HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-215SECOND AMENDMENT TO OCTOBER 1, 2022 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT by and between INDIAN RIVER COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICES DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the "County", and the INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
FIREFIGHTERS/PARAMEDICS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 2201, IAFF, hereinafter referred to as
the "Union".
WHEREAS, effective November 1, 2022, the parties entered into the Collective Bargaining
Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement", for the period of October 1, 2022 through and
including September 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, Article 34, Salaries, provides for bargaining unit employees to receive general wage
increases, step increases, and lump sum payments, if any, mutually agreed to by the County and the
Union.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties
agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
1. Article 34, Salaries, shall be amended as set forth in Exhibit "A".
2. The remaining terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this SECOND Amendment on the
date below written.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
EMERGENCY SERVICES
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
FIREFIGHTERS/ PARAMEDICS
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Ratified by the Union on the 21 st day of August
2024
Attest:
Ryan L. Butler, Clerk of the Court and
Comptroller
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EXHIBIT A
SECOND AMENDMENT
ARTICLE 34
SALARIES
34.1 New hires who possess only firefighter certification and do not possess paramedic
certification will be hired in at $2,000 below the entry level for dual certified positions and
will be required to become dual certified within 24 months of hire. Upon attainment of dual
certification, their pay will be increased to the entry level rate for a dual certified position.
34.2 Bargaining unit employees will be provided wages as follows:
A. For Fiscal Year 2022-23, effective the first full pay period of January 2023, all bargaining
unit employees will receive a general wage increase as a result of being slotted in the pay
plan attached hereto as Attachment B at their current step. This will become the Fiscal
Year 2022-23 pay plan. Attachment B also reflects an adjustment in certain hourly rates
due to the implementation of the 9 -week Kelly Days effective the pay period of the first
work cycle on or after June 1, 2023 (2808 annual hours) and due to the implementation of
the 6 -week Kelly Days effective the pay period of the first work cycle on or after June 1,
2024 (2704 annual hours).
B. For Fiscal Year 2023-24, effective the first full pay period in October 2023, all bargaining
unit employees shall receive a 6% general wage increase except single certified
probationary employees whose pay shall be adjusted to remain at $2,000 below the entry
level for a dual certified position. The general wage increase will adjust the minimum,
maximum and corresponding steps of the respective pay plan and the hourly rate will be
rounded and expressed as $##.## per hour.
C. For the Fiscal Year 2024-25, effective the first full pay period in October 2024, all
bargaining unit employees shall receive a 10% general wage increase except single
certified probationary employees whose pay shall be adjusted to remain at $2,000 below
the entry level for a dual certified position. The general wage increase will adjust the
minimum, maximum and corresponding steps of the respective pay plan.
D. The County and the Union currently use a 14 step pay plan that provides for movement
within the designated classification.
E. Effective the first full pay period of April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025 all non -topped
out bargaining unit employees, except new hires who have not attained dual certification,
will proceed to the next step of their respective pay plan. New hire employees, who have
not attained paramedic certification as of the first full pay period in April 2023, April 2024
and April 2025 respectively, will not advance to the next step of their respective pay plan
until paramedic certification is attained (not to exceed 24 months from date of hire). Upon
attainment of paramedic certification, their pay will be increased to the entry level rate for
a dual certified position and the employee will receive the step increase effective the first
full pay period following attainment of the paramedic certification.
F. Step moves, cost -of -living increases, general wage increases, pay scale adjustments or
lump sum payments, if any, after September 30, 2025 shall be established through
collective bargaining for a successor Agreement.
G. In the event of promotion, the employee shall move to the same step of the pay plan for the
higher rank on the first day of the pay period nearest to the date of promotion. In the event
the same step of the pay plan does not exist for the higher rank, the employee shall move
to the lowest step of the higher rank and shall not be eligible to receive the first subsequent
step increase provided in 34.2 D and E.
H. Effective with the first payroll period beginning on or after October 1, 2022, there shall be
implemented a Career Performance Incentive Program as follows:
1. Employees who have completed fifteen (15) to twenty-four (24) years of
continuous, uninterrupted service with the County shall receive $1,500 annual payable
biweekly. The incentive will begin effective with the first full pay period following
attainment of the service requirement.
County Wage Proposal August 15, 2024
2. Employees who have completed twenty-five (25) or more years of continuous,
uninterrupted service with the County shall receive $3,000 annual payable biweekly. The
incentive will begin effective with the first full pay period following attainment of the
service requirement.
County Wage Proposal August 15, 2024