contract Flashcards
1
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DVP granted time off not to exceed
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192 hours
2
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with a written request to the fire chief
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72 hours in advanced
3
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sufficient staffing must be available with no
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overtime costs
4
Q
civil suits comply with
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provisions of section 111.07 768.28 fl statutes
5
Q
dispute or complaint between city and union as to
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application or interpretation of this agreement
6
Q
aggrieved employee present in writing
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within 10 working days through chain of command to fire chief
7
Q
initial discussion will be
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informal
8
Q
fire chief will in writing communicate decision within
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10 working days of grievance being presented
9
Q
if not solved in step 1 present to HR director within
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10 working days of step 1 decision
10
Q
HR will meet with union withing
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10 working days of grievance receipt
11
Q
HR will deliver decision to union
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within 10 working days
12
Q
City manager may designate another individual to hear step 2 grievance upon
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7 calendar days written notice
13
Q
if not solved at step 2
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submit to arbitration by union within 10 working days of HR decision
14
Q
reward of arbitration is
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final and binding
15
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failure of city to respond within time limit is considered
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denial of grievance and aggrieved may proceed to next step
16
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arbitrator shall render reports within
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30 calendar days after parties submit briefs
17
Q
working days are considered
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0800-1600 M-F
18
Q
authorization is revocable at employee request upon
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30 days written notice to city and union
19
Q
changes in dues implemented no later than
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30 days after notification
20
Q
kelly days bid
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in july and effective first full pay period after october 1
21
Q
seniority ties are broken by
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date of employment
hiring exam test score
date on application
22
Q
ranking employees seniority ties are broken by
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promotion date
promotional test score
time in next lowest rank
date of employment
date and time of employment application
23
Q
minimum of how many hours permitted and require prior approval by batallion
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2 hours
24
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1 shift advanced not required for
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less than 12 hours unless exchange starts at 0800
25
no more than how many time exchanges owed at 1 time
5
26
abuse of this article may result in
up to 1 year loss of right to time exchange
27
annual and sick leave docked for every
1/4 hour missed
28
costs/expenses accrued for failure to work will be
deducted from annual leave account
29
how many days of leave without pay may be granted for reasonable purpose by HR
60 calendar days
30
may be renewed or extended for
30 calendar days by HR approved in writing
31
denial under this section
is not grievable
32
to obtain leave without pay
annual leave and floating holiday time must be exhausted
33
if leave without pay is for the purpose of mental or physical disability
sick leave must be exhausted
34
time without pay for one pay period or less is considered
unpaid leave and does not require HR approval
35
absence of 30 calendar days (full or partial) or more per calendar year will toll
continuous service and adjust anniversary date
36
shift employees accrue sick leave at
2.77 hours per week
37
not to exceed
144 hours per fiscal year
38
non shift employees accrue sick leave at
1.84 hours per week
39
upon resignation employees will be payed for
1/4 accumulated sick leave
39
not to exceed
96 hours per fiscal year
39
upon retirement employees will be payed for
1/2 accumulated sick leave
40
upon line of duty death
100 percent will be payed to beneficiary within 30 days of death
41
payoff will be based on the employees
base rate of pay at time of separation
42
employees must call in sick before
0700 hours
43
6 months of no sick leave usage
10/1-3/31
4/1-9/30
12 hours of annual leave (shift)
8 hours of annual leave (non shift) will be added to annual leave bank
44
there will be reasonable effort to credit this annual leave by
the end of the 2nd full pay period after 3/31 and 9/30
45
if light duty recommended by physician for non job related injury or illness is not approved within
5 working days, it is considered a denial
46
physician assurance that it will not extend
beyond 30 days
47
extension beyond 30 days will be
approved by HR
48
deemed compensable by workers comp or
112.1816 fl statute
48
time on disability counts as continuous service but there will be no
additional pay or benefits
49
reg pay rate, workers comp received until
return to duty
disability rewarded
1 year passed (more with CM approval)
1 year passed but will return within the next 12 months
50
medical and life insurance plans will be available
on the 1st of the month following 30 days employment, provided documents completed within 30 days employment
51
life insurance is based on
salary rounded to the closest 1000 (max 50,000)
51
line of duty death or if death occurred while protecting life/property receive
75,000
52
if killed intentionally or unlawfully
225,000
53
tier II insurance subsidy of
25 dollars for each year under the pension plan until age 65 up to 500 dollars and 15 dollars per month up to 300 dollars thereafter
54
revenue in excess of
2055127 will be held in pension fund share plan
55
in state bereavement
1 shift or 3 (8 hour) days for non shift
56
out of state bereavement
2 shifts 5 (8 hours) days for non shift
57
education approval is not
grievable
58
EMT will receive
5 percent
59
paramedics will receive
17.5 percent
60
first responder pay of
2.5 percent (10/1/2025)
61
fire officer and fire science
35 per pay period
62
associates degree
50 per pay period
63
bachelors degree
100 per pay period
64
AA
11.54/week
65
bachelors
25.38/week
66
per cert employees may receive
250 (750 max) in first paycheck in december
67
cert pay will be submitted
no later than Nov 1
68
employees will receive 24 hours off every
7th shift
69
change of duty requires
30 day notice to union
70
on holidays, non shift employees will receive
regular pay plus 8 hours of annual
71
swing shift employees will work
3 8 hour days and 1 24 hour shift
72
for overtime purposes, paid leave counts as
hours worked
73
comp time is not to exceed
72 hours
74
comp time is taken in no less than
12 hours (shift) 1 hour (non shift)
75
there will be a 3% increase in pay the first full pay period after
10/1/24,25,26
76
2.5% added to the
top of the pay plan
77
if promoted and merit is within the next 60 days
both merit and promotion raise will be received
78
FF steps
39-57
79
DO steps
44-60
79
cap steps
50-66
80
inspector steps
39-60
81
RL steps
46-62
82
EMS captain will receive
5%
83
everyone moved up a step on
10/1/24
83
honor guard, dive and swat medic will receive
15 dollars/week
83
payed for 144 hours of holiday on the first pay period after
may 15 and nov 15
84
requests for annual leave in place of holiday pay made no later than
4/15 and 10/15
85
working in excess of 2 hours out of class will be payed
at starting pay of that rank, not to be less than 5 percent
85
employees earn annual leave according to the following schedule (shift)
1-60 months 120
61-120 months 168
121-180 months 216
181 months or longer 264
86
non shift employees earn annual leave according to the following schedule
1-60 months 96
61-120 months 136
121-180 months 176
181 months or longer 216
87
employees may accumulate up to
12 shifts or 288 hours of annual leave
87
nonshift employees accumulate
240 hours
88
annual leave in excess of these caps on the date of the close of the fiscal year
will automatically be forfeited
88
if the cities denial of annual leave usage causes the employee to be in excess of these caps
the city will give the employee an additional 180 days to utilize said leave
89
should an employee request a change of previously scheduled vacation, an electronic request should be submitted
3 days prior to the originally scheduled vacation. Such requests will not be unreasonably denied
90
emergency annual leave is used in order to care for
employees sick spouse or child or employees parent who is domiciled in the employees home, provided that no other person is able to care for them
91
personnel may request annual leave for educational or training courses in
4 hour increments
92
in the event of retirement, resignation or termination employee will be payed for
all accrued but unused annual leave at the base rate of pay
93
employees will be allowed to receive a cash payment for up to
72 hours (shift)
60 hours (nonshift) providing that the bank does not fall below 96 hours (shift) or 80 hours (nonshift) as of the first pay period before september 15 each year
94
in the first paycheck during the month of december employees will receive
a uniform allowance of 200 dollars
95
eyeglasses or wristwatches damaged or destroyed responding to an emergency or during department scheduled training will be reimbursed at a rate of
50 for watches
250 for prescription eyeglasses with written request submitted within 30 days of the date of the occurrence
96
probation begins
the date that the employee begins working for the fire rescue department as a paid full time state certified firefighter and shall continue until the employee works 90 24 hour shifts
97
HR director can extend probation for a period
no longer than 30 shifts
98
fire inspector must complete an additional probationary period of
12 months
99
extension of fire inspector probation
no more than 90 days
100
fire inspector is the same seniority level as the
firefighter
101
joint occupational safety and health program committee shall consist of
6 members, 3 appointed by the union and 3 by the fire rescue department
101
an employee required to report the morning after shift to jury duty will be sent home at
8 pm
102
if the employee is not on shift for a required court appearance they will be guaranteed
minimum 3 hours of 1.5 times their regular rate of pay
103
employees will be payed at
1.5 times regular rate of pay for the actual time spent
104
fire rescue department must be notified in writing of the off duty appearance within
72 hours after the subpoena
105
ten years of continuous service will be eligible for longevity incentive pay of
5.1 percent
106
employees who have completed 15 years of service will be eligible for longevity incentive pay of
2.6 percent
107
20 years of service will receive
2.7 percent
107
hired after 2019-2021 ratification shall be treated as supplemental pay and will not be
compounded
107
15 years
2.5 percent
108
10 years
5 percent
109
20 years
2.5 percent
110
the city shall apply what standard in ordering for testing for drugs, alcohol and illegal substances
reasonable suspicion
111
the city has the right to randomly drug/alcohol test up to how many bargaining unit employees each calendar year
fifty percent
112
positive urine specimen sample portion shall be subjected to
chromotography/mass spectrophometry
113
employees shall be required to document their legal drug/substance use within
24 hours of their initial drug screening
114
a positive test for alcohol will be at or above
0.04g%
115
initial screening for each of the steroids and their metabolites will be at
10 ng/ml and confirmation screening at 1ng/ml
116
no chargeable accident between october 1 and september 30 he or she shall have
8 hours added to the annual leave account 3hours for non shift
117
this agreement may be reopened with
30 days notice
118
how many days shall the parties have, if requested to meet and negotiate a replacement provision
15 calendar days
119
FMLA requires employers to provide up to
12 weeks of job protected leave to eligible employees
120
employees are eligible if they have
worked for the city for at least 1 year and for at least 1250 hours of service over the previous 12 months
121
birth of a child may take up to
12 weeks (combined if both parents work for the city)
122
in no case shall the total period of leave
exceed 12 months
123
bargaining unit members must keep
at least 1 week of annual leave for personal use when donating time
124
if employee is not eligible for coverage under FMLA HR director may grant up to
40 hours unpaid leave upon adoption of a child
125
for these FMLA qualifying purposes, shift employees may use up to
4 shifts (96) hours of sick leave per fiscal year and non shift 80 hours
126
special response team shall be payed
100 dollars per pay period
127
there will be a minimum of how many personnel appointed to the special response team
thirty (30)
128
the promotional examination for rescue lt will be regularly conducted in
april of each odd numbered year
129
driver operator and captain will be conducted in
april of each even numbered year
130
the city shall provide written notice
120 days in advanced of the first component
131
the city, in its exclusive discretion may select
any one of the top 5 names on the list
132
in the event that a promotional list is depleted
within 6 months of the original expiration date, a replacement examination will be conducted and the list will remain in effect for the next 2 year cycle
133
if the list is depleted more than 6 months before the normal expiration date
replacement promotional list will be used for the remainder of the 2 years
134
if a promotional candidate is unable to participate in a component due to an emergency
fire chief can authorize them to complete the remaining components within 3 days of the original examination component date (this decision is not subject to grievance)
135
military leave not to exceed
240 working hours every fiscal year
136
employees who enlist during peacetime are entitled to reemployment
within 90 days of their release with honorable discharge without loss of benefits or seniority
137
reserve component to active duty shall be eligible for military leave benefits
the first 30 days will be with pay
138
how many days prior to the expiration date of this agreement either party may notify the other party that it wishes to add, alter or amend the agreement
150 days
139
negotiations will begin no later than
120 days prior to the expiration date
140
the agreement shall remain in full force and effect until
september 30, 2027
141
employee must submit a tuition refund application prior to initiation of the class and
no later than 3 weeks after the first class meeting
142
all applicable electronic requests to HR department
within 90 days of the date employee is issued coursework grades
143
grade of A or B
100% reimbursement
144
grade C
50% reimbursement
145
how long does it take before the check is prepared and given to the employee
3 weeks
146
maximum amount of credit hours eligible for payment in a semester
6 semester hours
147
bachelors and coursework required for promotional examination
12 semester hours until employees have completed approved course of study
161
