R2019-205 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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AGREEMENT A.F.S.C.M.E. LOCA�268 CITY OF DECATUR ILLINOIS Mav 1,2017 to December 31,2020 This Agreement has been made and entered into by and between the City of Decatur, Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the"City"), and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-GIO, Council 31 for and on behaif of Locai 268 (hereinafter referred to as the"Union'�. PREAMBLE In order to establish harmonious employment relations through a mutual process,to pro- vide fair and equitable treatment fo atl employees, to achieve fuit �ecognition for the value of employees a�d the vital and necessary work they pertorm,to specify wages, hours, benefits,and working conditions, and to provide for the prompt and equitabie resolution of disputes,the pa�ties agree as follows. ARTICLE 1 GENERAL Section 1.This Agreement is entered into for the purpose of promoting harmonious rela- tions between the City and the Union,#he establishment of an equitable and peacefui procedure for the resolution of differences, and to promote the morale, rights, privileges and weli-being of the empioyees of the cityr. Section 2.The empioyees of the City shall regard themselves as employees of the pub[ic and are to be governed by the highest ideals of honesty and integrity in ali their pubiic conduct and in their personal conduct insofar as the same might reflect upon them or their representation as public employees in order that they may merit the respect and confidence of the public which employs them and which they serve. Section 3. The City recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining repre- sentative for the purposes of estabiishing wages, hours and cond'+tions of employment fo�all reg- ular,fu{f-time employees in the classifications listed in Exhibit A. Section 4.The classificatians or job titles tisted in Exhibit A are far descriptive purposes only.Their use is neither an indication nor a guarantee fhat these classifications or titles will con- tinue to be utilized by the City. Section 5. A regular, full-time employee is an employee who is not a probationary em- ployee, and wf�o warks a regular duty week of forty hours or more, excluding temporary or sea- sonal emp{oyees, and also excluding thase employees whose services are performed as part of an unemployment work-relief or work training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any Federat agency or an agency of the State of Illinais. 3