CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the resolution authorizing execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Naperville and IAFF Local # 4302
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Dwight Pancottine, Labor and Employment Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Fire Department has 187 employees in the positions of firefighter and firefighter/paramedic. They are represented for purposes of collective bargaining by IAFF Local # 4302 ("Union"). The collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") between the City and Union expired on December 31, 2019. The City and Union have reached agreement on a successor CBA consistent with City Council authority, and that agreement has been ratified by the bargaining unit employees.
DISCUSSION:
The attached CBA contains the following economic terms:
Term: The agreement has a sixty (60) month term retroactive to January 1,2020 and terminates on December 31, 2024.
Wage Rates Increases: Annual percentage wage increases for all employees covered under the CBA are as follows: 3.0% effective January 1, 2020, 1.0% effective January 1, 2021; 1.0% effective January 1, 2022; 2.0% effective January 1, 2023; and 1.75% effective January 1, 2024.
Paramedic Stipend: Paid annually to all employees who hold a paramedic license as follows:
Firefighter/Paramedic - Instead of the current annual lump sum stipend payment of $1,800 or $2,000 depending on years of service, all FF/PM's with five or more years of service will receive a stipend equivalent to 5% of the top firefighter pay rate ($4,960 in 2020).
Lieutenants and Captains - Instead of the current annual lump sum stipend payment of $250, the annual stipend will be the equivalent of 3% of the top firefighter pay rate ($2,976 in 2020).
Funeral Leave: An increase from one shift day (24 hours) to 2 shift days of paid leave for a death in the family.
Education Incentive Pay: The amounts of the incentive will not increase, but th...
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