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

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(d)An employee may be held over beyond the quitting time of his/her regular shift to com- plete task(s) currently in progress. An employee working in non-emergency situations and held over beyond the quitting time of his/her regular shift will be allowed a reasonable absence to attend to personal business provided that reasonable accommodations can be made. Employees returning to work under this section are not considered to be called back. (e)The City may create a second shift limited to garage and vehicle maintenance employ- ees running from 1:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A minimum of two (2) employees will be assigned to second shift garage and vehicle maintenance shifts, and employees assigned to this shift shall receive an hourly wage that is $1.50 per hour greater than whatever their regular shift rate of compensation would be. Fleet maintenance employees shall be permitted to volunteer for such assignment to the second shift in order of seniority. The City shall assign employees to the new shift beginning with the employee with least seniority and working upward after all eligible em- ployees have had an opportunity to volunteer for assignment thereto. ARTICLE 6 SALARIES AND WAGES Section 1. The annual rate of pay for each step and grade of the pay plan as set out in Exhibit C for the respective classified positions as listed under Article 1 shall be effective January 1, 2023 and shall represent a three-and one-half percent (3.50%) increase over wages paid for contract year 2022. Section 2. (a) The annual rate of pay for each step and grade of the pay plan for the respective classified positions in effect January 1, 2024, shall be as per Exhibit D, and shall rep- resent a four percent(4.00%) increase over wages paid as of January 1, 2023. Section 3. Any regular, full-time employee hired shall commence service at the lowest grade provided in the schedule of pay grades for such classification. Advancement from a lower grade to a higher grade for grades A through F shall be based upon attainment of at least a fully acceptable rating on the employee's performance evaluation. Advancement from steps P1 and P2 shall not be made prior to three (3) months services in such steps, P2 to A shall be made no later than 6 months from service in such step, and advancement from all other steps shall not be made prior to one (1) years' service in each of such steps. In no case shall advancement from any step for any employee who has completed his/her probationary period be withheld for more than one (1)year from the earliest possible date for such advancement. Section 4. When an employee is temporarily assigned to generally perform the duties of a classified position which is assigned a higher wage or salary in said pay plan than the classed position regularly occupied by said employee,such employee for the time he/she is so temporarily assigned shall be paid the wage or salary of the position to which such employee is temporarily assigned. Further this provision shall not apply if the duties so performed are in connection with the training program such employee is engaged in. When an employee has been assigned as herein described for a period in excess of 120 total days, within the term of this Agreement, the Human Resources Department shall examine the situation and report to the City Manager as to whether said position or positions should be reclassified. Section 5. The City may offer employees the option of participation in a "cafeteria plan," as permitted by Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. Participation by any employee shall be on a voluntary basis. 8