HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 077-13(1)RESOLUTION NO. 077—
AMENDMENT NO. 1 to RESOLUTION NO. 077 -13
APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
SETTING SALARIES AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR
THE FIREFIGHTERS AND ENGINEERS UNIT OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 077 -13 sets salaries and related benefits for the
Firefighters and Fire Engineer unit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
that effective immediately following Council action, the Salary Schedule, a part of the
Resolution No. 077 -13 is hereby amended and hereby incorporated and approved as
the Memorandum of Undemanding between the City of Bakersfield and Bakersfield
Firefighter's Labor Organization, Fire Unit as follows:
1. Resolution No. 077 -13 is hereby amended as follows:
1.06.1 General Salary Increase.
• 3.5% effective July 1, 2013
• 2.5% effective July 14, 2014
1.06.2 Including the general increase in 1.06.01 above, the City agrees to provide not less than
an additional 1% COLA increase above future COLA increases provided to employees
represented by SEIU. This provision expires when these additional COLA increases
total 6.0% of salary. Employee contributions towards the employee retirement
contribution shall be deducted when calculating the 6% (for example a 3.5% COLA
concurrent with an employee .5% PERS pickup shall be calculated as a 3% COLA
adjustment for the purposes of this section).
1.06.3 Retirement Contributions. The City's contribution towards employees PERS
contribution shall be 9% for employees prior to July 1, 1983, four percent (4 %) for
those hired on or after July 1, 1983, and three percent (3 %) for those employees hired
after June 1, 2006. Employees hired on or after July 1, 1983 (including those hired
after June 1, 2006), will be eliible to receive the nine percent (9 %) payment effective
the beginning of their sixth (6t ) cumulative year of service. Effective July 1, 2013 all
employees hired prior to January 1, 2011 will contribute the amounts set forth above or
one -half of one percent (.5 %) with an additional 0.5% (total of 1 %) effective July 14,
2014 towards the employee retirement contribution, whichever is greater. Such
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payments by the City shall be reported as normal contributions and shall be credited to
the employees accounts pursuant to the Government Code Section 2615; this PERS
pickup is done pursuant to Section 414(H)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Employees hired on or after January 1, 2011 but before January 1, 2013 or considered
classic employees under Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA), will pay
100% of their employee PERS contribution. Pursuant to PEPRA, employees hired on
or after January 1, 2013 and classified as new employees shall be responsible for one
half of the normal cost of the retirement plan.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
JUL 16 2014 , by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER, RIVERA, MAXWELL, , JOHI3SON
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CITY CLERK and EX OFF06 CLERK of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
JUL 16 2014
HARVEY L. HALL
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
VIRGDOA A. GE44NARO
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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