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An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9606 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 FOP labor agreement; to add longevity pay,
shift differential, call-back pay and stand-by pay to employees covered under the FOP labor
agreement; to amend the salary range of the non-union position of Building Department
Director; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9606 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:
Classification
Accountant
Accounting Technician — Solid Waste
Assistant to the Citv Administrator
Assistant Finance Director
Assistant Public Warks Directar / Manager of
En ineerin Services
Assistant Utilities Director — Engineering/Business
O erations
Assistant Utilities Director — Production
Assistant Utilities Director — Transmission
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
243126/35.4090
19.5260/24.4854
22.9200/32.2648
32.9968/47.6559
3'7.7743/54.2593
50.8928/72.7995
52.8344/75.1064
52.8344//77.2019
Overtime
40 hrs/week
Approved as to Form
October 10, 2016
ORDINANCE NO. 9608 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Attorne 31.9363/47.4075 Exem t
Biosolids Technician 19.3682/28.7671 40 hrs/week
Building Department Director 37.7821/55.2369 Exempt
CADD O eratar 21.1060/30.3529 40 hrs/week
Cemetery Superintendent 24.2651/353204 Exempt
City Administrator 69.4139/81.0483 Exempt
Ci Attorne 46.6266/62.8430 Exem t
Ci Clerk 31.1918/41.9708 Exem t
Civil En ineer I 30.0101/42.6444 Exem t
Civil En ineer II 34.0560/49.0428 Exem t
Civil En ineerin Mana er — Utili PCC 42.4840/56.4371 Exem t
Collection S stem Su ervisor 24.4720/35.1373 40 hrs/week
Communi Service Officer — Part time 16.0216/21.8416 40 hrs/week
Custodian — Library, Police 14.2258/203715 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Re resentative — Part time 9.8850/13.6081 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Team Leader 19.8856//27.2214 Exempt
Electric Distribution Superintendent 36.9413//51.1559 Exem t
Electric Distribution Supervisor 31.1960//42.9612 40 hrs/week
Electric Under round Su erintendent 32.8985//45.5663 Exem t
Electrical En ineer I 28.4483/41.1268 Exem t
Electrical En ineer II 32.9968/47.6559 Exem t
Emer enc Mana ement De u Director 26.7273/38.8064 Exem t
Emer enc Mana ement Director 38.0388/55.2138 Exem t
En ineer I— Public Works 30.9998//44.0430 Exem t
En ineer I— WWTP 30.9998/43.6156 Exem t
En ineerin Technician - WWTP 21.0571/29.0698 40 hrs/week
Equipment Operator - Solid Waste 18.2915/26.2408 40 hrs/week
Finance Director 43.2640/65.9135 Exem t
Finance Operations Su ervisor 22.8303/31.8219 Exem t
Fire Chief 42.6060/64.1018 Exem t
Fire EMS Division Chief 361441/51.3723 Exem t
Fire O erations Division Chief 36.1441/513723 Exem t
Fire Prevention Division Chief 353704/49.2884 Exem t
Fleet Services Sho Foreman 24.0828/35.9580 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator - PW 28.2416/41.1809 40 hrs/week
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Golf Course Su erintendent 24.8718/35.8958 Exem t
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Cemete 20.9033/30.2816 40 hrs/week
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Parks 22.2415/31.8399 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Director 38.1420/54.6416 Exempt
Human Resources Benefits/Risk Mgmt Coordinator 23.1524/34.2574 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Recruiter 23.1524/34.2574 40 hrs/week
Human Resources S ecialist 23.1524/34.2574 40 hrs/week
Information Technolo Mana er 37.0143/55.8684 Exem t
Le al Secreta 20.6847/27.9549 40 hrs/week
Librarian I 22.8301/27.6438 Exem t
Librarian II 25.4900/31.0018 Exem t
Libra Assistant I 13.2925/19.2105 40 hrs/week
Libra Assistant II 16.4269/23.2552 40 hrs/week
Libr Assistant Director 33.0625/50.6375 Exempt
Library Director 41.1416/61.9101 Exem t
Library Page 9.4500/13.0367 40 hrs/week
Library Secretary 163489/22.6524 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Golf 15.9582/24.9970 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader Su ervisor 22.8303/29.4775 Exem t
MPO Pro am Mana er 24.7948//37.2171 Exem t
Office Mana er — Police De artment 193355/27.8150 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 41.3888/62.9729 Exem t
Parks Su erintendent 30.8275/43.7165 Exem t
Pa roll S ecialist 19.9220/28.1091 40 hrs/week
Plannin Director 39.3374/59.4009 Exem t
Police Captain 36.2358/52.2150 Exempt
Police Chief 44.9146/64.1018 Exempt
Power Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 34.5020/46.6150 Exem t
Power Plant Operations Supervisor 36.6273/50.6401 Exem t
Power Plant Superintendent — Burdick 41.4575/57.0760 Exempt
Power Plant Su erintendent — PGS 47.7943/65.7695 Exem t
Public Information Officer 27.4354/40.9095 Exem t
Public Works Director 44.5283/663350 Exem t
Public Works En ineer 323635/46.7971 Exem t
Rece tionist 15.7641/24.1323 40 hrs/week
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Recreation Coordinatar 22.8296/32.5196 Exem t
Recreation Superintendent 31.4938/47.9823 Exem t
Regulato and Environmental Mana er 38.1989/48.9803 Exempt
Senior Electrical En ineer 37.4510/52.1496 Exem t
Senior Public Safe Dis atcher 19.3681/25.9995 40 hrs/week
Senior Utility Secreta 18.7632/24.0633 40 hrs/week
Shootin Ran e Su erintendent 27.5615/41.5311 Exem t
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Full Time 19.0241/24.0447 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time 16.9388/21.8338 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Foreman 22.0816/30.8341 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Su erintendent 32.1728/47.4535 Exem t
Street Su erintendent 30.5923/44.6933 Exem t
Street Foreman 23.4658/34.1031 40 hrs/week
Turf Mana ement S ecialist 22.3531/31.6433 40 hrs/week
Utilities Director 723810/96.4843 Exem t
Utility Production En ineer 36.9261/54.4330 Exem t
Utility Warehouse Supervisor 26.1175/36.7494 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 15.9750/233035 40 hrs/week
Victim/Witness Advocate 14.6433/213609 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Chief O erator 23.4439/32.8585 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant En ineer 33.6168/49.7621 Exem t
Wastewater Plant O erations En ineer 32.4735/47.8596 Exem t
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 24.9808/353205 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Re lato Com liance Mana er 32.4759/38.7699 Exem t
Water Su erintendent 31.0260/453774 Exem t
Water Su ervisor 24.5083/35.6579 40 hrs/week
Worker / Seasonal 9.0000/20.0000 Exem t
Worker / Seasonal 9.0000/20.0000 40 hrs/week
Worker / Temporary 9.0000/20.0000 40 hrs/week
Worker / Parks & Recreation Part time 9.0000/20.0000 40 hrs/week
A shift differential of $0.25 per hour shall be added to the base hourly wage for persons in the
employee classification Senior Public Safety Dispatcher who work any hours or portion thereof
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that begins between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Employees who work any hours or portion thereof
from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. will receive a shift differential of $0.25 per hour. 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
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 Eli ibili
Equipment O erator — Streets 19.2927/28.5794 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 21.5575/31.9391 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 22.0953/32.7942 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Warker — Cemete 18.2409/27.0444 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Parks 17.9931/26.6925 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Streets 17.9849/26.6613 40 hrs/week
Senior E ui ment O erator — Streets 20.7054/30.7097 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker — Streets 20.5626/30.4979 40 hrs/week
Traffic Signal Technician 20.4204/30.2871 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 Eli ibili
Accountin Clerk 17.1747/22.7274 40 hrs/week
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
ClassiGcation Min/Max Eli ibili
Cashier 16.1078/21.9496 40 hrs/week
Custodian 173168/20.4487 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Crew Chief 33.1338/42.1399 40 hrs/week
Electric Under round Crew Chief 33.1338/42.1399 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician I 20.2823/29.0202 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician II 25.0730/343783 40 hrs/week
Instrument Technician 30.7736/40.6546 40 hrs/week
Lineworker A prentice 22.3011/32.7003 40 hrs/week
Lineworker First Class 32.5714/38.5227 40 hrs/week
Materials Handler 24.0652/32.2588 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 18.6488/24.3187 40 hrs/week
Meter Technician 25.1338/31.0630 40 hrs/week
Pa roll Clerk 17.1747/22.7274 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher I 29.1939/40.5910 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher II 30.6628/42.6266 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 29.7946/37.0998 40 hrs/week
Power Plant O erator 32.6470/38.0280 40 hrs/week
Seniar Accountin Clerk 19.1655/25.1053 40 hrs/week
Senior En ineerin Technician 32.6595/39.9680 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 29.1633/38.0396 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 22.0869/26.2145 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dispatcher 36.5342/50.1352 40 hrs/week
Seniar Power Plant Operator 35.7892/45.8804 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 39.6994/41.1455 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker 243938/32.1211 40 hrs/week
Substation Technician 36.7512/38.2101 40 hrs/week
S stems Technician 32.3881/41.1455 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 29.8621/37.0845 40 hrs/week
Utili Electrician 28.6586/37.6629 40 hrs/week
Utili Groundman 20.0000/28.0000 40 hrs/week
Utility Technician 27.7195/38.9914 40 hrs/week
Utility Warehouse Clerk 21.5966/26.6451 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Warker 19.9348/27.5678 40 hrs/week
Wireworker I 23.48 81/33.2122 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 32.5714/38.5227 40 hrs/week
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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 20.9247/32.0568
Police Sergeant 26.1893/393272
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
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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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Fire Captain 19.9429/27.6524 212 hrs/28 days
Firefghter / EMT 15.1020/21.9163 212 hrs/28 days
Firefi hter / Paramedic 17.0188/24.0361 212 hrs/28 da s
Life Safe Ins ector 22.9354/32.5426 40 hrs/week
Shift Commander 24.3197/31.8276 212 hrs/28 da s
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. When an
employee is assigned as an Apparatus Operator (not including ambulance or service vehicles) for
an entire 24 hour shift, the employee will receive an additional fifty cents ($.50) per hour.
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:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Accountin Technician — WWTP 17.4298/24.5254 40 hrs/week
E ui ment O erator — WWTP 18.0428/253881 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic I 18.4488/25.9593 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic II 21.1658/29.7825 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — WWTP 18.9035/26.5992 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 14.8892/20.9503 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laborato Technician 19.8728/27.9629 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator I 17.6136/24.7844 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 19.6465/27.6448 40 hrs/week
Employees covered under the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement who are
regularly scheduled to work swing shift will receive an additional 15 cents ($0.15) per hour;
employees who are regularly scheduled to work graveyard shift will receive an additional 25
cents ($0.25) per hour for wages attributable to those shifts. One lead Maintenance Worker
covered under the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement may receive forty dollars
($40) per pay period stipend.
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:
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Accountin Technician — Streets 18.4474/24.6252 40 hrs/week
Accounts Pa able Clerk 17.1226/24.7731 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant 18.9977/27.2480 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant - Parks 18.7801/26.6898 40 hrs/week
Audio Video Technician 18.9071/26.6730 40 hrs/week
Buildin Ins ector 21.7593/30.8738 40 hrs/week
Community Development Administrator 20.6968/29.7579 40 hrs/week
Communi Development S ecialist 18.9977/27.2480 40 hrs/week
Computer Operator 22.7520/29.9089 40 hrs/week
Community Service Officer 16.0216/21.8416 40 hrs/week
Com uter Programmer 23.6772/34.6995 40 hrs/week
Com uter Technician 23.4344/30.8067 40 hrs/week
Crime Anal st 20.7194/29.4144 40 hrs/week
Electrical Ins ector 21.7593/30.8738 40 hrs/week
Emer enc Mana ement Coordinator 18.7801/26.6898 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician — Public Works 21.2585/29.9816 40 hrs/week
Evidence Technician 16.5199/24.1747 40 hrs/week
Finance Secreta 16.8826/23.9929 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator 26.5496/37.2543 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I— Buildin , Library 16.4879/22.3139 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II — Building, Police 17.3754/23.5542 40 hrs/week
Plannin Technician 23.2256/32.6774 40/hrs/week
Plans Examiner 22.5088/31.9374 40 hrs/week
Plumbin Ins ector 21.7593/30.8738 40 hrs/week
Police Records Clerk — Full Time 15.1442/21.0800 40 hrs/week
Public Safe Dis atcher 16.5289/24.1441 40 hrs/week
Shootin Ran e O erator 22.8260/30.94ll 40 hrs/week
Stormwater Pro ram Mana er 21.5743/30.4270 40 hrs/week
Utility Secretary 16.8826/23.9929 40 hrs/week
A shiit ditferential of $015 per hour shall be added to the base hourly wage
for persons in the employee classification Public Safety Dispatcher who work any hours or a
portion thereof between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Employees who work any hours or portion
thereof from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. will receive a shift differential of $0.25 per hour. This does
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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. A shift differential of $0.25 per
hour shall be added to the base hourly wage for persons who work rotating shifts covered by the
IBEW Utilities labor agreement in the employee classifications of Power Dispatcher I, Power
Dispatcher II, Power Plant Operator, Senior Power Dispatcher and Senior Power Plant Operator.
Effective the first full pay period in January 2017, all employees covered under the FOP labor
agreement and are regularly assigned to a shift whose majority of hours occur between 1800
hours and 0600 hours, shall be paid an additional thirty-five cents ($0.35) per hour.
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,
will be credited five hundred twenty-five dollars ($525) annual credit to be used for the purchase
of the uniform item purchases as needed. New hires will receive four hundred dollars ($400)
credit for the purchase of initial uniforms. After probation they shall receive an additional five
hundred dollars ($500) for the purchase of a Class A uniform or other items as necessary. All
employees of the FOP labor agreement shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in
addition to regular salary at the rate of Three Hundred Twenty-five dollars ($325.00) semi-
annually. If any such employee covered by the FOP labor agreement 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. New employees covered
by the IBEW — Utilities labor agreement who are required to wear full fire retardant (FR)
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clothing will be eligible for a one-time reimbursement up to $1,200 to purchase or rent required
uniforms. All other employees required to wear full FR clothing will be eligible for
reimbursement up to $600 annually. 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. Employees covered by the IBEW
Service/Clerical labor agreement in the Community Service Officer Full Time position shall be
paid a uniform allowance at the rate of $10.00 per pay period. Employees in the non-union
Community Service Officer Part Time position shall be paid a prorated uniform allowance based
on hours worked, not to exceed $10.00 per pay period.
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
IAFF labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities, Finance, Service/Clerical and Wastewater Treatment
Plant labor agreements may receive an annual stipend not to exceed $1,500 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 labor agreement 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
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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.
Employees covered by the FOP labor agreement who are directed to be on stand-
by duty by the Chief of Police or Police Captain shall receive one (1) hour of straight time pay
for each eight (8) hours of standby duty or fraction thereof, that occurs between regularly
assigned duty shifts. In the event that an employee covered by the FOP labor agreement is called
in to work while off duty, the employee shall be paid for a minimum of two (2) hours at one and
one-half (1.5) the regular rate of pay and for any additional time worked thereafter.
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 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 agreements 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 actual
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. The City will reimburse 60% of the actual cost of
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providing up to 2 pairs of steel toe or safety toe boots that meets the ANSI standard per contract
year for employees covered by the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement.
follows:
SECTION 9. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as
(A) All employees covered in the IBEW Utilities 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 1,039 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
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 1,084 = 542). The amount of
contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement.
Employees covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical, IBEW Finance, and IBEW
Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreements shall have a contribution to a
VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for twenty-five percent (25%) of
their accumulated medical leave at the time of retirement or death, based on the
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employee's salary at the time of retirement not to exceed 334.75 hours (calculated
at 25% x 1,339 hours = 334.75 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 1,084 = 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. 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 one hundred percent (100%) of their accumulated
medical leave bank at the time of their death, not to exceed one thousand two
hundred eighty (1,280) hours, based on the employee's salary at the time of their
death.
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(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, IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant, and IBEW Finance labor
agreements shall have a contribution made on their behalf to the VEBA account of $15 per pay
period. Employees represented by the IBEW Utilities labor agreement shall have a contribution
made on their behalf to their VEBA account in the amount of $20.00 per pay period. Employees
represented by the IAFF labor agreement shall have a contribution made on their behalf to the
VEBA account of $10 per pay period.
SECTION 11. Effective the first full pay period in October 2016, an employee
who is represented by the FOP labor agreement, shall annually receive longevity pay based upon
the total length of service with the City. Such pay shall be effective beginning with the first full
pay period following completion of the specified years of service. Payment shall be made on a
prorated basis on each regular pay day. The following rate schedule shall apply: ten years
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(beginning llth yeax) -$ 645.50; fifteen years (beginning 16�' year) -$ 830.50; 20 years
(beginning 21St year) -$1,032.50; twenty-five years (beginning 26�' year) -$1,247.50.
SECTION 12. 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 13.The 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 retroactive to October 3, 2016.
SECTION 14. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9606 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Enacted: October 11, 2016
Attest: �j-<�p,�,�„ �,��
RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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