HomeMy WebLinkAbout7068RESOLUTION NO. 7068
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFONIA, IDENTIFYING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ARCADIA FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE WHEN AWAY FROM
OFFICIAL DUTY STATION AND ASSIGNED TO AN EMERGENCY
INCIDENT
WHEREAS, the Arcadia Fire Department is a public agency located in the
County of Los Angeles, State of California; and
WHEREAS, it is the City of Arcadia's desire to provide fair and legal payment to
all its employees for time worked; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to compensate its employees portal to portal while in
the course of their employment, away from their official duty station and when assigned
to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre- positioned for
emergency response ( "Covered Activities "); and
WHEREAS, the City has in its employ certain Fire Department response personnel
who respond to covered activities; and who include: Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, Battalion
Chief, Fire Captain, Engineer, Firefighter /Paramedic, Firefighter ( "Response
Personnel "); and
WHEREAS, the City intends to compensate its employees overtime in accordance
with their current Memorandum of Understanding while engaged in the Covered Activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Response Personnel shall be compensated according to that
certain City approved Memorandum of Understanding ( "MOU "), Personnel Rules and
Regulations, and /or other directive that identifies personnel compensation applicable to
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Response Personnel in the workplace, in effect from time to time.
SECTION 2. In the event a personnel classification does not have an
assigned compensation rate for Response Personnel, a "Base Rate" as set forth in a
City approved organizational policy, administrative directive or similar document shall be
used to compensate such Response Personnel.
SECTION 3. The Arcadia Fire Department shall maintain a current salary
survey or acknowledgment of acceptance of the "base rate" on file with the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Fire Rescue Division.
SECTION 4. Response Personnel shall be compensated for Covered Activities
(portal to portal) beginning at the time of dispatch to the time of return to their official
duty station in the City when equipment and personnel are in service and available for
agency response.
SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption, and the City Clerk
shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Passed, approved, and adopted this _5Lh day of Mav , 2015.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Steph n P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No. 7068 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 5t" day of May, 2015 and that said Resolution was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Beck, Chandler, Kovacic, Tay and Wuo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Jerk of t-h'd City of Arcadia