IV.4. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between City of Hopkins and IAFF Local No. 1275; Imihy
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2025-119
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Laila Imihy, AICP – Special Projects and Initiatives Manager
Date: July 15, 2025
Subject: Approval of MOU with IAFF #1275
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Approve an MOU with IAFF #1275 encompassing changes related to an
Annual Hours Schedule change.
OVERVIEW
In Fall 2024, the City of Hopkins entered into a union contract with the Edina Professional
Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to represent Hopkins’
firefighters. At that time, the City also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
which provided the opportunity to modify the contract should the City exercise its
management rights to modify the annual hours schedule of the fire service.
As discussed at the June 3, 2025 meeting, to provide continuous, reliable and safe
coverage, the Hopkins Fire Department seeks to move firefighters to a 24-hour shift
schedule. This will modify the annual hours worked from 2,080 to 2,912.
The attached MOU encompasses needed contractual changes to accommodate this
change.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
• MOU 2912 Transition
Administration
Memorandum of Understanding
Between the City of Hopkins and
Edina Professional Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local No.
1275
Transition to 24 Hour Shifts
WHEREAS, City of Hopkins (herein after the “City”) and Edina Professional Firefighters
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local No. 1275 (herein after the “Union”) are
parties to a collective bargaining agreement anticipated to be in effect from October 1st, 2024,
through December 31st, 2025; and
WHEREAS, per a Memorandum of Understanding dated October 1st, 2024, the two parties have
mutually agreed to meet and confer over the conversion of references to existing leave time to
be accrued and used in the collective bargaining agreement, any agreement reached will be
reduced to writing and appended to the collective bargaining agreement
NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED, the parties mutually agree as follows:
All benefits currently in effect and not modified by this Agreement or Appendix A shall remain in
effect for the term of this Agreement, except as provided herein.
ARTICLE 10 – COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
10.1 Holidays
The EMPLOYER recognizes the following as holidays:
1. New Year's Day
2. Martin Luther King Day
3. Presidents Day
4. Easter Day
5. Memorial Day
6. Juneteenth
7. Independence Day
8. Labor Day
9. Veteran's Day
10. Thanksgiving Day
11. Day After Thanksgiving Day
12. Christmas Eve
13. Christmas Day
The EMPLOYER will provide one hundred and forty-five (145) hours of holiday time as the
Holiday benefit. EMPLOYEEs must use holiday time within the calendar year. Holiday time will
not roll over into the following calendar year or be paid out. In the event that an EMPLOYEE
leaves prior to the end of the year, a pro-rated amount of holiday leave will be withheld from the
EMPLOYEEs leave accruals.
An EMPLOYEE required to work a shift on the recognized holidays shall be eligible for holiday
pay consisting of one and one-half (1.5) times the BASE RATE. For the purpose of this section,
if 50% or more of a full work shift falls on one of the holidays, the full shift shall be compensated
at holiday pay. If less than 50% of any full shift falls on one of the above holidays, no holiday
pay shall be paid. Under no circumstances will the total compensation for the work on a holiday
exceed one and one-half (1.5) times the BASE RATE.
An EMPLOYEE hired or terminating throughout the calendar year will have the number of paid
holidays accrued on a prorated basis.
An EMPLOYEE switching between a 2912 back to a 2080 schedule will have holiday time
converted at a rate divided by 1.4.
10.2 Overtime
The EMPLOYER agrees to pay overtime on actual hours worked in excess of 159 hours within
a 21‐day work period, at a rate of one and one‐half times (1.5) base pay, as prescribed by the
Fair Labor Standards Act. The work period shall begin on July 27, 2025.
Hours worked in excess of the normal work day, as established by the Employer in the
employee's work schedule, shall be considered overtime and shall be compensated for at the
overtime rate of one and one-half times (1.5) base pay.
Payments made for compensated but not actually worked time, such as holiday leave or flex
time, will not be calculated in total hours worked when determining overtime pay.
Express authorization by the EMPLOYER must be given before an EMPLOYEE can work
overtime.
Overtime will be calculated to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of an hour. Employees assigned to
shifts who are not scheduled or assigned to work on the recognized holidays but are requested
to work overtime shall receive an additional half (1/2) time pay over the one and a half (1 and ½)
time holiday pay for those hours actually worked.
EMPLOYEES may not exchange shifts (e.g. swaps or substitutions) without express written
approval from the EMPLOYER when such exchanges will subject the EMPLOYER to overtime
liabilities.
An EMPLOYEE may be required to work overtime. Refusal to work such overtime may result in
discipline.
ARTICLE 12 – LEAVE
The EMPLOYER will provide leave utilizing the following Flex Leave accrual schedule.
Flex Leave Accrual Schedule
Year Leave Year Leave Year Leave Year Leave Year Leave
Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours