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Date: To: From: April21, 2015 El Cerrito City Council Lance Maples, Fire Chief AGENDA BILL Agenda Item No. 5(0) Subject: Portal to Portal Overtime Pay for Employees Assigned to Emergency Response ACTION REQUESTED Adopt a resolution authorizing portal to portal reimbursement for all personnel assigned to emergency incidents through the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA). BACKGROUND The El Cerrito Fire Department partiCipates in the California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System. The CF AA is the negotiated reimbursement mechanism for local government fire agency responses under the Mutual Aid System. The CFAA provides for reimbursement of portal to portal overtime to City employees while in the course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response. The City is currently reimbursed for portal to portal overtime costs. In order to be eligible for continued reimbursement, the City Council must approve the attached resolution. STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERATIONS Approval of the proposed resolution with the California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid System is consistent with El Cerrito Strategic Plan Goal A- Deliver exemplary government services and Goal B- Achieve long-term financial stability. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS There are no identifiable environmental effects or opportunities associated with this agreement. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS Authorizing portal to portal overtime pay for employees ensures that the City continues to be eligible for reimbursement through the CF AA. Revie~ Scott Hanin City Manager Attachments: 1. Resolution ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item No. 5(D) Attachment 1 RESOLUTION 2015-XX RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AUTHORIZING PORTAL TO PORTAL OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO EMERGENCY INCIDENTS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA FIRE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CFAA). WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito is a public agency located in the County of Contra Costa, State of California; and WHEREAS, it is the City’s desire to provide fair and legal payment to all its employees for time worked; and WHEREAS, the City has in its employ, Fire Department response personnel including: Fire Chief, Battalion Chief, Captain, Captain/Paramedic, Engineer, Engineer/Paramedic, Firefighter and Firefighter/Paramedic; and WHEREAS, the City will compensate its employees portal to portal while in the course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response; and WHEREAS, the City will compensate its employees overtime in accordance with their current Memorandum of Understanding while in the course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre- positioned for emergency response. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito authorizes portal to portal overtime reimbursement for all personnel assigned to emergency incidents through the California Fire Assistance Agreement and that the conditions set forth in this resolution, as stated above, take effect upon adoption by the City Council of the City of El Cerrito. I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on April X, 2015 the City Council of the City of El Cerrito passed this Resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on April XX, 2015. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: Mark Friedman, Mayor