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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7311RESOLUTION 7311 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2008-2009 LABOR AGREEMENT WITH AFSCME UNION LOCAL 5 WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby ratify the AFSCME Union, Local 5 Bargaining Unit Contract for 2008 and 2009, with the following amendments: The revised contract includes the following provisions: 1. Waaes: 3.0% January 1, 2008 3.0% January 1, 2009 2. Insurance: 2008 Employer Contribution - $782.20 2009 Employer Contribution - $832.20 Add the following language in Article 19: If the increase in the lowest cost group health premium for family coverage in 2009 is 15% or greater, the City will contribute an additional $10 per month per employee. To the extent allowed bylaw, the employer would pay Basic Medicare Select Senior Gold Plan premium up to the employee benefit amount for employees with such coverage. Said benefit will be done as a leffer of understanding so as to avoid the concern of setting a precedent for other employees. This letter of understanding will be updated into the 2008-2009 AFSCME Contract. 3. Uniform Allowance: 2008 - No Increase 2009 - $10.00 increase 4. Retirement Health Savings Plan 22.1 The EMPLOYER offers its EMPLOYEES a Retirement Health Savings Plan (the "RHS PLAN" or "PLAN") pursuant to Interns! Revenue Code regulations, through a third party administrator selected by the EMPLOYER. Contributions to the RHS PLAN shall be as follows: A. Upon separation from employment with the City, EMPLOYEES shall contribute their compensation of accrued vacation and compensatory time to the RHS PLAN. EMPLOYEES who have completed four years of service upon separation shall contribute fifty percent (50%) of unused sick leave to the PLAN, calculated against a maximum accumulation of 960 hours, except as noted in Article 20.2 of this AGREEMENT. EMPLOYEES who separate without having completed a minimum of four years of service do not qualify for sick leave payout. EMPLOYEES who had completed ten years of service by January 1, 2008 shall, upon separation, have earned the ability to contribute 65% of remaining unused sick leave to the PLAN under the same terms stated herein. (The 65% bonus rate applies ONLY to those EMPLOYEES having completed ten years of service by the date indicated and ONLY for hours converted at separation.) B. EMPLOYEES between the ages of fifty (50) and fifty-eight (58) with ten or more years of service shall contribute ten percent (10%) of their annual pay to the RHS PLAN on a pre-tax basis. EMPLOYEES between the ages offifty-nine (59) and sixty-five (65) with ten or more years of service shall contribute eighteen percent (18%) of their annual pay to the PLAN on a pre-tax basis. EMPLOYEES who are sixty-six (66) years of age and older shall contribute ten percent (10%) of their annual pay to the PLAN on a pre-tax basis. C. EMPLOYEES who have accumulated greater than six-hundred (600) hours of sick leave shall contribute their excess balance to the RHS PLAN at a 2 to 1 ratio with a maximum annual contribution of 160 hours (80 hours converted) or that amount which brings the EMPLOYEE'S sick leave balance down to 600 hours--whichever is less. Total lifetime contribution to the PLAN shall not exceed 960 hours (480 hours converted), except as noted in Article 20.2 of this AGREEMENT. Contributions to the plan made under the provisions of this Section C shall cease if the EMPLOYEE'S sick leave balance falls below 600 hours. EMPLOYER shall process the contribution on the first payroll period of November each year. 22.4 EMPLOYEE sick leave contributions made to the RHS PLAN priorto January 1, 2008 shall be excluded from maximum contribution calculations as specified in Article 22.1(C) or the maximum accumulation provisions of Article 20. 22.5 EMPLOYEE sick leave hours used consistent with the EMPLOYER'S Health Club Membership Reimbursement Policy shall be excluded from maximum contribution calculations as specified in Article 22.1(C) or the maximum accumulation provisions specified in Article 20. 5. Holiday Language 23.1 All regular full-time, part-time and probationary employees averaging 20 or more hours per week, shall annually receive twelve paid holidays as follows: 1. New Year's Day 2. Martin Luther King's Birthday (3rd Monday in January) 3. President's Day 4. Memorial Day 5. Independence Day 6. Labor Day 7. Veterans' Day 8. Thanksgiving Day 9. Day after Thanksgiving 10. Christmas Eve Day 11. Christmas Day 12. New Year's Eve Day. 23.2 Non-Exempt employee's required to work on holidays shall be paid one and one-half (1 1 /2) times the employee's base pay rate for hours worked. This is in addition to the employee's base pay. Employees not working on a holiday shall receive eight hours straight time pay. Regular part-time employees shall receive pro-rated holiday pay. If Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Independence Day or Veteran's Day falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will be considered a Holiday. If Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Independence Day, or Veteran's Day fall on a Sunday, the following Monday will be considered a holiday. In years that Christmas Eve and New Years Eve fall on a Friday or Sunday, the EMPLOYER agrees to adopt a suitable arrangement such that the EMPLOYEE retains twelve paid holidays. 6. City will add the Cable TV Coordinator to the 2008-2009 Contract. 7. Duration of the proposed contract: January 1, 2008 -December 31, 2009. 8. Article XIII The following underlined language below replaces the existing language found in Section 13.5: Where an Employee is questioned regarding the investigation of a matterthat may lead to disciplinary action, such questioning will be conducted in a manner not to reasonable embarrass the Employee before other Employees or the public. If, in the course of an investigation it is determined that disciplinary action ma y be taken against an employee the Employee will be given an opportunity to have a Union representative present before the Employer proceeds further to question the Employee regarding the matter. 12. Wage Re-opener. The Wage Re-Open was revised as follows: 27.1 Upon execution of this Agreement, the Agreement may be re-opened by either party on the issue of wages. A party so desiring to reopen the Agreement must do so by serving written notice on the other party no later than December 31, 2008. Wage adjustments will be considered for positions as required to come into compliance with pay equity laws, and for positions that fall above or below the City's Classification and Compensation Plan. Compensation ranges above the market average will be frozen until the position reaches an agreed upon market range. WHEREAS, the City Council has traditionally awarded the same cost of living increase and health insurance contribution to all employee groups in order to maintain internal equity. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mounds View does hereby ratify the AFSCME Union, Loca! 5 effective for two years from January 1, 2008 until the 31 St day of December 2009. Adopted this 28th day of July, 2008. Rob arty, Mayor ATTEST: IG~~ ~~~r't~-, James Ericson, Clerk-Administrator (SEAL)