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RESOLUTION NO. 15-6958
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AFFIRMING THAT THE PERSONNEL OF THE
HERMOSA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE COMPENSATED ON A
PORTAL TO PORTAL BASIS WHEN ASSIGNED TO EMERGENCY
INCIDENTS
SECTION 1. Recitals.
WHEREAS, through the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System at the request o
the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), Cal FIRE, federal fire
agencies, or other fire agencies, Hermosa Beach Fire Department personnel can be assigned to
locations throughout California in the event of a local, State, or Federal emergency;
WHEREAS, under the applicable Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the
Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, the practice of the Fire Department is to compensate its
employees on a portal to portal basis, regardless of cost reinbursement, when its personnel are
assigned to an emergency incident in the jurisdiction of another fire agency;
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the State's Office of Emergency Services to change
California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) language to eliminate portal to portal
reimbursement for Fire Department personnel effective January 1, 2015, unless a Memorandum of
Understanding or governing body resolution is in place that confirms the Fire Department's
personnel are compensated on a portal to portal basis for all time assigned to an emergency
incident; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this new requirement, the City Council of the City of Hermosa
Beach is adopting this Resolution to memorialize the current and past practice of the City
compensating its personnel on a portal to portal basis when they are assigned to an emergency
incident in another agency's jurisdiction.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach does hereby represent to
the Office of Emergency Services that all Fire Department personnel are compensated on a portal
to portal basis for all time assigned to an emergency incident.
SECTION 3. he Fire Chief takes appropriate action to file this Resolution with Cal OES
and other fire agencies as required to thereby continue cost reimbursement to the Fire Department
on a portal to portal basis when its employees are compensated on a portal to portal basis when
assigned to an emergency incident in the jurisdiction of another fire agency.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution;
shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions; and shall make a minute of the passage
and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council meeting at which the
same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED Al ] ADOPTED this 26th day of May, 2015.
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PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: A ROVED AS O FORM:
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City Clerk ' ty Attorney
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15-6958
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15-6958 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on May 26, 2015.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Barragan, Fangary, Petty, Mayor Tucker
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
DiVirgilio
Dated May 26, 2015
Elaine Doerfling, City C rk