LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: D.C. Reeves, Mayor
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS (IAFF), LOCAL NO. 707
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RECOMMENDATION:
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That City Council approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Pensacola and the Pensacola Professional Firefighters International Association of Professional Firefighters (IAFF), Local No. 707.
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HEARING REQUIRED: No Hearing Required
SUMMARY:
The City has been in negotiations with the Pensacola Professional Firefighters International Association of Professional Firefighters (IAFF), AFL-CIO, Local No. 707 for an agreement for the Fiscal Years 2024 - 2026. The sole purpose of the memorandum of agreement with IAFF is to recognize that the bargaining unit members will receive a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) of three percent (3%) consistent with non-union employees who are receiving that benefit in FY24. The Fiscal Year 2024 budget anticipated this benefit would be extended and incorporated the fiscal impact noted below.
PRIOR ACTION:
Pensacola Professional Firefighters International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local No. 707 Collective Bargaining Agreement Ratification Approved By City Council on November 13, 2020.
FUNDING:
Budget: $177,000
Actual: $166,000 - General Fund FY24 Salary Implementation funding
$11,000 - Airport Fund
Total $177,000
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Costs associated are $177,000.00 for one year. The FY24 budget includes more than $1,200,000 in the General Fund for potential implementation of a salary study by Evergreen Consulting Monies to pay the cost of the 3% increase for those bargaining unit members funded by the General Fund will be moved from the Salary Implementation line item. The Airport Fund also has funding identified for the implementation of the salary study, and the costs associated with the bargaining unit members funded by the Airport Fund will be absorbed there.
LEGAL REVIEW ONLY BY CITY ATTORNEY: Yes
9/13/2023
STAFF CONTACT:
Kerrith Fiddler, City Administrator
Ted Kircharr, Human Resources Director
Renay Pierre-Richardson, Assistant Human Resources Director
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) - IAFF
PRESENTATION: No end