To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: ADOPT a Resolution approving the Side Letter of agreement between IAFF, Local 1230 and Contra Costa County adding the newly established classification of Supervising Fire District Dispatcher (REHB) to Subsections 5.18 - Temporary Staff Assignment Differential and 9.1.B. - Holidays Observed, and establishing a new Wage Adjustment for Holiday Reduction for Supervising Fire District Dispatchers differential for the Supervising Fire District Dispatchers (REHA) placed into those Temporary Staff Assignments.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a Resolution approving the side letter between Contra Costa County and IAFF, Local 1230 adding the newly established classifications of Supervising Fire District Dispatchers (REHA and REHB) to the Memorandum of Understanding between the parties.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of this action will be approximately $9,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 25/26 and will be $36,000 for fiscal year 26/27. The fiscal impact will only occur once these positions are filled. These positions will be 100% funded by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District EMS Transportation Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) operates the Contra Costa County Regional Fire Communications Center (CCRFCC). The CCRFCC has continued to see significant increases in both call volume and dispatched emergency incidents. The increased complexities of daily operations, workloads, and training needs and the technical nature of fire and emergency medical service (EMS) dispatching all necessitated the need for a Supervising Fire District Dispatcher classification, which was established in April of 2025. The District plans of filling three 56-hour Supervising Fire District Dispatcher (REHB) and one 40-hour Supervising Fire District Dispa...
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