CCR2002229COMMON COUNCIL -CITY OF MUSKEG0
RESOLUTION #229-2002
AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF THE LABOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN TELECOMMUNICATORS UNIT OF LOCAL 2414 AFSCME AND
THE CITY OF MUSKEG0
JANUARY 1,2002 - DECEMBER 31,2003
WHEREAS, A settlement agreement between the Telecommunicators 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 #78-2002; and
WHEREAS, A revised settlement, as attached, clarifies some of the language
contained in the original settlement agreement; 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 HaWLibrary Unit of Local 2414 AFSCME and the City of Muskego for the period
January 1,2002 through December 31,2003 subject to agreement of the bargaining 0 unit.
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 #229-2002 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 241 4
DISTRICT COUNCIL 40
AFSCME
TELECOMMUNICATORS
The parties have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement which amends
the terms and conditions of the prior agreement as follows:
1 Duration: Two year agreement
January 1,2002 through December 31,2003
2. Waaes: Except as provided herein there will be an across-the-board increase of
3% effective January 1,2002 and again a 3% increase effective January 1,2003.
The Police Clerk will receive an across-the-board increase of 5.5% on January 1,
2002 and again a 5.5% on January 1, 2003, in lieu of the 3% ATB increase referenced
above.
The Deputy Court Clerk will receive an across-the-board increase of 4% on
January 1, 2002 and again a 4% increase on January 1, 2003, in lieu of the 3% ATB
increases referenced above.
3. Uniform Allowance: Amend the uniform allowance from $145.00 annually to
$175.00 annually effective January 1, 2002.
a 4. Article XVll Insurance:
ARTICLE XVll - INSURANCE
Section 17.01. -The Employer shall provide hospital and surgical, major medical,
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 a pre-tax basis pursuant to the City's
premium only cafeteria plan. Effective June 1, 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 from 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 11 1 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 0 11 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 1 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 31, 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
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employees may also purchase supplemental coverage under the WRS Life Plan, if 0 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
employee's WRS Life Plan standard benefit be less than twenty percent (20%) of the premium
cost.
Section 17.03. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be allowed to
carry the family plan to cover hislher spouse andlor 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
monthly premiums 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 if not 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 helshe 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.
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Section 17.09 The City shall make available long-term disability insurance
at the employee' expense, if available.
5. Article XI - Time Off for Funerals
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Section 11.01. Revised to read: In the event of the death of an employee's
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
6. Article XV - Sick Leave I
0 Amend Section 15.12 to read as follows:
Request for sick leave for day shift 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.
Sick Leave Payout. 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 emplovee's option.
The contract language will be drafted to reflect this right. If possible, the language will
provide for the greatest tax advantage to the employee.
7 Out of Class Pay I
Amend first sentence to read: 'The Clerk shall receive out-of-class pay if he/she
works two (2) hours or more in an out-of-class position."
8. Article IX - Holidays
'0 Amend to read as follows:
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0 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
Memorial Day The day before Christmas
Independence Day Christmas Day
Labor Day The day before New Year's Day
One (1) Floating Holiday
Section 9.04. Add: If the holiday falls on a Sunday and the following Monday is
(3/29/2002, 4/18/2003) The day after Thanksgiving
a holiday, then the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
IO. Article VI1 -Workday and Workweek
Amend to read as follows:
Section 7.02. The work shifl for the Court Clerk and Deputy Court Clerk (day
shift) shall be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Section 7.03. The work schedule for all employees covered by this Agreement
0 shall be posted a minimum of thirty (30) days or one (1) month in advance.
11 Article XVI - Vacation
Amend Section 16.1 to read follows:
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, helshe shall
earn vacation as follows:
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.
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total accrual amount.
Dated this day of ,2002.
On any anniversary date, this accrued vacation bank cannot exceed that year’s
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