RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2023/411 approving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and United Chief Officers Association (UCOA) implementing negotiated wage agreements and other economic terms and conditions of employment beginning July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated yearly increase in salary costs of the negotiated contract is $384,000 for 2023/24; $326,000 for FY 2024/25; $342,000 for FY 2025/26 and $360,000 for FY 2026/27. Rolling in the 5% Emergency Recall and Standby differential into base pay will increase benefit costs in the amount of approximately $360,000 over the four year contract term. The 2.5% differential for the Chief of Emergency Medical Services will cost approximately $8,800 per year. The increases in vacation leave and sick leave may have an incidental cost depending on the amount of backfilling. The vacation buyback benefit's cost is dependent on usage.
BACKGROUND:
United Chief Officers Association (UCOA) began bargaining with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District on April 17, 2023. An agreement was reached on August 14, 2023 and ratified by the Association on August 16, 2023.
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