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The City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have jointly formed the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority ("JPA") to operate the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department ("LPFD" or "Department"). The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974, AFL-CIO-CLC ("Union"), and representatives of the Cities City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of-for employees in the representation unit specified in Section 1, and have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have reached agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees. This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") (Government Code Section 3500, et. seq.) and has been jointly prepared by the parties. This MOU has been presented to the Livermore Pleasanton Fire - :•.- -- - - ' : . • . . •• JPA's governing board and to the City Councils of the City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton. The governing board and the City Councils have approved the salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing July 1, 2014 2018 and ending 3+me 30December 31,20182021. The City of Pleasanton ("City" or "Employer") is the employer of all employees represented by the Union and covered by this MOU. "Employees"as used in this MOU shall mean employees of the City. Section 1. Recognition • . . .. . . -. •. . ' . •. . . the "The Unions" is the formally recognized employee organization for the Fire Employees Unit comprised of the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector and Hazardous Materials Inspector certified pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations Procedures & Resolution No. 97-1 adopted by the JPA - . - . . -' • ! -- - - •. • • . - •n ' 1/21 97November 21, 1997. Section 2. Union Security • -- .. -- - • • . .. .. . 1