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08/11/2020 Ordinances 9781ORDINANCE NO. 9781 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9756 known as the Salary Ordinance which lists the currently occupied classifications of officers and employees of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska and esta.blished the ranges of compensation of such officers and employees; to amend the salary ranges of non-union employees and those employees covered under the FOP labor agreement, the IAFF labor agreement, the IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance labor agreement and the IBEW WWTP labor agreement; to amend the salary range of the non-union position of Community Service Officer — Part Time to align with the Community Service Officer — Full Time in the IBEW Service/Clerical/Finance labor agreement; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9756 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 B� 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 Crrand 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 Technician — Solid Waste Administrative Coordinator — Public Works Assistant Finance Director Hourly Pay Range Min/Max 27.2753/39.7703 20.4135/25.9519 22.8587/33.1114 35.$655/52.7923 Overtime 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week Approved as to Form � tt City Attome ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Maz Eli 'bili Assistant Public Works Director/En ineerin 42.5573/64.9788 Exem t Assistant Utilities Director — Engineering/Business O erations 56.5770/81.7800 Exem t Assistant Utilities Director — Production 56.5770/81.7800 Exem t Assistant Utilities Director — Transmission_ 56.5770/81.7800 Exem t Attorne 36.6260/543186 Exem t Buildin De artment Director 41.2900/63.6719 Exem t Cemete Su erintendent 26.9488l39.2419 Exem t Ci Administrator 79.6073(92.3328 Exem t Ci Attorne 53.4735/74.0871 Exem t Ci Clerk 34.8928/46.6248 Exem t Civil En ineer I 313740/44.5826 Exem t Civil En ineer II 35.6038/51.2718 Exem t Collection S stem Su rvisor 26.9863/39.7405 40 hrs/week Communi Develo ment Administrator 23.8318/35.0429 40 hrs/week Community Service Officer — Part time 17.0793/24.1383 40 hrs/week Custodian — Libra , Police 15.9716/21.�376 40 hrs/week Customer Service Re resentative 10.9565/15.0674 40 hrs/week Customer Service Team Leader 22.177Q/3 L2188 Exem t De uty Ci Clerk 27.8516/36.0609 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Su rintendent 41.4935/56.1900 Exem t Electric Distribution Su rvisor 38.8735/53.7222 40 hrs/week Electric Under ound Su erintendent 4L2596/55.8015 Exem t Electrical En ineer I 30.8629/43.4826 Exem t Electrical En ineer II 34.9698/50.3248 Exern t Emer enc Mana ement De u Director 29.7703/43.7618 Exem t Emer enc Mana ement Director 42.3700/62.6845 Exem t En ineer I— Pnblic Works 34.6000/48.9839 Exem t Engineer I— WWTP 34.6000/48.9839 Exem t En ineerin Technician - WWTP 23.0135/32.6882 40 hrs/week E ui ment erator - Solid Waste 21.0174/2$.4284 40 hrs/week Finance Director 48.1188/72.6675 Exem t Finance erations Su ervisor 26.2374/36.7783 Exem t Fire Chief 49.1054/71.7443 Exem t Fire EMS Division Chief 41.6635/57.7228 Exem t -2- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Fire O erations Division Chief 41.6635/57.7228 Exem t Fire Prevention Division Chief 41.6635/57.7228 Exem t Fleet Services Sho Foreman 26.9164/39.9637 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator - PW 29.9969/44.7633 Exem t Golf Course Su erintendent 26.6261/38.6184 Exem t Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Cemete 22.0764/32.9595 40 hrs/week Grounds Mana ement Crew Chief — Parks 23.9225/34.1470 40 hrs/week Human Resources Director 42.9253/643310 Exem t Human Resources Benefits/Risk M t Coordinator 25.8799/38.7634 40 hrs/week Human Resources Recruiter 25.8799/38.7634 40 hrs/week Human Resources S ecialist 25.8799/38.7634 40 hrs/week Information Technolo Mana er 40.829I/ 61.7054 Exem t Le al Secre 22.1785/32.0608 40 hrs/week Librarian I 25.5266/34.3460 Exem t Librarian II 29.2331/38.1074 Exem t Libr Assistant I 16.771$/24.2389 40 hrslweek Libr Assistant II 20.7268/293423 40 hrs/week Library Director 46.6055/70.5936 Exem t Libr Pa e I19236/16.4491 40 hrs/week Libr Secre 18.0415/25.1461 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker — Golf 17.2547/26.3686 40 hrs/week Meter Reader — Part Time 20.8602/27.9301 40 hrs/week Meter Reader Su rvisor 25.6121/33.1084 Exem t MI'O Pro am Mana er 28.5770/423743 Exem t Office Mana er — Police De artment 21.7587/31.9004 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Director 46.3285/69.8100 Exem t Parks Su erintendent 34.4120/50.7128 Exem t Pa roll S ecialist 22.7591133.2227 40 hrs/week Planner I 25.5954/37.4524 40 hrs/week Plannin Director 43.4884/64.8205 Exem t Police Ca tain 40.0990/58.2043 Exem t Police Chief 48.3429/74.3303 Exem t Power Plant Maintenance Su ervisor 38.6540/533943 Exem t Power Plant erations S ervisor 39.7709/56.1244 Exem t Power Plant Su erintendent — Burdick 47.5455/67.4591 Exem t -3- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classi�cation Min/Max Eli ibili Power Plant Su erintendent — PGS 51.7940174.6985 Exem t Public Works Director 49.2356/74.0023 Exem t Public Works En ineer 353710/52.2789 Exem t Rece tionist 17.5507/26.3534 40 hrs/week Recreation Coordinator 25.3045/36.0068 Exem t Recreation Su rintendent 33.7756/50.4243 Exem t Re lato and Environmental Mana er 41.1493/57.4829 Exem t Senior Civil En ineer 39.2996/58.2610 Exem t Senior Electrical En ineer 41.5808/59.1449 Exem t Senior Public Safe Dis atcher 22.195 U29.2994 40 hrs/week Senior Utili Secre 19.6160/27.1369 40 hrs/week Shootin Ran e Su erintendent 30.5494/45.9846 Exem t Solid Waste Division Clerk - Fnll Time 20.8570/26.3146 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time 18.7713/23.6831 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Foreman 253065/353275 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Su erintendent 35.2956/52.3214 Exem t Street Su erintendent 33.1310/48.6936 Exem t Street Foreman 26.1261/38.5768 40 hrs/week Transit Pro am Mana er 29.2590/43.3301 Exem t Turf Mana ement S eciatist 23.9298/34.U439 40 hrs/week Utilities Director 75.7041/103.5558 Exem t Utili Production En ineer 40.1500/58.6175 Exem t Utili Warehouse Su ervisor 29.1077/40.1601 40 hrs/week Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 17.8650/25.3267 40 hrs/week Victim/Wifiess Advocate 163791/23.2112 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Chief O rator 263768/37.5014 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant En ineer 35.8539/54.6663 Exem t Wastewater Ptant O erations En ineer 35.3811/53.0681 Exem t Wastewater Plant Maintenance Su rvisor 27.3606/39.6934 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Re lato Com liance Mana er 33.9519/41.4294 Exem t Water Su erintendent 34.2741/50.4840 Exem t Water Su ervisor 27.8126141.6191 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 -4- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli 'bili Worker / Parks & Recreation Part tirne 9.0000/20.0000 40 hrs/week 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. • T'he referral must pass a background check, complete and pass a free lifeguard class, and work for at least 80 hours. • Aqua.tics 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 MinJMax Eli 'bili E ui ment erator — Streets 20.8650/30.9087 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Mechanic 23.3145/34.5422 40 hrs/week Horticulturist 23.8961/35.4669 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker — Cemete 19.'7275/29.2�85 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker — Parks 19.4596/28.8679 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker — Streets 19.4506/28.8342 40 hrs{week Senior E ui ment O erator — Streets 22.3929/33.2126 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker — Streets 22.2384/32.9835 40 hrs/week -5- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Nlag Eli ibili Traffic Si al 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 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 sha11 work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli 'bili Administrative Assistant-Utilities 21.9201/31.1427 40 hrs/week Custodian 173 i 68/21.4065 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Crew Chief 38.9666l50.8883 40 hrs/week Electric Under ound 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 Linewarker A rentice 26.6079/36.6610 40 hrs/week Lineworker First Class 33.0441/41.8296 40 hrs/week Materials Handler 31.0007/38.0597 40 lu�s/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 erator 34.5848/41.9274 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 Dis atcher 46.4$46/54.8986 40 hrs/week Senior Power Plant O erator 40.6167/48.5947 40 hrs/week � ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Senior Substation Technician 39.6994/44.7362 40 hrs/week Senior Water Maintenance Worker 25.8211/35.9365 40 hrs/week Substation Technician 39.5895/41.3051 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 31.9513/42.3869 40 hrs/week Utility Groundman 20.0188/28.0000 40 hrs/week Utili Secre 21.0568/29.3725 40 hrs/week 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 hrsJweek Wireworker I 23.8324/36.0600 40 hrs/week Wireworker II 33.0441/41.8296 40 hrs/week SECTION 4. The currently occupied classiiications of employees of the City of Grand Island included under the FOP labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation (salary and wages, exciuding 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: Aourly Pay Range Classification Min/Max Police Officer 233228/37.0317 Police Ser eant 32.3082/43.9408 Police Lieutenant 35.6380/50.0806 OVERTIME ELTGIBILITY The City has reserved its right to the utilization of the 207(k) FLSA exemption. 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 eligibitity for -7- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) overtime, "hours worked" shall include actual hours worked, vacation, personal leave and holiday hours. Employees sha11 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. 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 Crrand Island, shall be paid overtime for the time worked after eighty (80) hours, if the time is funded at overtime rates by the grant. 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/Maz Eli ibili Fire Ca tain 22.5794/29A516 212 hrs/28 da s Firefi ter / EMT 17.0215/23.7540 212 hrs/28 days Firefi ter / Paramedic 18.4007/25.9286 212 hrs/28 da s Life Safe Ins ector 25.9675/33.8573 40 hrs/week Battalion Chief 29.0231/33.4381 212 hrsl28 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement, and the -8- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) 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 Treatrnent Plant labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Accountin Technician — WWTP 18.7045/27.6313 40 hrs/week Biosolids Technician 22.2523/33.0104 40 hrs/week E ui ment O erator — WWTP 20.5975/28.8856 40 hrs/week Lead Maintenance Mechanic 23.0360/33.1170 40 hrs/week Lead Maintenance Worker 21.9425/30.8754 40 hrs/week Lead Wastewater Plant O erator 24.4149/34.0004 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic I 19.6844/29.1284 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker— WWTP 19.8164/28.9993 40 hrs/week Stormwater Pro am Mana er 23.9575/35.4030 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 221861l30.8417 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant O erator I 20.0035/28.1013 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant O erator II 22.6395/31.9878 40 hrs/week SECTION 7. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance labor agreement, and the ranges of compensation salary and wages to be paid for such classifications, and the number of hours and wark period which certain such employees included under the IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Hourly Pay Range Overtime Classification Min/Max Eli ibili Accountin Clerk 17.7758/25.7665 40 hrs/week Accountin Technician — Streets 21.2972/27.9410 40 hrs/week Accounts Pa able Clerk 20.OS 15J28.3453 40 hrs/week Administrative Assistant-Bld , Fire, Parks, Plannin 20.0426/28.7466 40 hrs/week Administrative Assistant — Public Works 2 L 1770/30.6510 40 hrs/week Audio Video Technician 24.0072/323010 40 hrs/week -9- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Buildin Ins ectar 23.5373/35.2842 44 hrs/week Cashier 18.2595/25.0890 40 hrs/week Communi Service Officer 17.0793/24.1383 40 hrs/week Com uter O erator 23.8896/32.7818 40 hrs/week Com uter Tecluiician 25.0125/35.9070 40 hrs/week Crime Anal st 24.6410/31.8421 40 hrslweek Electrical Ins ector 23.7012/35.2077 40 hrs/week Emergenc Mana ement Coordinator 2L1661/30.6510 40 hrs/week En ineerin Technician — Public Works 23.6944/33.4167 40 hrs/week Evidence Technician 19.$439/28.8589 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator 30.4621/45.8945 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I— Buildin , Libr , Police 16.8177/23.8105 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II— Buildin , Libr , Police 19.7674/26.6079 40 hrs/week Pa oll Clerk 20.5214/28.7387 40 hrs/week Plans Examiner 23.4608/35.2842 40 hrs/week Plumbin echanical Ins ector 23.7122/34.8689 40 hrs/week Police Records Clerk 17.7268/25.1785 40 hrs/week Public Safe Dis atcher 21.3628/28.2361 40 hrs/week Senior Accountin Clerk 19.8876/28.3016 40 hrs/week Shootin Ran e erator 26.1052/35.1312 40 hrs/week Wastewater Secreta 19.9641/28.1814 40 hrs/week The hourly rates for Community Service Officers training new Community Service Officers shall increase three percent (3%) during the training period. 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. �1� ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) �_ A shift differential of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hour sha11 be added to the base hourly wage for persons covered by the IBEW Service/ClericaUFinance 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 thirly-five cents ($0.35) 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 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, sha11 be paid an additional forty-five cents ($0.45) 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 commencing before 4 a.m. or after I 1 a.m., shail 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 -11- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) shifts will receive an additional twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hour for wages attributa.ble 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 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 �� ORDINANCE NO. 9'781 (Cont.) �, eligible up to One Thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to purchase or rent required uniforms. T'hose 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 sha11 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 sha11 be paid a clothing allowance of Six hundred Fifry dollars ($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 nat to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for bilingual pay. 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 IBEW-Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement shall be allowed a meal allowance for actual cost, or up to Twelve dollars ($12.04) per meal, if they are required to work two (2) hours overtime -13- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) consecutively with their normal working hours and if such overtime would normally interfere with and disrupt the employee's norrnal meal schedule. Direct supervisors of ernployees who are covered by labor agreements which a11ow overtime meal allowance sha11 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 sha11 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, the non-union position of Meter Rea.der — Part Time, 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 actua� 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 job classifications of Fleet Services Shop Foreman and Fleet Services Mechanic shall receive a tool allowance of Thirty dollars ($30.00) biweekly. SECTION 9. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as follows: l. (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 -14- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) , (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°fo 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, sha11 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 six hundred five and thirty-four hundredths hours (605.34) [calculated at 38% x 1,593 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/ClericaUFinance labor agreements sha11 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 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 sha11 have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for thirty-six percent (36%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of retirement, early retirement, or -15- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) 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 fifly-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 sha11 have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payrnent 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 twenty percent (20%) for their accumulated medical leave at separation of employment after twenty (20) years of service; forty percent (40%) for their accumulated medical leave at separation of employment after twenty-five (25) years of service; fifty percent (50%) of accumulated medical leave for a death not occurring in the line of duty and one hundred percent (100%) of accumulated medical leave for a death occurring in the line of duty. The rate of compensation is based on the employee's salary at the time of separa.tion. The payout for medical leave sha11 be made to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment. -16- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) (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 termination. Compensation for unused medicalleave 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/Clerical/Finance labor agreement, IBEW Wastewater Treatment Plant labor agreement and the FOP labor agreement, sha11 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 armually receive longevity pay based upon the total length of service with the City. Such pay sha11 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 for those employees who are represented by the FOP labor agreement: -17- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) Five (5) years (beginning 6�' year Ten (10) years (beginning 11 �' year) Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16�' year) Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 St year) Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26�' year) $ 350.00 $ 645.50 $ 870.00 $1,096.00 $1,270.00 Those employees who are represented by the AFSCME labor agreement shall annually receive longevity pay as follows: Five (5) years (beg'mning 6�' year) Ten (10) years (beginning 1 l�' year) Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16�' year) Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 S' year) Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26�' 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/ClericaUFinance labor agreements shall annually receive longevity pay as follows: Five (5) years (beginning 6�' year) Ten (10) years (beginning 11 �` year) Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16�' 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 Those employees who are represented by the IAFF labor agreement shall annually receive longevity pay, beginning with the first full pay period in October 2019, as follows: Ten (10) years (beginning 11 �' year) Fifteen (15) years (beginning 16�' year) Twenty (20) years (beginning 21 St year) Twenty-five (25) years (beginning 26th year) $ 645.50 $ 830.50 $1,032.50 $1,247.50 -18- ORDINANCE NO. 9781 (Cont.) 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 sha11 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 1 l, 2020. SECTION 14. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9756 and a11 other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: October 11, 2020 � .�� Roger . Steele, Mayor Attest: �� Q.R_. RaNae Edwazds, City Clerk o� G,RAPlp �s ��• �.. .. �y _ ci r �,Gp4P�R�4Tc� O *� i�+� * �. F� 10� 1� /VEB R A5'�P -19-