05/27/2008 Ordinances 9170
ORDINANCE NO. 9170
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9156 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
Assistant Public Works Director and replace it with Manager of Engineering Services; to amend
the salary ranges for the FOP labor agreement; to correct the salary range of Firefighter/EMT;
and to adjust the salary range for Biosolids Technician; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance
No. 9156 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
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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
Accountant
Accounting Technician -Solid Waste, Streets
Administrative Assistant
Assistant to the City Administrator
Assistant Utility Director -Administration
Assistant Utility Director - PGS & PCC
Attorney
Audio-Video Technician
Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
1558.61/2193.83 Exempt
1053.92/1483.06 40 hrs/week
1137.90/1602.11 40 hrs/week
1483.44/2088.45 Exempt
2896.69/4076.27 Exempt
3137.79/4415.74 Exempt
2073.17/2917.27 Exempt
1075.04/1512.69 40 hrs/week
Biosolids Technician
1281.89/1804.47 40 hrs/week
Approved as to Form ^ 4~j'1S
May 22, 2008 ^ City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9170 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
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 2103.36/2960.78 Exempt
Engineering
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
Engineering Technician 1367.4611923.98 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician Supervisor 1563.01/2200.14 Exempt
Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1166.02/1642.08 40 hrs/week
Evidence Technician 855.50/1203.42 40 hrs/week
Finance Director 2751.86/3872.46 Exempt
Finance Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Fire Chief 2507.23/3527.14 Exempt
Fire Operations Division Chief 1983.85/2791.37 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9170 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Fire Prevention Division Chief 1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
Fire Training Division Chief 1843.13/2593.37 Exempt
Fleet Services Superintendent 1571.63/2212.95 Exempt
Fleet Services Supervisor 1309.48/1842.74 40 hrs/week
Golf Course Superintendent 1758.77/2474.87 Exempt
Grounds Management Crew Chief -Cemetery 1318.79/1855.90 40 hrs/week
Grounds Management Crew Chief -Parks 1358.35/1911.57 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Director 2419.14/3402.74 Exempt
Human Resources Specialist 1253.86/1764.06 40 hrs/week
Information Technology Manager 2232.60/3141.30 Exempt
Information Technology Supervisor 1873.12/2636.08 Exempt
Legal Secretary 1101.13/1551.39 40 hrs/week
Librarian I 1234.80/1736.85 Exempt
Librarian II 1358.47/1911.27 Exempt
Library Assistant I 861.53/1211.94 40 hrs/week
Library Assistant II 950.30/1337.14 40 hrs/week
Library Assistant Director 1611.20/2267.08 Exempt
Library Clerk 722.11/1017.44 40 hrs/week
Library Director 2180.59/3069.43 Exempt
Library Page 546.50/769.22 40 hrs/week
Library Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I -Building, Library 991.17/1394.46 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I -Golf 1020.90/1436.29 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II -Building 1043.78/1471.98 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II -Golf 1075.09/1516.14 40 hrs/week
Manager of Engineering Services 2159.01/3037.57 Exempt
Meter Reader Supervisor 1352.22/1904.34 Exempt
Office Manager -Police Department 1152.67/1622.41 40 hrs/week
Parking Monitor 573.10/807.33 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 2466.33/3468.97 Exempt
Parks and Recreation Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Parks Superintendent 1645.42/2314.61 Exempt
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ORDINANCE N0.9170 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Payroll Specialist 1229.26/1729.46 40 hrs/week
Planning Director 2445.47/3440.41 Exempt
Planning Secretary 962.98/1354.57 40 hrs/week
Planning Technician 1466.36/2063.10 40 hrs/week
Plans Examiner 1364.31/1919.54 40 hrs/week
Plumbing Inspector 1364.31/1919.54 40 hrs/week
Police Captain 1908.19/2684.91 Exempt
Police Chief 2625.92/3696.25 Exempt
Police Records Clerk 901.78/1269.70 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 2162.96/3042.49 Exempt
Power Plant Operations Supervisor 2251.27/3167.53 Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent -Burdick 2465.98/3470.08 Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent - PGS 2842.89/3998.62 Exempt
Public Information Officer 1417.3911994.13 Exempt
Public Works Director 2762.44/3887.35 Exempt
Purchasing Technician 1033.1811453.33 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
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ORDINANCE N0.9170 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
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
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
Equipment Operator -Streets
Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk
Fleet Services Inventory Specialist
Fleet Services Mechanic
Horticulturist
Maintenance Worker -Cemetery
Maintenance Worker -Parks
Bi-Weekly Pay Range
Min/Max
1026.30/1443.24
932.99/1315.92
1023.39/1440.33
1170.74/1646.58
1083.66/1526.82
1018.53/1433.52
1011.73/1424.78
Overtime
Eligibility
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 N0.9170 (Cont.)
Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
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
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
Min/Max 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
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Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
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
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
Min/Max
Police Officer
Police Sergeant
Classification
1284.63/1795.83
1607.85/2203.12
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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
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
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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 1684.80/2336.07 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter /EMT 1251.72/1816.52 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter /Paramedic 1397.52/1973.76 212 hrs/28 days
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:
Class cation Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime
Min/Max Eligibility
Accounting Technician -WWTP 1033.62/1454.40 40 hrs/week
Equipment Operator -WWTP 1173.47/1651.20 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic I 1173.47/1651.20 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic II 1313.90/1848.80 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker -WWTP 1173.47/1651.20 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator -WWTP 1268.42/1784.80 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 882.96/1242.40 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 1245.68/1752.80 40 hrs/week
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
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and work period which certain such employees shall work prior to overtime eligibility are 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$25.00 per pay period. 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 agreement,
the FOP labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities and Finance labor agreements, 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 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 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
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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, IBEW
Wastewater, and FOP labor 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 labor 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.
For those employees covered in the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant
labor 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, IBEW
Wastewater, AFSCME and FOP labor agreements shall be paid for one-half of
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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 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 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 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. 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 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. 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
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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 ternunation. 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 the
date of passage and publication in pamphlet form in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law, except for the employees of the FOP bargaining unit whose salary adjustments
are retroactive to October 1, 2007.
SECTION 12. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9156 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
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Enacted: May 27, 2008.
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Margaret Hornady, Mayor
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