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

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will attempt to contact each person on the list in succession. If they cannot be contacted, refuse overtime duty or cannot report for duty, they will be passed and the next person contacted. This procedure will be used until the list is expired and then overtime assignment will rotate to the bottom name on the list, working upward. Those specific tasks involving overtime for which only specific individuals are qualified will be assigned to only those individuals according to seniority lists established as herein described. The determination of the qualifications of an employee for a specific task will be made by the employee's department director based on said employee's experience and observed capabilities. In cases where all employees in the position classification are qualified all such employees will be placed on the list. For purposes of opening blocked sewers,two lists of employees qualified for and desiring such overtime may be established, one such list consisting solely of qualified Crew Chiefs and Equipment Operators to act as lead persons,and the other list to consist solely of qualified Service Workers to act as helpers. In the event that fewer than five (5) names are on the helper list, qualified Service Workers who have passed their six(6)month probationary period, and have the lowest seniority,shall be directed to be on said list, but only so many as will bring the total number of names on said list to five(5). In the event that fewer than five(5)names are on the lead person list, qualified Equipment Operators with the lowest seniority may be placed on said list but only so many Equipment Operators as will bring the total number of names on said list to five(5). Any Equipment Operator who works overtime as a lead worker for the purpose of opening blocked sewers shall be paid premium pay amounting to ninety cents (.90) per hour for each hour said overtime is worked. Such premium pay will not be paid if a foreman or supervisor is on duty for the period such foreman or supervisor is on duty.The Director of Public Works will determine the qualifications of employees for placement on either list, and seniority will be departmental senior- ity. The most senior employee on each list will remain at the top of such list for one week then rotate to the bottom while the next most senior employee occupies the top of such list for one week, and so forth. During the week that an employee is first on such list, such employee will be in on-call status pursuant to Departmental regulations and will be required to accept all sewer blockage overtime assigned during said period, except for reasons of illness or for other good cause shown. If additional employees are needed for said sewer calls, such employees shall be called in the order that they appear on said lists. Upon approval of the MSC Manager or designee, an employee may arrange for another employee(from the lead person or helper seniority list, but if none available from the applicable list, then any qualified employee of the Municipal Services Divi- sion) to cover for portions of their duty week, such arrangement being without consideration for seniority. Such approval by the MSC Manager shall not be unreasonably withheld. Section 5. (a) Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, overtime shall be subject to department rules and regulations. (b) For the purposes of this article, a regular full time qualified employee, in the position classification in which overtime is needed,shall be offered overtime before a temporary employee is offered same. Section 6. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding in the computation of overtime or other premium wages, and nothing in this Agreement shall require the payment of overtime or other premium pay more than once for the same hours worked. Section 7. If a list is established, by express contractual provision or otherwise, which provides that an employee whose name has rotated to the top of such list shall accept all overtime assignments for a specific week, such employee may notify his or her supervisor that he or she 13