HomeMy WebLinkAboutYakima Firefighters Association Local 469 - Memorandum of UnderstandingMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF YAKIMA,
AND YAKIMA FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION ]LOCAL 469
The parties, City ofYakirna and International Association of Firefighters Local 469
(Local 469 or Union), hereby enter into this tnernorandum OfUnderstanding to resolve certain
disputes described below,
Recitals
Local 469 represents Fire Departinent CITIP10yeCS, employed by the City, in the Public
Employees Retirement Systems (PERS) classifications, including 9-1-1 calitakers, public
safety dispatchers, and public safety cornmunications supervisors,
1 On or about May 13, 2021, SunComm--thc City's dispatch center —issued Special Directive
2t.001, which announced that beginning May 5, 2021, SunComm personnel should no longer
transfer EMS or low-level law, enforcement incidents to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office
(YSO).
3. On or about June 7, 2021, Local 469 filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Public
Employment Relations Commission (PERC) challenging the issuance of Special Directive
21.001 as a unilateral change to a mandatory subject of bargaining, implemented without
bargaining.
4. PERC docketed that case as 134253-U-21, It is currently pending.
5. Recently, SunComm has assigned significant mandatory overtime, which has impacted the
City's budget and affected PERS employees' quality of life.
6. The parties wish to resolve these disputes amicablysand hereby settle them as follows.
Terms
1. Effective December 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021 (Adjustment Period), Jenyne Wells
shall work a swing -shift position consisting of four 10-hour shifts per week, Wednesday
through Saturday. This schedule shall not apply to Ms. Wells' s work in 2022.
2. Ms. Well shall accrue 12 hours of sick leave per month during the Adjustment Period. The
change in Ms. Wells's shift shall not affect the credit of hours, under Art. 20.1 to Ms. Wells's
holiday bank account accruals for 2021
3. The City shall rescind Special Directive 21.001 by no later than November 12, 2021„ and
shall provide the Union notice of that rescission by November 12, 202 1.
4. Within three business days of notice of the City's rescission of Special Directive 21.001, the
Union shall withdraw the ULP docketed as 134253-U-2 1.
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5. By November 15, 2021, the City shall advise YSO that SunComm will resume the call -taking
protocols that existed prior to the issuance of Special Directive 21 MI.
*fbis MU Ois executed by the parties this Cday of November, 021,
Bob Harrison 11; Aahan
City Manager President IAFF Local 469
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