365-24 RESOLUTION MOA WEST ORANGE and FMBA LOCAL 28 (2024-2028).pdf

365-24 December 10, 2024 RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WEST ORANGE FIREFIGHTERS’ MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 28 (“FMBA”) AND THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (“Township”) and The West Orange Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association, Local 28 (“FMBA”) have an existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; and WHEREAS, the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement expired on December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, the township and FMBA have negotiated in good faith; and WHEREAS, on or about December 4, 2024, the Township and FMBA entered into a Memorandum of Agreement containing the terms for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period of January 2024 through December 31, 2028; and WHEREAS, James P. Abbott, Interim Business Administrator, executed the Memorandum of Agreement subject to the Township Council’s consideration and approval; and WHEREAS, upon formal approval, it is anticipated that a formal Collective Bargaining Agreement will be drafted and executed between the parties; NOW, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, that the Memorandum of Agreement dated December 4, 2024 between FMBA, and the Township annexed hereto as Exhibit “A,” be and is hereby approved, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Township Clerk shall make available during normal business hours the annexed Memorandum of Agreement subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a formal agreement. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Bill Rutherford, Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted: December 10, 2024