Subject:
Title
Labor Agreement with Brevard County Professional Firefighters Local 2969 Rank and File & Supervisory Units
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Fiscal Impact:
Projected fiscal impact resulting from changes to Article 13 - Wages would add the following costs to current Fire Rescue payroll:
FY21/22 - $5,132,962
FY22/23 - $2,621,129
FY23/24 -$4,450,469
Total Contract - $12,204,561
Dept/Office:
Human Resources
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners ratify the tentatively agreed upon modifications to the various articles in the collective bargaining agreement presented herewith and authorize the County Manager to execute said labor agreement as provided for by Florida Statute Section 447.309
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Summary Explanation and Background:
In accordance with the articles of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Brevard County Professional Firefighters Local 2969 and the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, representatives of the International Association of Firefighters Local 2969 (IAFF) and the County Manager conducted negotiations in advance of the scheduled expiration of the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties.
After conducting multiple negotiating sessions between October 2020 and August 2021, the County and Union negotiating teams tentatively agreed to modifications of various articles in the expiring agreement subject to review and approval by this Board. Union Leadership submitted these articles for ratification by the Union membership on September 5, 2021. The vote to ratify was 293 yea / 74 nay in the Rank and File and 12 yea / 4 nay in the Supervisors Unit. This tentative agreement remains subject to review and approval by this Board.
The Executive Summary attached to this report highlights the changes negotiated in these tentative agreements. A copy of the tentatively agreed language indicating the current language, deletion (strikeouts) and proposed additional language (underlin...
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