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Consider a memorandum/resolution recognizing the Killeen Professional Fire Fighter's Association, IAFF Local 2505, as the exclusive bargaining agent for Killeen firefighters and authorizing the City to meet and confer.
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DATE: July 22, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Holli Clements, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Recognizing the Killeen Professional Fire Fighter's Association, IAFF Local 2505, as the exclusive bargaining agent for Killeen firefighters and authorizing the City to meet and confer
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
Chapter 142 of the Texas Local Government allows a firefighter's association to file a petition with the governing body requesting recognition of the association as the exclusive bargaining agent for all firefighters in the city and adopting a process called meet and confer. The process allows for the city to meet and confer with the association concerning wages, hours of employment and other terms and condition of employment of firefighters. Pursuant to the statute, neither the city nor the firefighter's association is required to meet and confer on any issue or to reach an agreement. The terms of any agreement can allow for deviation from the civil service provisions in Chapter 143 that currently regulate the fire department, such as discipline and promotional procedures. Any agreement reached must be in writing, and it must be approved by the City Council and a majority of the firefighters.
On July 3, 2025, the City Secretary's Office received a petition from the Killeen Professional Fire Fighter's Association, IAFF Local 2505, requesting to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the firefighters in the city. A copy of the petition is attached. The law requires that the petition be signed by a majority of all firefighters, excluding the Fire Chief and anyone appointed by the Chief. As of July 3, 2025, the Killeen Fire Department had 265 firefighters employed, not counting the Chief and Assistant Chief. ...
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