08/25/2011 Ordinances 9317ORDINANCE NO. 9317
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9314 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 remove
the positions and salary ranges of Fleet Services Superintendent, Fleet Services Supervisor, Fleet
Services Inventory Clerk, and Police Records Clerk — Part Time, which reflects a Reduction In
Force; to add the positions and salary ranges for Fleet Services Shop Foreman, and Public Works
Engineer; to rename the positions of Solid Waste Senior Equipment Operator to Solid Waste
Foreman; to rename the position of Street Supervisor to Street Foreman; to rename the position
of Regulatory and Environmental Specialist to Regulatory and Environmental Manager; to
rename two Human Resources Specialists to Human Resources Recruiter; and to Human
Resources Benefits & Risk Management Coordinator; to amend the salary ranges of non -union
employees ; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9314 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
Overtime
Hourly Pay Range
Eligibility
Min/Max
Accountant
21.9881/31. 033
Exempt
Approved as to Form
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
Accounting Technician — Solid Waste
15.2625/20.0651
40 hrs /week
Assistant to the City Administrator
21.3879/30.1079
Exempt
Assistant Utility Director — Administration
41.4936/58.4045
Exempt
Assistant Utility Director — PGS & PCC
44.9328/63.2681
Exempt
Attorney
27.3606/42.2161
Exempt
Biosolids Technician
17.3383/24.4065
40 hrs /week
Building Department Director
32.0513/45.6044
Exempt
Cemetery Superintendent
18.6323/26.2314
Exempt
City Administrator
54.8239/77.1429
Exempt
City Attorney
37.8815/53.3170
Exempt
City Clerk
22.8836/32.2140
Exempt
Civil Engineering Manager — Utility PCC
32.5600/46.4896
Exempt
Collection System Supervisor
21.9678/31.2271
40 hrs /week
Community Service Officer
12.3118/16.7379
40 hrs /week
Custodian — Library, Police
11.2825/15.9214
40 hrs /week
Customer Service Representative — Part time
8.1400/12.21000
40 hrs /week
Electric Distribution Superintendent
31.7969/43.5795
Exempt
Electric Distribution Supervisor
26.8518/36.8223
40 hrs /week
Electric Underground Superintendent
28.3170/38.8176
Exempt
Electrical Engineer I
25.7733/35.5718
Exempt
Electrical Engineer II
29.8941/41.2189
Exempt
Emergency Management Deputy Director _
21.7338/29.7221
Exempt
Emergency Management Director
30.9320/42.2873
Exempt
Engineering Technician - WWTP
19.2002/27.1266
40 hrs /week
Equipment Operator - Solid Waste
15.3864/21.6684
40 hrs /week
Finance Director
36.3126/51.0998
Exempt
Fire Chief
34.6459/49.0944
Exempt
Fire Division Chief
28.3344/40.8994
Exempt
Fleet Services Shop Foreman
19.5462/27.2283
40 hrs /week
Golf Course Superintendent
23.2091/33.4961
Exempt
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Cemetery
17.4024/24.4899
40 hrs /week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Parks
17.9244/25.2244
40 hrs /week
Human Resources Director
32.7736/46.6931
Exempt
Human Resources Benefits & Risk Management
Coordinator
17.5519/25.7936
40 hrs /week
Human Resources Recruiter
17.5519/25.7936
40 hrs /week
Human Resources Specialist
16.2210/22.8215
40 hrs /week
Information Technology Manager
29.4608/41.4516
Exempt
Legal Secretary
19.3020/25.9564
40 hrs /week
Librarian I
16.8600/23.4534
Exempt
Librarian II
18.6711/26.3024
Exempt
Library Assistant I
11.8132/16.2597
40 hrs /week
Library Assistant II
13.0138/17.9385
40 hrs /week
Library Assistant Director
21.2658/30.3114
Exempt
Library Director
28.7745/40.5034
Exempt
Library Page
7.5600/10.4599
40 hrs /week
Library Secretary
14.1331/20.0855
40 hrs /week
Maintenance Worker — Golf
14.1865/20.0066
40 hrs /week
Manager of Engineering Services
31.3695/45.0244
Exempt
Meter Reader Supervisor
17.8435/25.1290
Exempt
Office Manager — Police Department
15.4558/21.4088
40 hrs /week
Parks and Recreation Director
32.5449/45.7755
Exempt
Parks Superintendent
22.7411/32.1631
Exempt
Payroll Specialist
16.2210/22.8215
40 hrs /week
Planning Director
32.2698/45.3986
Exempt
Police Captain
27.2486/38.3293
Exempt
Police Chief
34.6459/49.0944
Exempt
Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor
28.5419/40.1479
Exempt
Power Plant Operations Supervisor
29.7110/42.7758
Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent Burdick
32.5404/45.7903
Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent — PGS
37.5140/52.7646
Exempt
Project Manager -- Public Works
28.9275/40.7000
Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
Public Information Officer
20.4314/28.7545
Exempt
Public Works Director
36.4524/51.2964
Exempt
Public Works Engineer
25.2900/35.5750
Exempt
Receptionist
12.6170/18.2540
40 hrs /week
Recreation Coordinator
16.4835/22.9955
Exempt
Recreation Superintendent
21.2963/30.5555
Exempt
Regulatory and Environmental Manager
28.1473/39.5929
Exempt
Senior Accountant
26.7806/37.2813
Exempt
Senior Electrical Engineer
32.7126/45.1058
Exempt
Senior Public Safety Dispatcher
16.4835/22.5275
40 hrs /week
Senior Utility Secretary
14.5757/20.8130
40 hrs /week
Shooting Range Superintendent
21.2963/30.5555
Exempt
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Full Time
14.5401/19.4750
40 hrs /week
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time
12.9463/17.6842
40 hrs /week
Solid Waste Foreman
16.1559/22.7331
40 hrs /week
Solid Waste Superintendent
23.3808/32.9011
Exempt
Street Superintendent
23.9113/34.8086
Exempt
Street Foreman
18.8034/26.7195
40 hrs /week
Turf Management Specialist
20.8588/29.5279
40 hrs /week
Utility Director
52.8795/75.7733
Exempt
Utility Production Engineer
33.4540/47.0808
Exempt
Utility Services Manager
27.2181/37.8815
Exempt
Utility Warehouse Supervisor
22.2019/31.0134
40 hrs /week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator
12.7696/17.9792
40 hrs /week
Wastewater Engineering /Operations Superintendent
26.0989/36.9251
Exempt
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator
19.2816/27.1774
40 hrs /week
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor
23.3109/31.3899
40 hrs /week
Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor
24.1656/32.5804
40 hrs /week
Water Superintendent
24.6449/34.8086
Exempt
Water Supervisor
21.2759/30.6573
40 hrs /week
Worker / Seasonal
7.2500/20.0000
Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Equipment Operator — Streets
Hourly Pay Range
Eligibility
Fleet Services Mechanic
Min/Max
40 hrs /week
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 bility
Equipment Operator — Streets
14.3613/21.2743
40 hrs /week
Fleet Services Mechanic
16.3825/24.2718
40 hrs /week
Horticulturist
15.1638/22.5063
40 hrs /week
Maintenance Worker — Cemetery
14.2525/21.1310
40 hrs /week
Maintenance Worker — Parks
14.1574/21.0022
40 hrs /week
Maintenance Worker - Streets
13.8581/20.5436
40 hrs /week
Senior Equipment Operator — Streets
15.7348/23.3375
40 hrs /week
Senior Maintenance Worker — Streets
15.7348/23.3375
40 hrs /week
Traffic Signal Technician
15.7348/23.3375
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
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Classification
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
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
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 brs /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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
Classification
Dourly Pay Range
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
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:
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
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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
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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)
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 Mange
Min/Max
Overtime
Eligibility
Fire Captain
16.9624/23.5195
212 hrs /28 days
Firefighter / EMT
12.6022/18.2885
212 hrs /28 days
Firefighter / Paramedic
14.0702/19.8718
212 hrs /28 days
IAFF employees will be eligible for overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 212 hours in
each 28 -day pay period.
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
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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
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
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Community Development Administrator
16.4113/23.5963
Exempt
Community Development Specialist
15.0641/21.6061
40 hrs /week
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 11 — 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
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
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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.
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 -pay shall be entitled to the same stand -by pay benefit.
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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 of Fleet Services Shop
Foreman 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) 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.) 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
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
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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.
(B) 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.
(C) 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. 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 the
VEBA account of $15 per pay period.
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.
SECTION 12. Positions removed due to a Reduction In Force shall take effect no
later than September 24, 2011. The remaining adjustments identified herein shall be effective on
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ORDINANCE NO. 9317 (Cont.)
the date of passage and publication in pamphlet form in one issue of the Grand Island
Independent as provided by law effective October 10, 2011.
SECTION 13. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9314 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Enacted August 25, 2011.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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