R2022-173 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268 General Service Employees

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The premium for the water supply operator license applies only to employees in the Water Distri- bution Section and to Engineering Technicians in the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department. Section 7. For purposes of administering this agreement, a crew in the Public Works De- partment is defined as two employees working as a group, one of which is a Crew Chief, or three or more employees working together as a group, one of which is either a Crew Chief or an em- ployee receiving out of classification pay as a Crew Chief. For this section, the term "employee" includes seasonal and temporary employees. ARTICLE 7 OVERTIME Section 1. (a) Those employees paid on an hourly basis shall be paid one and one-half times the respective employee's regular hourly rate for all authorized hours worked over forty in any work week. Upon agreement between the employee and his/her supervisor, an employee shall be eligible to receive compensatory time off at the rate of time and one-half for all authorized overtime hours worked rather than pay. If such leave is not taken during the fiscal year, as re- quired herein,the employee shall be compensated for such overtime during the first full pay period of the following fiscal year, by separate direct payroll deposit. Use of earned compensatory time shall be limited to no more than eighty(80)hours per employee in any fiscal year. Overtime hours worked beyond that shall be paid at the overtime rate, and not eligible for conversion to compen- satory time. Overtime will not be based on time worked in excess of the normal 8 hour shift, but only on hours in excess of 40 per work period. Approved earned compensatory time, sick leave, vacation, holiday, funeral and emergency leave of which the employee is paid will be counted toward the 40 paid duty hours per week. The work period begins Monday and ends Sunday. (b) Overtime shall be scheduled by seniority lists in each section(s) of each division(s) of each department before requesting other sections, divisions or departments fill vacant overtime slots, except for special events or community emergencies. (c) For the purpose of scheduling overtime for special events, the City shall prepare a call-in-list("list")of employees who are able to work the overtime necessary to clean the areas of such events. This list shall be made up of employees from: Department Division Section Public Works Municipal Services Streets&Sewers,Forestry,Traffic Public Works Water Services Water Distribution Public Works Water Production Lake The City and the Union further agree that employees shall be listed in the order of their hire-in seniority without respect to Department, Division or Section. The following job classifica- tions shall be eligible for special events overtime: Crew Chief Equipment Operator Water Meter Repairer Service Worker Water Service Technician I Water Service Technician II (d). Snow and ice emergency shall mean any snow or ice event in the city of Decatur, Illinois for which municipal mitigation and removal efforts are required and for which an inadequate 10