wages The Fire Inspector will receive a base salary in accordance with the salary schedule specified in Appendix A attached to the current collective bargaining agreement. The Fire Inspector will also be eligible for longevity salary payments specified in Appendix A attached to the current collective bargaining agreement. In addition, a fire fighter assigned to the full time position of Fire Inspector will have an educational incentive added to his/her regular pay, in the amounts specified below, if they have or attain any of the following established educational levels, not to exceed a maximum of 5%: Office of the State Fire Marshal Certified Fire Prevention Officer I -1.25% International Code Council Certified Fire Inspector I - 1.25% Certified Fire Inspector II - 1.25% Certified Fire Plans Examiner - 1.25% College Degree Associate of Applied Science, Fire Protection or Code Enforcement - 2% The above educational incentive shall not apply in the event a fire fighter assigned to the full time position of Fire Inspector transfers, either voluntarily or involuntary, to a 24/48 fire fighter shift position. Section 5. Vacation The vacation for the Fire Inspector shall be in accordance with the schedule established for all commissioned officers in the current collective bargaining agreement. Each week of vacation taken by the Fire Inspector shall be equal to five (5) duty days. Section 6. Holidays The Fire Inspector will not be scheduled to work holidays, as specified in Section 6.1 of the current collective bargaining agreement, with no reduction in regular pay. However, the inspector will not receive any holiday pay as provided for other commissioned officers as specified in Section 6.2 of the current collective bargaining agreement. If the Fire Inspector should work a regular holiday shift, he/she shall be paid holiday pay in accordance with Section 6.2 of the current collective bargaining agreement on a prorated basis. Section 7. Sick/Personal Days Personal days and sick days will be computed and managed in accordance with Section 7 of the current collective bargaining agreement. It is understood that a personal day or sick day is eight (8) hours for the Fire Inspector position. Should the Fire Inspector transfer to a 24/48 fire fighter schedule, his/her personal and sick days will be converted to the duty time off method applicable to that position. The reverse would also be used in the event an incumbent fire fighter transfers from a 24/48 schedule to assume the duties of full time Fire Inspector. ~, . Section 8. Leave The full time Fire Inspector shall be granted three (3) duty shifts of bereavement leave when a death occurs in his/her immediate family. Additional bereavement day(s) may be granted by the Fire Chief upon receipt of a request and justification from the Fire Inspector. Immediate family is described in Section 8.4 of the current collective bargaining agreement. Section 17. Settlement of Grievances During its initial term any disputes as to the administration of this supplementary agreement shall be resolved by grievances submitted in accordance with the procedures of Article 17 of the parties' current collective bargaining agreement. Section 23. General Provisions It is the City's intent to hire a full time Fire Inspector at the rank of fire fighter. This position would be the tenth (10th) (least senior) fire fighter rank position within the fire department. The Union agrees that the least senior fire fighter may be involuntarily assigned to the Fire Inspector position and required to work a forty (40) hour work week. The Fire Chief will post the Fire Inspector position for fourteen (14) days and allow any fire fighter the opportunity to seek assignment to such position. The Fire Chief and Administrative Assistant Fire Chief will interview any fire fighters, who have requested assignment as the Fire Inspector, and determine which, if any, fire fighter is assigned to the Fire Inspector position. The Fire Inspector shall meet the same training and physical requirements of other commissioned officers. The minimum duty assignment as a Fire Inspector shall be two (2) years. After that two (2) year minimum duty assignment has been completed, the Fire Inspector has the right to request transfer to a 24/48 schedule fire fighter position. In the event of a vacancy in the Fire Inspector position, the interview procedure previously described above will be again be utilized. The Fire Chief reserves the right to reassign a fire fighter, who requested assignment as the Fire Inspector, to a 24/48 schedule fire fighter position. Should such a reassignment be made, the Fire Chief shall provide written notification along with the reason(s) for the reassignment to the affected officer. In the event the fire fighter serving as Fire Inspector is promoted by the Fire and Police Commission to a higher rank, the two (2) year minimum duty assignment will be waived. This agreement shall be effective immediately upon its execution by the parties and continue in effect over the term of the parties' current agreement. Such to each party's right to modify and renegotiate its terms, as provided in Article 23.9 (Duration) of the parties' current agreement, it shall thereafter be incorporated as part of the parties' successor agreement. By: CITY OF CANTON Mayor By: IAFF LOCAL 1897 President Date: Date: CANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Heinze and City Council FROM: Fire Chief John L. Stanko DATE: March 16, 2006 SUBJECT: Supplementary Agreement to Fire Fighters Contract The fire fighter's union has approved the supplementary agreement between the City of Canton and Canton Fire Fighters Local 1897 concerning the addition of a Fire Inspector position. A few changes in the agreement wording have been made since you were provided with the draft agreement. None of the changes affected the negotiated terms of the agreement, but simply provided clarity or better wording. I will attempt to highlight those changes for your information and review. The wording under "Purpose and Definition of Terms" was modified slightly for better clarity and ease of reading. In the draft agreement, the language concerning using the Fire Inspector to reduce overtime costs was put in the "Wages" section. It was felt this language more appropriately belonged in the "Hours of Work" section, so the language was simply moved in the revised agreement. The words "to reduce overtime costs" were changed to read "in lieu of overtime" for ease of reading and clarity. The language concerning how many days the Fire Inspector could work line duties each year was clarified and tied to the fiscal years of the city. In addition, the number of days each year was converted to hours to provide us greater flexibility to use those hours in smaller increments (i.e. 4 hours instead of a whole day, etc.). An additional sentence was added to "Holidays". While the Fire Inspector will be scheduled for holidays off with no additional pay, there is a very remote possibility he could work a holiday as a result of his/her position on the overtime rotation list. For this to happen, there would have to be a need for overtime, his/her name would have to be at the top of the overtime rotation list, and he/she would have to accept the overtime. Although this is a very remote possibility, we felt it should be addressed in the agreement. I cannot recall the last time overtime was needed on a holiday, so it does not happen on any kind of regular basis. The added sentence only provides that if all of the above happened, the Fire Inspector would receive prorated holiday pay for working that single holiday, not the full annual holiday pay. A sentence was added stating if a dispute on this agreement arises, it must be settled through the normal grievance procedure rather than any other venue. Although I think this would be assumed, we felt it was probably a good idea to include that provision. At the end of the "General Provisions" section, a sentence was added defining the term and effective date of this amendment. Nothing was included in the draft agreement that defined the term or its effective date, so it was felt that should be included. It ties the supplementary agreement to the same expiration date of the current contract so there is no disagreement about the term or when it becomes effective. A couple of minor typographical errors were corrected with the help of grammar check. Thank you for all of your work and consideration of this position.