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The City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have jointly formed the Livermore -Pleasanton Fire <br />Department Joint Powers Authority ("JPA") to operate the Livermore -Pleasanton Fire Department <br />("LPFD" or "Department"). The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974, AFL -CIO -CLC <br />("Union"), and representatives of the City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have met and conferred <br />in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the <br />representation unit specified in Section 1, and have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals <br />and have reached agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee <br />relations of such employees. <br />This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act <br />("MMBA") (Government Code Section 3500, et. seq.) and has been jointly prepared by the parties. <br />This MOU has been presented to the JPA's governing board and to the City Councils of the City of <br />Livermore and the City of Pleasanton. The governing board and the City Councils have approved the <br />salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing January 1, 2022 and ending on June <br />30" 2025. <br />The City of Pleasanton ("City" or "Employer") is the employer of all employees represented by the Union <br />and covered by this MOU. "Employees" as used in this MOU shall mean employees of the City. <br />Section 1. Recognition <br />"The Union" is the formally recognized employee organization for the Fire Employees Unit comprised of <br />the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector and Hazardous Materials <br />Inspector certified pursuant to the Employer -Employee Relations Procedures & Resolution No. 97-1 <br />adopted by the JPA on November 21, 1997. <br />Section 2. Union Security <br />2.1 Dues Deduction <br />A. Bargaining unit employees may voluntarily join the Union and authorize individual payroll <br />deductions for dues, initiation fees, and general assessments, as well as any other membership <br />benefit program sponsored by the Union (hereinafter collectively "dues deductions"). The <br />Union shall be responsible for maintaining records of bargaining unit employees who provide <br />written consent to join the Union and authorize dues deductions. The Union shall certify to the <br />City the identity of such members and the amount of the dues deductions to be withheld from <br />their paychecks. <br />B. The Employer agrees to deduct from the paychecks of each bargaining unit employee who <br />voluntarily authorizes dues deductions as certified by the Union, or pursuant to an <br />authorization form tendered to the Employer by either the Union or the employee. The City <br />shall deduct from each bargaining unit employee's paycheck the total amount of dues certified <br />by the Union per month or per pay period as applicable. The Employer shall promptly remit <br />the total amount deducted, together with a list identifying each employee from whom a <br />deduction was made, to the officer designated in writing by the President of the Union as the <br />person authorized to receive such funds. <br />