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COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
RESOLUTION #228-2002
AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF THE LABOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN CITY HALULIBRARY UNIT OF LOCAL 2414 AFSCME AND
THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
JANUARY 1,2002 -DECEMBER 31,2003
WHEREAS, A settlement agreement between the City HaMLibrary Unit of Local 2414
AFSCME and the City of Muskego for the period January 1,2002 through December
31,2003 was approved by the Common Council on April 9,2002 through Resolution
#77-2002: and
WHEREAS, A revised settlement, as attached, clarifies some of the language
contained in the original settlement agreement and has been agreed to by all parties;
and
WHEREAS, The Finance Committee has reviewed the attached settlement agreement
and has recommended approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Common Council of the City of
Muskego, upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, does hereby authorize
the Mayor and Clerk-Treasurer to execute the attached settlement agreement between
the City HalVLibrary Unit of Local 2414 AFSCME and the City of Muskego for the period
January 1,2002 through December 31,2003.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Mayor and Clerk-Treasurer are hereby
authorized to execute the 2002 - 2003 labor agreement.
DATEDTHIS 12th DAY OF November ,2002.
SPONSORED BY:
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ald. Rick Petfalski
Ald. Nancy Salentine
This is to certify that this is a true and accurate copy of Resolution #228-2002 which
was adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego.
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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
CITY OF MUSKEGO
MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN
AND
MUSKEGO AREA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
LOCAL 2414
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AFSCME
CITY HALL AND LIBRARY
1 Duration: January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003
2. Waqes
A. All classifications will receive across-the-board (ATB) increases as follows:
January 1,2002 - 3%
January 1,2003 - 3%
B. Those employees currently redlined will not be eligible for the above ATB
increase, but will receive an increase to their redlined rate as follows:
January 1,2002 - 1.5%
January 1,2003 - 1.5%
C. The parties have agreed to the following classification changes:
1 Reclassify Building Clerk from labor grade 9 to 10.
2. Reclassify Receptionist from labor grade 7 to 8.
3. Rename Voter Registration Clerk to Election ClerWCashier and
4. Rename Utilities Refuse/Recycling Clerk to Water Utility Clerk and
5. Rename Administrative Secretary to Secretary Finance/lnformation
reclassify from labor grade 10 to 11
reclassify from labor grade 10 to 13.
and reclassify from labor grade 11 to 12.
3. Article XVI - Vacations
Amend Section 16.01 to read follows:
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Vacations for full-time employees shall be accrued as set forth below; part-time
employees shall receive vacation on a prorated basis.
During the first year of employment - two (2) weeks of paid vacation. No
employee shall accrue any vacation until after six (6) months of employment; provided,
however, that once an employee shall accrue six (6) months of seniority, he/she shall
earn vacation as per Section 16.09.
Beginning with the fifth year of employment - accrual of three (3) weeks of paid
vacation.
Beginning with the sixth anniversary date of employment, accrual of one (1)
additional day of vacation shall be earned per year to a maximum of four (4) weeks.
Beginning with the sixteenth anniversary date of employment, accrual of one (1)
additional day of vacation shall be earned per year to a maximum of five (5) weeks.
On any anniversary date, this accrued vacation bank cannot exceed that year's
total accrual amount.
4. Article XI -Time Off for Funerals
Section 11.01, Revised to read: In the event of the death of an employee's 0 spouse, five (5) days leave of absence with pay shall be granted. In the event of the
death of an employee's immediate family three (3) days leave of absence with pay shall
be granted. In the event of funerals out of town (more than 250 miles one way) an
additional day of absence with pay shall be granted.
Section 11.02. Immediate family is described as husband, wife, children,
stepchildren, adopted children, parents, step-parents, grandparents, grandchildren,
brothers, step-brothers, sisters, step-sisters, and spouses of both employee and
spouses brother(s) and/or sister(s) spouse.
Section 11.03. New Section: In the event of the death of an aunt, uncle or first
cousin of employee or employee's spouse, one day (1) day of absence with pay shall be
granted. Verification must be given of death of family member
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0 5. Article IX - Holidavs - Amend to read as follows:
Section 9.01. All employees shall be granted ten and one-half (10 X) paid
holidays each year as follows:
New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day
Spring Holiday One-half (1/2) day The day after Thanksgiving
J3/2912002.4/18/2003) The day before Christmas
Memorial Day Christmas Day
Independence Day The day before New Year's Day
Labor Day
One (1) Floating Holiday
Section 9.04. Add: If the holidays fall on a Sunday and the following Monday is
a holiday, then the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
Section 9.05. For AFSCME employees in the Clerk-Treasurer Department,
delete New Year's Eve Day holiday and add one optional floating holiday for the
purpose of tax collection. Add: If any employee from the Finance Department or a
Floater volunteers to work for the Clerk-Treasurer's Department on December 31'' of
2002 or 2003 he/she will be entitled to one (1) additional floating holiday to be taken
during the following year
6. Article XV - Sick Leave
A. Section 15.02. Change second paragraph under B to read "Up to five (5)
days per year may be taken by an employee in the event of an injury or illness to a
family member, not withstanding provisions of Family Medical Leave. Family member
shall be as defined in Section 1 1.02.
9. Section 15.12. Request for sick leave for employee, spouse, children and
individuals for whom you are primary caregiver, doctor and dentist appointments shall
be granted up to a maximum of sixteen (16) hours per year Employees shall, where
possible, schedule such appointment after consultation with their supervisors
concerning mutually convenient times for the taking of such leave, and shall attempt to
schedule such appointments so as to minimize the impact upon working time.
Employees shall give four (4) workdays advance notice prior to requesting such leave.
C. Section 15.13. The parties have agreed to the principle of the use of
allowing employees to direct the dollars from the payment accumulated sick leave at the
time of retirement to the cost of retiree health insurance, at the employee's option.
The contract language will be drafled to reflect this right. If possible, the language will
provide for the greatest tax advantage to the employee.
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Section 17.01. -The Employer shall provide hospital and surgical, major medical, 0 outpatient and diagnostic coverage during the term of this Agreement.
The Employer may offer additional insurance programs during the term of this Agreement
provided it continues existing basic health insurance coverage.
Employees will contribute $10.00 per month for family coverage and $5.00 per month for single
coverage. These deductions will be made on apre-tax basis pursuant to the City’s premium only
cafeteria plan. Effective June I, 2002, the insurance plan will be changed to the Wisconsin
Physicians Service, Preferred Advantage Plus Plan, for groups of 51 or more as negotiated.
Specific levels of coverage will be provided for in the WPS plan.
The insurance plan consists of a $250.00/$500.00 deductible. Medical services, requiring a
deductible, which are received fiom an “In-plan provider” will be covered loo%, after the
deductible of $250.00. “Out of plan” will be covered 70%, to a maximum out-of-pocket cost of
$2,500. All Tier 1 generic drugs will have a $5.00 co-pay, Tier 1 lwill have a $10.00 co-pay, and
Tier I I1 category (named on specific list) will result in a minimum of $25.00 drug co-pay
depending on cost of drug. A drug will not be in the Tier I1 1 category unless there is an
alternative in either Tier 1 or Tier 11 or both. If not medically necessary, the cost to the user who
chooses to take a drug in Tier 11 I will be the net of the actual drug cost minus the $25 co-pay.
There is a $50.00 co-pay for each emergency room visit.
The City shall have the right to change the healthcare provider during the term of this Agreement,
the replacing coverage shall be equal to or greater than the benefits in effect as of June 1,2002. In
the event a successor agreement is not reached as of the effective date of the expiration of this
Agreement, these benefits, as well as the City’s premium contribution, shall be subject to the
dynamic status quo document.
The current vision care rider shall terminate at midnight on December 3 1,2002. Thereafter, there
will be no vision care rider.
Section 17.02. City will participate, on behalf of all fulltime and eligible part-time
employees, in the group term life insurance program offered through the Wisconsin Retirement
Service (hereinafter “WRS Life Plan”). Participation in the WRS Life Plan shall be as pursuant
to the rules established by the Wisconsin Retirement Service.
FTE Premiums The City will pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium
cost for the standard WRS Life Plan benefits for full time employees. Full time employees may
also purchase supplemental coverage under the WRS Life Plan, if eligible, at their own expense
through authorized payroll deductions.
PTE Premiums For eligible part time employees who exercise their option to
participate in the WRS LIFE Plan, the City will pay a prorated portion of the premium cost for
the standard WRS Life Plan benefit, based on the percentage of full time hours that the part time
employee is regularly scheduled to work. In no event shall the City’s contribution for a part time
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employee's WRS Life Plan standard benefit be less than twenty percent (20%) of the premium
Section 17.03. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be allowed to carry the
family plan to cover hisiher spouse andor dependents.
Section 17.04. The Employer shall continue to pay Hospitalization and Surgical
Insurance and Group Life Insurance premiums for a period of up to six (6) months for employees
who are absent from work due to sickness or accident not covered by Worker's Compensation
whose sick leave has been exhausted.
Section 17.05. The Employer shall provide optional dental insurance coverage and
the employee shall pay the full premium cost of such insurance for both the single plan and the
family plan.
Section 17.06. Employees who retire may elect to retain coverage under the group
health insurance plan; provided that such employee has reached the age of fifty-five (55) and has
ten (10) years of continuous calendar years of service as of the date of retirement. In order to
retain such coverage, such employees must pay the monthlypremiums for the group health
insurance plan to the City Clerk-Treasurer.
Section 17.07. A qualified retired employee who drops health or dental insurance
may re-enroll at a future date, and ifnot enrolled at the time of retirement, may enroll at a future @ date, provided they meet the requirements as set forth in Section 17.06 of this Agreement.
The City agrees to enroll retired employees in the health plan as the City may have
for employees with the retired employee (or widow or widower) to pay the premium required for
said coverage. A retired employee shall be entitled to enroll in a family plan coverage if he or
she has dependents, provided he/she meets the provisions of Section 17.07 of this Agreement.
Section 17.08. All full-time and regular part-time employees who have incurred a
work-related full disability according to Social Security or Wisconsin Retirement regulations,
shall be allowed to enroll in the health insurance plan offered by the City (family plan if
applicable), with the disabled employee to pay the premium of said coverage, with no minimum
length of service or age limitation required.
Section 17.09 The City shall make available long-term disability insurance at the
employee's expense, if available.
Dated this day of ,2002.
City of Muskego AFSCME Local 2414
AFSCME Local 2414
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