HomeMy WebLinkAbout24519 RESOLUTION NO. 24519
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDING THE
EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS RESOLUTION 16438
AND AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 17793
AND 24276 FOR THE FIREFIGHTER UNIT NAME CHANGE
AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC,
FIRE ENGINEER PARAMEDIC, AND FIRE CAPTAIN
PARAMEDIC.
WHEREAS, Resolution 16438, the Employer-Employee Relations Resolution of
the City of Palm Springs, was adopted April 6, 1988; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 16438 was amended by Resolution 17793, adopted
February 5, 1992; and Resolution 18960, adopted January 8, 1997; and Resolution
24276, adopted July 19, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City has the exclusive right to establish additional or different
employee units of representation by action of the City Council as it deems appropriate,
upon the City's own motion or upon a petition filed by an employee organization pursuant
to Section 9 of Resolution 16438; and
WHEREAS, in making its unit determination, the City Council has investigated and
considered whether and which employees share a similar community of interests, the
City's needs to maintain an efficient operation, the units of representation historically
recognized by the City, and other matters considered relevant by the City to promoting
sound employer-employee relations and efficient operation of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24276 on July 19, 2017,
which modified Resolution 17793, previously amended from Resolution 16438, and
provided an amended Section 8.1.1 and Section 8.1.2 of Resolution 17793 as follows:
8.1.1 Fire Safety Unit consisting of the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer
and Fire Captain; and
8.1.2 Fire Management unit consisting of employees in the classifications of all
Fire Safety Management positions in the Fire Department above the rank of Fire Captain.
NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The true and correct recitals above are incorporated by this reference
herein as the factual basis for this resolution.
SECTION 2. The name of the Fire Safety Unit is changed to the Firefighter Unit,
as the name of the employee association has changed from the Palm Springs Fire Safety
Association to the Palm Springs Firefighters Association.
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SECTION 3. The Palm Springs Firefighters Association has three new
classifications Firefighter-Paramedic, Fire Engineer-Paramedic and Fire Captain-
Paramedic. The Association now has six total classifications. Section 2 of Resolution
24276 is modified to read as follows:
8.1.1 Firefighter unit consisting of the classifications of Firefighter, Firefighter-
Paramedic, Fire Engineer, Fire Engineer-Paramedic, Fire Captain and Fire Captain-
Paramedic.
8.1.2 Fire Management unit consisting of employees in the classifications of all
Fire Safety Management positions in the Fire Department above the rank of Fire Captain
SECTION 4. Except as expressly amended above in Section 3, all other provisions
of Resolutions 16438, 17793 and 24276, as amended, shall remain as provided herein.
ADOPTED THIS 14T" DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2018.
David H. Ready, Esq., P .
City Manager
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, ANTHONY MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution
No. 24519 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 101 day of November, 2018, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this 1-1 day of 2-y i+s
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An'fhony J. Me ia,
City Clerk