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08/20/2008 Ordinances 9179 1 ORDINANCE N0.9179 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9170 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; to amend the salary ranges of the employees covered under the AFSCME labor agreement; IBEW-Utilities and IBEW-Finance labor agreements; the IBEW-WWTP labor agreement; the FOP labor agreement; and the IAFF labor agreement; to remove the non-union Senior Maintenance Worker position; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9170 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 i 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility 1617.06/2276.10 Exempt 1093.44/1538.67 40 hrs/week 1180.58/1662.19 40 hrs/week 1539.07/2166.77 Exempt 3005.32/4229.13 Exempt 3255.46/4581.33 Exempt 2150.91/3026.67 Exempt Approved as to Form ^ August 22, 2008 ^ City Attorney ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Audio-Video Technician 1115.35/1569.42 40 hrs/week Biosolids Technician 1329.96/1872.14 40 hrs/week Building Department Director 2452.05/3449.03 Exempt Building Inspector 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Building Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Cemetery Superintendent 1464.95/2062.42 Exempt City Administrator 3967.46/5583.39 Exempt City Attorney 2864.86/4032.02 Exempt City Clerk 1646.54/2317.09 Exempt Civil Engineering Manager -Public Works 2182.24/3071.80 Exempt Engineering Civil Engineering Manager -Utility PCC 2400.12/3379.05 Exempt Collection System Supervisor 1510.07/2125.10 40 hrs/week Communications Specialist/EMD 1030.93/1454.21 40 hrs/week Community Development Administrator 1245.34/1752.33 Exempt Community Service Officer 887.58/1248.55 40 hrs/week Custodian 887.08/1251.81 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Superintendent 2403.77/3381.86 Exempt Electric Distribution Supervisor 2030.77/2856.54 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Superintendent 2140.60/3011.97 Exempt Electrical Engineer I 1963.80/2764.73 Exempt Electrical Engineer II 2276.15/3203.71 Exempt Electrical Inspector 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Emergency Management Coordinator 991.57/1394.84 40 hrs/week Emergency Management Deputy Director 1580.85/2224.51 Exempt Emergency Management Director 2249.86/3165.80 Exempt EMS Division Chief 1990.58/2800.84 Exempt Engineering Technician 1418.74/1996.13 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician Supervisor 1621.62/2282.65 Exempt Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1209.74/1703.66 40 hrs/week Evidence Technician 887.58/1248.55 40 hrs/week Finance Director 2855.05/4017.67 Exempt Finance Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week -2- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Fire Chief 2601.25/3659.41 Exempt Fire Operations Division Chief 2142.56/3014.68 Exempt Fire Prevention Division Chief 1990.58/2800.84 Exempt Fire Training Division Chief 1990.58/2800.84 Exempt Fleet Services Superintendent 1630.56/2295.94 Exempt Fleet Services Supervisor 1358.58/1911.85 40 hrs/week Golf Course Superintendent 1824.72/2567.68 Exempt Grounds Management Crew Chief -Cemetery 1368.25/1925.50 40 hrs/week Grounds Management Crew Chief -Parks 1409.29/1983.25 40 hrs/week Human Resources Director 2509.86/3530.34 Exempt Human Resources Specialist 1300.87/1830.21 40 hrs/week Information Technology Manager 2316.32/3259.09 Exempt Information Technology Supervisor 1943.36/2734.93 Exempt Legal Secretary 1142.42/1609.57 40 hrs/week Librarian I 1281.11/1801.98 Exempt Librarian II 1409.41/1982.94 Exempt Library Assistant I 893.83/1257.38 40 hrs/week Library Assistant II 985.94/1387.29 40 hrs/week Library Assistant Director 1671.62/2352.10 Exempt Library Clerk 749.19/1055.59 40 hrs/week Library Director 2262.37/3184.54 Exempt Library Page 580.93/817.68 40 hrs/week Library Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I -Building, Library 1028.34/1446.75 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I -Golf 1059.18/1490.15 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II -Building 1082.92/1527.18 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II -Golf 1115.40/1573.00 40 hrs/week Manager of Engineering Services 2239.98/3151.48 Exempt Meter Reader Supervisor 1402.93/1975.75 Exempt Office Manager -Police Department 1195.90/1683.25 40 hrs/week Parking Monitor 594.59/837.60 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Director 2558.81/3599.05 Exempt -3- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Parks and Recreation Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Parks Superintendent 1707.12/2401.41 Exempt Payroll Specialist 1275.36/1794.32 40 hrs/week Planning Director 2537.18/3569.42 Exempt Planning Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Planning Technician 1521.35/2140.47 40 hrs/week Plans Examiner 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Plumbing Inspector 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Police Captain 1979.75/2785.60 Exempt Police Chief 2724.39/3834.86 Exempt Police Records Clerk 935.60/1317.32 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 2244.07/3156.59 Exempt Power Plant Operations Supervisor 2335.70/3286.31 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent -Burdick 2558.46/3600.21 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent - PGS 2949.50/4148.57 Exempt Public Information Officer 1470.54/2068.91 Exempt Public Works Director 2866.03/4033.13 Exempt Purchasing Technician 1071.93/1507.82 40 hrs/week Receptionist 961.79/1353.34 40 hrs/week Recreation Superintendent 1618.55/2276.68 Exempt Regulatory and Environmental Specialist 2213.05/3112.95 Exempt Senior Accountant 1826.15/2568.93 Exempt Senior Communications Specialist/EMD 1198.64/1685.98 40 hrs/week Senior Electrical Engineer 2492.06/3506.35 Exempt Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1270.24/1787.37 40 hrs/week Senior Utility Secretary 1002.03/1413.19 40 hrs/week Shooting Range Operator 1368.25/1925.50 40 hrs/week Shooting Range Superintendent 1618.55/2276.68 Exempt Solid Waste Division Clerk 898.54/1264.12 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Superintendent 1838.29/2586.82 Exempt Stormwater Technician 1418.74/1996.13 40 hrs/week Street Superintendent 1758.89/2477.35 Exempt -4- ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Street Supervisor 1396.18/1963.59 40 hrs/week Turf Management Specialist 1415.21/1991.14 40 hrs/week Utility Director 3896.36/5481.07 Exempt Utility Production Engineer 2630.2913701.68 Exempt Utility Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Utility Services Manager 2059.48/2898.16 Exempt Utility Warehouse Supervisor 1601.66/2252.73 40 hrs/week Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 935.60/1317.32 40 hrs/week Wastewater Engineering/Operations Superintendent 2051.64/2887.97 Exempt Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 1310.87/1845.26 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 1516.01/2133.58 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 1572.10/2213.43 40 hrs/week Water Superintendent 1937.68/2725.61 Exempt Water Supervisor 1652.15/2326.74 40 hrs/week Worker /Seasonal 580.00/1600.00 Exempt Worker /Temporary 580.00/1600.00 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Min/Max 1067.36/ 1500.97 970.31/1368.56 1064.33/1497.94 1217.58/1712.45 1127.00/1587.89 1059.27/1490.86 Overtime Eligibility 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week -5- ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Maintenance Worker -Parks 1052.20/1481.77 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Streets 1029.96/1449.42 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator -Streets 1169.44/1646.53 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks 1169.44/1646.53 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets 1169.44/1646.53 40 hrs/week Traffic Signal Technician 1169.44/1646.53 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 1071.82/1418.39 40 hrs/week Cashier 983.75/1340.53 40 hrs/week Computer Operator 1434.40/1885.62 40 hrs/week Computer Programmer 1703.42/2285.98 40 hrs/week Computer Technician 1477.44/1942.22 40 hrs/week Custodian 1148.73/1356.50 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Crew Chief 2098.30/2668.66 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Crew Chief 2098.30/2668.66 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician I 1322.31/1891.98 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician II 1634.64/2241.32 40 hrs/week GIS Technician 1681.79/2359.90 40 hrs/week Instrument Technician 1972.382605.68 40 hrs/week Lineworker Apprentice 1279.06/1875.51 40 hrs/week Lineworker First Class 1938.77/2293.01 40 hrs/week Materials Handler 1596.40/2139.93 40 hrs/week Meter Reader 1150.20/1499.89 40 hrs/week -6- ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Meter Technician 1546.45/1911.26 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher I 1936.62/2692.66 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher II 2034.06/2827.69 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 1833.22/2282.70 40 hrs/week Power Plant Operator 2165.68/2522.65 40 hrs/week Senior Accounting Clerk 1204.75/1578.13 40 hrs/week Senior Engineering Technician 2068.27/2531.10 40 hrs/week Senior Materials Handler 1838.09/2397.54 40 hrs/week Senior Meter Reader 1362.24/1616.82 40 hrs/week Senior Power Dispatcher 2352.96/3228.92 40 hrs/week Senior Power Plant Operator 2135.25/2737.33 40 hrs/week Senior Substation Technician 2514.09/2605.68 40 hrs/week Senior Water Maintenance Worker 1493.74/1966.90 40 hrs/week Substation Technician 2327.38//2419.78 40 hrs/week Systems Technician 2051.09/2605.68 40 hrs/week Tree Trim Crew Chief 1837.37//2281.74 40 hrs/week Utilities Electrician 1841.26//2419.78 40 hrs/week Utility Technician 1798.35/2529.64 40 hrs/week Utility Warehouse Clerk 1328.81/1639.43 40 hrs/week Water Maintenance Worker 1244.51/1721.04 40 hrs/week Wireworker I 1398.10/1976.90 40 hrs/week Wireworker II 1938.77/2293.01 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: -7- ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) Bi-Weekly Pay Range Min/Max Classification Police Officer 1329.59/1858.69 Police Sergeant 1664.12/2280.23 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) -8- ORDINANCE NO. 9179(Cont.) 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Fire Captain 1739.56/2412.00 212 hrs/28 days Firefighter /EMT 1292.40/1875.55 212 hrs/28 days Firefighter /Paramedic 1442.94/2037.92 212 hrs/28 days SECTION 6. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City of Grand Island included under the 1BEW-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 Min/Max Eligibility Accounting Technician -WWTP 1067.22/1501.67 40 hrs/week Equipment Operator -WWTP 1211.61/1704.86 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic I 1211.61/1704.86 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic II 1356.61/1908.89 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -WWTP 1211.61/1704.86 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator -WWTP 1309.65/1842.81 40 hrs/week Wastewater Clerk 911.66/1282.78 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 1286.17/1809.77 40 hrs/week -9- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) Wastewater Plant Operator I 1083.64/1524.80 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator II 1211.61/1704.86 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 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 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. Non-union employees and employees covered by the FOP labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities and Finance 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 - 10- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) 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. 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 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 non-union employees 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. -11- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) For those employees covered by the IBEW Utilities and IBEW Finance labor agreements, the City will compensate each employee for fifty percent (50%) of unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours accumulated as of September 30, 2008, based upon his or her pay rate on the date the compensation is paid, which will be no later than the first pay period in November 2008. (B) 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 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). 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 - 12- ORDINANCE NO.9179(Cont.) 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 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. (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 for non-union employees. (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. -13- ORDINANCE N0.9179(Cont.) 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 the first full pay period in October, 2008. SECTION 12. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9170 and all other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: August 20, 2008 {Y~;+~t,.alt ~~ `l:~k~.~-sue ~sc ~„f Attest: s t ~~ RaNae Edwards, City Clerk i~~ORPOQAr~O ;9~j~-~ U ~ ~ ~•~~ :'~~f. '. 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