Common use of Maintenance of Service Levels Clause in Contracts

Maintenance of Service Levels. The parties recognize and acknowledge the following standards of service: (a) The parties have jointly committed to maintain safe working conditions as described in Section 13.1 of this agreement. (b) “The Fire Department exists, 24 hours of every day, to protect life, property, and the environment. We will provide superior quality fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention, public education, technical and special rescue, non-emergency and support services: to prevent or minimize situations that affect the people we serve.” (c) The City Council has determined that this purpose is presently accomplished by maintaining daily staffing levels in accordance with the budget appropriated and adopted for fiscal years 2012-2013, which may be subject to change by City Council after compliance with the dispute resolution procedures of this agreement. (d) The present daily staffing levels ensure the safety of employees and protection of the life and property of citizens because staffing levels are sufficient to ensure that companies responding to emergency calls have the staffing necessary to be effective and respond within the department’s average response time. (e) The parties acknowledge that the present daily staffing levels are not necessarily absolute and may be subject to reconsideration due to circumstances currently unforeseen. In the event the City believes changes in present staffing levels are necessitated by changed circumstances, the City shall notify the Union of the reasons for any changes and upon written request from the Union, within ten calendar days, a Labor-Management meeting shall convene to discuss and negotiate in good faith as to the City’s proposed changes. If the parties are unable to come to an agreement within 20 days, either party may invoke interest arbitration in accordance with § 14 of the Act, except the mediation shall be waived. The single arbitrator shall be selected under the procedures of the collective bargaining agreement except the parties shall select the arbitrator from the first panel received within seven days of receipt of the panel, and final offers shall be submitted by the parties to the arbitrator within seven days of the arbitrator’s appointment. The hearing shall thereafter be conducted and concluded within ten (10) days of the arbitrator’s appointment and a decision rendered (without the filing of post-hearing briefs, pre-hearing briefs will be permitted) within seven (7) days thereafter. In the event the arbitrator selected is unwilling to meet these time frames, the last arbitrator struck will be selected until an agreeable arbitrator is found. (f) The Union agrees that during these discussion and negotiations prior to impasse, it will direct all correspondence and inquiries to the City’s appointed negotiating team. The City agrees to share any concerns of the Union with the City Council in the event the proposed changes require City Council’s approval. (g) This side letter of agreement shall expire (sunset) at 11:59 p.m. on the 31st day of December, 2022, and the parties shall revert immediately to the provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. The parties agree that the provisions within this side letter of agreement and the effects of its application shall be considered non-precedential, shall not be considered to be the “status quo” in any future negotiation, and shall not be used by either party for any purpose whatsoever in any future interest arbitration involving the parties. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of either party’s position as to whether or not minimum xxxxxxx is a mandatory subject to bargaining. (h) Should a study be completed, the City and the Union agree to split funding costs (50/50) and create a labor/management subcommittee to provide input in the vendor selection as well as monitor data provided toward the execution of a Community Risk Assessment and Standards of Response Coverage Study. City Council remains vested with the final determination of appropriate service levels as provided in this Agreement.

Maintenance of Service Levels. The parties recognize and acknowledge the following standards of service: (a) 1. The parties have jointly committed to maintain safe working conditions as described in Section 13.1 of this agreement. (b) 2. “The Fire Department exists, 24 hours of every day, to protect life, property, and the environment. We will provide superior quality fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention, public education, technical and special rescue, non-emergency and support services: to prevent or minimize situations that affect the people we serve.” (c) 3. The City Council has determined that this purpose is presently accomplished by maintaining daily staffing levels in accordance with the budget appropriated and adopted for fiscal years 2012-2013, which may be subject to change by City Council after compliance with the dispute resolution procedures of this agreement. (d) 4. The present daily staffing levels ensure the safety of employees and protection of the life and property of citizens because staffing levels are sufficient to ensure that companies responding to emergency calls have the staffing necessary to be effective and respond within the department’s average response time. (e) 5. The parties acknowledge that the present daily staffing levels are not necessarily absolute and may be subject to reconsideration due to circumstances currently unforeseen. In the event the City believes changes in present staffing levels are necessitated by changed circumstances, the City shall notify the Union of the reasons for any changes and upon written request from the Union, within ten calendar days, a Labor-Management meeting shall convene to discuss and negotiate in good faith as to the City’s proposed changes. If the parties are unable to come to an agreement within 20 days, either party may invoke interest arbitration in accordance with § 14 of the Act, except the mediation shall be waived. The single arbitrator shall be selected under the procedures of the collective bargaining agreement except the parties shall select the arbitrator from the first panel received within seven days of receipt of the panel, and final offers shall be submitted by the parties to the arbitrator within seven days of the arbitrator’s appointment. The hearing shall thereafter be conducted and concluded within ten (10) days of the arbitrator’s appointment and a decision rendered (without the filing of post-hearing briefs, pre-hearing briefs will be permitted) within seven (7) days thereafter. In the event the arbitrator selected is unwilling to meet these time frames, the last arbitrator struck will be selected until an agreeable arbitrator is found. (f) 6. The Union agrees that during these discussion and negotiations prior to impasse, it will direct all correspondence and inquiries to the City’s appointed negotiating team. The City agrees to share any concerns of the Union with the City Council in the event the proposed changes require City Council’s approval. (g) 7. This side letter of agreement shall expire (sunset) at 11:59 p.m. on the 31st day of December, 20222016, and the parties shall revert immediately to the provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. The parties agree that the provisions within this side letter of agreement and the effects of its application shall be considered non-non- precedential, shall not be considered to be the “status quo” in any an future negotiation, and shall not be used by either party for any purpose whatsoever in any future interest arbitration involving the parties. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of either party’s position as to whether or not minimum xxxxxxx is a mandatory subject to bargaining. (h) Should a study be completed, the City and the Union agree to split funding costs (50/50) and create a labor/management subcommittee to provide input in the vendor selection as well as monitor data provided toward the execution of a Community Risk Assessment and Standards of Response Coverage Study. City Council remains vested with the final determination of appropriate service levels as provided in this Agreement.

Maintenance of Service Levels. The parties recognize and acknowledge the following standards of service: (a) The parties have jointly committed to maintain safe working conditions as described in Section 13.1 of this agreement. (b) “The Fire Department exists, 24 hours of every day, to protect life, property, and the environment. We will provide superior quality fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention, public education, technical and special rescue, non-emergency and support services: to prevent or minimize situations that affect the people we serve.” (c) The City Council has determined that this purpose is presently accomplished by maintaining daily staffing levels in accordance with the budget appropriated and adopted for fiscal years 2012-2013, which may be subject to change by City Council after compliance with the dispute resolution procedures of this agreement. (d) The present daily staffing levels ensure the safety of employees and protection of the life and property of citizens because staffing levels are sufficient to ensure that companies responding to emergency calls have the staffing necessary to be effective and respond within the department’s average response time. (e) The parties acknowledge that the present daily staffing levels are not necessarily absolute and may be subject to reconsideration due to circumstances currently unforeseen. In the event the City believes changes in present staffing levels are necessitated by changed circumstances, the City shall notify the Union of the reasons for any changes and upon written request from the Union, within ten calendar days, a Labor-Management meeting shall convene to discuss and negotiate in good faith as to the City’s proposed changes. If the parties are unable to come to an agreement within 20 days, either party may invoke interest arbitration in accordance with § 14 of the Act, except the mediation shall be waived. The single arbitrator shall be selected under the procedures of the collective bargaining agreement except the parties shall select the arbitrator from the first panel received within seven days of receipt of the panel, and final offers shall be submitted by the parties to the arbitrator within seven days of the arbitrator’s appointment. The hearing shall thereafter be conducted and concluded within ten (10) days of the arbitrator’s appointment and a decision rendered (without the filing of post-hearing briefs, pre-hearing briefs will be permitted) within seven (7) days thereafter. In the event the arbitrator selected is unwilling to meet these time frames, the last arbitrator struck will be selected until an agreeable arbitrator is found. (f) The Union agrees that during these discussion and negotiations prior to impasse, it will direct all correspondence and inquiries to the City’s appointed negotiating team. The City agrees to share any concerns of the Union with the City Council in the event the proposed changes require City Council’s approval. (g) This side letter of agreement shall expire (sunset) at 11:59 p.m. on the 31st day of December, 20222018, and the parties shall revert immediately to the provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. The parties agree that the provisions within this side letter of agreement and the effects of its application shall be considered non-non- precedential, shall not be considered to be the “status quo” in any future negotiation, and shall not be used by either party for any purpose whatsoever in any future interest arbitration involving the parties. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of either party’s position as to whether or not minimum xxxxxxx is a mandatory subject to bargaining. (h) Should a study be completed, the City and the Union agree to split funding costs (50/50) and create a labor/management subcommittee to provide input in the vendor selection as well as monitor data provided toward the execution of a Community Risk Assessment and Standards of Response Coverage Study. City Council remains vested with the final determination of appropriate service levels as provided in this Agreement.