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RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE EXPERIENCED FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FIGHTER JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE (CFFJACC) DISPLACED FIREFIGHTER LIST WHEREAS, As a result of local budget shortfalls, the City of Vallejo has eliminated public service jobs, including vital fire protection jobs, in an effort to balance the books; and WHEREAS, These displaced firefighters have spent many months qualifying for professional work and have completed probation periods of up to one year to prove their competency; and WHEREAS, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation in 2004 (AB 1929, Chapter No. 126) that enables laid-off state and local government firefighters to be added to an existing hiring list administered and maintained by the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (CFFJAC) pursuant to Government Code Section 53270; and WHEREAS, The CFFJAC is a labor-management training partnership co- sponsored by the State Fire Marshal and the California Professional Firefighters. The CFFJAC currently provides employment training to more than 6,000 apprentice firefighters in more than 100 fire departments; and WHEREAS, The CFFJAC's displaced firefighter hiring list provides a way for those jurisdictions that are hiring new firefighters to easily access a talent pool of experienced front line firefighters. The hiring list has allowed fire departments to save time, as well as money with regard to the hiring process. It also has given firefighters the ability to continue working in their chosen fire service career; and WHEREAS, there is no mandate on departments to hire firefighters from the list. The list is simply a resource available to agencies to cut down on the amount of time and energy spent searching for qualified firefighters; now therefore be it; and WHEREAS, The City of Pleasanton will create a displaced lateral firefighter eligibility list. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. The City of Pleasanton hereby authorizes and adopts amendments to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Personnel Rules governing the employment of its firefighters and incorporates provisions of Government Code Section 53270.