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RESOLUTION NO. "'�
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT,
IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, AFL-CIO, LOCAL
587 FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 1993
THRdUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1995.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorizedl/ to
enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, between the City of Miami and
the employee organization known as the International Association
of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, Local 5871, for the period of
October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1995.
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
The herein authorization is further subject to compliance
with all requirements that may be imposed by the City
Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by
applicable City Charter and Code provisions.
CITY CO��: M" SION
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Resolution No.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of September 1993.
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AVIER L. SUjAREZ, MAYOR
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R-AtTY HIRAI
CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ASSISTANT ITY`"ATTORNEX
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Honorable Mayor and Members DATE FILE
TO :SEP 2 n 1991
of the City Commission
SUBJECT Resolution Ratifying Labor
Agreement Between City of
Miami and International
Association of Firefighters
FROM CeS i O REFERENCES Local 587
Cit r
ENCLOSURES'
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Commission authorize the City
Manager to enter into a collective bargaining agreement between
the City of Miami and the employee organization known as the
International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, Local 587 for
the period of October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1995 per the
attached resolution.
BACKGROUND:
Under Florida Statutes, Chapter 447, the City is required to
bargain collectively with the certified bargaining
representatives of the fire bargaining unit, the International
Association of Firefighters, Local 587. The City and the
International Association of Firefighters, Local 587
representatives have been meeting since April, 1993 in an effort
to reach an agreement acceptable to both sides.
As a result of those negotiations, the City and the International
Association of Firefighters, Local 587 have agreed to a two year
labor agreement. This agreement provides for in FY 93-94 -a'-%-
wage increase, and a one year retroactive 5% pay increase upon
retirement. In FY 94-95, the agreement provides for a 1% across-
the-board increase October 1, 1994, a 1% across-the-board
Increase April 1, 1995, and a 2 1/2% longevity step increase on
the employee's sixteenth and twenty-first year of service.
Employees who are certified and assigned to the Hazardous
Materials team, the SWAT team, the Dive team, the Fire Training
Center as an Instructor, or the Fire Prevention Bureau as a Fire
Inspector will receive a 1.5% salary increase. Employees who are
certified as an EMT will receive a 1.5% salary increase and an
additional 5% salary increase if assigned to Rescue. Employees
assigned as a Station Commander will receive a 1% salary
increase.
Contingent upon the Gates modification being approved by the
Court, projected for January 1, 1994, the employee pension
contribution will be increased from 8.5% to 10% and the pension
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Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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multiplier will be Increased from 2.75% to 3% for each year of
service in excess of 15 service years.
Other items negotiated include the requirement of residency for
new hires at time of hire; the application of the Family and
Medical Leave Act; agreement for the City to take reasonable
steps to comply with the provisions of the Americans with
Disabilities Act; replacement of sick leave payoff caps with 100%
payment up to 1,200 hours and 50% payment of remaining hours; the
application of supplementary salary for a line of duty injury for
a period of 150 consecutive days which may be extended for an
additional 60 days; reducing the number of hours from 6 hours to
4 hours an employee must work to receive Working Out of
Classification pay; providing for promotional registers to remain
In effect for two years and retroactive pay upon promotion
beginning 31 days from the effective date of the vacancy; and
specified staffing of Rescue and Fire Apparatus if less than six
employees are on sick leave during a tour of duty.
The Group Insurance Article remains open while the parties
continue to negotiate premium increases and plan design change.
The City has also agreed to continue negotiations on a plan to
allow retiring employees to place their severance pay in a City
account for the purpose of paying health premiums with pretax
dollars.
With regard to two articles of major concern to the IAFF, Local
587 and the City of Miami, Discrimination and Prevailing
Benefits, the parties have brought closure to a section in each
Article which remained open in previous contracts. in accordance
with Article 4 - Discrimination, Section 4.4, "The City and Union
agree to support Affirmative Action programs and any mandates of
a court of proper jurisdiction that are designed to bring
minority candidates up to the standard required for the Fire
service or other such programs which are consistent with
applicable law." Under Article 5 - Prevailing Benefit, Section
5.4, the City and the Union agreed that "nothing in this Article
shall prevent the City from implementing the terms of the current
Consent Decree..."
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