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Item No. 16-264
Date: June 27, 2016
Item/Subject: ORDER, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Bangor and Bangor Firefighters Association,
IAFF Local 772
Responsible Department: Executive
Commentary: This Order would approve a collective bargaining agreement between the City
and the Bangor Firefighters Association, representing approximately 92 employees at Bangor
Fire Department. Negotiations between the city and the union have resulted in a Tentative
Agreement which has recently been ratified by union membership.
The Agreement has been negotiated within the bargaining guidelines previously discussed with
the City Council and includes the following: a three year term from July 1, 2015 to June 30,
2018; wage increases of 0% year one, 1.25 % year two, and 1.5% year three; an adjustment to
the established pay scales by adding a new step effective July 1, 2017; revised private service
detail rates, educational incentive pay rates, and EMS duty weekly stipends; updated health
insurance rates and associated date changes; a reduction in the minimum call in time for
calculating overtime pay; updated side -letters and policies; and various housekeeping changes.
The Tentative Agreement was reviewed with the City Council in Executive Session on June 13,
2016 and it is presented with the recommendation of the City's Management Negotiation
Committee.
Manager's Comments: Recommend Approval
Associated Information: Order, Agreement provided separately
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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Assigned to Councilor Perry
CITY OF BANGOR
16-264
JUNE 27, 2016
(TITLE.) Order, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Collective Bargaining Agreement
between the City of Bangor and Bangor Firefighters Association, IAFF Local
772
By the City Council of the City of Bangor.
ORDERED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Bangor and Bangor Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 772 for
a term commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2018 in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Tentative Agreement reached between the Negotiating Committees
representing the City and the Union. A copy of the Agreement to be approved is on file with the
office of the City Clerk.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 27, 2016
PASSED
CITY CLERIZ