HOUSTON u. PROFESSIONAL Flat; Flaarsns ASSOCIATION LOCAL 341 53m?: EST. 1935 VIA EMAIL April 12, 2019 Hon. Sylvester Turner City of Houston RD. Box 1562 Houston, Texas Dear Mayor Turner, Following our meeting today, this letter con?rms our willingness to take to our membership your proposal to implement Proposition over three and a half years, subject to the following condi- tions: 1, Any agreement with the City of Houston. subject to the ?nal approval of the HPFFA membership, would be rati?ed thru a CBA {Collective Bargaining Agreement}; 2. Based on provision to us by the City of complete access to City ?nancial and budget in- formation, the City will implement complete parity with HPD, including both base pay and incentives, and; 3. The City agrees that no ?re?ghter layoffs or reduction of ?re and EMS services would occur before, during or after implementation of Proposition B. We await your response. Yours truly, Patrick M. *Marty? Laneton cc: HPFFA Board of Directors and Trustees Houston City Council Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pe?a 190? FREEMAN STREET. . PHONE CH 3} 223-9156 FA: {1'1 3} 237-091 2 EMAIL ADD REES: L341 .ORG CITY OF HOUSTON vestieTurner Mayor PO. Box 1562 Houston, Texas 77251-1562 T. (832) 393?1011 April 12, 2019 Mr. Patrick ?Marty" Lancton President Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, Local 341 1907 Freeman Street Houston, TX 77009 Re: Prop Proposal Dear Marty: I invited you to meet with me today to discuss phasing in Prop B. We talked about possible common ground, and we agreed to meet again next week to allow the City to do some additional work. At the end of our meeting, you delivered a copy of a letter. now know that you had prepared and publicized the letter before our meeting, without the benefit of our discussion. The letter is not consistent with our discussions. While think such ?tactics? are not helpful, I will nevertheless be prepared to meet again next week. I hope you will refrain from further steps that will undermine my effort to find common ground. As have said repeatedly, I do not want to lay off anyone. This requires your agreement on a path forward that the City can afford. Si I Y. Sylvester Turner Mayor Council Members: Brenda Stardig Jerry Davis Ellen R. Cohen Dwight A. Boykins Dave Martin Steve Le Greg Travis Karla Cisneros Robert Gallegos Mike Laster Martha Castex?Tatum Mike Knox David W. Robinson Michael Kubosh Amanda Edwards Jack Christie Controller: Chris Brown HOUSTON PATRICK M. LANCTON PROFESSIONAL FiftE FIGHTERS JIMMY CAMPBELL FINANCIAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION LOCAL 341 BRIAN WILCOX COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR EST. 1932 PRESIDENT VIA EMAIL April 15, 2019 Hon. Sylvester Turner City of Houston P.O. Box 1562 Houston, Texas 77251 Dear Mayor Turner, In the interest of making the most of our meeting later today, I’m forwarding the attached sum mary of our pending questions about implementing Proposition B to achieve HPD-HFD pay parity. Please confirm that Director Tantri Emo will be authorized to provide the information re quested in the attachment. This letter also reconfirms our willingness to take to our membership your proposal to implement Proposition B over three and a half years, subject to the following conditions: I. Any agreement with the City of Houston, subject to the final approval of the HPFFA membership, would be ratified through a CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement); 2. Based on provision to us by the City of complete access to City financial and budget in formation, the City will implement complete parity with HPD, including both base pay and incentives, and; 3. The City agrees that no firefighter layoffs or reduction of fire and EMS services would occur before, during or after implementation of Proposition B. We await your response. Yours “Marty” Lancton cc: HPFFA Board of Directors and Trustees Houston City Council Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena 1907 FREEMAN STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77009 PHONE (713) 223-9166 EMAIL ADDRESS: HPFFA@LOCAL341 ORG eM FAX (713) 237-0912 July 1, 2019 CLASSIFICATION Base Pay (Bi-weekly) 16th Year & Under 17th Year & Over 5th - 9th Year 10th - 16th year 17th Year & Over 7th - 9th Year 10th - 16th year 17th Year & Over 7th - 9th Year 10th 16th year 17th Year & Over 11th - 16th year 17th Year & Over 1 2 years Year Seniority in rank 3-6 years year 6 + & Over 1 2 years Year Seniority in rank 3-6 years year 6 ÷ & Over Senior Police Officer Engineer Operator Sergeant Captain Lieutenant Senior Captain Commander (Captain) District Chief Deputy (Fire) Assistant Chief (Police) Assistant Chief (Fire) Exc Assistant Chief (Police) Exc Assistant Chief (Fire) Define to following Police Officer Firefighter The following are sections b-I from the Charter Amendment b.Firefighters employed in fire suppression shall receive the same incentive pay as police officers, of like seniority, employed as patrol officers. Annually Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. c. Firefighters shall receive the same training pay as police officers of like seniority Years of service Si-Weekly Level One Level Two Level Three Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. d. Firefighters employed as arson investigators shall receive the same investigative incentive pay as police officer investigative personnel of like seniority and investigative experience Annually Step I Step II Step Ill Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. What is the criteria for this incentive pay e. Firefighters who serve as Field Training Officers shall receive the same Field Training Officer training pay as police officers who serve as Field Training Officers. What is the criteria for this incentive pay What is the bi-weekiy pay for this incentive f. Firefighters shall receive mentoring pay in the same amount and on the same basis as police officers What is the criteria for this incentive pay What is the bi-weekly pay for this incentive g. Firefighters classified as arson investigators, inspectors, communication captain, senior inspectors, senior investigators, communication senior captain, assistant arson investigator, chief inspector or chief communication officer shall receive the same weekend premium and shift differential pay in the same amount and on the same basis as policers qualified to receive such pay. What is the criteria for this incentive pay What is the bi-weekly pay for this incentive h. Firefighters shall receive educational incentive pay in the same basis as police officers qualified to receive such Bi-Weekly Bachelors Master Doctrine What is the criteria for this incentive pay i. Firefighters shall receive college tuition reimbursement in the same amount and on the same basis as police officers entitled to receive such reimbursement. What is the criteria for this incentive pay Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. j. Firefighters shall receive the same clothing allowance (or similar benefit) paid to police officers, in addition to any protective clothing and equipment provided by the City. lAnnual I Clothing Allowance I I I What is the criteria for this incentive pay Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. k. Firefighters shall receive the same equipment allowance (or similar benefit) paid to police officers. Annual Equipment Allowance What is the criteria for this incentive pay Which ranks and seniority grades would receive this incentive pay. I. The Cityshall make the same contribution to the Houston Professional Firefighters Association Medical Trust that it does to the Texas Police Trust. What is the criteria for this benefit What is the monthly contribution on a per member basis. *ln the event that there have been any recent category changes in the current HPD contract, please include the recent changed data also for each category. We look forward to getting this information and discussing possibilities of moving forwards on some type of mutually agreeable basis.