R2023-137 Resolution Authorizing Pay and Benefits I.A.F.F. Local 505, Fire Association

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a calendar year, must be resubmitted. On October 1, the shift commanders will forward all downgrade requests to the Fire Chief for prioritizing. The Fire Chief and Union President will review and prioritize the requests. The most senior employee who has completed the two (2) license certification periods (8 years) timely submitting a request for downgrade shall have first priority. (c) If at any time, due to retirement, resignation, or extended disability, the number of EMT-Is fall below the number specified by the assignments on Exhibit D on a battalion, the Fire Chief will have the option to transfer the least senior EMT-I from a sufficiently staffed battalion to maintain minimum staffing of the affected battalion. When the affected battalion reaches its specified level of staffing, the transferred EMT-I shall be transferred back to his/her original battalion. (d) No downgrade request will be allowed to drop below the EMT-13 level, based on the level of qualifications as of May 1, 2004, except for employees who have voluntarily certified as EMT-Bs prior to April 5, 1988. If those qualifications change, either party may request to reopen this section. Section 8. Bargaining unit employees shall, in conjunction with the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Chief Officers of the Department, have the responsibility for conducting fire investigations and fire inspections. ARTICLE 18 GRIEVANCES Section 1. A grievance is hereby defined as an actual dispute between the City and the Union or an employee covered by this agreement concerning only the application, meaning or interpretation of the terms of this agreement as they affect the members of the Union or said employees. Section 2. (a) All discipline, reprimands, suspensions and discharges shall be for just cause only. (b) Disciplinary reprimands, both oral and written, may be grieved pursuant to the provisions hereof, but such reprimands may not be referred to arbitration as provided in Section 7 hereof; as to such reprimands, the decision of the City Manager is final. All other disciplinary actions are subject to the provisions of this Article, as modified by this section. (c) Suspensions, and discharges, may be grieved pursuant to the provisions hereof, including binding arbitration, and in lieu of any proceedings otherwise available before the Civil Service Commission. In such cases, it shall be unnecessary to file said grievance pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 hereof, the notice to the City Manager's Office provided for herein being sufficient to give the arbitrator jurisdiction of the matter, and said time limits herein provided being the only such limits regarding notice of intent to arbitrate required to be met by such employee, any provisions of Section 8 to the contrary notwithstanding. In order to exercise the option provided for hereunder to refer a matter to an arbitrator rather than the Civil Service Commission, or to have an arbitrator 31