R2026-82 Resolution Authorizing the Approval of an Agreement with I.A.F.F. Local 505, from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT I.A.F.F., LOCAL 505 CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS This Memorandum of Agreement between Local Union 505, International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC and the City of Decatur, Illinois, is signed on behalf of said Union by the President thereof and on behalf of the City by the City Manager as follows: ARTICLE 1 GENERAL Section 1. The City of Decatur, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" and Local 505, International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC, hereinafter referred to as "UNION" in order to increase the efficiency of the Fire Department of the City, to maintain the existing harmonious relationship between the City and those of its employees in the fire fighting service and to promote the morale, rights, privileges and well-being of said employees, do enter into this Memorandum of Agreement. Section 2. The employees of the Fire Department of the City and the individual members of the Union shall regard themselves as employees of the public and are to be governed by the highest ideals of honor and integrity in all their public and personal conduct in order that they may merit the respect and confidence of the public which employs them and which they serve. Section 3. The City recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive representative of the classified fire service employees of the Fire Department of the City with the exception of the Chief, Deputy Chiefs, and Battalion Chiefs, of said Department for the purpose of bargaining with respect to wages, hours of duty and working conditions. ARTICLE 2 PLACES OF RESIDENCE Section 1. All bargaining unit members shall be required to reside within fifty (50) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Decatur. Upon original appointment, an appointee may reside outside said limits but shall be required as a condition of continued employment to comply with said residency requirement no later than ninety (90) days after the completion of said appointee's probationary period. ARTICLE 3 CHECK-OFF Section 1. Upon written authorization by an employee filed with the Director of Finance thereof, the City shall deduct from wages or salary of such employee such sum as is certified by the Treasurer of the Union as initiation fee, assessment, union dues, and any other mutually agreed authorized deductions, which sums so deducted shall be accumulated and transferred to the Union Treasurer on or before seven (7) days after the 3