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08-31-2010 City Council Special Meeting PacketCity of Grand Island Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Special Meeting Packet City Council:Mayor: Margaret Hornady City Administrator: Jeff Pederson City Clerk: RaNae Edwards T u 5:30:00 PM Council Chambers - City Hall 100 East First Street Larry Carney Scott Dugan John Gericke Peg Gilbert Chuck Haase Robert Meyer Mitchell Nickerson Bob Niemann Kirk Ramsey Jose Zapata Call to OrderCity of Grand Island City Council A - SUBMITTAL OF REQUESTS FOR FUTURE ITEMS Individuals who have appropriate items for City Council consideration should complete the Request for Future Agenda Items form located at the Information Booth. If the issue can be handled administratively without Council action, notification will be provided. If the item is scheduled for a meeting or study session, notification of the date will be given. B - RESERVE TIME TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS This is an opportunity for individuals wishing to provide input on any of tonight's agenda items to reserve time to speak. Please come forward, state your name and address, and the Agenda topic on which you will be speaking. MAYOR COMMUNICATION This is an opportunity for the Mayor to comment on current events, activities, and issues of interest to the community. Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call This is an open meeting of the Grand Island City Council. The City of Grand Island abides by the Open Meetings Act in conducting business. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is displayed in the back of this room as required by state law. The City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by state law. City of Grand Island City Council Item F1 #9268 - Consideration of Approving Salary Ordinance Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Special Meeting City of Grand Island Staff Contact: Brenda Sutherland City of Grand Island City Council Council Agenda Memo From: Brenda Sutherland, Human Resources Director Meeting: August 31, 2010 Subject: Salary Ordinance #9268 Item #’s: F-1 Presenter(s): Brenda Sutherland, Human Resources Director Background The Human Resources Department prepares and brings forward for consideration a salary ordinance each year at budget time that sets forth wages for employees for the upcoming fiscal year. The wages being presented are a reflection of wages that have been previously agreed to by the City Council when labor agreements were entered into. In addition to wages, certain benefits that are part of labor agreements or personnel rules that are paid to employees are also outlined in the salary ordinance. The positions that were included in the FTE schedule as part of the budget are represented in the salary ordinance. Discussion The following changes are being presented to the Council for consideration in preparation for the next fiscal year which will begin on October 1, 2010. The wages addressed in this document will not be paid until the first full pay period in October which will commence on October 11, 2010. Listed are the increases as agreed to in the various labor agreements: AFSCME – 3.5% FOP – 3.5% IBEW Wastewater – 3.75% IBEW Utilities – 3.75% IBEW Finance – 3.75% IBEW Service/ Clerical 2.06% Non-union employees and employees covered under the IAFF labor agreement will see no change in their respective salary tables. Through the program prioritization process some positions were eliminated while others were added. The following are positions that will be eliminated in the 2010/2011 fiscal year: Civil Engineering Manager – Public Works, Engineering Technician Supervisor, Information Technology Supervisor, Library Clerk, Parking Monitor, Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk, and Fleet Services Inventory Specialist. Positions that will be added are: Project Manager – Public Works, Fleet Services Inventory Clerk, Recreation Coordinator, and Customer Service Representative. The customer service representative is a part-time position at the Heartland Shooting Park. This same position was previously filled under the title of “seasonal” but as it is a year around position it is more appropriately reflected as a regular status position in the ordinance. The number of seasonal FTE’s was reduced by .75 and it was added to this position for a net result of zero. The Recreation Coordinator was also a .5 FTE seasonal position which has been replaced as a full time regular status position. This position will oversee the daily activities and staff at the new Field house at Fonner Park. There is also a title change in the renaming of the Communication Specialist/EMD to Public Safety Dispatcher and the Sr. Communication Specialist/EMD to Senior Public Safety Dispatcher. The last change presented in the proposed Salary Ordinance is a change to the payout of unused medical leave for non-union employees. Non-union employees will be entitled to a payout of their medical leave as has been prescribed in the Personnel Rules through September 2010. This buyout will cease in the 2010/2011 budget year. This final buyout has been the practice with all other employee groups as the benefit has gone away. Alternatives It appears that the Council has the following alt ernatives concerning the issue at hand. The Council may: 1. Move to approve 2. Refer the issue to a Committee 3. Postpone the issue to future date 4. Take no action on the issue Recommendation City Administration recommends that the Council Salary Ordinance #9268. Sample Motion Move to approve Salary Ordinance #9268. Approved as to Form ¤ ___________ August 27, 2010 ¤ City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 9268 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9251 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 remove the positions and salary ranges of Civil Engineering Manager-Public Works, Engineering Technician Supervisor, Information Technology Supervisor, Library Clerk, Parking Monitor, Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk, and Fleet Services Inventory Specialist, ; to add the positions and salary ranges of Project Manager-Public Works; Fleet Services Inventory Clerk; Recreation Coordinator; and Customer Service Representative – Part Time; ; to rename the position of Communications Specialist/EMD to Public Safety Dispatcher; to rename the position of Senior Communications Specialist/EMD to Senior Public Safety Dispatcher; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9251 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 contract) 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 Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accountant 21.6100/30.4700 Exempt Accounting Technician – Solid Waste 15.0000/19.7200 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 2 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Assistant to the City Administrator 21.0200/29.5900 Exempt Assistant Utility Director – Administration 40.7800/57.4000 Exempt Assistant Utility Director – PGS & PCC 44.1600/62.1800 Exempt Attorney 26.8900/41.4900 Exempt Biosolids Technician 17.0401/23.9867 40 hrs/week Building Department Director 31.5000/44.8200 Exempt Cemetery Superintendent 18.3119/25.7803 Exempt City Administrator 53.8810/75.8161 Exempt City Attorney 37.2300/52.4000 Exempt City Clerk 22.4900/31.6600 Exempt Civil Engineering Manager – Public Works Engineering 28.6200/41.0400 Exempt Civil Engineering Manager – Utility PCC 32.0000/45.6900 Exempt Collection System Supervisor 21.5900/30.6900 40 hrs/week Community Service Officer 12.1000/16.4500 40 hrs/week Custodian – Library, Police 11.0885/15.6476 40 hrs/week Customer Service Representative – Part time 8.0000/12.0000 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Superintendent 31.2500/42.8300 Exempt Electric Distribution Supervisor 26.3900/36.1900 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Superintendent 27.8300/38.1500 Exempt Electrical Engineer I 25.3300/34.9600 Exempt Electrical Engineer II 29.3800/40.5100 Exempt Emergency Management Deputy Director 21.3600/29.2100 Exempt Emergency Management Director 30.4000/41.5600 Exempt Engineering Technician - WWTP 18.8700/26.6600 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician Supervisor 21.0900/30.5300 Exempt Equipment Operator - Solid Waste 15.1218/21.2957 40 hrs/week Finance Director 35.6881/50.2209 Exempt Fire Chief 34.0500/48.2500 Exempt Fire Division Chief 27.8470/40.1959 Exempt Fleet Services Superintendent 24.1300/34.0900 Exempt ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 3 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Fleet Services Supervisor 19.2100/26.7600 40 hrs/week Golf Course Superintendent 22.8100/32.9200 Exempt Grounds Management Crew Chief – Cemetery 17.1031/24.0687 40 hrs/week Grounds Management Crew Chief – Parks 17.6161/24.7906 40 hrs/week Human Resources Director 32.2100/45.8900 Exempt Human Resources Specialist 17.2500/25.3500 40 hrs/week Information Technology Manager 28.9540/40.7386 Exempt Information Technology Supervisor 25.4000/39.0400 Exempt Legal Secretary 18.9700/25.5100 40 hrs/week Librarian I 16.5700/23.0500 Exempt Librarian II 18.3500/25.8500 Exempt Library Assistant I 11.6100/15.9800 40 hrs/week Library Assistant II 12.7900/17.6300 40 hrs/week Library Assistant Director 20.9000/29.7900 Exempt Library Clerk 9.5700/13.2800 40 hrs/week Library Director 28.2796/39.8068 Exempt Library Page 7.4300/10.2800 40 hrs/week Library Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker – Golf 13.9425/19.6625 40 hrs/week Manager of Engineering Services 30.8300/44.2500 Exempt Meter Reader Supervisor 17.5366/24.6969 Exempt Office Manager – Police Department 15.1900/21.0406 40 hrs/week Parking Monitor 8.1100/11.0200 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Director 31.9851/44.9881 Exempt Parks Superintendent 22.3500/31.6100 Exempt Payroll Specialist 15.9420/22.4290 40 hrs/week Planning Director 31.7148/44.6178 Exempt Police Captain 26.7800/37.6700 Exempt Police Chief 34.0500/48.2500 Exempt Police Records Clerk - Part Time 12.4000/17.2600 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 28.0509/39.4574 Exempt ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 4 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Power Plant Operations Supervisor 29.2000/42.0400 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent – Burdick 31.9808/45.0026 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent – PGS 36.8688/51.8571 Exempt Project Manager – Public Works 28.4300/40.000 Exempt Public Information Officer 20.0800/28.2600 Exempt Public Works Director 35.8254/50.4141 Exempt Receptionist 12.400/17.9400 40 hrs/week Recreation Coordinator 16.2000/22.6000 Exempt Recreation Superintendent 20.9300/30.0300 Exempt Regulatory and Environmental Specialist 27.6631/38.9119 Exempt Senior Accountant 26.3200/36.6400 Exempt Senior Communications Specialist/EMD 16.2000/22.1400 40 hrs/week Senior Electrical Engineer 32.1500/44.3300 Exempt Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 15.8780/22.3421 40 hrs/week Senior Public Safety Dispatcher 16.2000/22.1400 40 hrs/week Senior Utility Secretary 14.3250/20.4550 40 hrs/week Shooting Range Superintendent 20.9300/30.0300 Exempt Solid Waste Division Clerk - Full Time 14.2900/19.1400 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Division Clerk - Part Time 12.7236/17.3800 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Superintendent 22.9786/32.3353 Exempt Street Superintendent 23.5000/34.2100 Exempt Street Supervisor 18.4800/26.2600 40 hrs/week Turf Management Specialist 20.5000/29.0200 40 hrs/week Utility Director 51.9700/74.4700 Exempt Utility Production Engineer 32.8786/46.2710 Exempt Utility Services Manager 26.7500/37.2300 Exempt Utility Warehouse Supervisor 21.8200/30.4800 40 hrs/week Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 12.5500/17.6700 40 hrs/week Wastewater Engineering/Operations Superintendent 25.6500/36.2900 Exempt Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 18.9500/26.7100 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 22.9100/30.8500 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 5 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 23.7500/32.0200 40 hrs/week Water Superintendent 24.2210/34.2100 Exempt Water Supervisor 20.9100/30.1300 40 hrs/week Worker / Seasonal 7.2500/20.0000 Exempt Worker / Temporary 7.2500/20.0000 40 hrs/week 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: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/M ax Overtime Eligibility Equipment Operator – Streets 13.8757/19.5126 14.3613/20.1955 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk 12.6141/17.7913 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Inventory Specialist 13.8363/19.4733 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Inventory Clerk 13.6103/19.1475 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Mechanic 15.8285/22.2618 16.3825/23.0410 40 hrs/week Horticulturist 14.6510/20.6425 15.1638/21.3650 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker – Cemetery 13.7705/19.3812 14.2525/20.0595 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker – Parks 13.6786/19.2630 14.1574/19.9372 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker – Streets 13.3895/18.8424 13.8581/19.5019 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator – Streets 15.2027/21.4049 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 6 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/M ax Overtime Eligibility 15.7348/22.1541 Senior Maintenance Worker – Parks 15.2027/21.4049 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker – Streets 15.2027/21.4049 15.7348/22.1541 40 hrs/week Traffic Signal Technician 15.2027/21.4049 15.7348/22.1541 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: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Clerk 13.9001/18.3940 14.4214/19.0838 40 hrs/week Cashier 12.7580/17.3850 13.2364/18.0369 40 hrs/week Custodian 14.8976/17.5921 15.4563/18.2518 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Crew Chief 27.2124/34.6091 28.2329/35.9069 40 hrs/week Electric Underground Crew Chief 27.2124/34.6091 28.2329/35.9069 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician I 17.1487/24.5367 17.7918/25.4568 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician II 21.1992/29.0671 21.9942/30.1571 40 hrs/week GIS Coordinator 21.8107/30.6049 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 7 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility 22.6286/31.7526 Instrument Technician 25.5794/33.7924 26.5386/35.0596 40 hrs/week Lineworker Apprentice 16.5879/24.3230 17.2099/25.2351 40 hrs/week Lineworker First Class 25.1434/29.7374 26.0863/30.8526 40 hrs/week Materials Handler 20.7033/27.7522 21.4797/28.7929 40 hrs/week Meter Reader 14.9167/19.4517 15.4761/20.1811 40 hrs/week Meter Technician 20.0555/24.7866 20.8076/25.7161 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher I 25.1156/34.9205 26.0574/36.2300 40 hrs/week Power Dispatcher II 26.3793/36.6716 27.3685/38.0468 40 hrs/week Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic 23.7745/29.6038 24.6660/30.7139 40 hrs/week Power Plant Operator 28.0862/32.7156 29.1394/33.9424 40 hrs/week Senior Accounting Clerk 15.6241/20.4663 16.2100/21.2338 40 hrs/week Senior Engineering Technician 26.8229/32.8253 27.8288/34.0562 40 hrs/week Senior Materials Handler 23.8377/31.0931 24.7316/32.2591 40 hrs/week Senior Meter Reader 17.6666/20.9682 18.3291/21.7545 40 hrs/week Senior Power Dispatcher 30.5150/41.8751 31.6593/43.4454 40 hrs/week Senior Power Plant Operator 27.6915/35.4997 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 8 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility 28.7299/36.8309 Senior Substation Technician 32.6046/33.7924 33.8273/35.0596 40 hrs/week Senior Water Maintenance Worker 19.3719/25.5083 20.0983/26.4649 40 hrs/week Substation Technician 30.1833/31.3815 31.3152/32.5583 40 hrs/week Systems Technician 26.6000/33.7924 27.5975/35.0596 40 hrs/week Tree Trim Crew Chief 23.8284/29.5914 24.7220/30.7011 40 hrs/week Utility Electrician 23.8788/31.3815 24.7743/32.5583 40 hrs/week Utility Technician 23.3224/32.8063 24.1970/34.0365 40 hrs/week Utility Warehouse Clerk 17.2330/21.2614 17.8792/22.0587 40 hrs/week Water Maintenance Worker 16.1398/22.3197 16.7450/23.1567 40 hrs/week Wireworker I 18.1316/25.6380 18.8115/26.5994 40 hrs/week Wireworker II 25.1434/29.7374 26.0863/30.8526 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: ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 9 - Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Police Officer 17.2016/24.0468 17.8037/24.8884 Police Sergeant 21.5296/29.5005 22.2831/30.5330 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 fifty (50) 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 eighty (80) ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 10 - 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: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Fire Captain 16.6707/23.1150 54 hrs/week Firefighter / EMT 12.3855/17.9740 54 hrs/week Firefighter / Paramedic 13.8282/19.5300 54 hrs/week 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 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: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Technician – WWTP 13.8071/19.4279 14.3249/20.1564 40 hrs/week Equipment Operator – WWTP 15.6752/22.0567 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic I 15.6752/22.0567 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic II 17.5511/24.6962 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 11 - 18.2093/25.6223 Maintenance Worker – WWTP 15.6752/22.0567 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator – WWTP 16.9436/23.8413 17.5790/24.7353 40 hrs/week Wastewater Clerk 11.7945/16.5959 12.2368/17.2182 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 16.6398/23.4139 17.2638/24.2919 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator I 14.0196/19.7271 14.5453/20.4669 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator II 15.6752/22.0567 16.2630/22.8838 40 hrs/week 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: Classification Hourly Pay Range Min/Max Overtime Eligibility Accounting Technician – Streets 14.9600/19.9700 15.2682/20.3814 40 hrs/week Accounts Payable Clerk 14.1900/20.5300 14.4823/20.9529 40 hrs/week Administrative Assistant 14.7600/21.1700 15.0641/21.6061 40 hrs/week Audio Video Technician 14.9000/21.0200 15.2069/21.4530 40 hrs/week Building Inspector 18.4300/26.1500 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 12 - Building Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Community Development Administrator 16.0800/23.1200 16.4113/23.5963 Exempt Communication Specialist/EMD 14.0000/20.4500 40 hrs/week Computer Operator 17.9300/23.5702 18.2994/24.0557 40 hrs/week Computer Programmer 20.4500/29.9700 20.8713/30.5874 40 hrs/week Computer Technician 18.4680/24.2777 18.8484/24.7778 40 hrs/week Electrical Inspector 18.4300/26.1500 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Emergency Management Coordinator 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician – Public Works 18.9600/26.7400 19.3506/27.2908 40 hrs/week Evidence Technician 13.7900/20.1800 14.0741/20.5957 40 hrs/week Finance Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week GIS Specialist 21.0224/29.4987 21.4555/30.1064 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker I – Building, Library 14.4900/19.6100 14.7885/20.0140 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker II – Building, Police 15.2700/20.7000 15.5846/21.1264 40 hrs/week Parks and Recreation Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Planning Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week Planning Technician 19.0169/26.7559 19.4086/27.3071 40/hrs/week ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 13 - Plans Examiner 18.4300/26.1500 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Plumbing Inspector 18.4300/26.1500 18.8097/26.6887 40 hrs/week Police Records Clerk – Full Time 12.4000/17.2600 12.6554/17.6156 40 hrs/week Public Safety Dispatcher 14.0000/20.4500 14.2884/20.8713 40 hrs/week Shooting Range Operator 19.2400/26.0800 19.6363/26.6172 40 hrs/week Stormwater Technician 18.9600/26.7400 19.3506/27.2908 40 hrs/week Utility Secretary 13.8900/19.7400 14.1761/20.1466 40 hrs/week 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 classification, and the number of hours and work period which certain such employees shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as stated above. All employees covered by the IAFF labor agreement shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in addition to regular salary in the amount of $484.00 per year, divided into twenty-four (24) pay periods. All employees of the FOP labor agreement shall be paid a clothing and uniform allowance in addition to regular salary of $25.00 per pay period. If any such employee covered by the IAFF or FOP labor agreements 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. ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 14 - Non-union employees and employees covered by the FOP labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities, Finance and Service/Clerical labor agreements may receive an annual stipend not to exceed $1,000 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 and IBEW – Finance labor agreements shall be allowed a meal allowance for actual cost, or up to $7.00 per meal, if they are required to work two (2) hours overtime consecutively with their 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 bene fit. 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, Electric Underground Superintendent, and Engineering Technician Supervisor 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 agreement 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 cost of providing and cleaning said clothing and the employees 40% of said cost. Full-time Fleet Services personnel shall receive a uniform allowance of $12 ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 15 - biweekly. Public Works Department personnel in the job classifications Fleet Services Supervisor, Fleet Services Superintendent, and Fleet Services Mechanic shall receive a tool allowance of $10 biweekly. SECTION 9. Employees shall be compensated for unused medical leave as follows: (A) For all non-union employees the City will include in the second last paycheck in January of each yearSeptember 2010, payment for an employee’s unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours accrued from January 2010 through September 2010 in the preceding calendar year. The compensation will be based on 50% of the accumulated hours above 960 at the employee’s current pay rate at the time of such compensation. Such compensation for unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours shall not continue after September 2010. (B) All employees covered in the IBEW Utilities and IBEW Finance labor agreements shall be paid for forty-seven percent (47%) of their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement, early retirement, or death, not to exceed four hundred eighty-eight and one third hours (calculated at 47% x 1039 hours = 488.33 hours), the rate of compensation to be based on the employee’s salary at the time of retirement or death. Employees covered in the IAFF labor agreement 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 amount of contribution will be based upon the employee’s salary at the time of retirement. ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 16 - Employees covered by the IBEW Wastewater labor agreement shall be paid 37.5% 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 three hundred ninety-nine hours (calculated at 37.5% x 1064 hours = 399 hours). Employees covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical labor agreement shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for forty percent (40%) 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 433.60 hours (calculated at 40% x 1084 hours = 433.60 hours.) Employees covered by the IBEW Service/Clerical labor agreement will be compensated for unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours as of September 30, 2009. Employees will be compensated for fifty percent (50%) of the hours over 960 at their current rate of pay in January 2010. Such compensation for unused medical leave in excess of 960 shall not continue after January 2010. Any employee covered by this bargaining unit shall be allowed to maintain a balance of sixteen (16) hours in their compensatory time banks if those hours exist at the date of approval of the labor agreement. All hours in excess of sixteen (16) shall be paid to the employee at the same time as any retroactive payments are made. Non-union employees shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for one-half 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 1084 = 542). The amount of contribution will be based upon the employee’s salary at the time of retirement. All employees covered by the AFSCME labor ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 17 - agreement shall be paid forty-five (45%) 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 seventy-eight and eighty hundredths hours (calculated at 45% x 1064 hours = 478.80 hours). All 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 five hours (calculated at 37.5% x 1,080 hours = 405 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 fifty percent (50%) of their accumulated medical leave bank at the time of their death, not to exceed five hundred forty hours (50% x 1,080 hours = 540 hrs.), based on the employee’s salary at the time of their death. (C) 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. (D) 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. ORDINANCE NO. 9268 (Cont.) - 18 - SECTION 10. The City Administrator shall receive a vehicle allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month in lieu of mileage allowance, divided into two equal payments of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). SECTION 11. 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 12. The adjustments identified in the payout of medical leave to non- union employees shall be effective on the date of passage and publication as provided by law. The new positions that have been added, namely Fleet Services Inventory Clerk, Project Manager- Public Works, Recreation Coordinator, and Customer Service Representative-PT, shall be in effect as of October 1, 2010. The salary 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 March 15, October 11, 2010. SECTION 13. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9251 and all other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: August 31, 2010 ____________________________________ Margaret Hornady, Mayor Attest: ________________________________ RaNae Edwards, City Clerk