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02/14/2017 Ordinances 9625� �J ORDINANCE NO. 9625 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9615 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 add the non-union position Transit Program Manager; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9615 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 City Administrator Assistant Finance Director Assistant Public Works Director — Manager of Engineering Services Assistant Utilities Director — Engineering/Business Assistant Utilities Director — Production Assistant Utilities Director — Transmission Biosolids Technician in� Department Director Hourly Pay Range Min/Max 24.3126/35.4090 19.5260/24.4854 22.9200/32.2648 32.9968/47.6559 37.7743/54.2593 50.8928/72.7995 52.8344/75.1064 52.8344//77.2019 31.9363/47.4075 193682/28.7671 37.7821/55.2369 Overtime 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week Approved as to Form tt_ tt City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili CADD O eratar 21.1060/30.3529 40 hrs/week Cemetery Superintendent 24.2651/353204 Exempt Ci Administrator 69.4139/81.0483 Exem t City Attorney 46.6266/62.8430 Exempt City Clerk 31.1918/41.9708 Exempt Civil En ineer I 30.0101/42.6444 Exempt 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 — Libra , Police 14.2258/20.3715 40 hrs/week Customer Service Re resentative — Part time 9.8850/13.6081 40 hrs/week Customer Service Team Leader 19.8856//27.2214 Exem t Electric Distribution Su erintendent 36.9413//51.1559 Exempt Electric Distribution Supervisor 31.1960//42.9612 40 hrs/week Electric Under ound Superintendent 32.8985//45.5663 Exempt Electrical Engineer I 28.4483/41.1268 Exem t Electrical Engineer II 32.9968/47.6559 Exempt 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 E ui ment O erator - 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 Exempt Fire Chief 42.6060/64.1018 Exempt Fire EMS Division Chief 36.1441/51.3723 Exem t Fire O erations Division Chief 36.1441/513723 Exempt Fire Prevention Division Chief 3 5 3 704/49.2884 Exempt Fleet Services Sho Foreman 24.0828/35.9580 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator - PW 28.2416/41.1809 Exem t Golf Course Su erintendent 24.8718/35.8958 Exem t Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Cemete 20.9033/30.2816 40 hrs/week Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Parks 22.2415/31.8399 40 hrs/week -2- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Human Resources Director 38.1420/54.6416 Exem t 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 Manager 37.0143/55.8684 Exem t Legal Secretary 20.6847/27.9549 40 hrs/week Librarian I 22.8301/27.6438 Exem t Librarian II 25.4900/31.0018 Exem t Libr Assistant I 13.2925/19.2105 40 hrs/week Libra Assistant II 16.4269/23.2552 40 hrs/week Libra Assistant Director 33.0625/50.6375 Exem t Libr Director 41.1416/61.9101 Exem t Libra Pa e 9.4500/13.0367 40 hrs/week Library Secret 16.3489/22.6524 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker — Golf 15.9582/24.9970 40 hrs/week Meter Reader Su ervisor 22.8303/29.4775 Exempt MPO Program Mana er 24.7948//37.2171 Exempt Office Mana er — Police Department 19.3355/2�.8150 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Director 4 1 3 888/62.9729 Exem t Parks Su erintendent 30.8275/43.7165 Exem t Pa oll S ecialist 19.9220/28.1091 40 hrs/week Plannin Director 39.3374/59.4009 Exem t Police Ca tain 36.2358/52.2150 Exem t Police Chief 44.9146/64.1018 Exem t Power Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 34.5020/46.6150 Exem t Power Plant O erations Supervisor 36.6273/50.6401 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent — Burdick 41.4575/57.0760 Exem t Power Plant Superintendent — PGS 47.7943/65.7695 Exempt Public Information Officer 27.4354/40.9095 Exempt Public Works Director 44.5283/66.3350 Exem t Public Works En ineer 323635/46.7971 Exem t Rece tionist 15.7641/24.1323 40 hrs/week Recreation Coordinator 22.8296/32.5196 Exem t Recreation Su erintendent 31.4938/47.9823 Exem t Re lato and Environmental Mana er 38.1989/48.9803 Exem t -3- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Senior Electrical En ineer 37.4510/52.1496 Exem t Senior Public Safety Dispatcher 19.3681/25.9995 40 hrs/week Senior Utili Secreta 18.7632/24.0633 40 hrs/week Shooting Ran e Superintendent 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 Transit Pro am Mana er 26.4424/37.9808 Exem t Turf Mana ement S ecialist 223531/31.6433 40 hrs/week Utilities Director 72.3810/96.4843 Exem t Utility Production En ineer 36.9261/54.4330 Exempt Utility Warehouse Supervisor 26.1175/36.7494 40 hrs/week Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 15.9750/23.3035 40 hrs/week Victim/Wimess Advocate 14.6433/213609 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 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 ervisar 24.9808/353205 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Re ulato Com liance Mana er 32.4759/38.7699 Exem t Water Su erintendent 31.0260/45.3774 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 / Tem orary 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 that begins between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Employees who work any hours or portion thereof � ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 E ui ment 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 Worker — 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 Trafiic 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 Cashier 16.1078/21.9496 40 hrs/week Custodian 17.3168/20.4487 40 hrs/week -5- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili 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 25.0730/34.3783 40 hrs/week Instrument Technician 30.7736/40.6546 40 hrs/week Lineworker A rentice 223011/32.7003 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 Payroll 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 Senior 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 Senior Power Plant O erator 35.7892/45.8804 40 hrs/week Seniar 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 323881/41.1455 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 Utili Technician 27.7195/38.9914 40 hrs/week Utili Warehouse Clerk 21.5966/26.6451 40 hrs/week Water Maintenance Worker 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 � � ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 26.1893/39.3272 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 minimuxn 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 -7- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 Ca tain 19.9429/27.6524 212 hrs/28 da s Firefighter / EMT 15.1020/219163 212 hrs/28 days Fireii hter / Paramedic 17A188/24.0361 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 -8- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 18.0428/25.3881 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 O erator 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: � ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 Secret 16.8826/23.9929 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator 26.5496/37.2543 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I— Building, Libra 16.4879/22.3139 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II — Building, Police 17.3754/23.5542 40 hrs/week Planning 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 22.8260/30.9411 40 hrs/week Stormwater Pro am Mana er 21.5743/30.4270 40 hrs/week Utility Secretary 16.8826/23.9929 40 hrs/week A shift ditferential of $0.15 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 -10- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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. 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) -11- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 -12- ' ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 -13- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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 accuxnulated 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 -14- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) 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. -15- ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (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, 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 $10 per pay period. SECTION 11. An employee, who is represented by the FOP labor agreement, shall annually receive longevity pay based upon the total length of service with the City. Such pay shall be effective beginning with the first full pay period following completion of the specified years of service. Payment shall be made on a prorated basis on each regular pay day. The following rate schedule shall apply: ten years (beginning l lth year) -$ 645.50; fifteen years -16- �, ORDINANCE NO. 9625 (Cont.) (beginning 16�' year) -$ 830.50; 20 years (beginning 21St year) -$1,032.50; twenty-five years (beginning 26th 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. SECTION 14. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9615 and all other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: February 14, 2017 Attest: -�--� A+i��`� RaNae Edwards, City Clerk -17- �1.�� v. � -v -�. i � GGRANp/�(� O` �r•��qyM `� .a �. • �� : ��oc�o�ar�. �a *. • .►' ... * oF� �o,�� N£BRAS��