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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-180FIRST AMENDMENT TO OCTOBER 1, 2013 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDMENT by and between the 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 October 1, 2013, the parties entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement", for the period October 1, 2013 through and including September 30, 2016; and, WHEREAS, Article 34, Salaries, provides for bargaining unit employees to receive the cost -of -living 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 First Amendment on the dates below written. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT By Wesley S. Davis, Chairman Date SaptPmhr�r 15i, �fll,�' 1A5MISS�O�y.. • • eezfi .9,y•• rk of Cou oiler Attest: Jeffrey R. Smi By Deputy Clerk cseph A. :aird, County Administrator Approved as to form and legal suffici Dylan T. Reingold, County Attorney INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS/ PARAMEDICS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 2201, IAFF By John -O'Connor, Union President Ratified by the Union on the September 2015 - day of EXHIBIT "A" ARTICLE 34 SALARIES 34.1 Upon receiving Firefighter certification, Paramedic I will be placed in the Dual Certified pay scale, effective the first day of the next 28 -day cycle. Upon becoming Firefighter certified ALS personnel will be converted using a 52.5% rate. They will be placed in the step plan based on their years of service. In the event that the converted pay rate is higher than the step they are placed in, their pay will remain at the converted rate until such time that the range or their subsequent step increase is greater than the converted rate of pay. 34.2 Bargaining unit employees will be provided wages as follows: A. For Fiscal Year 2013-14, bargaining unit employees will not receive cost of living, step, or other wage increases. B. For Fiscal Year 2014-15, effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, all bargaining unit employees shall receive a five and one-half percent (5-1/2%) cost -of -living increase. In addition, effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, all bargaining unit employees will be placed in the revised step plans shown in Attachment B (which already include the 5-1/2% cost -of -living increase). Such placement shall be in accordance with the Pay Scale Conversion shown in Attachment C. Upon Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, after placement in the revised step plans, eligible employees will proceed to the next step of their respective revised pay plan. Topped -out employees who do not receive a step increase will receive a lump sum payment of $1500, with the proviso that this sum will be paid in three $500 increments due the beginning of the first pay period after (1) Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, (2) May 1, 2015 and (3) July 1, 2015. C. For Fiscal Year 2015-16, bargaining unit employees shall receive a 3.5% cost of living increase effective the first full pay period in October 2015. Topped -out employees shall receive a $1,000 lump sum payment to be paid in the first full pay period of April 2016. Additionally, effective the first full pay period following April 1, 2016, eligible employees will proceed to the next step of their respective pay plan. D. Step moves, cost -of -living increases, pay scale adjustments or lump sum payments, if any, after September 30, 2016 shall be established through collective bargaining for a successor Agreement. E. 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 34.02 B. 34.3 The County shall indemnify, exonerate, and save harmless the Union from any claims and/or judgments against the Employer and/or Union based upon the application of the FLSA 207(k) exemption. The Employer shall give written notice to the Union by registered mail addressed to the President of the local of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding brought by an employee, person, firm, or corporation against the Employer based in whole or in part based upon the application of the FLSA 207(k) exemption. The County shall defend the said claim, action, suit, or proceeding against the County or against the Union at its own cost and without expense to the Union. 34.4 Employees who retire under regular FRS guidelines after the termination date of this agreement but prior to the ratification of a new agreement will be eligible for retroactive payments calculated in the same manner as other bargaining unit employees.