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Home My WebLink About1997-09-16; City Council; Resolution 97-606.. c ll 0 e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 RESOLUTION NO. 97-606 " A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING SIDE LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 8,1997, REGARDING FIRE CAPTAINS WHO ASSIGNED AS FIRE CAPTAIN/PARAMEDIC DURING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TEMPORAR EXPERIMENTAL. AND HIGHER SERVICE-LEVEL EMS DELIVERY SYSTEM PILOT PROGRA WHEREAS, representatives of management and the Carlsbad Firefighters' Association, Inc. conducted negotiations pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act regarding the impacts upon the tei and conditions of employment of the fire department's decision to pursue a temporary, experiement higher service-level EMS delivery system pilot program; and WHERAS, said representatives reached agreement as to the impacts of the fire department's decision upon the terms and condittions of employment and have committed that agreement to writi side letter dated September 8, 1997; and WHEREAS, funds for the specialty pay described in the side letter dated September 8, 1997, available and have been included in the fire department operating budget for fiscal year 1997/98. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, as follows (1 1 . That the above recitations are true and correct. 14 15 16 I? 16th day of SEPTEMBER , 1997, by the following vote, to wit: 18 AYES: Council Members Lewis, Finnila, Nygaard, Kulchin, Hall 2. That the side letter dated September 8, 1997, set forth in Exhbit A, attached hereto and n part hereof, is adopted. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council helc 19 I/ 1 NOES: None 20 21 22 23 24 ABSENT: None ATTEST: ? 25 26 (SEAL; 27 - u 28 ALETHA L. RAUTEdKRANZ, City Clerk 1 W. W L,\IIAYI I I v RESOL NO.. SIDE LETTER REGARDING CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT TO FIRE CAPTAINPARAMEDIC In order to help assess the costs of providing a higher level of paramedic services, the Fire Department (“Department”) has decided to pursue a temporary and experimental “pilot program” that is intended to improve the Emergency Medical Service (“EMS”) delivery system. This side letter describes the components of this temporary and experimental pilot program as it relates to Fire Captains. Pursuant to Article 24(E) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Carlsbad (“City”) and the Carlsbad Firefighters’ Association, Inc. (“CFA, Inc.”), effective January 1, 1997 through December 1998, the parties have met and conferred regarding the impacts of the Department’s decision to pursue the temporary and experimental pilot program and have agreed to the following: 1. In the event that the Department makes the fundamental management decision to discontinue the temporary and experimental pilot program, all of the components of the program that are described in this Side Letter will be automatically discontinued without the need to meet and confer. 2. Fire CaptaidParamedic is an assignment, and is not a position or job classification. The Department will assign Fire Captains as Fire Captaiflaramedic on a temporary basis that will generally last a period of six months. The duration of the assignment, however, may be shortened or extended as the Fire Chief deems appropriate. No Fire Captadparamedic will have any property rights to retain the assignment for any particular period of time. 3. No more than three Fire Captains will be assigned as Fire Captaiflaramedic any time. 4. The City will provide specialty pay for Fire Captains assigned as Fire Captaiflaramedic in the amount of $2.22 per hour, a sum that is equal to the difference between salary steps 35E and 41/E as of January 23, 1997. 5. A Fire Captain will be entitled to paramedic specialty pay only when performing the duties of the Fire Captaiflaramedic assignment. Attached hereto is a copy of the duties of the Fire Captaiflaramedic assignment. 6. Paramedic specialty pay will be included in the regular rate of pay, as required by Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and regulations, in order to compute FLSA overtime compensation. 7. When the assigned Fire Captaiflaramedic is absent, the assignment will be filled in the same manner as occurs when a Fire Captain is absent. a 8. To be eligible for the assignment, a Fire Captain must have the necessary skills, proper certificatiodlicense, and accreditation. The City will provide in-house continuing education (CE), permit on-duty attendance at external CE classes when possible, and when appropriate, send the Fire Captain to CE classes off-duty. 9. Upon proof of successful re-certification h-e-licensing, the City will reimburse the Fire Captain for the cost of State and County certificatiodlicense fees. 10. EMS-related supervisory and management duties appropriate to the position of Fire Captain may be assigned during the period that the Fire Captain is working in the Fire CaptaidParamedic assignment. Attachment: Fire Captain/Paramedic Assignment Description IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto understand and agree to the above terms and conditions and have caused their duly authorized representatives to execute this side letter on .SS.p.Ce-6,v y , 1997. CITY OF CARLSBAD Approved as to Form: 0" Q. I??" Ronald Ball, City Attorney ?/a4/7 7". CARLSBAD FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. Bill Anderson, President Approved as to Forrn: Fern M. Steiner, Tosdall, Levine, Smith & Steiner 2 r X "I w Side Letter WI -' -# 1997: * Ct) OF CARLSBAD Raymafid Ptitch8tt, City Manager Approved 8s tcr Form: w Ronald Sall, City Attorncay G'ARl-SBAD FIREFIBHTERW ASSOCkTfON, INC. c Sill hdW$Qn, President AppfbVed ld W fGml: && Fern I Stainer. Tds), Levine, Smith & Seiner & 4 fi)T ***END***