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• AGENDA ITEM 4A <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Dan Tesch, Director of Administration <br />MEETING DATE: January 27, 2003 <br />TOPIC: Consider Approval of Local 49 Contract <br />for 2003 <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />We have negotiated a proposed labor contract with the Local 49 bargaining unit which <br />represents fourteen employees in our Public Works and Public Services departments. <br />The union membership voted to ratify the proposed contract last week. The city council <br />needs to ratify it before it can be adopted. <br />Changes from the previous contract include: <br />1. Market adjustments effective January 1, 2003, to positions below the average for <br />metro area cities of similar size according to the 2002 DCA Stanton Salary Survey. <br />• 2. Three percent cost of living adjustment effective January 1, 2003. <br />3. Effective September 1 of 2003, the employer and employee will share 50/50, any <br />increase in premiums for the lowest priced family health care plan. <br />4. Ten dollar increase in annual clothing allowance for each contract year. <br />5. Adjustment for being required to carry on -call pager, from $20 per day to one hour of <br />pay at employee's current rate for each day required to carry pager. <br />6. Double pay for being called out on Thanksgiving or Christmas weekend. <br />OPTIONS: <br />1. Approve the proposed 2003 labor contract with Local 49. <br />2. Decline to approve the 2003 labor contract with Local 49. <br />3. Return to staff for further review and/or action. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />1. Option #1: Approve the proposed 2003 labor contract with Local 49. <br />J : \Ism ith \49ers \G RS H E ET03.doc <br />• <br />