HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 10-291 RESOLUTION NO.10-291
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont and the International Association of Firefighters,
Local 399 (hereinafter 1AFF 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),givesto 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 for the 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 of Firefighter Tracy
O'Quinn to carryover 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 of Firefighter Tracy O'Quinn to carryover 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 9th day of
November, 2010.
Mayor Becky Ames -
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