10/10/2017 Ordinances 9655ORDINANCE NO. 9655
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9652 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 correct
the salary range of the non-union position Civil Engineering Manager-PCC; and to repeal those
portions of Ordinance No. 9652 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 Directar
Assistant Public Warks Director/Engineering
Assistant Utilities Director — Engineering/Business
Assistant Utilities Director — Production
Assistant Utilities Director — Transmission
Biosolids Technician
CADD
Director
Hourly Pay Range
Min/Max
25.0420/36.7545
20.1118/25.2200
23.6076/33.2328
33.9866/49.0855
38.9075/58.6000
52.4196/75.5731
54.4194/773596
54.4194/79.5179
32.8943/48.8298
19.9492/30.2055
38.9156/57.9988
21.7392/�1 �.h�5
Overtime
40 hrs/week
40 hrs/week
Approved as to Form A
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Cemete Su erintendent 24.9930/37A264 Exempt
City Administrator 71.4964/83.4798 Exem t
City Attorney 48.0254/66.6890 Exempt
Ci Clerk 32.1275/43.2299 Exem t
Civil Engineer I 30.9104/43.9238 Exem t
Civil Engineer II 35.0776/50.5140 Exempt
Civil En ineerin Mana er — Utili PCC � 43.7585/60.9521 Exem t
Collection System Supervisor 25.2062/36.6306 40 hrs/week
Community Service Officer — Part time 16.382 U223330 40 hrs/week
Custodian — Library, Police 14.6526/20.9826 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Re resentative — Part time 10.1816/14.0817 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Team Leader 20.482U28.0380 Exempt
Electric Distribution Su erintendent 38.0495/52.6906 Exem t
Electric Distribution Su ervisor 32.1304/46.4077 40 hrs/week
Electric Underground Superintendent 33.8855/48.8524 Exempt
Electrical Engineer I 293018/423606 Exem t
Electrical Engineer II 33.9868/49.0856 Exempt
Emergency Management Deputy Director 27.5291/40.4906 Exempt
Emer enc Mana ement Director 39.1800/57.9988 Exem t
En ineer I— Public Works 31.9298/453644 Exem t
En ineer I— WWTP 31.9298/44.9241 Exem t
En ineerin Technician - WWTP 21.6888/29.9419 40 hrs/week
E ui ment O erator - Solid Waste 18.8402/27.0280 40 hrs/week
Finance Directar 44.5620/67.8909 Exem t
Finance O erations Su ervisor 23.5153/33.0311 Exem t
Fire Chief 43.8841/66.8839 Exempt
Fire EMS Division Chief 37.2284/53.9871 Exempt
Fire Operations Division Chief 37.2284/53.9871 Exempt
Fire Prevention Division Chief 36.4315/52.2063 Exempt
Fleet Services Shop Foreman 24.8053/37.0367 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator - PW 29.0889/433841 Exem t
Golf Course Su erintendent 25.6180/36.9726 Exem t
Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Cemetery 21.5304/31.1900 40 hrs/week
Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Parks 22.9087/32.8811 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Director 39.2863/58.6741 Exem t
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Human Resources Beneiits/Risk M mt Coordinator 23.8470/35.2851 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Recruiter 23.8470/35.2851 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Specialist 23.8470/35.2851 40 hrs/week
Information Technology Manager 38.1246/57.5444 Exempt
Legal Secretary 21.3052/28.7935 40 hrs/week
Librarian I 23.5150/29.8553 Exem t
Librarian II 26.2548/33.4820 Exem t
Library Assistant I 143559/20.7473 40 hrs/week
Libra Assistant II 17.7411/25.1156 40 hrs/week
Libra Directar 423759/64.8136 Exem t
Libra Pa e 10.2060/14.0796 40 hrs/week
Libr Secretary 16.8394/233320 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Golf 16.4369/25.7469 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader Supervisor 23.5153/30.5976 Exempt
MPO Program Manager 25.5386/38.3336 Exempt
Office Manager — Police Department 19.9156/28.6495 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 42.6304/64.8620 Exempt
Parks Superintendent 31.7524/47.0128 Exempt
Pa roll S ecialist � 20.5197/29.7956 40 hrs/week
Plannin Director 40.5175/61.1830 Exem t
Police Ca tain 373229/53.7815 EXempt
Police Chief 46.2620/67.9351 Exem t
Power Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 35.5371/48.0134 Exem t
Power Plant Operations Su ervisor 37.7260/52.1594 Exem t
Power Plant Su erintendent — Burdick 42.7013/60.5861 Exem t
Power Plant Superintendent — PGS 49.2281/69.8144 Exempt
Public Information Officer 28.2585/42.1368 Exempt
Public Works Director 45.8640/68.3250 Exempt
Public Works Engineer 33.3344/48.2010 Exempt
Rece tionist 16.2370/25.5802 40 hrs/week
Recreation Coordinator 23.5145/33.6513 Exem t
Recreation Su erintendent 32.4386/49.4218 Exem t
Re ulato and Environmental Mana er 393449/53.8784 Exem t
Senior Electrical En ineer 38.5745/53.7141 Exem t
Senior Public Safe Dis atcher 19.9491/26.7956 40 hrs/week
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Senior Utili Secreta 193261/25.9884 40 hrs/week
Shooting Ran e Su erintendent 283884/42.9764 Exempt
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Full Time 19.5948/24.7660 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time 17.4470/22.4888 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Foreman 22.7440/31.7591 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Superintendent � 33.1380/48.8771 Exempt
Street Su erintendent � 31.5101/46.8878 EXem t
Street Foreman 24.1698/35.4161 40 hrs/week
Transit Pro am Mana er 27.2356/39.1203 Exem t
Turf Management Specialist 23.0237/32.5926 40 hrs/week
Utilities Director 74.5524/993789 Exem t
Utili Production En ineer 38.0339/56.0660 Exem t
Utility Warehouse Su ervisor 26.9010/37.8519 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 16.4543/24.0026 40 hrs/week
Victim/Witness Advocate 15.0826/22.0017 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 24.1472/35.1586 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant En ineer 34.6253/52.9966 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Operations Engineer 33.4478/50.0133 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 25.7302/36.5320 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Re ulato Com liance Mana er 33.4501/39.9330 Exem t
Water Su erintendent 31.9568/46.7388 Exem t
Water Su ervisor 25.2435/36.7276 40 hrs/week
Worker / Seasonal 9.0000/20.0000 Exem t
Worker / Seasonal 9.0000/20.0000 40 hrs/week
Worker / Tem ora 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
from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. will receive a shift differential of $0.25 per hour. This does not
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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
Equi ment Operator — Streets 20.2573/30.0084 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 22.6354/33.5361 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 23.2001/34.4339 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Cemetery 19.1529/283966 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Parks 18.8928/28.0271 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Streets 18.8841/27.9944 40 hrs/week
Senior E ui ment O erator — Streets 21.7407/32.2452 40 hrs/week
Senior Maintenance Worker — Streets 21.5907/32.0228 40 hrs/week
Traffic Signal Technician 21.4414/31.8015 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
Classi�ication Min/Max Eli ibiti
Accounting Clerk 17.7758/23.5229 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant-Utilities 19.9718/28.7466 40 hrs/week
Cashier 16.7924/22.8825 40 hrs/week
Custodian 173168/20.7680 40 hrs/week
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Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Electric Distribution Crew Chief 35.0781/45.0560 40 hrs/week
Electric Under round Crew Chief 35.0781/45.0560 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician I 22.0667/30.5436 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician II 27.5224/36.9386 40 hrs/week
Instrument Technician 31.9675/42.1791 40 hrs/week
Lineworker A rentice 23.7367/34.0205 40 hrs/week
Lineworker First Class 32.7290/39.6250 40 hrs/week
Materials Handler 26.3770/34.1924 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 193859/25.5225 40 hrs/week
Meter Technician 27.1987/329122 40 hrs/week
Payroll Clerk 17.7758/23.5229 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher I 30.7068/40.5910 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher II 33.8351/44.4444 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 30.5208/38.7529 40 hrs/week
Power Plant O erator 33.2929/39.3280 40 hrs/week
Senior Accountin Clerk 19.6926/25.7957 40 hrs/week
Senior En ineerin Technician 32.8642/41.2114 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 30.5989/39.8894 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 22.0869/26.3711 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dis atcher 39.8510/51.7230 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Plant O erator 373984/46.7852 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 39.6994/42.3424 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker 24.8696/333929 40 hrs/week
Substation Technician 37.6973/39.2418 40 hrs/week
Systems Technician 34.5846/42.4335 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 30.1578/38.5387 40 hrs/week
Utili Electrician 29.7562/39.2376 40 hrs/week
Utili Groundman 20.0063/28.0000 40 hrs/week
Utili Secreta 18.2740/25.7861 40 hrs/week
Utility Technician 29.8950/40.1815 40 hrs/week
Utility Warehouse Clerk 223419/27.8128 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Worker 21.5145/29.2439 40 hrs/week
Wireworker I 23.6029/34.1615 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 32.7290/39.6250 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 21.4478/32.8582
Police Sergeant 26.8440/403104
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
Firefighter / EMT 15.1020/21.9163 212 hrs/28 days
Firefi 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) 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 compensation salary and wages, excluding shift
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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
Accounting Technician — WWTP 18.2141/25.6290 40 hrs/week
E ui ment O erator — WWTP 18.4488/25.9593 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic I 18.8178/26.4785 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic II 21.8008/30.6760 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — WWTP 19.4706/273972 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Clerk 15.5592/21.8931 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laborato Technician 20.3696/28.6620 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant O erator I 18.3622/25.8377 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 20.4815/28.8197 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
Accounting Technician — Streets 19.2314/25.6� 18 40 hrs/week
Accounts Pa able Clerk 17.7219/25.6402 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant 20.0426/28.7466 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant - Parks 20.0426/28.7466 40 hrs/week
Audio Video Technician 19.8525/28.0067 40 hrs/week
Buildin Inspector 22.3577/31.7228 40 hrs/week
Community Development Administrator 21.8869/31.4690 40 hrs/week
Community Development Specialist 20.0901/28.8148 40 hrs/week
Computer Operator 23.8896/31.4043 40 hrs/week
Community Service Officer 16.3821/223330 40 hrs/week
Computer Programmer 24.1507/353935 40 hrs/week
Com uter Technician 24.6061/323470 40 hrs/week
Crime Anal st 21.6518/30.7380 40 hrs/week
Electrical Ins ector 22.3577/31.7228 40 hrs/week
Emer enc Mana ement Coordinator 20.0426/28.7466 40 hrs/week
Engineering Technician — Public Works 21.6837/30.5812 40 hrs/week
Evidence Technician 17.0568/24.9604 40 hrs/week
Finance Secreta 17.4735/24.8327 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator 27.8771/39.1170 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I— Building, Library 16.8177/22.7602 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II— Building, Police 17.7229/24A253 40 hrs/week
Planning Technician 24.0966/33.9028 40/hrs/week
Plans Examiner 23.3529/33.1351 40 hrs/week
Plumbin Ins ector 22.3577/31.7228 40 hrs/week
Police Records Clerk — Full Time 15.6742/21.8178 40 hrs/week
Public Safe Dis atcher 16.9834/24.8081 40 hrs/week
Shooting Range Operator 233967/31.7146 40 hrs/week
Stormwater Pro ram Manager 22.0597/31.1116 40 hrs/week
A shift differential 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
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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.
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. Each employee, covered by the IAFF labor agreement, after their first year, 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
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retardant (FR) 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 -$700 in Years 1 and 2; in Year 3 eligible up to $1,000. 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 $700 in Years 1 and 2; in Year 3 eligible up to $1,000 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 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
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$12.00 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.
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. Fu1l-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
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shall receive a tool allowance of $15 biweekly. The City will reimburse 60% of the actual cost of
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 have
a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf for fifty-three percent (53%) of
their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement, early retirement,
or death, not to exceed five hundred eighty-six and eighteen hundredths hours
(calculated at 53% x 1,106 hours = 586.18 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
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percent (25%) 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
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 $10 per pay period.
SECTION 11. An employee, who is represented by the FOP labor agreement,
shall annually receive longevity pay based upon the total length of service with the City. Such
pay shall be effective beginning with the first full pay period following completion of the
specified years of service. Payment shall be made on a prorated basis on each regular pay day.
The following rate schedule shall apply: ten years (beginning l lth year) -$ 645.50; fifteen years
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(beginning 16th 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, effective October 2, 2017.
SECTION 14. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9652 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Enacted October 10, 2017.
Jeremy L. Jensen, Mayor
Attest:
RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Ordinance No. 9655 was approved on first reading only at tke October 10, 2017
City Council meeting.
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