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City council approves 2-year contract with firefighters; estimated $15.25 million fiscal impact
Summary
The City of Las Vegas approved a two-year collective bargaining agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1285 covering July 1, 2024–June 30, 2026. City officials put the estimated fiscal impact at $15,251,860 and described a package of wage, benefit and allowance increases.
The City Council on March 5 approved a two-year collective bargaining agreement between the City of Las Vegas and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1285 covering the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026. City Manager Mike Jensen said the agreement’s “estimated fiscal impact of the agreement is 15,251,860.”
The contract includes multiple wage and benefit adjustments city staff described as the result of months of negotiations and a fact-finding process. Human Resources Director Vince Zamora summarized changes that will affect pay and allowances: a retroactive pay package effective July 1, 2024 that combines a 3.25% cost‑of‑living adjustment and a 1.35% salary increase; elimination of the entry step for the classification group; and adjustments effective July 1, 2025 that include a 2.6% COLA plus a 0.7% salary increase for some salary grades and a 1.6% salary increase for fire suppression classifications, including firefighters, paramedics and captains.
Zamora also reported benefit and allowance changes. The employer contribution to the fire trust will rise from $500 to $515 per pay period. Tool allowances for fire equipment mechanics increase from $360 to $1,500; tool allowances for fire communications technicians and fire equipment service technicians increase from $360 to $750.
City staff said negotiations began in February, reached impasse, proceeded to fact finding in August and a fact-finder report in January before a tentative agreement on Feb. 11, 2025, that the union membership approved. Jensen and Zamora thanked negotiation teams from both sides and legal staff for reaching the agreement.
Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve the contract and the council voted to adopt the agreement; the motion carried.
Implementation details provided by staff include retroactive pay processing and the stated effective dates in the contract. City officials did not provide a roll-call vote tally in the meeting record presented.
