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12/21/2010 Ordinances 9284ORDINANCE NO. 9284 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9268 known as the Salary Ordinance which lists the currently occupied classifications of officers and employees of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska and established the ranges of compensation of such officers and employees; to provide compensation for the Interim Public Works Director; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9268 and any parts of other ordinances in conflict herewith; to provide for severability; to provide for the effective date thereof; and to provide for publication of this ordinance in pamphlet form. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA: SECTION 1. The currently occupied classifications of officers and general employees of the City of Grand Island, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shi$ differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain officers and general employees shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accountant 21.6100/30.4700 Exempt Accounting Technician -Solid Waste 15.0000/19.7200 40 hrs/week Assistant to the City Administrator 21.0200/29.5900 Exem t Assistant Utility Director -Administration 40.7800/57.4000 Exempt Assistant Utility Director - PGS & PCC 44.1600/62.1800 Exempt Attorney 26.8900/41.4900 Exempt Biosolids Technician 17.0401/23.9867 40 hrs/week Building Department Director 31.5000/44.8200 Exempt Cemetery Superintendent 18.3119/25.7803 Exempt City Administrator 53.8810/75.8161 Exempt City Attorney 37.2300/52.4000 Exem t Approved as to Form ^ .~° 17 ~ ` ~ I 0 December 20, 2010p City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility City Clerk 22.4900/31.6600 Exempt Civil Engineering Manager -Utility PCC 32.0000/45.6900 Exempt Collection System Supervisor 21.5900/30.6900 40 hrs/week Community Service Officer 12.1000/16.4500 40 hrs/week Custodian -Library, Police 11.0885/15.6476 40 hrs/week Customer Service Representative -Part time 8.0000/12.0000 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Superintendent 31.2500/42.8300 Exempt Electric Distribution Supervisor 26.3900/36.1900 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Superintendent 27.8300/38.1500 Exempt Electrical Engineer I 25.3300/34.9600 Exempt Electrical Engineer II 29.3800/40.5100 Exempt Emergency Management Deputy Director 21.3600/29.2100 Exempt Emergency Management Director 30.4000/41.5600 Exem t Engineering Technician - WWTP 18.8700/26.6600 40 hrs/week Equipment Operator -Solid Waste 15.1218/21.2957 40 hrs/week Finance Director 35.6881/50.2209 Exempt Fire Chief 34.0500/48.2500 Exempt Fire Division Chief 27.8470/40.1959 Exempt Fleet Services Superintendent 24.1300/34.0900 Exempt Fleet Services Supervisor 19.2100/26.7600 40 hrs/week Golf Course Superintendent 22.8100/32.9200 Exempt Grounds Management Crew Chief -Cemetery 17.1031 /24.0687 40 hrs/week Grounds Management Crew Chief -Parks 17.6161 /24.7906 40 hrs/week Human Resources Director 32.2100/45.8900 Exempt Human Resources Specialist 17.2500/25.3500 40 hrs/week Information Technology Manager 28.9540/40.7386 Exempt Legal Secretary 18.9700/25.5100 40 hrs/week Librarian I 16.5700/23.0500 Exempt Librarian II 18.3500/25.8500 Exempt Library Assistant I 11.6100/15.9800 40 hrs/week Library Assistant II 12.7900/17.6300 40 hrs/week -2- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Library Assistant Director 20.9000/29.7900 Exempt Library Director 28.2796/39.8068 Exempt Library Page 7.4300/10.2800 40 hrs/week Library Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Golf 13.9425/19.6625 40 hrs/week Manager of Engineering Services 30.8300/44.2500 Exempt Meter Reader Supervisor 17.5366/24.6969 Exempt Office Manager -Police De artment 15.1900/21.0406 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Director 31.9851/44.9881 Exempt Parks Superintendent 22.3500/31.6100 Exempt Payroll Specialist 15.9420/22.4290 40 hrs/week Planning Director 31.7148/44.6178 Exempt Police Captain 26.7800/37.6700 Exempt Police Chief 34.0500/48.2500 Exempt Police Records Clerk -Part Time 12.4000/17.2600 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 28.0509/39.4574 Exempt Power Plant Operations Supervisor 29.2000/42.0400 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent -Burdick 31.9808/45.0026 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent - PGS 36.8688/51.8571 Exempt Project Manager -Public Works 28.4300/40.000 Exempt Public Information Officer 20.0800/28.2600 Exempt Public Works Director 35.8254/50.4141 Exempt Receptionist 12.400/17.9400 40 hrs/week Recreation Coordinator 16.2000/22.6000 Exempt Recreation Superintendent 20.9300/30.0300 Exempt Regulatory and Environmental Specialist 27.6631/38.9119 Exempt Senior Accountant 26.3200/36.6400 Exempt Senior Electrical Engineer 32.1500/44.3300 Exempt Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 15.8780/22.3421 40 hrs/week Senior Public Safety Dispatcher 16.2000/22.1400 40 hrs/week Senior Utility Secretary 14.3250/20.4550 40 hrs/week -3- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Shooting Range Superintendent 20.9300/30.0300 Exempt Solid Waste Division Clerk -Full Time 14.2900/19.1400 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Division Clerk -Part Time 12.7236/17.3800 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Superintendent 22.9786/32.3353 Exempt Street Superintendent 23.5000/34.2100 Exempt Street Supervisor 18.4800/26.2600 40 hrs/week Turf Management Specialist 20.5000/29.0200 40 hrs/week Utility Director 51.9700/74.4700 Exempt Utility Production Engineer 32.8786/46.2710 Exempt Utility Services Manager 26.7500/37.2300 Exempt Utility Warehouse Supervisor 21.8200/30.4800 40 hrs/week Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 12.5500/17.6700 40 hrs/week Wastewater Engineering/O erations Superintendent 25.6500/36.2900 Exempt Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 18.9500/26.7100 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 22.9100/30.8500 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 23.7500/32.0200 40 hrs/week Water Superintendent 24.2210/34.2100 Exempt Water Supervisor 20.9100/30.1300 40 hrs/week Worker /Seasonal 7.2500/20.0000 Exempt Worker /Temporary 7.2500/20.0000 40 hrs/week SECTION 2. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of Grand Island included under the AFSCME labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the AFSCME labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eli ibili Equipment Operator -Streets 14.3613/20.1955 40 hrs/week -4- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eli ibili Fleet Services Inventory Clerk 13.1500/18.5000 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Mechanic 16.3825/23.0410 40 hrs/week Horticulturist 15.1638/21.3650 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Cemetery 14.2525/20.0595 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Parks 14.1574/19.9372 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker- Streets 13.8581/19.5019 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator -Streets 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week Traffic Signal Technician 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week SECTION 3. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IBEW labor agreements, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the IBEW labor agreements shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Clerk 14.4214/19.0838 40 hrs/week Cashier 13.2364/18.0369 40 hrs/week Custodian 15.4563/18.2518 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Crew Chief 28.2329/35.9069 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Crew Chief 28.2329/35.9069 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician I 17.7918/25.4568 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician II 21.9942/30.1571 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator 22.6286/31.7526 40 hrs/week Instrument Technician 26.5386/35.0596 40 hrs/week Lineworker Apprentice 17.2099/25.2351 40 hrs/week Lineworker First Class 26.0863/30.8526 40 hrs/week Materials Handler 21.4797/28.7929 40 hrs/week -5- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eli ibili Meter Reader 15.4761 /20.1811 40 hrs/week Meter Technician 20.8076/25.7161 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher I 26.0574/36.2300 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher II 27.3685/38.0468 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 24.6660/30.7139 40 hrs/week Power Plant Operator 29.1394/33.9424 40 hrs/week Senior Accounting Clerk 16.2100/21.2338 40 hrs/week Senior Engineering Technician 27.8288/34.0562 40 hrs/week Senior Materials Handler 24.7316/32.2591 40 hrs/week Senior Meter Reader 18.3291 /21.7545 40 hrs/week Senior Power Dispatcher 31.6593/43.4454 40 hrs/week Senior Power Plant Operator 28.7299/36.8309 40 hrs/week Senior Substation Technician 33.8273/35.0596 40 hrs/week Senior Water Maintenance Worker 20.0983/26.4649 40 hrs/week Substation Technician 31.3152/32.5583 40 hrs/week Systems Technician 27.5975/35.0596 40 hrs/week Tree Trim Crew Chief 24.7220/30.7011 40 hrs/week Utility Electrician 24.7743/32.5583 40 hrs/week Utility Technician 24.1970/34.0365 40 hrs/week Utility Warehouse Clerk 17.8792/22.0587 40 hrs/week Water Maintenance Worker 16.7450/23.1567 40 hrs/week Wireworker I 18.8115/26.5994 40 hrs/week Wireworker II 26.0863/30.8526 40 hrs/week SECTION 4. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of Grand Island included under the FOP labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the FOP labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: -6- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Classification Police Officer 17.8037/24.8884 Police Sergeant 22.2831/30.5330 OVERTIME ELIGIBILITY The City has reserved its right to the utilization of the 207(k) FLSA exemption and will implement this as the hours of work effective the first full pay period following the execution of the labor agreement. The pay period for purposes of calculating overtime shall consist of a fourteen (14) day cycle that runs concurrent with the City's current payroll cycle. For purposes of calculating eligibility for overtime, "hours worked" shall include actual hours worked, vacation, personal leave and holiday hours. Employees shall be eligible for overtime when they exceed their hours scheduled for work in the fourteen (14) day pay cycle with a minimum of eighty (80) hours. There shall also be established for each employee in the bargaining unit a Training and Special Events bank of fifty (50) hours per individual per contract year. Each employee may be scheduled for training or special event duty with a minimum of seven (7) days notice prior to the commencement of the pay period and the training and special events bank hours may be added to the eighty (80) hour, two (2) week pay period up to eighty-six (86) hours and these hours shall not be eligible for overtime. Training and special events hours worked in excess of eighty-six (86) hours in a two week pay period will be eligible for overtime, but will not be subtracted from the training and special events bank. All work completed after eighty (80) hours in a pay period that is performed for work that is funded by grants from parties outside or other than the City of Grand Island, shall be paid overtime for the time worked after eighty (80) -7- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) hours, if the time is funded at overtime rates by the grant. Any such grant hours are not deducted from the training and special events bank. SECTION 5. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IAFF labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the IAFF labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eli ibili Fire Captain 16.6707/23.1150 54 hrs/week Firefighter /EMT 12.3855/17.9740 54 hrs/week Firefighter /Paramedic 13.8282/19.5300 54 hrs/week SECTION 6. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IBEW-WWTP labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract, to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the IBEW-WWTP labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Technician -WWTP 14.3249/20.1564 40 hrs/week Equipment Operator -WWTP 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic I 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic II 18.2093/25.6223 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -WWTP 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator -WWTP 17.5790/24.7353 40 hrs/week Wastewater Clerk 12.2368/17.2182 40 hrs/week -8- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 17.2638/24.2919 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator I 14.5453/20.4669 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator II 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week SECTION 7. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IBEW-Service/Clerical labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation salary and wages to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included under the IBEW-Service/Clerical labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Technician -Streets 15.2682/20.3814 40 hrs/week Accounts Payable Clerk 14.4823/20.9529 40 hrs/week Administrative Assistant 15.0641/21.6061 40 hrs/week Audio Video Technician 15.2069/21.4530 40 hrs/week Building Inspector 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Building Secretary 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Community Development Administrator 16.4113/23.5963 Exempt Computer Operator 18.2994/24.0557 40 hrs/week Computer Programmer 20.8713/30.5874 40 hrs/week Computer Technician 18.8484/24.7778 40 hrs/week Electrical Inspector 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Emergency Management Coordinator 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician -Public Works 19.3506/27.2908 40 hrs/week Evidence Technician 14.0741/20.5957 40 hrs/week Finance Secretary 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week GIS Specialist 21.4555/30.1064 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I -Building, Library 14.7885/20.0140 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II -Building, Police 15.5846/21.1264 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Secretary 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Planning Secretary 14.1761 /20.1466 40 hrs/week -9- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) Planning Technician 19.4086/27.3071 40/hrs/week Plans Examiner 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Plumbing Ins ector 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Police Records Clerk -Full Time 12.6554/17.6156 40 hrs/week Public Safety Dispatcher 14.2884/20.8713 40 hrs/week Shooting Range Operator 19.6363/26.6172 40 hrs/week Stormwater Technician 19.3506/27.2908 40 hrs/week Utility Secretary 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week SECTION 8. The classification of employees included under labor agreements with the City of Grand Island, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such classification, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as stated above. All employees covered by the IAFF labor agreement shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in addition to regular salary in the amount of $484.00 per year, divided into twenty-four (24) pay periods. All employees of the FOP labor agreement shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in addition to regular salary of $25.00 per pay period. If any such employee covered by the IAFF or FOP labor agreements shall resign, or his or her employment be terminated for any reason whatsoever, the clothing allowance shall be paid on a prorata basis, but no allowance shall be made for a fraction of a month. Non-union employees and employees covered by the FOP labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities, Finance and Service/Clerical labor agreements may receive an annual stipend not to exceed $1,000 for bilingual pay. Employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement shall be granted a meal allowance of $4.50 if they are required to work two (2) hours overtime consecutively with their normal working hours during an emergency situation, and if such overtime would normally -10- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) interfere with and disrupt the employee's normal meal schedule. Employees covered by the IBEW -Utilities and IBEW -Finance labor agreements shall be allowed a meal allowance for actual cost, or up to $7.00 per meal, if they are required to work two (2) hours overtime consecutively with their normal working hours and if such overtime would normally interfere with and disrupt the employee's normal meal schedule. Direct supervisors of employees who are covered by labor agreements which allow overtime meal allowance shall be entitled to the same meal allowance benefit. Utilities Department personnel in the IBEW bargaining unit and the classifications of Meter Reader Supervisor, Power Plant Superintendent, Power Plant Supervisor, Electric Distribution Superintendent, Electric Distribution Supervisor, Water Superintendent, Water Supervisor, Electric Underground Superintendent, and Engineering Technician Supervisor shall be eligible to participate in a voluntary uniform program providing an allowance up to $18.00 per month. When protective clothing is required for Utilities Department and Wastewater Treatment Plant personnel covered by the IBEW labor agreement and employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement, except the Fleet Services Division of the Public Works Department, the City shall pay 60% of the cost of providing and cleaning said clothing and the employees 40% of said cost. Full-time Fleet Services personnel shall receive a uniform allowance of $12 biweekly. Public Works Department personnel in the job classifications Fleet Services Supervisor, Fleet Services Superintendent, and Fleet Services Mechanic shall receive a tool allowance of $10 biweekly. SECTION 9. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as follows: -11- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) (A) For all non-union employees the City will include in the last paycheck in September 2010, payment for an employee's unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours accrued from January 2010 through September 2010. The compensation will be based on 50% of the accumulated hours above 960 at the employee's current pay rate at the time of such compensation. Such compensation for unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours shall not continue after September 2010. (B) All employees covered in the IBEW Utilities and IBEW Finance labor agreements shall be paid for forty-seven percent (47%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement, early retirement, or death, not to exceed four hundred eighty-eight and one third hours (calculated at 47% x 1039 hours = 488.33 hours), the rate of compensation to be based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement or death. Employees covered in the IAFF labor agreement shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for thirty-eight percent (38%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement, not to exceed five hundred ninety-eight and eighty-eight hundredths hours (calculated at 38% x 1,576 hours = 598.88 hours). The amount of contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement. Employees covered by the IBEW Wastewater labor agreement shall be paid 37.5% of their accumulated medical leave at the time of retirement or death, based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement not to exceed three hundred ninety-nine hours (calculated at 37.5% x 1064 hours = 399 hours). Employees covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical labor agreement shall have a -12- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for forty percent (40%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of retirement or death, based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement not to exceed 433.60 hours (calculated at 40% x 1084 hours = 433.60 hours.) Employees covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical labor agreement will be compensated for unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours as of September 30, 2009. Employees will be compensated for fifty percent (50%) of the hours over 960 at their current rate of pay in January 2010. Such compensation for unused medical leave in excess of 960 shall not continue after January 2010. Any employee covered by this bargaining unit shall be allowed to maintain a balance of sixteen (16) hours in their compensatory time banks if those hours exist at the date of approval of the labor agreement. All hours in excess of sixteen (16) shall be paid to the employee at the same time as any retroactive payments are made. Non-union employees shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for fifty percent (50%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement, not to exceed five hundred forty-two hours (calculated at 50% x 1084 = 542). The amount of contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement. All employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement shall be paid forty-five (45%) of their accumulated medical leave bank at the time of their retirement, based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement not to exceed four hundred seventy-eight and eighty hundredths hours (calculated at 45% x 1064 hours = 478.80 hours). All employees covered under the FOP labor agreement shall be paid thirty-seven and one-half percent (37.5%) of their -13- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) accumulated medical leave bank at the time of their retirement, not to exceed four hundred five hours (calculated at 37.5% x 1,080 hours = 405 hrs.), based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement. If death occurs while in the line of duty, employees covered under the FOP labor agreement shall be paid fifty percent (50%) of their accumulated medical leave bank at the time of their death, not to exceed five hundred forty hours (50% x 1,080 hours = 540 hrs.), based on the employee's salary at the time of their death. (C) The City Administrator and department heads shall have a contribution made to their VEBA for one-half of their accumulated medical leave, not to exceed 30 days of pay, upon their resignation, the rate of compensation to be based upon the salary at the time of termination. Compensation for unused medical leave at retirement shall be as provided for non-union employees. (D) The death of an employee shall be treated the same as retirement, and payment shall be made to the employee's beneficiary or estate for one-half of all unused medical leave for non-union employees and as defined in labor agreements for all other employees. SECTION 10. The City Administrator shall receive a vehicle allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month in lieu of mileage allowance, divided into two equal payments of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). SECTION 11. The Utilities Director shall be paid a stipend of Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) per month prorated as appropriate for services tendered while acting as both the Utilities Director and the Interim Public Works Director. -14- ORDINANCE NO. 9284 (Cont.) SECTION 12. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof. SECTION 13. The adjustments identified herein shall be effective on the date of passage and publication in pamphlet form in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as provided by law effective January 10, 2011. SECTION 13. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9268 and all other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: Attest: a ~~- RaNae Edwards, City Clerk -15-