HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2022-303RESOLUTION NO. 2022-303
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LODI AND
THE LODI PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH A SIDE -LETTER
AGREEMENT ADDING PARAMEDIC INCENTIVE PAY
WHEREAS, the Lodi City Council approved a successor Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Lodi Professional Firefighters (LPF) on September 21, 2022 that
has a term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, LPF members are Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) providing Basic
Life Support (BLS) services within the City of Lodi; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Fire Department would like to enter into an agreement with
San Joaquin County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SJCEMSA) to provide Advanced
Life Support (ALS) services to the City of Lodi citizens; and
WHEREAS, Lodi Fire Department personnel must be accredited and licensed
Paramedics through the State of California and SJCEMSA in order to provide ALS services;
and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into a side -letter agreement amending the LPF
MOU to provide incentive pay for employees who are accredited by SJCEMSA as Licensed
Paramedics; and
WHEREAS, it is recommend that Council approve the revisions to the MOU with LPF
through a Side -Letter Agreement to provide Paramedic Incentive pay.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council that it does hereby
approve the attached Side -Letter Agreement (Exhibit A) between the City of Lodi and LPF.
Date: December 7, 2022
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2022-303 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held December 7, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hothi, Khan, Kuehne, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
OLIVIA NASHED
City Clerk
2022-303
Side Letter Agreement Amending the Memorandums of Understanding
Between the City of Lodi and the Lodi Professional Firefighters
January 1, 2023 — December 31, 2025
This Side Letter Agreement is entered into between the City of Lodi, a municipal corporation
("City"), and Lodi Professional Firefighters (LPF), and is effective as of January 1, 2023.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Memorandum of Understanding between LPF and the City has a term of
January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 (MOU), and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department desires to implement an Advanced Life Support (ALS)
program as approved by the San Joaquin County Emergency Medical Services Agency
(SJCEMSA); and
WHEREAS, the MOU does not include a provision for an incentive for Fire personnel who
are certified and accredited Paramedics, and
WHEREAS, representatives from the City and LPF have met and conferred in good faith
to discuss a new incentive for employees certified and accredited as Paramedics and agreed to the
following changes to the LPF MOU:
NEW ARTICLE - PARAMEDIC INCENTIVE PAY
• Effective January 9, 2023, $50 per month stipend for employees who are certified by
SJCEMSA as a Paramedic Accreditation Officer (up to a maximum of six (6)
Accreditation Officers);
■ Effective January 9, 2023, $250 per month stipend for Fire Department personnel who
are licensed Paramedics while they are seeking accreditation by SJCEMSA;
• Effective January 9, 2023, $250 per month stipend for Fire Department personnel who
are accredited by SJCEMSA until the City has been approved by SJCEMSA to
implement an ALS program; and
• Upon approval by SJCEMSA to implement an ALS program, an Eleven percent (11%)
incentive shall be paid to Fire Department personnel who are accredited by SJCEMSA
as Paramedics and the $250 per month stipend will be eliminated. The incentives are
not stackable.
The City will pay for or provide all licensing, accreditation, and continuing education fees and
costs associated with paramedic licensure and accreditation for all employees in the ALS program.
The City will pay for or provide required continuing education for licensed Paramedics accredited
by SJCEMSA at no cost to employees. Employees who are licensed and accredited Paramedics
will receive overtime compensation for completing approved continuing education classes outside
their normal working hours.
MOU terms and conditions not otherwise modified in this Agreement shall remain unchanged and
shall remain in full force and effect through December 31, 2025.
City of Lodi
a municipal corporation
Stephen Schwabauer
City Manager
Adele Post
Human Resources Manager
ATTEST:
Olivia Nashed
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lodi Professional Firefighters
Date Cameron Heberle
President, LPF
Date Vincent Wells
Labor Relations Consultant
Mastagni Holstedt, A.P.C.
Date
Janice D. Magdich Date
City Attorney (t,
Date
Date