CONTRACT 7532A - PERM AmendmentAmendment No. 7532A
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AND THE EL
SEGUNDO FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, IAFF, LOCAL 3682 (ESFA)
This Side Letter of Agreement ("Agreement") between the City of El Segundo ("City") and
the El Segundo Firefighters' Association ("ESFA") (hereinafter referred to as the "Parties")
is entered into with respect to the following:
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Side Letter effective May 7, 2024 to hire
at the rank of Fire Paramedic instead of Firefighter as the entry-level position in the
department to enhance the City's ability to provide medical related services to the
community; and
WHEREAS, the Parties are currently parties to a Memorandum of Understanding
("MOU") for the term of May 21, 2024 through June 30, 2028; and
WHEREAS, the MOU removed the "hired before" eligibility date to receive
Paramedic Incentive pay so that all permanent sworn employees meeting the licensure
and accreditation criteria would now qualify for the Paramedic Incentive pay; and
WHEREAS, the intent of this provision was to expand eligibility for Paramedic
Incentive pay to all qualified employees, permanent and probationary, and to promote
recruitment and retention efforts; and
WHEREAS, the MOU also includes a provision to reopen the meet and confer
process regarding proposed revisions to the Rehire Policy dated December 19, 2003;
individual sections of the Rehire Policy have been updated from time to time, but there
has not been a comprehensive update of the Rehire Policy since its approval in 2003;
and
WHEREAS, the MOU includes "No Prescribed Staffing Levels" language providing
that the Fire Chief in conjunction with the City Manager shall have the sole responsibility
of determining safe and appropriate staffing levels; and
WHEREAS, the Rehire Policy provides that probationary employees are generally
ineligible for Rehire until after successful completion of six months of employment; which
places the Rehire Policy language in conflict with the Fire Chief's responsibility, in
conjunction with the City Manager, of determining safe and appropriate staffing levels as
set forth in Article 10 of the MOU; and
WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the Fire Chief shall have the sole discretion to
authorize the rehire of probationary employees prior to successful completion of six
months employment should no other permanent sworn employees have made
themselves available for rehire or such that appropriate staffing levels cannot be
maintained; and
Amendment No. 7532A
Side Letter Between the City of El Segundo and ESFA
WHEREAS, the Parties are interested in conducting a comprehensive review and
update of the Rehire Policy to reflect changes made over the last twenty years with prior
Side Letters, new scheduling technology, and the electronic policy administration system
and including consideration of incorporating language in the MOU to facilitate
administrative changes to the Policy should the Fire Chief, Human Resources Director
and ESFA agree, and the City Manager approves, for items that are operational in nature
with little to no fiscal impact.
WHEREAS, the following sets forth the Parties' Agreement:
The City will revise MOU Article 3- Incentive Compensation, Section 3.01
Paramedic License Incentive to remove "permanent" as a condition of eligibility for
receiving this pay such that all employees, permanent and probationary, meeting the
licensure and accreditation requirements outlined in this section are eligible. Section 3.01
was effective upon approval and adoption of the MOU, May 21, 2024, and any
probationary employees meeting the licensure and accreditation requirements will
receive the Paramedic License Incentive effective May 21, 2024.
The City will revise applicable sections of the Rehire Policy pertaining to eligibility
for rehires of Probationary employees such that the Fire Chief will have the sole discretion
to authorize rehire for employees with less than six months of employment should no
other permanent sworn employees have made themselves available for rehire or such
that appropriate staffing levels cannot be maintained.
In collaboration with the ESFA, the City will meet to conduct a comprehensive
review and update of the Rehire Policy to reflect changes made over the last twenty years
with prior Side Letters, new scheduling technology, and the electronic policy
administration system. The Parties will discuss and consider incorporating language in
the MOU to facilitate administrative changes to the Policy should the Fire Chief, Human
Resources Director and ESFA agree, and the City Manager approves, for items that are
operational in nature with little to no fiscal impact.
This agreement between the Parties will become effective the pay period after
approval and adoption by the City Council of the City of El Segundo.
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Amendment No. 7532A
Side Letter Between the City of El Segundo and ESFA
FOaHE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
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Darrell George, City Manager Date
George Avery, F,.iF4 Chief '1/ Date
Rebecca Redyk Date
Director of Human Resources
FOR THE EL SEGUNDO FIREFIG TER'S ASSOCIATION
Geoff Gerny, f6sident Date
Curt Crowson, Vice President
Date
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