06/12/2007 Ordinances 9121
ORDINANCE NO. 9121
An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 9111 known as the Salary Ordinance
which lists the currently occupied classifications of off cers and employees of the City of Grand
Island, Nebraska and established the ranges of compensation of such officers and employees; to
amend the salary ranges of Firefighter/EMT; Firefighter/Paramedic; and, Fire Captain; to repeal
Ordinance No. 9111, and any ordinance or parts of 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:
Accountant
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Classification
Accounting Technician - Solid Waste, Streets,
WWTP
Administrative Assistant -Fire, Public Works,
Utilities
Assistant to the City Administrator
Assistant Public Works Director
Assistant Utility Director -Administration
Assistant Utility Director - PGS & PCC
Attorney
Audio-Video Technician
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
1505.91 /2119.64 Exempt
1018.28/1432.90 40 hrs/week
1099.42/1547.94 40 hrs/week
1433.28/2017.83 Exempt
2086.00/2934.85 Exempt
2798.73/3938.43 Exempt
3031.68/4266.42 Exempt
2003.06/2818.62 Exempt
1038.69/1461.54 40 hrs/week
Approved as to Form o ~
June 12, 2007 o CityAttorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
Biosolids Technician 1185.21/1668.38
Building Department Director 2283.50/3211.95
Building Inspector 1318.18/1854.63
Building Secretary 930.41/1308.76
Cemetery Superintendent 1364.25/1920.65
City Administrator 3694.74/5199.60
City Attorney 2667.93/3754.87
City Clerk 1533.36/2157.82
Civil Engineering Manager -Publ ic Works 2032.23/2860.65
Engineering
Civil Engineering Manager -Utility, PCC 2235.14/3146.78
Collection System Supervisor 1406.27/1979.02
Communications Specialist/EMD 960.06/1354.25
Community Development Administrator 1159.73/1631.88
Community Service Officer -Police Department 826.58 / 1162.73
Custodian 826.10/ 1165.76
Development/Grants Specialist 1159.73/1631.88
Electric Distribution Superintendent 2238.54/3149.39
Electric Distribution Supervisor ~ 1891.18/2660.18
Electric Underground Superintendent 1993.46/2804.93
Electrical Engineer I 1828.81 /2574.69
Electrical Engineer II 2119.69/2983.49
Electrical Inspector 1318.18/1854.63
Emergency Management Clerk 861.38/ 121 1.86
Emergency Management Deputy Director 1472.18/2071.60
Emergency Management Director 2095.21 /2948.19
EMS Division Chief 1780.80/2505.67
Engineering Technician 1321.22/1858.91
Engineering Technician Supervisor 1510.15/2125.74
Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1126.58/1586.55
Equipment Operator, WWTP 1115.42/1570.85
Evidence Technician 826.58/1162.73
Finance Director 2658.80/3741.50
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Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
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Classification
Finance Secretary
Fire Chief
Fire Operations Division Chief
Fire Prevention Division Chief
Fire Training Division Chief
Fleet Services Superintendent
Fleet Services Supervisor
Golf Course Superintendent
Grounds Management Crew Chief -Cemetery
Grounds Management Crew Chief -Parks
Human Resources Director
Human Resources Specialist
Information Technology Manager
Information Technology Supervisor
Legal Secretary
Librarian I
Librarian II
Library Assistant I
Library Assistant II
Library Assistant Director
Library Clerk
Library Director
Library Page
Library Secretary
Maintenance Mechanic I
Maintenance Mechanic II
Maintenance Worker I -Building, ,Library
Maintenance Worker I -Golf, Shooting Range
Maintenance Worker I -WWTP
Maintenance Worker II -Building
Maintenance Worker II -Golf
Maintenance Worker II -WWTP
Meter Reading Supervisor
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
930.41/1308.76
2422.44/3407.86
1916.76/2696.98
1780.80/2505.67
1780.80/2505.67
1518.48/2138.12
1265.20/1780.43
1699.29/2391.18
1274.19/ 1793.14
1312.42/ 1846.93
2337.34/3287.67
1211.46/ 1704.40
2157.10/3035.07
1809.78/2546.93
1063.89/1498.93
1193.05 / 1678.11
1312.53 / 1846.64
832.39/1170.95
918.16/1291.93
1556.71 /2190.42
697.70/983.03
2106.85/2965.64
528.02/743.20
930.4 I / 1308.76
1087.13/1533.71
1220.54/1717.26
957.65/1347.30
986.38/1387.72
1038.80/1461.49
1008.48/1422.21
1038.74/1464.87
1093.94/ 1542.74
1306.49/1839.94
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Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
Classification
Office Manager -Police Department
Parking Monitor
Parks and Recreation Director
Parks and Recreation Secretary
Parks Maintenance Superintendent
Payroll Specialist
Planning Director
Planning Secretary
Planning Technician
Plans Examiner
Plumbing Inspector
Police Captain
Police Chief
Police Records Clerk
Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor
Power Plant Operations Supervisor
Power Plant Superintendent -Burdick
Power Plant Superintendent - PGS
Public Information Officer
Public Works Director
Purchasing Technician
Receptionist
Recreation Superintendent
Regulatory and Environmental Specialist
Senior Accountant
Senior Communications Specialist/EMD
Senior Electrical Engineer
Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste
Senior Equipment Operator, WWTP
Senior Maintenance Worker
Senior Utility Secretary
Shooting Range Superintendent
Solid Waste Division Clerk
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
1113.70/1567.54
553.72/780.02
2382.92/3351.66
930.41/1308.76
1589.78/2236.34
1187.70/1670.98
2362.77/3324.06
930.41/1308.76
1416.78/1993.34
1318.18/1854.63
1318.18/1854.63
1807.51/2543.25
2537.12/3571.25
871.29/1226.77
2089.82/2939.61
2175.14/3060.41
2382.59/3352.74
2746.76/3863.40
1369.46/1926.70
2669.02/3755.90
998.25/1404.18
895.68/1260.31
1507.29/2120.18
2060.93/2898.97
1700.63/2392.34
1116.24/1570.09
2320.75/3265.33
1182.93/1664.51
1159.74/1631.87
1206.77/1698.62
933.15/1316.05
1507.29/2120.18
836.78/1177.23
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Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
Exempt
Exempt
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
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Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Solid Waste Superintendent 1711.93/2409.00 Exempt
Stormwater Technician 1321.22/1858.91 40 hrs/week
Street Superintendent 1637.98/2307.06 Exempt
Street Supervisor 1300.21/1828.62 40 hrs/week
Turf Management Specialist 1317.93/1854.27 40 hrs/week
Utility Director 3628.53/5104.31 Exempt
Utility Production Engineer 2449.49/3447.23 Exempt
Utility Secretary 930.41/1308.76 40 hrs/week
Utility Services Manager 1917.91/2698.95 Exempt
Utility Warehouse Supervisor 1491.57/2097.88 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 871.29/1226.77 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 820.37/1154.15 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Engineering/Operations Superintendent 1843.96/2595.64 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 1411.80/1986.92 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator I 1002.93/1411.43 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 1121.13/1578.63 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 1464.03/2061.29 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Senior Operator 1185.21/1668.38 40 hrs/week
Water Superintendent 1804.48/2538.25 Exempt
Water Supervisor 1538.58/2166.80 40 hrs/week
Worker /Seasonal 412.00/1600.00 Exempt
Worker /Temporary 412.00 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 ran ges 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Equipment Operator- Streets ~ 984.46/1384.40 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
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Classification
Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk
Fleet Services Inventory Specialist
Fleet Services Mechanic
Horticulturist
Maintenance Worker -Cemetery
Maintenance Worker -Parks
Maintenance Worker -Streets
Senior Equipment Operator -Streets
Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks
Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets
Traffic Signal Technician
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
894.96/ 1262.27
981.67/1381.61
1123.02/1579.46
1039.48/1464.57
977.01/1375.08
970.48/1366.69
949.97/1336.86
1078.62/ 1518.66
1078.62/1518.66
1078.62/1518.66
1078.62/1518.66
Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
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
Accounting Clerk
Computer Programmer
Computer Technician
Custodian
Electric Distribution Crew Chief
Electric Underground Crew Chief
Engineering Technician I
Engineering Technician II
GIS Technician
Instrument Technician
Lineworker Apprentice
Lineworker First Class
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
977.01/1377.08
1513.68/2128.69
1180.80/1661.14
872.70/ 1228.05
1737.62/2444.21
1737.62/2444.21
1240.47/ 1745.26
1511.46/2127.79
1628.85/2291.16
1798.26/2529.78
1229.67/1730.06
1574.93/2215.29
Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs%week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Materials Handler 1465.89/2061.87 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 992.30/1396.84 40 hrs/week
Meter Technician 1235.44/1738.16 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher I 1728.75/2431.52 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher II 1815.74/2554.09 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 1540.86/2167.37 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Operator 1662.33/2338.11 40 hrs/week
Senior Accounting Clerk 1026.27/1445.68 40 hrs/week
Senior Engineering Technician 1628.85/2291.16 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 1618.58/2276.58 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 1068.55/1501.93 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dispatcher 2003.52/2817.99 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Plant Operator 1834.38/2580.48 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 1798.26/2529.78 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker
Substation Technician 1330.48/1872.17
1670.29/2349.30 40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Systems Technician 1798.26/2529.78 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 1574.93/2215.29 40 hrs/week
Utilities Electrician 1670.29/2349.30 40 hrs/week
Utility Technician 1745.98/2455.96 40 hrs/week
Utility Warehouse Clerk 1114.27/1568.30 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Worker 1175.57/1654.54 40 hrs/week.
Wireworker I 1357.38/1909.78 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 1574.93/2215.29 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:
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ORDINANCE NO. 9121 (Cont.)
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Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Classification
Police Officer 1238.20/] 730.92 40 hrs/week
Police Sergeant 1520.42/2083.33 40 hrs/week
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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Fire Captain 212 hrs/28 days
1607.04/2198.88
Firefighter /EMT
1183.68/1661.04
212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter /Paramedic
212 hrs/28 days
1354.32/1861.92
The above pay ranges and amendments made to all IAFF positions shall be retroactive to
October 1, 2006, pursuant to the Commission of Industrial Relations Order filed May 15, 2007,
in Case No. 1130.
SECTION 6. 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 area as
stated above. All full-time fire fighters and police officers shall be paid a clothing and uniform
allowance in addition to regular salary. All full-time fire fighters 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 full-time police officers shall be paid a clothing and uniform
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allowance in addition to regular salary of $50.00 per month. Full-time police officers may also
receive a reimbursement toward the purchase of body armor, not to exceed $400. If any such
fire fighter or police officer 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 AFSCME labor union, the
FOP labor union, the IBEW labor union, labor union may receive an annual stipend not to
exceed $1,000 for bilingual pay.
Utilities Department personnel in the IBEW bargaining unit and the
classifications of Meter Reading Supervisor, Power Plant Superintendent, Power Plant
Supervisor, Electric Distribution Superintendent, Electric Distribution Supervisor, Water
Superintendent, Water Supervisor, Electric Underground and Substation Superintendent, Electric
Underground and Substation Supervisor, 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 personnel in the IBEW, the
City shall pay 60% of the cost of providing and cleaning said clothing and the employees 40% of
said cost. Public Works Department personnel in the AFSCME bargaining unit shall be eligible
to participate in a voluntary uniform program providing an allowance up to $18 per month. 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 7. Employees shall be compensated for unused sick leave as follows:
(A) For all employees except those covered in the IAFF and AFSCME
bargaining agreement, the City will include in the second paycheck in January of
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each year, payment for an employee's unused sick leave in excess of 960 hours
accrued in the preceding calendar year. The compensation will be at the rate of
one-half day's pay based on the employee's current pay rate at the time of such
compensation, for each day of unused sick leave which exceeds 960 hours accrual
of the preceding year.
For those employees covered in the AFSCME bargaining agreement, the
City will include in the second paycheck in January of each year, payment for an
employee's unused sick leave in excess of 968 hours accrued in the preceding
calendar year. The compensation will be at the rate of one-half day's pay based on
the employee's current pay rate at the time of such compensation, for each day of
unused sick leave which exceeds 968 hours accrual of the preceding year.
(B) All employees except non-union and those covered in the fire department
bargaining agreement shall be paid for one-half of their accumulated sick leave at
the time of their retirement, the rate of compensation to be based on the
employee's salary at the time of retirement. Employees covered in the fire
department bargaining agreement shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on
their behalf in lieu of payment for one quarter of their accumulated medical leave
at the time of their retirement, the amount of contribution will be based upon the
employee's salary at the time of retirement. Non-union employees shall have a
contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for one-half of
their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement. The amount of
contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement.
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(C) 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 sick leave at retirement shall be as
provided above.
(D) The City Administrator shall have a contribution made to his VEBA for
the total hours of accumulated medical leave upon termination, the rate of
compensation to be based upon the salary at the time of termination.
(E) 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.
SECTION 8. The city administrator shall receive a vehicle allowance of $300 per
pay period in lieu of mileage for use of personal vehicle travel within Hall County.
SECTION 9. The City Administrator shall receive the maximum annual deferral
limit allowable by the Internal Revenue Service deposited in his ICMA-RC 457 Account. The
amount will be paid over the course of 26 pay periods.
SECTION 10. Reimbursed expenses which are authorized by Neb. Rev. Stat.
§ 13-2201, et. seq., the Local Government Miscellaneous Expenditure Act and/or which the
Internal Revenue Service requires to be reflected on an employee IRS Form W-2 at year end, are
hereby authorized as a payroll entry.
SECTION 11. 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.
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SECTION 12. The salary adjustments identified herein shall be effective with the
pay period beginning on April 16, 2007.
SECTION 13. Ordinance No. 9111 and all other ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
SECTION 14. This ordinance shall be in full force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication in pamphlet form in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: June 12, 2007.
Margar t Hornady, Mayor
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