HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII-05 MOU with International Association of Firefighters, Local #5113 Regarding Alternate Schedule
City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Fasbender & City Councilmembers
From: City Administrator Dan Wietecha
Date: March 6, 2023
Item: MOU for Alternate Schedule
Council Action Requested:
Approve MOU with IAFF #5113 for Alternate Schedule
Background Information:
The 2023 Budget includes funds to hire up to 4 new Firefighter/EMTs, who would work a
“power truck” schedule to provide additional staff to respond to daytime calls.
The current 2022-2023 collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Firefighters Local #5113 specifies a work week averaging 53 hours. The alternate schedule of
the power truck would mean a work week averaging either 40 or 44 hours, so the MOU
establishes wages for the alternate schedule.
Financial Impact:
Included in 2023 Budget.
Committee Discussion:
City Council adopted the 2023 Budget on December 5, 2022, which included adding
Firefighter/EMTs to work an alternate schedule.
Attachments:
Memorandum of Understanding: Alternate Schedule
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Alternate Schedule
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by and between the City of Hastings (“City”)
and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local #5113 (“Union”), on behalf of the Fire Fighters
bargaining unit, for the purpose of establishing guidance for employees assigned to an alternate shift. The
City and Union shall collectively be referred to as “the Parties.”
WHEREAS, the City desires to add professional firefighter staff; and
WHEREAS, the City contemplates two potential versions of an alternate shift: a schedule
averaging 40 hours per week and a schedule averaging 44 hours per week; and
WHEREAS, the City and Union are parties to a 2022-2023 collective bargaining agreement
(“CBA”) which does not contain negotiated language over the wages of an alternate shift; and
WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the establishment and implementation of an alternate shift
wage is the subject of bargaining; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set base wages for the potential power truck consistent with the
base wages for current firefighters;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the Parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE XII. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT
The regular workweek for firefighters assigned to a power truck shift shall consist of an average of either
forty (40) or forty-four (44) hours in one (1) week.
ARTICLE XXIII. WAGES
Alternate Schedule—14-day work week consisting of 80 scheduled hours
Start 6 Month 12 Month 24 Month 36 Month
$31.84 $33.92 $36.04 $38.13 $40.23
Alternate Schedule—14-day work week consisting of 88 scheduled hours
Start 6 Month 12 Month 24 Month 36 Month
$28.95 $30.84 $32.76 $34.67 $36.57
Stipend
As an exception to the current Memorandum of Agreement: Overtime, Firefighters assigned to an
alternate schedule as provided herein will also receive $273.24 stipend per pay period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this MOU to be executed by its duly authorized
representatives.
CITY OF HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL NO.
#5113
Approved by the Hastings City Council: Approved by the Union:
____________________________________ _______________________________
Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor Craig Latch, President
____________________________________ ________________________________
Dan Wietecha, City Administrator Philip Nelson, Vice President
____________________________________ ________________________________
Kelly Murtaugh, City Clerk Kiel Kwiatkowski, Secretary/Treasurer
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