08/13/2019 Ordinances 9744I
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Ordinance No. 9744 was pulled from the August 13, 2019 City Council agenda.
ORDINANCE NO. 9744
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9713 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 empioyees; to remove
the non-union positions and salary ranges of the Assistant City Administrator, the Assistant to
the City Administrator and the Public Information Officer; to add the non-union position and
salary range of Deputy City Clerk; to amend the salary ranges of non-union employees; to amend
the salary ranges of employees covered under the IBEW Service/Clerical/Finance, IBEW
Wastewater, and the IBEW Utilities labor agreements; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance
No. 9713 and any parts of other ordinances in conflict herewith; to provide for severability; to
provide for the effective date thereof; and to provide for publication of this ordinance in
pamphlet form.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. The currently occupied classifications of officers and general
employees of the City of Grand Island, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages,
excluding shift differential as provided by Personnel Rules & Regulations) to be paid for such
classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain officers and general
employees shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Accountant 26.4150/38.6380 Exem t
Accountin Technician — Solid Waste 20.4135/25.8403 40 hrs/week
Administrative Coordinator — Public Works 22.0092/31.6931 40 hrs/week
Assistant Finance Director 35.2700/51.4400 Exem t
Assistant Public Works Director/En ineering 41.1300/63.0000 Exempt
Approved as to Form tt
August 12, 2019 tt City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Assistant Utilities Director — Engineering/Business
O erations 56.0485/81.7800 Exem t
Assistant Utilities Director — Production 56.0485/81.7800 Exem t
Assistant Utilities Director — Transmission 56.0485/81.7800 Exem t
Attorney 35.0573/52.0769 Exempt
Buildin Department Director 41.2900/60.9300 Exem t
Cemetery Su erintendent 26.2260/38.5105 Exempt
City Administrator 76.1973/88.7644 Exempt
Ci Attorne 51.1831/71.0744 Exem t
Ci Clerk 33.8388/453688 Exem t
Civil En ineer I 3 1 3 740/44.5826 Exem t
Civil En ineer II 35.6038/51.2718 Exem t
Collection S stem Su ervisor 263 53 1/3 8.5602 40 hrs/week
Communi Develo ment Administrator 23.0800/33.5800 40 hrs/week
Communi Service Officer — Part time 16.8469/23.5356 40 hrs/week
Custodian — Libra , Police 15.5701/21.6946 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Representative 10.6729/14.7180 40 hrs/week
Customer Service Team Leader 21.5389/29.8815 Exempt
Depu City Clerk 27.4400/35.5280 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Su erintendent 41.2596/54.9768 Exempt
Electric Distribution Su ervisor 38.8735/52.9283 40 hrs/week
Electric Under round Su erintendent 41.2596/54.9768 Exem t
Electrical En ineer I 30.3798/43.3486 Exem t
Electrical En ineer II 34.8211/50.1998 Exem t
Emer enc Mana ement De u Director 28.9309/42.5398 Exem t
Emer enc Mana ement Director 41.1754/60.9343 Exem t
En ineer I— Public Works 34.6000/48.2600 Exem t
Engineer I— WWTP 34.6000/48.2600 Exem t
Engineering Technician - WWTP 22.7343/31.8463 40 hrs/week
E uipment O erator - Solid Waste 20.1229/28.0023 40 hrs/week
Finance Director 46.7955/70.9710 Exempt
Finance Operations Supervisor 25.1200/35.2000 Exem t
Fire Chief 46.7670/69.8151 Exem t
Fire EMS Division Chief 39.6795/56.2614 Exem t
Fire O erations Division Chief 39.6795/56.2614 Exem t
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Fire Prevention Division Chief 39.6795/56.2614 Exem t
Fleet Services Shop Foreman 26.0843/38.8784 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator - PW 29.8365/44.5116 Exempt
Golf Course Superintendent 263811/38.1699 Exem t
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Cemetery 22A203/323915 40 hrs/week
Grounds Management Crew Chief — Parks 23.6475/33.8464 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Director 41.5100/62.1000 Exem t
Human Resources Benefits/Risk M mt Coordinator 25.1073/373863 40 hrs/week
Human Resources Recruiter 25.1073/373863 40 hrs/week
Human Resources S ecialist 25.1073/373863 40 hrs/week
Information Technolo Mana er 39.8171/60.2115 Exem t
Le al Secreta 21.9574/30.7236 40 hrs/week
Librarian I 24.7613/33.1573 Exem t
Librarian II 27.9810/36.9788 Exem t
Library Assistant I 16.0535/23.2007 40 hrs/week
Library Assistant II 19.8390/28.0855 40 hrs/week
Library Director 44.9256/68.3671 Exem t
Library Page 11.4129/15.7445 40 hrs/week
Libra Secreta 17.6121/24.4772 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Golf 17.0125/26.3171 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader Su ervisor 24.8044/32.1658 Exem t
MPO Pro am Mana er 28.5770/42.0450 Exem t
Office Mana er — Police De artment 21.0390/30.5340 40 hrs/week
Parks and Recreation Director 44.9156/67.9979 Exem t
Parks Su erintendent 33.4069/49.3428 Exem t
Payroll Specialist 21.8505/31.8161 40 hrs/week
Planner I 25.0900/36.0300 40 hrs/week
Planning Director 42.4161/63.6235 Exem t
Police Captain 38.9895/563971 Exem t
Police Chief 47.6514/71.6401 Exempt
Power Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 37.4591/51.1981 Exem t
Power Plant O erations Su ervisor 39.1313/54.6741 Exem t
Power Plant Su erintendent — Burdick 45.5090/63.4500 Exem t
Power Plant Su erintendent — PGS 51.0104/72.9678 Exem t
Public Works Director 48.0175/71.8620 Exem t
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Public Works En ineer 34.6028/50.6015 Exem t
Receptionist 17.1392/26.3534 40 hrs/week
Recreation Coordinator 24.6495/35.1719 Exempt
Recreation Superintendent 33.4353/50.2938 Exem t
Regulato and Environmental Manager 41.1493/57.4829 Exempt
Senior Civil Engineer 37.6163/55.7655 Exempt
Senior Electrical En ineer 40.4714/57.1761 Exem t
Senior Public Safe Dis atcher 21.2775/283220 40 hrs/week
Seniar Utili Secreta 19.6160/26.9908 40 hrs/week
Shootin Ran e Su erintendent 29.7586/44.9183 Exem t
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Full Time 20.4252/25.7922 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time 18.3827/23.2130 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Foreman 24.2594/33.8702 40 hrs/week
Solid Waste Superintendent 34.5540/51.0973 Exempt
Street Superintendent 32.6403/48.2648 Exempt
Street Foreman 253949/37.3590 40 hrs/week
Transit Pro ram Manager 28.5300/41.6300 Exem t
Turf Management S ecialist 23.7096/33.6482 40 hrs/week
Utilities Director 75.7041/102.4728 Exem t
Utili Production En ineer 39.4781/57.9095 Exem t
Utili Warehouse Su ervisor 28.2792/393908 40 hrs/week
Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 17.3274/24.9070 40 hrs/week
Victim/Witness Advocate 15.8857/22.8289 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Chief O erator 25.5094/36.6879 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant En ineer 35.5893/53.8583 Exem t
Wastewater Plant O erations Engineer 34.7543/52.0493 Exempt
Wastewater Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 26.8071/38.4864 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Regulatory Compliance Mana er 33.9519 /41.0848 Exem t
Water Superintendent 33.4413/49.0888 Exem t
Water Su ervisar 26.7174/41.0040 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
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
Aquatics staff who refer new lifeguards will receive a stipend for the referral, upon meeting
the following criteria:
• The referral cannot have worked as a City of Grand Island lifeguard in the past.
• The referral must pass a background check, complete and pass a free lifeguard class, and
work for at least 80 hours.
• Aquatics staff shall be paid for their referral as follows:
0 1 referral — $50.00
0 2 referrals - $75.00
0 3 or more referrals -$100.00
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 eratar — Streets 20.8650/30.9087 40 hrs/week
Fleet Services Mechanic 233145/34.5422 40 hrs/week
Horticulturist 23.8961/35.4669 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Warker — Cemetery 19.7275/29.2485 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Warker — Parks 19.4596/28.8679 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — Streets 19.4506/28.8342 40 hrs/week
Senior Equipment Operator — Streets 22.3929/33.2126 40 hrs/week
Seniar Maintenance Warker — Streets 22.2384/32.9835 40 hrs/week
Traffic Si nal Technician 22.0846/32.7555 40 hrs/week
SECTION 3. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of
Grand Island included under the IBEW Utilities 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 Utilities labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as
follows:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Administrative Assistant-Utilities 21.9201/31.1427 40 hrs/week
Custodian 17.3168/21.4065 40 hrs/week
Electric Distribution Crew Chief 38.9666/50.8883 40 hrs/week
Electric Under round Crew Chief 38.9666/50.8883 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician I 25.6354/33.5904 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician II 32.4212/42.0591 40 hrs/week
Instrument Technician 34.3553/45.2280 40 hrs/week
Lineworker A prentice 26.6079/36.6610 40 hrs/week
Lineworker First Class 33.0441/41.8296 40 hrs/week
Materials Handler 31.0007/38.0597 40 hrs/week
Meter Reader 20.8602/27.9301 40 hrs/week
Meter Technician 31.3285/36.6107 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher I 33.7325/40.5910 40 hrs/week
Power Dis atcher II 40.1796/48.0800 40 hrs/week
Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 31.9732/42.0591 40 hrs/week
Power Plant O erator 34.5848/41.9279 40 hrs/week
Senior En ineerin Technician 33.2735/43.6982 40 hrs/week
Senior Materials Handler 33.4702/43.5889 40 hrs/week
Senior Meter Reader 22.0869/28.7680 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Dispatcher 46.4846/54.8986 40 hrs/week
Senior Power Plant Operator 40.6167/48.5947 40 hrs/week
Senior Substation Technician 39.6994/44.7362 40 hrs/week
Senior Water Maintenance Worker 25.8211/35.9365 40 hrs/week
Substation Technician 39.5895/413051 40 hrs/week
S stems Technician 38.9776/45.0094 40 hrs/week
Tree Trim Crew Chief 30.7493/41.4471 40 hrs/week
Utili Electrician 31.9513/423869 40 hrs/week
Utili Groundman 20.0188/28.0000 40 hrs/week
Utili Secreta 21.0568/293725 40 hrs/week
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Utili Technician 34.2461/42.5617 40 hrs/week
Utili Warehouse Clerk 23.8324/30.1483 40 hrs/week
Water Maintenance Worker 24.6738/32.5960 40 hrs/week
Wireworker I 23.8324/36.0600 40 hrs/week
Wireworker II 33.0441/41.8296 40 hrs/week
SECTION 4. The currently occupied classifications of employees of the City of
Grand Island included under the FOP labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation (salary
and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract) to be paid for such
classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees included
under the FOP labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows:
Hourly Pay Range
Classiiication Min/Max
Police Officer 21.9840/33.6797
Police Ser eant 27.5151/413182
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
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Training and Special Events bank of thirty (30) hours per individual per contract year. Each
employee may be scheduled for training or special event duty with a minimum of seven (7) days
notice prior to the commencement of the pay period and the training and special events bank
hours may be added to the eighty (80) hour, two (2) week pay period up to eighty-six (86) hours
and these hours shall not be eligible for overtime. Training and special events hours worked in
excess of eighty-six (86) hours in a two week pay period will be eligible for overtime, but will
not be subtracted from the Training and Special Events bank. All work completed after eighty
(80) hours in a pay period that is performed for work that is funded by grants from parties
outside or other than the City of Grand Island, shall be paid overtime for the time worked after
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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 15.1020/21.9163 212 hrs/28 days
Firefi hter / Paramedic 17.0188/24.0361 212 hrs/28 days
Life Safe Ins ector 22.9354/32.5426 40 hrs/week
Shift Commander 243197/31.8276 212 hrs/28 da s
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ORDINANCE NO. 9744 (Cont.)
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 Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement, and the
ranges of compensation salary and wages, excluding shift differential as provided by contract, to
be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and work period which certain such
employees included under the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement shall work
prior to overtime eligibility are as follows:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Accounting Technician — WWTP 18.5411/26.9638 40 hrs/week
Biosolids Technician 21.4846/32.0754 40 hrs/week
E ui ment O erator — WWTP 19.8813/27.9091 40 hrs/week
Lead Maintenance Mechanic 22.6243/323034 40 hrs/week
Lead Maintenance Warker 2 1 3 1 3 2/29.9900 40 hrs/week
Lead Wastewater Plant O erator 23.7147/33.9967 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Mechanic I 19.3955/28.2451 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker — WWTP 19.7011/28.4653 40 hrs/week
Stormwater Pro am Mana er 233249/33.9725 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Laborato Technician 21.5806/30.1151 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant O erator I 19.4564/27.3467 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Plant Operator II 21.9202/30.9318 40 hrs/week
SECTION 7. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City
of Grand Island included under the IBEW Service/Clerical/Finance labor agreement, and the
ranges of compensation salary and wages to be paid for such classifications, and the number of
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hours and work period which certain such employees included under the IBEW
Service/Clerical/Finance labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows:
Hourly Pay Range Overtime
Classification Min/Max Eli ibili
Accountin Clerk 17.7758/25.0186 40 hrs/week
Accountin Technician — Streets 20.6086/27.1846 40 hrs/week
Accounts Pa able Clerk 19.2750/27.4436 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant-Bld , Fire, Parks, Plannin 20.0426/28.7466 40 hrs/week
Administrative Assistant — Public Works 20.7989/30.0162 40 hr/week
Audio Video Technician 22.6223/30.8696 40 hrs/week
Buildin Ins ector 23.1441/34.0970 40 hrs/week
Cashier 17.7704/24.3535 40 hrs/week
Community Service Officer 16.8469/23.5356 40 hrs/week
Computer Operator 23.8896/323226 40 hrs/week
Com uter Technician 24.8770/34.7203 40 hrs/week
Crime Anal st 23.6446/31.4740 40 hrs/week
Electrical Ins ector 23.2534/34.0460 40 hrs/week
Emer enc Mana ement Coordinator 20.7916/30.0162 40 hrs/week
En ineerin Technician — Public Warks 23.024 U32.4715 40 hrs/week
Evidence Technician 189149/27.5594 40 hrs/week
GIS Coordinator 29.6004/43.6354 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker I— Buildin , Library, Police 16.8177/23.4604 40 hrs/week
Maintenance Worker II — Buildin , Libra , Police 19.0859/25.7470 40 hrs/week
Payroll Clerk 19.6062/27.0001 40 hrs/week
Plans Examiner 23.4249/34.5678 40 hrs/week
Plumbing/Mechanical Inspector 23.2607/33.8202 40 hrs/week
Police Records Clerk 17.2105/24.4452 40 hrs/week
Public Safe Dis atcher 19.9030/27.0934 40 hrs/week
Senior Accountin Clerk 19.8226/27.4663 40 hrs/week
Shootin Ran e O erator 25.2024/33.9923 40 hrs/week
Wastewater Secreta 19.4007/27.3830 40 hrs/week
The hourly rates for Community Service Officers training new Community Service Officers shall
increase three percent (3%) during the training period.
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SECTION 8. A shift differential of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hour shall be added to
the base hourly wage for persons in the non-union employee classification of Senior Public
Safety Dispatcher who work any hours or 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 thirty-five cents ($0.35) 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.
A shift differential of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hour shall be added to the
base hourly wage for persons covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical/Finance labor agreement in
the employee classification Public Safety Dispatcher who work a complete shift between 3:00
p.m. and 11:00 p.m. A shift differential of thirty-five cents ($0.35) per hour shall be added to the
base hourly wage for persons covered by the IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance labor agreement in
the employee classification of Public Safety Dispatcher who work a complete shift between
11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. This does not include persons who work the day shift. Shift differential
will only be paid for actual hours worked. Paid leave will not qualify for the shift differential
pay. 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. Full time
employees covered in the AFSCME labor agreement normally assigned to a work schedule
commencing between 4 a.m. and 11 a.m., who are temporarily assigned to a work schedule
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commencing before 4 a.m. or after 11 a.m., shall receive a shift differential of twenty-five cents
($0.25) per hour added to the base hourly rate for the hours worked during such temporary
assignment. Full time employees covered in the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor
agreement who are regularly scheduled to work swing shift will receive an additional twenty-five
cents ($0.25) per hour; employees who are regularly schedule to work graveyard shift will
receive an additional thirty-five cents ($0.35) per hour for wages attributable to those shifts.
Employees working twelve (12) or ten (10) hour shifts will receive an additional twenty-five
cents ($0.25) per hour for wages attributable to the evening shift.
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 ($525.00) annual credit to
be used for the purchase of the uniform item purchases as needed. New hires will receive Four
Hundred dollars ($400.00) credit for the purchase of initial uniforms. After probation they shall
receive an additional Five Hundred dollars ($500.00) 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 One Thousand Two
Hundred dollars ($1,200.00) to purchase or rent required uniforms. All other employees required
to wear full FR clothing will be eligible for reimbursement up to Seven Hundred ($700.00) in
Years 1 and 2; in Year 3 eligible up to One Thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The non-union
position of Meter Reader Supervisor who are required to wear full fire retaxdant clothing will be
eligible for an annual stipend of Seven Hundred dollars ($700.00) in Years 1 and 2; in Year 3
eligible up to One Thousand dollars ($1,000.00) 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 Three Hundred Fifty dollars ($350.00). Employees will be reimbursed for said
purchases with a receipt showing proof of purchase. 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 Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per pay period. Full-time Community
Services Officers shall be paid a uniform allowance at the rate of Twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
per pay period.
Fire Chief and Fire Division Chiefs shall be paid a clothing allowance of Four
Hundred Eighty-four dollars and eight cents ($484.08) per year, divided into twenty-four (24)
pay periods. Police Chief and Police Captains shall be paid a clothing allowance of Six hundred
Fifty dollaxs ($650.00) per year, divided into twenty-six (26) pay periods.
Non-union employees and employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement,
FOP labor agreement, IAFF labor agreement, IBEW Service/Clerical/Finance and Wastewater
Treatment Plant labor agreements may receive an annual stipend not to exceed One Thousand
Five Hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for bilingual pay.
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Employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement shall be granted a meal
allowance of Ten Dollars ($10.00) 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 and the IBEWWastewater
Treatment Plant labor agreement shall be allowed a meal allowance for actual cost, or up to
Twelve dollars ($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.
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 Eighteen dollars ($18.00) per month.
When protective clothing is required for personnel covered by the IBEW Utilities and IBEW
Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreements and employees covered by the AFSCME labor
agreement, except the Fleet Services Division of the Public Works Department, the City shall
pay sixty percent (60%) of the actual cost of providing and cleaning said clothing and the
employees forty percent (40%) of said cost. Full-time Fleet Services personnel shall receive a
uniform allowance of Twelve Dollars ($12) biweekly. Public Works Department personnel in the
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job classifications of Fleet Services Shop Foreman and Fleet Services Mechanic shall receive a
tool allowance of Thirty dollars ($30.00) biweekly.
follows:
SECTION 9. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as
(A) All employees covered in the IBEW Utilities labor agreement 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 (586.18)
hours [calculated at 53% x 1,106 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
(598.88) [calculated at 38% x 1,576 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 (542) 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/Finance labor
agreements shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of
payment for thirty-five percent (35%) of their accumulated medical leave at the
time of retirement, early retirement, or death, based on the employee's salary at
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the time of retirement, not to exceed four-hundred sixty-eight and sixty-five-
hundredths (468.65) hours [calculated at 35% x 1,339 hours]. Employees covered
by the IBEW Wastewater labor agreement shall have a contribution to a VEBA
made on their behalf in lieu of payment for thirty-six percent (36%) of their
accuxnulated medical leave at the time of retirement, early retirement, or death,
based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement not to exceed four-
hundred eighty-two and four-hundredths hours (482.04) [calculated at 36% x
1,339 hours]. Non-union employees shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on
their behalf in lieu of payment for fifty-three percent (53%) of their accumulated
medical leave at the time of their retirement, not to exceed five hundred eighty-six
and eighteen-hundredths (586.18) hours [calculated at 53% x 1,106 hours]. The
amount of contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of
retirement. Employees covered by the AFSCME labor agreement shall have a
contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for thirty-five
percent (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 (468.65) [calculated at
35% x 1,339 hours]. 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 (480)
[calculated at 37.5% x 1,280 hours], 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
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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.
(B) The City Administrator and department heads shall have a contribution
made to their VEBA for one-half (1/2) of their accumulated medical leave, not to
exceed thirty (30) days of pay, upon their resignation, the rate of compensation to
be based upon the salary at the time of tertnination. 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 (1/2)
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 Thirty dollars ($30.00) per pay period.
Employees represented by the IBEW Utilities labor agreement, IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance
labor agreement and the IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement, shall have a
contribution made on their behalf to their VEBA account in the amount of Twenty Dollars
($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 Ten Dollars ($10.00) per pay period.
SECTION 11. An employee, who is represented by the following labor
agreements, 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
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day. The following rate schedule shall apply for those employees who are represented by the
FOP labor agreement:
Ten (10) years (beginning l lth year)
Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16th year)
Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 St year)
Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26�' year)
$ 645.50
$ 830.50
$1,032.50
$1,247.50
Those employees who are represented by the AFSCME labor agreement shall annually receive
longevity pay as follows:
Five (5) years (beginning 6th year)
Ten (10) years (beginning l lth year)
Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16�' year)
Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 St year)
Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26th year)
$226.00
$443.00
$624.00
$796.00
$994.00
Those employees who are represented by the IBEW-Wastewater Treatment Plant and IBEW
Service/Clerical/Finance labar agreements shall annually receive longevity pay as follows:
Five (5) years (beginning 6th year)
Ten (10) years (beginning l lth year)
Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16th year)
Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 St year)
Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26�' year)
Forty (40) years (beginning 41 St year)
$ 226.00
$ 443.00
$ 624.00
$ 796.00
$ 994.00
$1,174.00
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.
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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 13, 2019.
SECTION 14. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9713 and all other parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Enacted: August 13, 2019
Attest:
RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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Roger G. Steele, Mayor