2008-81 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - AFSCME LOCAL 268, GENERAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

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Section 13. Employees assigned in accordance with Section 1!2 above, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, Section 4. Section 14. (a) Persons who have been members of the armed forces of the United States or who, while citizens of the United States, were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States in time of hostilities with a foreign country shall receive preference for promo- tion to positions in the classified service in the manner provided in 65 ILCS 5/10-1-16, and as such statutory provision is hereafter amended or re-codified. Such preference shall be in addi- tion to that otherwise provided therein and not in lieu thereof. (b) For purposes of this section, "time of hostilities with a foreign country" shall mean any period of time in the past, present, or future during which a declaration of war by the United States Congress has been or is in effect or during which an emergency condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a Presidential ex- ecutive order and in which the armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are awarded according to Presidential order. Section 15. (a) For purposes of advancement of Emergency Communications Special- ists, upon implementation of the Emergency Communications Specialist classification an em- ployee may progress from Level I to Level II and from Level II to L,evel III. An Emergency Communications Specialist may submit a request to the Emergency C�ommunications Manager seeking advancement to a higher skill level upon the successful com�letion of the established training check sheets for that skill level and upon the recommendati�n of the employee's as- signed supervisor. Upon receipt of the request, the Emergency Cpmmunications Specialist shall schedule a review board hearing to determine whether the employee possesses the ne- cessary skills to perform the duties of the higher skill level by administering written and/or oral questions and practical applications to the employee. The review board shall forward its finding and recommendation to the Emergency Communications Manager for review and action. The review board shall be comprised of two Emergency Communications Supervisors and one member of the bargaining unit who has attained the position of Emergency Communications Specialist, Level III. Section 16: Any employee who moves from one bargaining unit position to another shall relinquish his or her current position. Such employee shall retain his or her seniority rights to bump back to the previously held position within the City during the probationary period. The anniversary date will remain the same for all other purposes. Section 17: (a). The job classifications of Clerk Typist (pay grade 7) and Senior Clerk Typist (pay grade 9) are established effective July 10, 1990. (b). Each of the occupants of the clerical positions of Clerk I, Glerk II, Clerk-Typist I and , Clerk-Typist II (that existed prior to July 10, 1990), shall be assigned by the City to one of the two classified positions established in subparagraph (a) hereof, except as provided in subpara- graph (e) hereof. No employee shall suffer a diminution of present wages as a result of such assignment. (c). The clerical positions of Clerk I, Clerk II, Clerk-Typist I and Clerk-Typist II are hereby abolished effective July 10, 1990, except as provided in subparagraph (e) hereof. (d). Subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (e) hereof shall be effective as, and on the dates, described therein, provisions of civil service law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding. It is 20