HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2011-007RESOLUTION 2011 -07
REGARDING LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF COLUMI)BIA HEIGHTS
AND INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL NO. 49
WHEREAS, negotiations have proceeded between the International Union of Operating Engineers
(IUOE), Local No. 49, representing employees of the Public Works Department and members of the City
negotiating team, and said negotiations have resulted in a mutually acceptable contract for calendar years 2011
and 2012.
WHEREAS, changes to the current contract are attached, and a copy of said contract is available at the
Office of the City Manager and is made a part hereof by reference;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the contract agreement, as negotiated, be and is hereby
established as the salary and fringe benefit program for calendar years 2011 and 2012 for IUOE bargaining unit
employees of the City; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Manager be authorized to execute this
agreement.
Passed this a &day of February, 2011.
Offered by: Diehm
Seconded by: Williams
Roll Call: Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Diehm, Schmitt
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P tricia Muscovitz, i..MC
i Clerk
CITYOF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
PROPOSAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 49
February 9, 2011
1. ARTICLE XIX INSURANCE
19.1 The EMPLOYER will contribute up to a maximum of seven hundred seventy -five dollars
($775) per month per (permanent and probationary full -time) employee for group health and
group dental, including dependent coverage, life and long term disability insurance for calendar
year 2011. No retroactive insurance benefits payments will be made to any employee
terminating employment during calendar year 2011 prior to Council ratification of a 2011
employer contribution rate for insurance.
19.2 The EMPLOYER will contribute up to a maximum of eight hundred and five dollars ($805)
per month per (permanent and probationary full -time) employee for group health and group
dental, including dependent coverage, life and long term disability insurance for calendar year
2012.
19.3 Employees not choosing dependent coverage cannot be covered at EMPLOYER expense for
any additional insurance than the individual group health, group life, and group dental
insurance. Additional life insurance can be purchased by employees at the employee's expense
to the extent allowed under the EMPLOYER'S group policy.
2. ARTICLE XXII SICK LEAVE
22.4 After satisfactory completion of his /her initial probationary period, any permanent employee
leaving the municipal service in good standing after giving proper notice of such termination of
employment shall receive severance payment based on their most recent salary level for earned
and unused sick leave based on the following schedule:
During employment years 2 -5: 20%
During employment years 6 -10: 33%
During employment years 11 -19: 40%
During employment years 20 +: 50%
All such sick leave severance pay will be placed into the employee's Post Employment Health
Care Savings Plan on a mandatory basis, in accordance with IRS regulations.
3. ARTICLE XXVI WAGES
See Appendix A for 2011 and 2012 wage rates. As a form of additional compensation, the City will
contribute $1 per permanent and probationary full -time employee toward a City- sponsored deferred
compensation program for every $1 contributed by such employee toward a City- sponsored deferred
compensation program. Such contribution will not exceed $425 for calendar year 2011 and $425 for
calendar year 2012.
4. ARTICLE XXVIII DURATION
This agreement shall be effective as of January 1, 2011, except as otherwise noted, and shall remain in
full force and effect until December 31, 2012.
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2011
Adjustments shall be effective January 1, 2012.
Movement through the
wage schedule
is contingent upon satisfactory
performance as adjudged by
the EMPLOYER.
POSITION
STEP I
STEP II
STEP III STEP IV
STEP V STEP VI STEP VII
TITLE
Entry
1 Year
2011 IUOE
PAY SCHEDULE
POSITION
STEP I
STEP II
STEP III
STEP IV
STEP V STEP VI STEP VII
TITLE
Entry
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years 5 Years 6 Years
Maintenance Worker
$18.84
$19.66
$20.48
$21.49
$22.47 $23.44 $24.42
Maintenance III
$21.46
$22.48
$23.51
$24.53
$25.55
Foreman
$22.49
$23.56
$24.63
$25.70
$26.77
Laborer & Part Time
$7.75-
$9.25
2012
Adjustments shall be effective January 1, 2012.
Movement through the wage schedule is contingent
upon satisfactory performance
as adjudged
by the EMPLOYER.
POSITION
STEP I
STEP II
STEP III STEP IV
STEP V STEP VI STEP VII
TITLE
Entry
1 Year
2 Years 3 Years
4 Years 5 Years 6 Years
Maintenance Worker
$19.03
$19.85
$20.68 $21.70
$22.69 $23.67 $24.66
Maintenance III
$21.68
$22.71
$23.75. $24.78
$25.81
Foreman
$22.71
$23.80
$24.88 $25.96
$27.04
Laborer & Part Time
$7.75-
$9.25
APPENDZ[X B
Effective upon City Council ratification of the contract, employees in the Maintenance Worker
classification required by the EMPLOYER and who are adjudged by the EMPLOYER to be
qualified to operate the following items of equipment will be paid $.50 per hour above their base
hourly rate of pay for those hours assigned to the following items of equipment:
Front End Loaders - 4 WD, 2 yards or more
Street Sweepers - Pickup Type
Backhoes
Graders
Oil Distributor Operator
Boom Operator
Vac -All, Sewer Jetter Tandem Axle Truck
Sewer Jetter Truck
Tandem Dump Truck, with wing, when used for snowplowing operations
Single Axle Truck, with wing, when used for snowplowing operations
MT Trackless