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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney (#88625) 

NORA FRIMANN, Assistant City Attorney (#93249) 

ROBERT FABELA, Sr. Deputy City Attorney (#148098) 

Office of the City Attorney 

200 East Santa Clara Street 

San José, California 95113-1905 

Telephone Number: (408) 535-1900 

Facsimile Number: (408) 998-3131 

E-Mail Address: cao.main@sanjoseca.gov 

Attorneys for CITY OF SAN JOSE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

JEFFREY WELCH, GLEN BISHIP, 

MITCHELL WITSINSKI, ROBERT 

CULBERTSON and other employees 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, 

 Defendant. 

Case Number: C08-02132 JW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT OF FLSA 

CLAIM 

WHEREAS, this is a Fair Labor and Standards Act (“FLSA”) case in which the 

Plaintiffs are asserting, based on several different theories, that Defendant City of San Jose 

has not paid Plaintiff firefighters overtime consistent with the FLSA for the last several years; 

WHEREAS, the City denies these allegations; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the further pursuit of this action would not be of 

benefit to either party; 

WHEREAS, the parties represent that they have reached a settlement in this matter, 

which has been approved by Plaintiffs and by the San Jose City Council in closed session, 

but is subject to approval of the San Jose City Council in regular session; 

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WHEREAS, through this stipulation, the parties seek an order from the Court 

approving the tentative settlement reached by the parties, so that the parties may finalize the 

settlement and file a stipulated judgment. 

THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective counsel, stipulate as follows: 

(1) The proposed settlement agreement reached by the parties in this matter is fair 

and reasonable and will consist in substantial part of the following: (a) Plaintiffs will recover 

from the Defendant City of San Jose back wages in an amount to be to be determined by 

recalculating the Plaintiffs’ payroll back to the pay that includes April 24, 2006 through the 

time that settlement payment is made; (b) such recalculations and settlement payments shall 

be calculated consistent with the proposed settlement agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 

A; (c) beginning the first pay period that commences after July 1, 2010, the City will calculate 

overtime pay pursuant to the attached proposed settlement agreement; and (d) the City will 

pay Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs for both this matter as well as the related case of 

Juan Diaz, Keith Keesling, Chrstopher Murphy, Gary Weekley, Karen Allyn, and other 

employees similarly situated v. City of San Jose, case number C07-06424 JW, in a total 

amount of one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) for both cases. 

(2) Upon approval by the San Jose City Council of this settlement at a regular 

session of the San Jose City Council, the parties shall submit for signature a stipulated 

judgment incorporating the terms of this Order as well as an executed settlement agreement. 

(3) Any judgment amount or other consideration herein ordered shall never at any 

time or for any purpose be considered an admission of liability or responsibility on the part of 

any of the parties herein and that the plaintiffs waive all rights, if any be had, to further 

liquidated damages. 

Dated: May 13, 2010 RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney 

By: ___________/S/_______________

ROBERT FABELA 

 Sr. Deputy City Attorney 

Attorney for Defendant CITY OF SAN JOSE 

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Dated: May 13, 2010 WYLIE, McBRIDE, PLATTEN & RENNER 

By: __ ___________/S/_______________

 CAROL L. KOENIG 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JEFFREY WELCH, 

GLEN BISHIP, MITCHELL WITSINSKI, 

ROBERT CULBERTSON and other 

employees similarly situated 

ATTESTMENT OF CONCURRENCE PER GENERAL ORDER 45 FOR FILING: 

 I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document by the signatories, Robert 

Fabela and Carol Koenig, has been obtained, and that a record of the concurrence shall be 

maintained at the Office of the City Attorney. 

Date: May 13, 2010 By:____/s/ Robert Fabela_____________________

 ROBERT FABELA 

ORDER

 It is so ordered. 

Dated: May __, 2010 __ _________________________ JAMES WARE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

The May 24, 2010 Status Conference is vacated. 21

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