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09/22/2009 Ordinances 9239ORDINANCE NO. 9239 An ordinance to amend Ordinance 9231 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 amend the salary ranges of the non union employees; to separate the full time Solid Waste Division Clerk from the part time Solid Waste Division Clerk; and to repeal those portions of Ordinance No. 9231 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Accountant Exempt 1728.80/2437.60 Accounting Technician -Solid Waste 40 hrs/week 1200.00/1577.60 Assistant to the City Administrator Exempt 1681.60/2367.20 Assistant Utility Director -Administration Exempt 3262.40/4592.00 Assistant Utility Director PGS & PCC Exempt 3532.80/4974.40 Approved as to Form n September 21, 2009 ~CityAttorney ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Attorney Exempt 2151.20/3319.20 Biosolids Technician 40 hrs/week 1363.21/1918.94 Building Department Director Exempt 2520.00/3585.60 Cemetery Superintendent 1464.95/2062.42 Exempt City Administrator Exempt 4310.48/6065.29 City Attorney Exempt 2978.40/4192.00 City Clerk Exempt 1799.20/2532.80 Civil Engineering Manager Public Works Exempt Engineering 2289.60/3283.20 Civil Engineering Manager -Utility PCC Exempt 2560.00/3655.20 Collection System Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1727.20/2455.20 Community Service Officer 40 hrs/week 968.00/1316.00 Custodian -Library, Police 887.08/1251.81 40 hrs/week Electric Distribution Superintendent Exempt 2500.00/3426.40 Electric Distribution Supervisor 40 hrs/week 2111.20/2895.20 Electric Underground Superintendent Exempt 2226.40/3052.00 Electrical Engineer I Exempt 2026.40/2796.80 Electrical Engineer II Exempt 2350.40/3240.80 -2- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Emergency Management Deputy Director Exempt 1708.80/2336.80 Emergency Management Director Exempt 2432.00/3324.80 EMS Division Chief Exempt 2289.17/3220.97 Engineering Technician - WWTP 40 hrs/week 1509.60/2132.80 Engineering Technician Supervisor Exempt 1687.20/2442.40 Equipment Operator -Solid Waste 1209.74/1703.66 40 hrs/week Finance Director 2855.05/4017.67 Exempt Fire Chief Exempt 2724.00/3860.00 Fire Operations Division Chief Exempt 2399.66/3376.44 Fire Prevention Division Chief Exempt 2110.02/2968.89 Fire Training Division Chief Exempt 2110.02/2968.89 Fleet Services Superintendent Exempt 1930.40/2727.20 Fleet Services Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1536.80/2140.80 Golf Course Superintendent Exempt 1824.80/2633.60 Grounds Management Crew Chief- Cemetery 1368.25/1925.50 40 hrs/week Grounds Management Crew Chief- Parks 1409.29/1983.25 40 hrs/week Human Resources Director Exempt 2576.80/3671.20 Human Resources Specialist 40 hrs/week 1380.00/2028.00 -3- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Information Technology Manager 2316.32/3259.09 Exempt Information Technology Supervisor Exempt 2032.00/3123.20 Legal Secretary 40 hrs/week 1517.60/2040.80 Librarian I Exempt 1325.60/1844.00 Librarian II Exempt 1468.00/2068.00 Library Assistant I 40 hrs/week 928.80/1278.40 Library Assistant II 40 hrs/week 1023.20/1410.40 Library Assistant Director Exempt 1672.00/2383.20 Library Clerk 40 hrs/week 765.60/1062.40 Library Director 2262.37/3184.54 Exempt Library Page 40 hrs/week 594.40/822.40 Library Secretary 40 hrs/week 1111.20/1579.20 Maintenance Worker -Golf 1115.40/1573.00 40 hrs/week Manager of Engineering Services Exempt 2466.40/3540.00 Meter Reader Supervisor 1402.93/1975.75 Exempt Office Manager -Police Department 40 hrs/week 1215.20/1683.25 Parking Monitor 40 hrs/week 648.80/881.60 Parks and Recreation Director 2558.81/3599.05 Exempt Parks Superintendent Exempt -4- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility 1788.00/2528.80 Payroll Specialist 1275.36/1794.32 40 hrs/week Planning Director 2537.18/3569.42 Exempt Police Captain Exempt 2142.40/3013.60 Police Chief Exempt 2724.00/3860.00 Police Records Clerk -Part Time 40 hrs/week 992.00/1380.80 Power Plant Maintenance Supervisor 2244.07/3156.59 Exempt Power Plant Operations Supervisor Exempt 2336.00/3363.20 Power Plant Superintendent -Burdick 2558.46/3600.21 Exempt Power Plant Superintendent - PGS 2949.50/4148.57 Exempt Public Information Officer Exempt 1606.40/2260.80 Public Works Director 2866.03/4033.13 Exempt Receptionist 40 hrs/week 992.00/1435.20 Recreation Superintendent Exempt 1674.40/2402.40 Regulatory and Environmental Specialist 2213.05/3112.95 Exempt Senior Accountant Exempt 2105.60/2931.20 Senior Communications Specialist/EMD 40 hrs/week 1296.00/1771.20 Senior Electrical Engineer Exempt 2572.00/3546.40 Senior Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 1270.24/1787.37 40 hrs/week Senior Utility Secretary 40 hrs/week 1146.00/1636.40 Shooting Range Superintendent Exempt -5- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility 1674.40/2402.40 Solid Waste Division Clerk -Full Time 40 hrs/week 1143.20/1531.20 Solid Waste Division Clerk -Part Time 1017.89/1390.40 40 hrs/week Solid Waste Superintendent 1838.29/2586.82 Exempt Street Superintendent Exempt 1880.00/2736.80 Street Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1478.40/2100.80 Turf Management Specialist 40 hrs/week 1640.00/2321.60 Utility Director Exempt 4157.60/5957.60 Utility Production Engineer 2630.29/3701.68 Exempt Utility Services Manager Exempt 2140.00/2978.40 Utility Warehouse Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1745.60/2438.40 Victim Assistance Unit Coordinator 40 hrs/week 1004.00/ 1413.60 Wastewater Engineering/Operations Superintendent Exempt 2052.00/2903.20 Wastewater Plant Chief Operator 40 hrs/week 1516.00/2136.80 Wastewater Plant Maintenance Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1832.80/2468.00 Wastewater Plant Process Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1900.00/2561.60 Water Superintendent 1937.68 Exempt /2736.80 Water Supervisor 40 hrs/week 1672.80/2410.40 -6- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Worker /Seasonal 580.00/1600.00 Exempt Worker /Temporary 580.00/1600.00 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Equipment Operator -Streets 1110.06/1561.01 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Attendant/Clerk 1009.13/1423.30 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Inventory Specialist 1106.90/1557.86 40 hrs/week Fleet Services Mechanic 1266.28/1780.94 40 hrs/week Horticulturist 1172.08/1651.40 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Cemetery 1101.64/1550.50 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -Parks 1094.29/1541.04 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker Streets 1071.16/1507.39 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator Streets 1216.22/1712.39 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Parks 1216.22/1712.39 40 hrs/week Senior Maintenance Worker -Streets 1216.22/1712.39 40 hrs/week Traffic Signal Technician 1216.22/1712.39 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: -7- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Accounting Clerk Cashier Classification Custodian Electric Distribution Crew Chief Electric Underground Crew Chief Engineering Technician I Engineering Technician II GIS Coordinator Instrument Technician Lineworker Apprentice Lineworker First Class Materials Handler Meter Reader Meter Technician Power Dispatcher I Power Dispatcher II Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic Power Plant Operator Senior Accounting Clerk Senior Engineering Technician Senior Materials Handler Senior Meter Reader Senior Power Dispatcher Senior Power Plant Operator Senior Substation Technician Senior Water Maintenance Worker Substation Technician Systems Technician Tree Trim Crew Chief Utilities Electrician Utility Technician Utility Warehouse Clerk Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility 1112.01 / 1471.52 40 hrs/week 1020.64/1390.80 1191.81/1407.37 2176.99/2768.73 2176.99/2768.73 1371.90/ 1962.94 1695.94/2325.37 1744.86/2448.39 2046.35/2703.39 1327.03/1945.84 2011.47/2378.99 1656.26/2220.18 1193.34/1556.14 1604.44/1982.93 2009.25/2793.64 2110.34/2933.73 1901.96/2368.30 2246.90/2617.25 1249.93/1637.30 2145.83/2626.02 1907.02/2487.45 1413.33/1677.46 2441.20/3350.01 2215.32/2839.98 2608.37/2703.39 1549.75/2040.66 2414.66/2510.52 2128.00/2703.39 1906.27/2367.31 1910.30/2510.52 1865.79/2624.50 1378.64/1700.91 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week -8- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Water Maintenance Worker 1291.18/1785.58 40 hrs/week Wireworker I 1450.53/2051.04 40 hrs/week Wireworker II 2011.47/2378.99 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: Bi-Weekly Pay Range Min/Max Classification Police Officer 1376.13/1923.74 Police Sergeant 1722.37/2360.04 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 -9- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) 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) 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 Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Fire Captain 1800.44/2496.42 212 hrs/28 days Firefighter /EMT 1337.63/1941.19 212 hrs/28 days Firefighter /Paramedic 1493.45/2109.24 212 hrs/28 days 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 - 10- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) included under the IBEW-WWTP labor agreement shall work prior to overtime eligibility are as follows: Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Accounting Technician -WWTP 1104.57/1554.23 40 hrs/week Equipment Operator -WWTP 1254.02/1764.54 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic I 1254.02/1764.54 40 hrs/week Maintenance Mechanic II 1404.09/1975.70 40 hrs/week Maintenance Worker -WWTP 1254.02/1764.54 40 hrs/week Senior Equipment Operator -WWTP 1355.49/1907.30 40 hrs/week Wastewater Clerk 943.56/1327.67 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Laboratory Technician 1331.18/1873.11 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator I 1121.57/1578.17 40 hrs/week Wastewater Plant Operator II 1254.02/1764.54 40 hrs/week SECTION 7. The currently occupied classifications of the employees of the City of Grand Island included under the IBEW-Service/Clerical group are as follows: Classification Bi-Weekly Pay Range Overtime Min/Max Eligibility Accounting Technician -Streets 1093.44/1538.67 40 hrs/week Administrative Assistant 1180.58/1662.19 40 hrs/week Audio Video Technician 1115.35/1569.42 40 hrs/week Building Inspector 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Building Secretary 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week Community Development Administrator 1245.34/1752.33 Exempt Communication Specialist/EMD 1030.93/1454.21 40 hrs/week Computer Operator 1434.40/1885.62 40 hrs/week Computer Programmer 1703.42/2285.98 40 hrs/week Computer Technician 1477.44/1942.22 40 hrs/week Custodian Police, Full Time 887.08/1251.81 40 hrs/week Electrical Inspector 1415.47/1991.53 40 hrs/week Emergency Management Coordinator 991.57/1394.84 40 hrs/week Engineering Technician -Public Works 1418.74/1996.13 40 hrs/week -11- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Evidence Technician Finance Secretary GIS Specialist Maintenance Worker I -Building, Library Maintenance Worker II -Building, Library, Police Parks and Recreation Secretary Planning Secretary Planning Technician Plans Examiner Plumbing Inspector Police Records Clerk -Full Time Purchasing Technician Shooting Range Operator Stormwater Technician Utility Secretary 887.58/1248.55 999.09/1405.37 1681.79/2359.90 1028.34/1446.75 1082.92/1527.18 999.09/1405.37 999.09/1405.37 1521.35/2140.47 1415.47/1991.53 1415.47/1991.53 935.60/1317.32 1071.93/1507.82 1368.25/1925.50 1418.74/1996.13 999.09/1405.37 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40/hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 40 hrs/week 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. -12- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) Non-union employees and employees covered by the FOP labor agreement, the IBEW Utilities and Finance 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 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, 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 -13- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) 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 paycheck in January of each year, payment for an employee's unused medical leave in excess of 960 hours accrued 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. (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. Employees covered by the IBEW Wastewater labor agreement shall be paid -14- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) 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). Non- union employees shall have a contribution to a VEBA made on their behalf in lieu of payment for one-half of their accumulated medical leave at the time of their retirement. The amount of contribution will be based upon the employee's salary at the time of retirement. All employees covered by the AFSCME labor 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 -15- ORDINANCE NO. 9239(Cont.) 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. 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 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 the first full pay period in October, 2009. SECTION 13. Those portions of Ordinance No. 9132 and all other parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Enacted: September 22, 2009 Attest: ~~ ~~~ RaNae Edwards, City Clerk ~~~ 2~ Margar Hornady, Mayor ~' A.a.v.m.....® r e. 1~h.~ q ~~ It',18~`~ ~` a -16-