08/14/2007 Ordinances 9132
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ORDINANCE NO. 9132
An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 9121 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
amend the salary ranges of non-union employees and employees covered under the IBEW
Finance and IBEW Utilities bargaining agreements; to remove the classification and salary
ranges for Development/Grants Specialist and Emergency Management Clerk; to add the
classification and salary range for Emergency Management Coordinator; to remove the
classification and salary range for Wastewater Plant Senior Operator and add the classification
and salary ranges for Wastewater Plant Chief Operator and Wastewater Plant Laboratory
Technician; to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9121 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
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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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Accountant 1558.61/2193.83 Exempt
Accounting Technician - Solid Waste, Streets 1053.92/1483.06 40 hrs/week
Accounting Technician - WWTP 1018.28/1432.90 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant - 1137.90/1602.11 40 hrs/week
Approved as to Form c ~'/1'L47
August 13, 2007 p City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9132 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Assistant to the City Administrator 1483.44/2088.45 Exempt
Assistant Public Works Director 2159.01/3037.57 Exempt
Assistant Utility Director -Administration 2896.69/4076.27 Exempt
Assistant Utility Director - PGS &PCC 3137.79/4415.74 Exempt
Attorney 2073.17/2917.27 Exempt
Audio-Video Technician 1075.04/1512.69 40 hrs/week
Biosolids Technician 1226.69/1726.77 40 hrs/week
Building Department Director 2363.43/3324.37 Exempt
Building Inspector 1364.31/1919.54 40 hrs/week
Building Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Cemetery Superintendent 1412.00/1987.87 Exempt
City Administrator 3824.06/5381.58 Exempt
City Attorney 2761.31/3886.29 Exempt
City Clerk 1587.03/2233.34 Exempt
Civil Engineering Manager -Public Works
Engineering 2103.36/2960.78 Exempt
Civil Engineering Manager -Utility PCC 2313.37/3256.91 Exempt
Collection System Supervisor 1455.49/2048.29 40 hrs/week
Communications Specialist/EMD 993.66/1401.65 40 hrs/week
Community Development Administrator 1200.32/1688.99 Exempt
Community Service Officer 855.50/1203.42 40 hrs/week
Custodian 855.02/1206.56 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Superintendent 2316.89/3259.62 Exempt
Electric Distribution Supervisor 1957.37/2753.29 40 hrs/week
Electric Underground Superintendent 2063.23/2903.10 Exempt
Electrical Engineer I 1892.82/2664.80 Exempt
Electrical Engineer II 2193.88/3087.91 Exempt
Electrical Inspector 1364.31/1919.54 40 hrs/week
Emergency Management Coordinator 955.73/1344.42 40 hrs/week
Emergency Management Deputy Director 1523.71/2144.11 Exempt
Emergency Management Director 2168.54/3051.38 Exempt
EMS Division Chief 1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9132 (Cont.)
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Classification
Engineering Technician
Engineering Technician Supervisor
Equipment Operator, Solid Waste
Equipment Operator, WWTP
Evidence Technician
Finance Director
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
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
1367.46/1923.98
1563.01 /2200.14
1166.02/ 1642.08
1115.42/1570.85
855.50/1203.42
2751.86/3 872.46
962.98/1354.57
2507.23/3527.14
1983.85/2791.37
1843.13/2593.37
1843.13/2593.37
1571.63/2212.95
1309.48/1842.74
1758.77/2474.87
1318.79/1855.90
1358.35/1911.57
2419.14/3402.74
1253.86/1764.06
2232.60/3141.30
1873.12/2636.08
1101.13/1551.39
1234.80/1736.85
1358.47/1911.27
861.53/1211.94
950.30/1337.14
1611.20/2267.08
722.11 /1017.44
2180.59/3069.43
546.50/769.22
962.98/1354.57
1087.13/1533.71
1220.54/1717.26
991.17/1394.46
Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9132 (Cont.)
Classification
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
Office Manager -Police Department
Parking Monitor
Parks and Recreation Director
Parks and Recreation Secretary
Parks 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
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
1020.90/1436.29
103 8.80/ 1461.49
1043.78/1471.98
1075.09/1516.14
1093.94/1542.74
1352.22/1904.34
1152.67/1622.41
573.10/807.33
2466.33/3468.97
962.98/1354.57
1645.42/2314.61
1229.26/1729.46
2445.47/3440.41
962.98/1354.57
1466.36/2063.10
1364.31/1919.54
1364.31/1919.54
1870.77/2632.27
2625.92/3696.25
901.78/1269.70
2162.96/3042.49
2251.27/3167.53
2465.98/3470.08
2842.89/3998.62
1417.39/1994.13
2762.44/3887.35
1033.18/1453.33
927.03/1304.42
1560.04/2194.39
2133.06/3000.43
1760.15/2476.08
1155.31/1625.04
2401.98/3379.62
Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9132 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1224.33/1722.77 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator, WWTP 1159.74/1631.87 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker 1206.77/1698.62 40 hrs/week
Senior Utility Secretary 965.82/1362.11 40 hrs/week
Shooting Range Superintendent 1560.04/2194.39 Exempt
Solid Waste Division Clerk 866.06/1218.43 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Superintendent 1771.84/2493.32 Exempt
Stormwater Technician 1367.46/1923.98 40 hrs/week
Street Superintendent 1695.31/2387.81 Exempt
Street Supervisor 1345.71/1892.62 40 hrs/week
Turf Management Specialist 1364.06/1919.17 40 hrs/week
Utility Director 3755.52/5282.96 Exempt
Utility Production Engineer 2535.22/3567.88 Exempt
Utility Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Utility Services Manager 1985.04/2793.41 Exempt
Utility Warehouse Supervisor 1543.78/2171.30 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 901.78/1269.70 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 820.37/1154.15 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Engineering/Operations Superintendent 1908.50/2686.49 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 1226.69/1726.77 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 1461.22/2056.46 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 1515.27/2133.43 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 1185.21/1668.38 40 hrs/week
Water Superintendent 1867.64/2627.09 Exempt
Water Supervisor 1592.43/2242.64 40 hrs/week
Worker /Seasonal 468.00/1600.00 Exempt
Worker /Temporary 468.00/1600.00 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 ranges of compensation
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(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
Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk 894.96/1262.27 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Inventory Specialist 981.67/1381.61 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 1123.02/1579.46 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 1039.48/1464.57 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Cemetery 977.01/1375.08 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Parks 970.48/1366.69 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Streets 949.97/1336.86 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator -Streets 1078.62/1518.66 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks 1078.62/1518.66 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets 1078.62/1518.66 40 hrs/week
Traffic Signal Technician 1078.62/1518.66 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Accounting Clerk
Computer Programmer
Computer Technician
Custodian
Electric Distribution Crew Chief
Electric Underground Crew Chief
Engineering Technician I
Min/Max
1006.32/1418.39
1559.09/2192.55
1216.22/1710.97
898.88/1264.89
1789.75/2517.54
1789.75/2517.54
1277.69/1797.62
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Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
ORDINANCE NO. 9132 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Engineering Technician II 1556.81/2191.62 40 hrs/week
GIS Technician 1677.71/2359.90 40 hrs/week
Instrument Technician 1852.21/2605.68 40 hrs/week
Lineworker Apprentice -- 1266.56/1781.96 40 hrs/week
Lineworker First Class 1622.18/2281.74 40 hrs/week
Materials Handler 1509.86/2123.73 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 1022.06/1438.74 40 hrs/week
Meter Technician 1272.50/1790.30 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher I 1780.62/2504.46 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher II 1870.22/2630.71 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 1587.08/2232.39 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Operator 1712.20/2408.26 40 hrs/week
Senior Accounting Clerk 1057.06/1489.05 40 hrs/week
Senior Engineering Technician 1677.71/2359.90 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 1667.14/2344.88 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 1100.61/1546.98 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dispatcher 2063.62/2902.53 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Plant Operator 1889.41/2657.90 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 1852.21/2605.68 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker 1370.39/1928.34 40 hrs/week
Substation Technician 1720.40/2419.78 40 hrs/week
Systems Technician 1852.21/2605.68 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 1622.18/2281.74 40 hrs/week
Utilities Electrician 1720.40/2419.78 40 hrs/week
Utility Technician 1798.35/2529.64 40 hrs/week
Utility Warehouse Clerk 1147.70/1615.35 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Worker 1210.83/1704.18 40 hrs/week
Wireworker I 1398.10/1967.07 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 1622.18/2281.74 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
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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:
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Classification
Police Officer 1238.20/1730.92 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 1607.04/2198.88 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter /EMT 1183.68/1661.04 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter /Paramedic 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
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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
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, 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 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 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.
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SECTION 7. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical 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
each year, payment for an employee's unused medical leave in excess of 960
hours accrued in the preceding calendar year. 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.
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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 medical leave in excess of 968 hours accrued in the preceding
calendar year. The compensation will be based on 50% of the accumulated hours
above 968 at the employee's current pay rate at the time of such compensation.
(B) All employees except non-union and those covered in the IAFF bargaining
agreement shall be paid for one-half of their accumulated medical 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 IAFF 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 medical leave at retirement shall be as
provided above.
(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.
SECTION 7. 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 8. The salary adjustments identified herein shall be effective with the
pay period beginning on October 1, 2007.
SECTION 9. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9121 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
SECTION 10. 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: August 14, 2007.
Margaret Hornady, Mayor
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