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ME.UH, WE WILL, UH, OPEN THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE FIFTH, 2024 AT 1102, AND WE ARE IN THE BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM AT 24 0 1 MARKET STREET.
ALL OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
WE HAVE NO CITIZEN SIGNED UP, SO WE
[a. Consider confirming ground rules for the collective bargaining sessions beginning on June 5, 2024, between the City of Baytown and the International Association of Firefighters Local 1173.]
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS TWO A IS TO CONSIDER CONFIRMING GROUND RULES FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSIONS BEGINNING ON JUNE 5TH, 2024 BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1173.WE HAVE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS ANYMORE.
AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME AS THEY WERE BEFORE.
AND WE'RE JUST PRESENTING THESE AGAIN BECAUSE THIS WHOLE SIDE OF THE TABLE IS, YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH DIFFERENT.
SO YEAH, I THINK Y'ALL REMAIN THE SAME.
AND I THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY, I THINK LAST NIGHT OR SOMETHING, I WAS LIKE, HMM, WE DIDN'T DO INTRODUCTIONS BEFORE AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST ASSUME.
UM, SO WE HAVE A JOEY LOPEZ, DIRECTOR OF CAROL FLINT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THEREA MCKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU LIKE A NEW LAST NAME FOR SOME REASON.
LIKE THEY NAMES ROLL OFF YOUR HEAD AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, WELL THAT'S NOT IT.
UM, AND SCOTT LABON, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, SO IF EVERYBODY'S NOT AWARE OF THIS IS AARON SMITH.
THESE ARE ALL OFFICERS IN THE UNION BESIDES MR. SMITH HIMSELF.
AND MIKE NOW I WAS, NOW HE ABANDONED US.
SERGEANT AT NO ARMS NOW AND THEN.
YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE THE REST OF THE TEAM SIGN THE BACK.
SO WE SAY PRINT NEATLY UNDERNEATH.
UH, FLORIDA, THERE WERE NO NEW KIDS.
BOTH THESE I DIDN'T WRITE MY NAME LEGALLY.
[b. Discuss and consider the Baytown Professional Firefighters' Association's proposal for base compensation for Year 3 (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.]
ON TO ITEM TWO B.THIS IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION PROPOSAL FOR BASE PAY COMPENSATION FOR YEAR THREE, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT.
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FIRST OFF, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY UNPREPAREDNESS.I, UH, WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE WITHOUT MY FOLDER 'CAUSE MY CEILING FELL DOWN.
'CAUSE MY AC ISS LEAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND MY POWER WENT OUT RIGHT BEFORE I LEFT AND I JUST
UM, I INITIALLY PREPARED A FOLDER, UM, BUT I WILL JUST, WE CAN JUST DISCUSS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, MS. HERNANDEZ, WE, SHE PROVIDED US WITH SOME STUFF.
WE HAD PULLED SOME DATA FROM ALL THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE GENERALLY, UM, COMPARE TO THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR MATCH CITIES THAT WE'VE LIKED TO MATCH FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
AND IN THAT, IN THAT REALM, IT LOOKS LIKE TO, TO PUT US AT AN AVERAGE LEVEL OF FIREFIGHTER, IT'S ABOUT A 5%.
UM, UNTIL WE GET TO SOME OF THE HIRINGS, THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY GETS KIND OF OFF.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A 5%.
THE INITIAL, WHEN WE INITIALLY PROPOSED, UM, BACK IN 2021 FOR THE 2022 SEASON, IT WAS A FIVE, FIVE AND FIVE FOR THREE YEARS.
BUT, UM, HOLDING TRUE TO WHAT THE NEW CONTRACTS THAT HAVE COME IN ACROSS THE STATE, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS, IS GONNA BE PRETTY VALID TO KEEP US IN THAT, THAT GENERAL AVERAGE RANGE.
AND JUST A 5% ACROSS THE BOARD? YES, MA'AM.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO A COUNTER AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THIS COMING MONDAY, RIGHT? THE 10TH.
LEMME MAKE SURE MY DAY'S AND MY DATES ALIGN, UH, AT THREE O'CLOCK.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR THE 18TH AT EIGHT.
UM, I WOULD SAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE 10TH, UM, SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST OFFICIALLY GET Y'ALL'S PROPOSAL.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE, WANT TO HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I'LL HAVE THAT FOR Y'ALL ON THE 10TH IF WE WANNA DO THAT.
AND THEN IT WILL BE DEFINITELY FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS ALREADY WANNA HAVE SOMETHING IN PREPARED, GET THAT, SO.
UM, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN, UM, HAVE, HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND Y'ALL'S PROPOSAL AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE FUTURE DATES.
RIGHT NOW, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE 18TH ON THE CALENDAR JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ANOTHER DAY BECAUSE CALENDARS ARE A PROBLEM.
UM, THEN WITH THAT, SINCE WE'VE ADDRESSED THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
THREE O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, 10 YES.
AND THEN EIGHT O'CLOCK ON THE 18TH.
THE LAST MEETING IF WE NEED TO HAVE IT, IF IT.