01/08/2008 Ordinances 9156
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156
An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 9153 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
add the bargaining agreement for the IBEW-WWTP; to amend the salary range of the Waste
Water Plant Chief Operator; and to remove Maintenance Worker I-WWTP; to remove
Maintenance Worker II -WWTP and replace with Maintenance Worker -WWTP; to remove
Maintenance Worker -Shooting Range, and to add the salary range for Shooting Range
Operator; to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9153 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
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Accountant
Accounting Technician -Solid Waste, Streets
Administrative Assistant
Assistant to the City Administrator
Assistant Public Works Director
1558.61/2193.83 Exempt
1053.92/1483.06 40 hrs/week
1137.90/1602.11 40 hrs/week
1483.44/2088.45 Exempt
2159.01/3037.57 Exempt
Approved as to Form ~ j
January 7, 2008 City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
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 1075.04/1 S 12.69 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 Engineering2103.36/2960.78 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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Emergency Management Director
EMS Division Chief
Engineering Technician
Engineering Technician Supervisor
Equipment Operator, Solid Waste
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
2168.54/3051.38 Exempt
1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
1367.46/1923.98 40 hrs/week
1563.01/2200.14 Exempt
1166.02/1642.08 40 hrs/week
855.50/1203.42 40 hrs/week
2751.86/3872.46 Exempt
962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
2507.23/3527.14 Exempt
1983.85/2791.37 Exempt
1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
1571.63/2212.95 Exempt
1309.48/1842.74 40 hrs/week
1758.77/2474.87 Exempt
1318.79/1855.90 40 hrs/week
1358.35/1911.57 40 hrs/week
2419.14/3402.74 Exempt
1253.86/1764.06 40 hrs/week
2232.60/3141.30 Exempt
1873.12/2636.08 Exempt
1101.13/1551.39 40 hrs/week
1234.80/1736.85 Exempt
1358.47/1911.27 Exempt
861.53/1211.94 40 hrs/week
950.30/1337.14 40 hrs/week
1611.20/2267.08 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Library Clerk
Library Director
Library Page
Library Secretary
Maintenance Worker I -Building, Library
Maintenance Worker I -Golf
Maintenance Worker II -Building
Maintenance Worker II -Golf
Meter Reading Supervisor
Officer 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
722.11/1017.44
2180.59/3069.43
546.50/769.22
962.98/1354.57
991.17/1394.46
1020.90/1436.29
1043.78/1471.98
1075.09/1516.14
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
1908.19/2684.91
2625.92/3696.25
901.78/1269.70
2162.96/3042.49
2251.27/3167.53
2465.98/3470.08
2842.89/3998.62
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40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Exempt
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
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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
ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Public Information Officer 1417.39/1994.13 Exempt
Public Works Director 2762.44/3887.35 Exempt
Purchasing Technician 1033.18/1453.33 40 hrs/week
Receptionist 927.03/1304.42 40 hrs/week
Recreation Superintendent 1560.04/2194.39 Exempt
Regulatory and Environmental Specialist 2133.06/3000.43 Exempt
Senior Accountant 1760.15/2476.08 Exempt
Senior Communications Specialist/EMD 1155.31/1625.04 40 hrs/week
Senior Electrical Engineer 2401.98/3379.62 Exempt
Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1224.33/1722.77 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 Operator 1318.79/1855.90 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 Engineering/Operations Superintendent 1908.50/2686.49 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 1263.49/1778.57 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 1461.22/2056.46 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 1515.27/2133.43 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
(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
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Equipment Operator -Streets 1026.30/1443.24 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk 932.99/1315.92 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Inventory Specialist 1023.39/1440.33 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 1170.74/1646.58 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 1083.66/1526.82 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Cemetery 1018.53/1433.52 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Parks 1011.73/1424.78 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -Streets 990.34/1393.67 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator -Streets 1124.46/1583.20 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks 1124.46/1583.20 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets 1124.46/1583.20 40 hrs/week
Traffic Signal Technician 1124.46/1583.20 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
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
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Accounting Clerk 1006.32/1418.39 40 hrs/week
Computer Programmer 1559.09/2192.55 40 hrs/week
Computer Technician 1216.22/1710.97 40 hrs/week
Custodian 898.88/1264.89 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Crew Chief 1789.75/2517.54 40 hrs/week
Electric Underground Crew Chief 1789.75/2517.54 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician I 1277.69/1797.62 40 hrs/week
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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
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
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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:
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Minimum/Maximum
Police Officer 1238.20/1730.92
Police Sergeant 1520.42/2083.33
Overtime
Eligibility
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9156 (Cont.)
SECTION 5. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of
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Grand Island included under the IAFF 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 IAFF labor agreement shall work prior to overtime
eligibility are as follows:
Classification
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Fire Captain
Firefighter/EMT
Firefighter/Paramedic
1684.80/2336.07 212 hrs/28 days
1251.72/1856.52 212 hrs/28 days
1397.52/1973.76 212 hrs/28 days
SECTION 6. The currently occupied classifications of 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
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Accounting Technician -WWTP
Equipment Operator -WWTP
Maintenance Mechanic I
Maintenance Mechanic II
Maintenance Worker -WWTP
Senior Equipment Operator -WWTP
Wastewater Clerk
Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician
1033.62/1454.40
1173.47/1651.20
1173.47/ 1651.20
1313.90/1848.80
1173.47/1651.20
1268.42/1784.80
882.96/1242.40
1245.68/1752.80
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. 9156 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Minimum/Maximum Eligibility
Wastewater Plant Operator I 1049.53/1476.80 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 1173.47/1651.20 40 hrs/week
SECTION 7. 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
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, Utilities and Finance 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
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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 IBEW labor agreements, 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 8. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as
follows:
(A) For all employees except those covered in the IAFF, AFSCME and IBEW
Wastewater bargaining agreements, 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.
For those employees covered in the AFSCME bargaining agreement, the
City will include in the second paycheck in January, 2008, 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.
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For those employees covered in the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant
bargaining agreement, the City will include in the first paycheck in February,
2008, payment for employee's unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours
accrued through September 30, 2007. 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.
(B) All employees except non-union and those covered in the IAFF and IBEW
Wastewater bargaining agreements 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 thirty-eight percent (38%) of their accumulated
medical leave at the time of their retirement, not to exceed one thousand five
hundred seventy-six hours (1,576 hrs.). The amount of contribution will be based
upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement. Employees covered by the
IBEW Wastewater 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. 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. All employees covered by the
AFSCME bargaining agreement shall be paid forty-five percent (45%) of their
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accumulated medical leave bank at the time of their retirement, based on the
employee's salary at the time of retirement.
(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 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 for non-union employees and as defined in labor
agreements for all other employees.
SECTION 9. 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) retroactive to date of employment.
SECTION 10. 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 11. The salary adjustments identified herein shall be effective on
January 28, 2008, except employees of the IBEW Wastewater bargaining agreement whose
salary adjustments will be calculated retroactive to October 1, 2007.
SECTION 12. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9140 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
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SECTION 13. 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: January 8, 2008.
Margar t Hornady, Mayo
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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