2016-101 I.A.F.F. Local 505 Fire Association Contract

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(a) On or before November 1 each year the Fire Chief shall post blank station bidding sheets in each station reflecting the staffing requirements for each station specified in Section 3 of this Article. (b) The bidding process shall begin the first shift day of December for each respective battalion with the Fire Captains beginning the station bid assignments. The station bidding process will become effective January 1 of each year. The Captains will be notified by seniority for their station requests. After all Captains have placed their bids or have been assigned a station, the Lieutenants, by time-in-grade seniority will then secure their station assignment. (c) Once the officer's station assignments have been made, the firefighters shall proceed to make their bids for station assignments. Firefighters may pick their station assignments according to job seniority subject to the following limitations: (i) Each station shall be staffed with a complement of firefighters and fire officers so that certification requirements in Section 3 for the station being bid are met (e.g., between two firefighters both possessing a required certification, the more time-in-grade senior firefighter has priority; a less time-in-grade senior firefighter possessing a certification required to satisfy the requirements of Section 3 has priority over a more senior firefighter without the certification; where the certification requirements for a station are met, the more senior firefighter has priority irrespective of certifications). Stations will be filled with at least the minimum required personnel. (ii) Firefighters with less than three(3)years of seniority as of January 1 st may be assigned at the discretion of the Battalion Chief. Except for his regular three station rotation, a probationary firefighter will not be moved to fill a slot except in an emergency. (iii) Firefighters who will not be able to be contacted on December 1, must submit to their Battalion Chief a primary choice and two secondary station assignment requests, before November 30. (iv) Any firefighters who have not indicated their preferences by then or whose preference will not comply with the specification of Section 3 may be assigned a station by the Chief at his discretion. After all employees have made their bids, the Fire Chief shall review the resulting station schedule to ensure it complies with Section 3. Should the Fire Chief believe that the assignments, as proposed, will not comply with Section 3, the Chief shall discuss any discrepancies with the Union President. The Chief may move employees from stations they have bid only if the employee(s)' bid(s) and the resulting schedule do not comply with the requirements of Section 3. The Fire Chief may also reassign the least senior employee from a bid position involved in a demonstrated personnel conflict between employees of the shift that is not resolved after mediation between the involved employees. When that is the case, qualified volunteers shall be solicited first to change shift station assignments. In the absence of sufficient qualified volunteers, the least senior qualified employee shall be assigned in order to bring the schedule into compliance with the requirements of Section 3. The Chief will present a final schedule to the Union president on or before December 15. 5