HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 10-114 RESOLUTION NO. 10-114
WHEREAS,the City of Beaumont and the International Association of Firefighters,
Local 399 (hereinafter "IAFF 399"), entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement
effective February 13, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Article XIII, Section 2, addresses vacation leave, how it is earned and
how it is to be scheduled and taken; and
WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article XIII, Section 2, does not
allow exceptions as to the absolute no vacation carryover provision; and
WHEREAS,Local Government Code,Section 143.046(c),gives to the municipality's
governing body the ability to approve the accumulation of vacation leave from year to year;
and
WHEREAS, neither the Beaumont City Manager nor the Beaumont Fire Chief have
been authorized to grant exceptions to Article XIII, Section 2, to allow the carryover of
vacation leave from year to year; and
WHEREAS, any past exceptions made to such provision were unauthorized in that
they were not in compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement or Local
Government Code, Section 143.046(c); and
WHEREAS,the City Council forthe City of Beaumont does not intend to amend the
Collective Bargaining Agreement except as provided for by Article XXXIII; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the request by IAFF 399 on behalf of
Firefighters James Landrum and Frank Neal to carry over vacation leave from one year to
a subsequent year and is of the opinion that it would not be in the best interest of the
citizens of Beaumont to grant the request and, therefore, the request should be denied;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby, in
all things, approved and adopted.
THAT the request by the International Association of Firefighters, Local 399, on
behalf of Firefighters James Landrum and Frank Neal to cant' over vacation leave to a
subsequent year be and it is hereby denied.
THAT the meeting at which this resolution was approved was, in all things,
conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government
Code, Chapter 551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 4th day of May,
2010.
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- Mayor Becky Ames-
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