HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandum of Understanding between MERIDIAN FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2311 IAFF and MFD MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
MERIDIAN FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2311 IAFF
AND
THE MERIDIAN CITY/RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
October 13, 2000
This Memorandum of Understanding, dated this 13th day of October, 2000,
between Meridian Firefighters Local 2311 IAFF, hereinafter referred to as "UNION",
and The City of Meridian and the Meridian Rural Fire District, hereinafter referred to
as "EMPLOYER".
WHEREAS, Fire Marshal, Raymond Voss, a member of IAFF Local 2311 has
retired from active service and thfit position is now unfilled; and
WHEREAS, EMPLOYER has approached the UNION to discuss the issue of
filling the vacancy for the Fire Marshal's position; and
WHEREAS, the EMPLOYER has proposed to the UNION that the
EMPLOYER desires to develop a new job description for the Fire Marshal, that would
include a preponderance of supervisory/management duties that would exclude that
position from membership in the UNION, as set out in the applicable portions of the
Idaho Code; and further, that EMPLOYER wishes to fill the vacancy by soliciting
applications from outside the Fire Department because of an immediate need to have
a fully qualified Fire Prevention Specialist to perform extensive and critical Plan
Reviews which necessitates extensive knowledge of Fire Protection Systems; and
WHEREAS, the UNION desires that Fire Prevention should remain a vital
Division of the Fire Department and should remain housed in the same location as the
Fire Department's Administration, and further, that any newly created position of
INSPECTOR be included within the scope of the bargaining unit, as set out in the
applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree as follows:
At such time that the EMPLOYER creates a position or positions of
"INSPECTOR", UNION and EMPLOYER will meet and confer and
negotiate in good faith regarding the wages, working conditions, hours of
work, and terms and conditions of employment of that position with the
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understanding this position will be included within the scope of the
bargaining unit and included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
After creation of the position of "INSPECTOR" that position or
positions will be filled within the ranks (shift personnel) of the Fire
Department by a bid/qualification process. Assignment will be by mutual
agreement of the individual employee and EMPLOYER. Solicitation of
outside applications to fill newly created INSPECTOR positions will only
be done after all qualified individuals within the ranks have had the first
opportunity to bid on those positions.
Fire Prevention training classes, seminars, etc. will be made available, for
those individual members within the ranks who desire to train and
qualify for any INSPECTOR position, depending upon funding,
scheduling and availability.
The Fire Prevention Bureau, Fire Marshal, and INSPECTORS, if and
when that INSPECTOR position is created, shall remain a Division of
the Fire Department and shall remain housed in the same location as the
Fire Department's Administration.
If the job description of the Fire Marshal changes from that
contemplated by this agreement, such that the job description does not
have a preponderance of Management/Supervisory duties as the same are
defined in the applicable portions of the Idaho Code, then the Fire
Marshal position will be placed back within the scope of the bargaining
unit.
EMPLOYER is allowed to develop a new job description for the Fire
Marshal position that will include a preponderance of
Management/Supervisory duties, thereby excluding that position from
the scope of the bargaining unit in the current Collective Bargaining
Agreement. Said Fire Marshal position shall remain outside the scope of
the bargaining unit unless, and until, the circumstance described in
paragraph 5 above shall occur.
This agreement is a "Memorandum of Understanding" only, and is not
intended to be construed or implied as "opening" the current UNION contract.
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The parties further agree that this agreement shall remain in full force and in
fact until such time as both parties mutually agree in writing to terminate all, or any
part, of this agreement.
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William G. Berg, Jr., ~:ity Clerk
MERIDIAN RURAL FIRE
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President
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By:
Secretary
MERIDIAN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
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ATTEST:
ATTEST:
MERIDIAN FIREFIGHTERS
LOCAL 2311 IAFF
Reggie Edwar'Tffs, Pres. Local 2311 IAFF
Sam McEvoy, Vice Pres. Merman Firefighters
Chapter, Local 2311 IAFF
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