To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Heather Ruiz, Human Resources Director
Prepared By: Caitlin Saldanha, Management Analyst II
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Tentative Agreement between the City of Napa and the Napa Chief Fire Officers (“NCFO”)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve and adopt the Tentative Agreement between the City of Napa (“City”) and the Napa Chief Fire Officers (“NCFO”) for the term of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027; and authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement the Tentative Agreement.
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DISCUSSION:
The MOU between the City and NCFO defines the compensation and benefits paid by the City to NCFO member employees in the classifications of Fire Battalion Chief and Deputy Fire Chief. The term of the current NCFO MOU ended on December 31, 2024.
In November of 2024, the City and NCFO began negotiations on a new MOU. On December 18, 2024, representatives of each party reached a Total Tentative Agreement on a package for a two-year agreement. On December 31, 2024, NCFO notified the City that their membership ratified the agreement.
The major terms of the agreement are as follows:
• Three Year Term, January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027
• Addition of a Step 6 to Fire Battalion Chief and Deputy Fire Chief salary schedules, which is 5% above Step 5, effective the pay period beginning January 4, 2025
• Salary increase of 3.5%, effective the pay period containing July 1, 2025
• Salary increase of 3.25%, effective the pay period containing January 1, 2026
• Salary increase of 2%, effective the pay period containing January 1, 2027
• Net gain of one holiday by adding Cesar Chavez Day
• Increase 40 Hour Assignment Pay from 7% to 10% on Holidays, and 2% to 5% on Non-Holidays
• Increase Educational Incentive for State Fire Officer Certification Program from $300 per month to 3.25% specialty pay and State Fire Chief Officer Certification Program from $325 per month to 3.25% specialty pay
• Add a 5% Fire Officer Safety Training/Coordinator Premium for Battalion Chiefs and Deputy Fire Chief who are routinely and consistently to instruct fire personnel in safety procedures
• Plus other language changes to reflect current practice or otherwise provide additional clarity in the contract
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The estimated cost for the implementation of this three-year agreement is approximately $0.45 million (450,000). The estimated cost for the General Fund in FY 24-25 for implementation of this agreement is approximately $40,000. The adopted FY 2024-25 budget included a COLA of 3% for all groups. This TA would incur an additional, unbudgeted cost of approximately $10,000 to the General Fund. A more detailed costing will be done at the employee level to calculate the needed budget increase. A budget amendment will be presented to the City Council at a future meeting after execution of the MOU. Adoption of updated salary schedules will also be brought forward to Council.
CEQA:
The Human Resources Director has determined that the Recommended Action described in this Agenda Report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060 (c).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Total Tentative Agreement Package between City and NCFO
NOTIFICATION:
None.