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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 1:30 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, BAYTOWN CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE MEETING BETWEEN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.THIS IS TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 19TH AT 1 35.
WE ARE IN THE BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[a. Consider the Baytown Professional Firefighters' Association's collective bargaining proposals.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSAL FROM THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.WE'VE, UM, I WANNA PREFACE THIS WITH, WE, WE TALKED, WE'VE TALKED TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
UM, THE HOLISTIC IDEA WAS TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING RELATED TO COMPENSATION, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT FOR COMPENSATION, WHICH IS A, LET'S SEE, ONE, TWO, UM, WHICH WOULD BE YEAR ONE WITH THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF WHAT YOU OFFERED WITH A FOUR OR FOUR FIVE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SOLIDIFY YEAR FOUR AND FIVE AND HAVE NO ERS AT A 5% FOR BOTH YEARS.
UM, AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE MONEY, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A DECENT REALM TO BE, FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO BUDGET AND ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING OVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PROPOSAL.
UM, THERE WAS NO POLICIES THAT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY THOUGHT OF THAT COULD KIND OF COMBAT THAT.
I GUESS THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT THAT'S LIKE THE WORD LIKELY TO USE.
IS THIS IN CONSIDERATION OF, UH, THE OVERTIME ARTICLE AS WELL? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS IF, IF THE MEMBERSHIP FEELS, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY WOULD, THEY'RE WANT, THEY'RE WILLING TO SIGN OR HAVE US SIGN FOR THAT ARTICLE TO, TO ACCEPT THIS AS A COMPENSATION.
AS A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THAT.
UM, WE WILL NEED TO CAUCUS ON THAT FOR SURE.
UH, DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
UM, BEFORE WE CAUCUS, JUST IN CASE, UM, I'M GONNA DO, UM, JUST IN CASE Y'ALL TO DISCUSS THIS, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE, UM, FOR THE WELLNESS INITIATIVE.
UM, THIS IS STILL THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE BROAD TERMS OF WE WANT TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND, UH, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND COME BACK.
UH, WE JUST PUT IN THAT LAST STATEMENT THAT JUST PUTS A TIMEFRAME AROUND SO THAT WE'RE BOTH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PRESSURE ON US, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER WORD RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO IT CAN'T JUST LINGER OUT THERE IN THE, THE WORLD AND NOT HAPPEN.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE TO THAT.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD, I DON'T MIND THE WORDING IN IT.
UM, THE HOLISTIC PART OF THE ARTICLE I BELIEVE NEEDS TO STAY AS THE SAME WRITING THAT IT CURRENTLY IS WITH THIS ADDED TO IT THAT WE WILL PROCEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE INSIDE THE CURRENT ARTICLE.
OF ARTICLE 32, ALL THE STUFF THAT IS CURRENTLY LISTED.
I DON'T MIND PUTTING THIS AT THE END AND I'M, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK AT THOSE ITEMS TO TRY TO SOLVE OR FIX ANYTHING WE CAN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY, I GUESS, I GUESS AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SO BEFORE I COULD SIGN THIS, I WOULD NEED IT TO BE ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE OF ARTICLE 32.
UM, SO WE TOOK SOME TIME TO DISCUSS WHICH Y'ALL PRESENTED.
UM, AND WE ARE AGREEABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROPOSAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE PREPARED, I THINK THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTS WE PULLED TOGETHER, THE WELLNESS INITIATIVE.
SO THE FIRST, UM, SO THIS IS THE WELLNESS INITIATIVE.
WE PULLED WHAT WAS IN THERE PREVIOUSLY AND DROPPED IT IN.
UM, WE DID IT PRETTY OH YEAH, PRETTY FAST.
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YOU SIGN THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND PAGE.[b. Consider the City of Baytown's collective bargaining proposals.]
THE OTHER ONES IN ORDER.SO THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE ARTICLE 21, WHICH IS THE OVERTIME ARTICLE.
SO THIS DOES HAVE, UM, THE CHANGES TO THE NON-WORK TIME AND THEN TO THE WORKED TIME SEQUENCE UP.
THEN IT ALSO HAS THE CHANGES IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALL HAD REQUESTED, UM, FOR THE OVERTIME LIST.
ON THE LAST PAGE IS THE, I GUESS I COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
UM, THEN THE NEXT ARTICLE IS 24, WHICH IS THE COMPENSATION.
SO, UH, IT HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR YEAR ONE THROUGH FIVE AT THE TOP AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER CHANGES.
AND THEN THE SALARY CHARTS ARE ATTACHED FRONT AND BACK AS WELL.
OH, ADD BACK IN THE HAZMAT DISCUSSION FROM LAST, OH, FROM THE LAST TIME.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY.
HAZMAT WE'RE STRICKEN LAST TIME WE GAVE IT TO YOU.
ALL PHONES JUST ME THAT ONE PAGE.
BUT THEN THE LAST ARTICLE IS THE DURATION AND THE COURT SHOULD BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT.
WE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT A WAGE REOPEN, WHICH IS NO LONGER NEEDED.
THAT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL OF OUR OUTSTANDING ARTICLES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR THIS TIME.
UM, I WILL, UH, ACCORDING TO THE NORMAL
[c. Consider setting the time and date for the next collective bargaining session.]
STUFF I'LL GET WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THE DATES, UH, WE'LL HAVE, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS.IT HAS TO BE, I BELIEVE IT'S 14 DAYS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MEMBERSHIP TO VIEW IT.
AND THEN I THINK IT'S THREE DAY VOTING PERIOD AFTER THAT.
SO AS SOON AS I GET THAT TIMEFRAME, I'LL, I'LL EMAIL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW.
BUT IT SHOULD BE STARTING PROBABLY, I THINK YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND GET IT OUT AFTER THE 14 DAYS.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY WE WILL WORK TO GET THE FINAL CONTRACT WITH ALL THE ARTICLES IN AND GET THAT OVER TO Y PERFECT.
I THAT WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED IT? I'M, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THAT? WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED THE, I'M JUST SAYING IF WE CAN GET IT BY LIKE THURSDAY SO WE CAN START THAT 14 DAY PROCESS THIS WEEK EARLIER.
IF NOT, THEN AS SOON AS WE GET IT THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT OUT FOR THE, THE MEMBERSHIP VIEWING AND THEN THE VOTE IS RIGHT AFTER THAT.
SO WHATEVER THREE DAY PERIOD THAT IS, WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, SHOULD BE SOON.