08/26/2014 Ordinances 9495 ORDINANCE NO. 9495
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9490 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 the employees covered under the AFSCME labor agreement; to amend the
salary ranges of non-union employees; ; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9490
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 Personnel Rules & Regulations) 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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Accountant 22.9886/32.9003 Exempt
Accounting Technician—Solid Waste 17.9715/23.0181 40 hrs/week
Assistant to the City Administrator 22.3610/31.4778 Exempt
Assistant Public Works Director/Manager of
Engineering Services 33.2069/50.4151 Exempt
Assistant Utilities Director—Distribution 47.6003/67.6416 Exempt
Assistant Utilities Director—Production 51.5458/73.2746 Exempt
Assistant Utilities Director—Transmission 51.5458/73.2746 Exempt
Attorney 28.6056/44.1370 Exempt
Biosolids Technician 18.1272/26.7290 40 hrs/week
Building Department Director 33.5096/48.9906 Exempt
CADD Operator 20.5851/29.6126 40 hrs/week
Cemetery Superintendent 20.8630/3;196(11 Rxem t
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
City Administrator 63.7373/79.0715 Exempt
City Attorney 40.4963/58.3908 Exempt
City Clerk 26.6290/38.0214 Exempt
Civil Engineer I 27.7544/40.1236 Exempt
Civil Engineer II 32.1919/46.4935 Exempt
Civil Engineering Manager—Utility PCC 35.0629/52.4386 Exempt
Collection System Supervisor 22.9674/32.6479 40 hrs/week
Community Service Officer 14.1913/19.6625 40 hrs/week
Crime Analyst 17.8982/25.4093 40 hrs/week
Custodian—Library, Police 13.0050/18.3520 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Representative—Part time 8.8508/13.2762 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Superintendent 36.0403/49.1560 Exempt
Electric Distribution Supervisor 30.4351/41.5354 40 hrs/week
Electric Underground Superintendent 32.0961/43.7850 Exempt
Electrical Engineer I 27.7544/40.1236 Exempt
Electrical Engineer II 32.1919/46.4935 Exempt
Emergency Management Deputy Director 23.8588/34.3400 Exempt
Emergency Management Director 33.9564/48.8590 Exempt
Engineering Technician-WWTP 20.0738/28.3608 40 hrs/week
Equipment Operator- Solid Waste 17.2286/24.9764 40 hrs/week
Finance Director 39.3885/59.0413 Exempt
Finance Operations Supervisor 20.9100/29.5674 Exempt
Fire Chief 38.0334/56.7241 Exempt
Fire EMS Division Chief 32.6600/47.1433 Exempt
Fire Operations Division Chief 32.6600/47.1433 Exempt
Fire Prevention Division Chief 32.6600/45.7964 Exempt
Fleet Services Shop Foreman 22.6375/32.1368 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator-PW 25.1945/38.2633 40 hrs/week
Golf Course Superintendent 24.2651/35.0203 Exempt
Grounds Management Crew Chief—Cemetery 18.5580/28.2286 40 hrs/week
Grounds Management Crew Chief—Parks 19.5364/29.0753 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Director 34.2649/50.7704 Exempt
Human Resources Benefits/Risk Mgmt Coordinator 19.6100/30.4434 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Recruiter 19.6100/30.4434 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Specialist 19.1903/29.6632 40 hrs/week
Information Technology Manager 33.9584/50.0820 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Legal Secretary 20.1802/27.2731 40 hrs/week
Librarian I 18.2883/25.6853 Exempt
Librarian II 20.2526/28.8054 Exempt
Library Assistant I 12.3507/17.8495 40 hrs/week
Library Assistant II 15.0006/20.6771 40 hrs/week
Library Assistant Director 27.6411/41.9108 Exempt
Library Director 35.6605/51.9403 Exempt
Library Page 7.9040/11.2366 40 hrs/week
Library Secretary 15.3677/21.8400 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker—Golf 15.2398/23.1708 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader Supervisor 18.7488/27.3890 Exempt
MPO Program Manager 24.1900/35.9570 Exempt
Office Manager—Police Department 17.5184/24.6771 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 37.5134/54.7930 Exempt
Parks Superintendent 26.2129/38.1401 Exempt
Payroll Specialist 18.3412/26.3055 40 hrs/week
Planning Director 36.7534/53.3309 Exempt
Police Captain 32.1609/45.5589 Exempt
Police Chief 39.5548/56.7241 Exempt
Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 30.8105/43.5488 Exempt
Power Plant Operations Supervisor 34.2469/49.0714 Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent—Burdick 37.3294/53.0324 Exempt
Power Plant Superintendent—PGS 43.0351/61.1099 Exempt
Project Manager—Public Works 30.2438/42.5519 Exempt
Public Information Officer 24.0579/35.4724 Exempt
Public Works Director 39.8259/59.1275 Exempt
Public Works Engineer 31.5741/45.6556 Exempt
Receptionist 14.6124/21.9522 40 hrs/week
Recreation Coordinator 19.0905/28.0424 Exempt
Recreation Superintendent 27.6185/41.2440 Exempt
Regulatory and Environmental Manager 30.3109/44.6594 Exempt
Senior Accountant 27.9991/38.9775 Exempt
Senior Electrical Engineer 35.2271/50.8778 Exempt
Senior Public Safety Dispatcher 18.3667/24.2591 40 hrs/week
Senior Utility Secretary 15.6579/22.3584 40 hrs/week
Shooting Range Superintendent 24.3135/36.2336 Exempt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Solid Waste Division Clerk -Full Time 17.0806/22.3412 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Division Clerk-Part Time 15.2083/20.2869 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Foreman 19.4289/27.5942 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Superintendent 27.7256/41.2443 Exempt
Street Superintendent 27.2993/40.1226 Exempt
Street Foreman 21.6740/31.3880 40 hrs/week
Turf Management Specialist 21.8079/30.8715 40 hrs/week
Utilities Director 65.0835/89.0128 Exempt
Utility Production Engineer 36.0255/53.1054 Exempt
Utility Warehouse Supervisor 24.4887/34.9820 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 14.4738/20.7240 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 22.2252/30.7296 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Engineer 32.7969/47.7791 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Operations Engineer 31.5741/45.1003 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 24.3715/32.8181 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Project Manager 30.2436/42.5519 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Regulatory Compliance Manager 25.8665/36.9703 Exempt
Water Superintendent 28.4074/41.4713 Exempt
Water Supervisor 23.5898/34.2437 40 hrs/week
Worker/ Seasonal 7.2500/20.0000 Exempt
Worker/Temporary 7.2500/20.0000 40 hrs/week
A shift differential of$0.10 per hour shall be added to the base hourly wage for persons
in the employee classification Senior Public Safety Dispatcher who work a complete shift that
begins between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. This does not include persons who work the day shift.
Shift differential will only be paid for actual hours worked. Paid leave will not qualify for the
shift differential pay.
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
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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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Equipment Operator—Streets 16.1640/23.9447 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 18.3122/27.1309 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 17.5359/26.0270 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker—Cemetery 15.7845/23.4024 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker—Parks 15.6427/23.2057 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker—Streets 15.41 92/22.8578 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator— Streets 17.5883/26.0865 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker—Streets 17.5478/26.0264 40 hrs/week
Traffic Signal Technician 17.5072/25.9663 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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Accounting Clerk 15.3789/20.3509 40 hrs/week
Cashier 14.1152/19.2344 40 hrs/week
Custodian 16.4824/19.4635 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Crew Chief 30.1073/38.2908 40 hrs/week
Electric Underground Crew Chief 30.1073/38.2908 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician I 18.9731/27.1469 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician II 23.4544/32.1592 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator 24.1309/33.8607 40 hrs/week
Instrument Technician 28.3005/37.3872 40 hrs/week
Lineworker Apprentice 18.3525/26.9104 40 hrs/week
Lineworker First Class 27.8182/32.9010 40 hrs/week
Materials Handler 22.9057/30.7045 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 16.5035/21.5210 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Meter Technician 22.1890/27.4234 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher I 27.7874/38.6353 40 hrs/week
Power Dispatcher II 29.1854/40.5728 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 26.3037/32.7530 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Operator 31.0740/36.1958 40 hrs/week
Senior Accounting Clerk 17.2862/22.6435 40 hrs/week
Senior Engineering Technician 29.6764/36.3172 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 26.3736/34.4008 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 19.5460/23.1988 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dispatcher 33.7612/46.3298 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Plant Operator 30.6374/39.2761 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 36.0732/37.3872 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker 21.4326/28.2219 40 hrs/week
Substation Technician 33.3943/34.7199 40 hrs/week
Systems Technician 29.4298/37.3872 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 26.3633/32.7394 40 hrs/week
Utility Electrician 26.4192/34.7199 40 hrs/week
Utility Technician 25.8034/36.2961 40 hrs/week
Utility Warehouse Clerk 19.0662/23.5232 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Worker 17.8567/24.6940 40 hrs/week
Wireworker I 20.0604/28.3654 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 27.8182/32.9010 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:
Hourly Pay Range
Classification Min/Max
Police Officer 19.8680/29.2110
Police Sergeant 24.8667/35.8359
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
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 thirty (30) 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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Fire Captain 17.7341/24.5896 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter/EMT 13.1756/19.1207 212 hrs/28 days
Firefighter/Paramedic 14.7104/20.7759 212 hrs/28 days
Life Safety Inspector 20.0097/28.3914 40 hrs/week
Shift Commander 21.0210/27.5106 212 hrs/28 days
IAFF employees, with the exception of the Life Safety Inspector, will be eligible for overtime
pay for hours worked in excess of 212 hours in each 28-day pay period, unless recall or
mandatory overtime is required as specified in the IAFF labor agreement.
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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Accounting Technician—WWTP 15.2009/21.3891 40 hrs/week
Equipment Operator—WWTP 17.2575/24.2831 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic I 17.2575/24.2831 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic II 19.3228/27.1892 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker—WWTP 17.2575/24.2831 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator—WWTP 18.6540/26.2479 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 12.9851/18.2711 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 18.3195/25.7773 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator I 15.4347/21.7185 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 17.2575/24.2831 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eligibility
Accounting Technician—Streets 16.2819/21.7346 40 hrs/week
Accounts Payable Clerk 15.4437/22.3440 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant 16.0642/23.0406 40 hrs/week
Audio Video Technician 16.2165/22.8773 40 hrs/week
Building Inspector 20.0585/28.4606 40 hrs/week
Building Secretary 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
Community Development Administrator 17.5009/25.1630 40 hrs/week
Community Development Specialist 16.0642/23.0406 40 hrs/week
Computer Operator 19.5143/25.6528 40 hrs/week
Computer Programmer 22.2569/32.6182 40 hrs/week
Computer Technician 20.0997/26.4228 40 hrs/week
Electrical Inspector 20.0585/28.4606 40 hrs/week
Emergency Management Coordinator 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician—Public Works 20.6353/29.1027 40 hrs/week
Evidence Technician 15.0085/21.9630 40 hrs/week
Finance Secretary 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator 22.8800/32.1053 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I—Building,Library 15.7703/21.3427 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II—Building,Police 16.6192/22.5290 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Secretary 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
Planning Secretary 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
Planning Technician 20.6972/29.1201 40/hrs/week
Plans Examiner 20.0585/28.4606 40 hrs/week
Plumbing Inspector 20.0585/28.4606 40 hrs/week
Police Records Clerk—Full Time 13.4956/18.7852 40 hrs/week
Public Safety Dispatcher 15.2370/22.2569 40 hrs/week
Shooting Range Operator 20.9399/28.3844 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
StoHnwater Technician 20.6353/29.1027 40 hrs/week
Utility Secretary 15.1173/21.4842 40 hrs/week
A shift differential of$0.10 per hour shall be added to the base hourly wage for persons
in the employee classification Public Safety Dispatcher who work a complete shift that begins
between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. This does not include persons who work the day shift. Shift
differential will only be paid for actual hours worked. Paid leave will not qualify for the shift
differential pay.
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 classifications, 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, except Life Safety Inspector,
shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in addition to regular salary in the amount of
$529.92 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 telluinated 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. Employees
covered by the IBEW — Utilities, the IBEW — Finance labor agreements, and the non-union
position of Meter Reader Supervisor who are required to wear full fire retardant clothing will be
eligible for an annual stipend of$600 to purchase or rent required uniforms. Those employees
who are required to wear partial fire retardant clothing will be eligible for an annual stipend of
$350. Employees will be reimbursed for said purchases with a receipt showing proof of
purchase.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
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, Service/Clerical and Wastewater Treatment Plant 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
nomial 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-by pay shall be entitled to the same stand-by pay 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, and Electric Underground Superintendent shall be eligible to participate in a
voluntary unifonui program providing an allowance up to $18.00 per month. When protective
clothing is required for Utilities Department and Wastewater Treatment Plant personnel covered
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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$15 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 with the exception of Life Safety Inspector 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 Life Safety Inspector shall have a contribution
to a VEBA. 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 =
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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. Employees hired before October 1, 2014 covered
by the AFSCME labor agreement shall be paid thirty-five (35%) 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 sixty-eight
and sixty-five hundredths hours (calculated at 35% x 1339 hours = 468.65 hours).
Employees hired on or after October 1, 2014, covered by the AFSCME labor
agreement will not receive compensation at retirement for unused medical leave.
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 eighty hours (calculated at 37.5% x
1,280 hours = 480 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 six hundred forty hours (50% x
1,280hours = 640 hrs.), based on the employee's salary at the time of their death.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
(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. Employees represented by the IAFF labor agreement shall
have a contribution made on their behalf to the VEBA account of$10 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. The adjustments identified herein shall be effective on the date of
passage and publication in pamphlet foi in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law effective October 6, 2014.
SECTION 13. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9490 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9495 (Cont.)
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