01/25/2011 Ordinances 9288ORDINANCE NO. 9288
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9284 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 identify
the uniform allowance for the Fire Chief and Fire Division Chiefs, Police Chief and Police
Captains; to identify the VEBA for non-union and IBEW/Service Clerical employees; to provide
for stand-by pay for non-exempt direct supervisors; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance
No. 9284 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 shift 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 Exempt
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
Approved as to Form n c.l~
January 24, 2011 a City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9288 (Cont.)
Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max Overtime
Eligibility
Cemetery Superintendent 18.3119/25.7803 Exempt
City Administrator 53.8810/75.8161 Exempt
City Attorney 37.2300/52.4000 Exempt
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 Exempt
Engineering Technician - WWTP 18.8700/26.6600 40 hrs/week
Equi ment O erator -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 Su erintendent 24.1300/34.0900 Exem t
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
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Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max Overtime
Eligibility
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
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 Department 15.1900/21.0406 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 31.9851/44.9881 Exempt
Parks Superintendent 22.3500/31.6100 Exem t
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 Su erintendent - PGS 36.8688/51.8571 Exem t
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
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Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max Overtime
Eligibility
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
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 Su erintendent 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 Mana er 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/Operations Superintendent 25.6500/36.2900 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 18.9500/26.7100 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 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:
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Classification Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max Overtime
Eli ibili
Equipment Operator -Streets 14.3613/20.1955 40 hrs/week
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
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Classification Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max Overtime
Eli ibili
Materials Handler 21.4797/28.7929 40 hrs/week
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
ORDINANCE NO. 9288 (Cont.)
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:
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 fu-st 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
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other than the City of Grand Island, shall be paid overtime for the time worked after eighty (80)
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
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Wastewater Clerk 12.2368/17.2182 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 17.2638/24.2919 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant O erator 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
Buildin 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
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Planning Secretary 14.1761 /20.1466 40 hrs/week
Planning Technician 19.4086/27.3071 40/hrs/week
Plans Examiner 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week
Plumbing Inspector 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.
Fire Chief and Fire Division Chiefs shall be paid a clothing allowance of $484.08
per year, divided into 24 pay periods. Police Chief and Police Captains shall be paid a clothing
allowance of $650.00 per year, divided into 26 pay periods.
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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
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.
Non-exempt direct supervisors of employees who are covered by labor
agreements which allow stand-by pay shall be entitled to the same stand-by pay benefit.
Utilities Department personnel in the IBEW bargaining unit and the
classifications ofMeter 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,
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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:
(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
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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
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
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= 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
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.
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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.
SECTION 12. Non-union employees shall have a contribution made on their
behalf to their VEBA account in the amount of $30.00 per pay period. Employees represented by
the IBEW Service/Clerical labor agreement shall have a contribution made on their behalf to
their VEBA account of $15 per pay period.
SECTION 13. 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 14. 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 February 14, 2011.
SECTION 15. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9284 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Enacted: January 25, 2011.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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