HomeMy WebLinkAbout24518 RESOLUTION NO. 24518
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING RELATIVE TO WAGES, HOURS, AND
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR
EMPLOYEES IN THE PALM SPRINGS FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2021, SUBJECT TO ASSOCIATION EXECUTING
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AND
ADOPTING SALARY AND BENEFIT CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT FOR UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
SIMILAR AS THOSE OF THE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE
ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS, Resolution 16438 designates the City Manager (acting personally or
through a delegee) as the Municipal Employee Relations Representative (MERR) who shall
be the City's principal representative on all matters of employer-employee relations, with
authority to meet and confer in good faith on matters within the scope of representation
including wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its Municipal Employee Relations Representative
(MERR), has met and conferred in good faith on wages, hours, terms and other conditions
of employment with the Palm Springs Firefighters Association (PSFA), formally the Palm
Springs Fire Safety Association; and
WHEREAS, as a result of such good faith negotiations, the MERR and PSFA have
reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) governing employees of the City of Palm Springs within such Association; and
WHEREAS, PSFA and the MERR jointly recommend adoption of such MOU by
the City Council.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. SECTION 1. That the Memorandum of Understandings between PSFA
and MERR, for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021 , on file with the City Clerk
and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby approved upon execution of said
Memorandum of Understanding.
2. SECTION 2. Unrepresented employees shall receive the same salary
arrangements and benefits, unless otherwise specified by resolution, ordinance, or rule,
as the management employee association.
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3. SECTION 3. Authorize the City Manager to execute documents necessary
to effectuate the above actions in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, including the
allocation and compensation plans, related agreements and contracts, and any non-
substantial MOU language or reorganization.
ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2018
David H. Ready, Esq., P .
City Manager
ATTEST:
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hony J. Me a,
City Clerk
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. 24518 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 this 141h day of November 2018, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Holstege, Kors, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern Roberts, and
Mayor Moon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this t-i t%— day of
ARtKony J. M is
City Clerk