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HomeMy WebLinkAbout61-16 Proposed Teamster's Salary Ordinance1200 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING 227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 -1830 CRISTAI. C. BRISCO CORPORATION COUNSEL CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTHGIEG, MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF LAW September 21, 2016 PHONE 574/235 -9241 FAX 574/235 -7670 TTY 574/235 -5567 ALADEAN M. DT-,ROSE CITY ATTORNEY SEP s 2016 Mr. Timothy Scott President, South Bend Common Council t�;/�F ,, CIIYCLERK, � w:3�� "�= 4 Floor, County -City Building EPVC, @ly South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Ordinance Concerning City of South Bend Teamster Wages For 2017 Dear President Scott: Attached is an Ordinance to be filed in Title only concerning wages and other benefits for the City of South Bend's Teamster employees in calendar year 2017. The City is engaged in the collective bargaining process at this time, but expects and hopes to have a fully negotiated collective bargaining agreement approved by the City's Teamster employees by the deadline required by Indiana law for fixing. compensation of all City employees in 2017. I will then provide Council members with a substitute version of this ordinance. I will present this Ordinance at the Council's Personnel & Finance Committee meeting and at the public hearing. If you have any further questions or need additional information, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Michael J. Schmidt /X Assistant City Attorney 1113� ELLIOT A. ANDERSON BENJAMIN J. DOUGHERTY ANDREA HUNTINGTON ASHLEY MILLS COLBORN MICHAEL J. SCHMIDT STEPHANIE STEELE Bill No. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FIXING MAXIMUM WAGES OF TEAMSTER EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2017 -2020 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT This Ordinance sets forth the monetary aspects of the tentative agreement reached between the City Negotiating Team and the Teamster's Negotiating Team on September , 2016. The overall guidelines used in this Ordinance are consistent with the overall negotiating criteria used for all City employees. This Ordinance is in the best interest of the City and the affected Teamster employees. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: Section I. Maximum Compensation (a) The maximum amounts to be paid as compensation for Teamster employees for the City of South Bend, Indiana are hereby established as set forth in the attachment, which is incorporated herein by reference. The amounts set forth are consistent with the recommended procedure of the State Board of Accounts dated March, 1993. Accordingly, wages are set and paid on a Bi- Weekly basis. Amounts by department and alphabetical position are set forth as well as the hourly wage for each position. Section II. Holidays, Vacations and Other Monetary and Fringe Benefits Incorporated by Reference. (a) Holidays. Holidays for Teamster employees shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, incorporated herein by reference. (b) Vacations. Vacation for Teamster employees shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, incorporated herein by reference. (c) Insurance. (1) Comprehensive Maior Medical Insurance Program /Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The City shall maintain a comprehensive major medical insurance program that all Teamster employees may participate in. (2) Short and Long Term Disability. Short and Long Term Disability shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the City's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, as it may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference. (3) Payment for Election to Leave Employer's Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance Program. The City shall pay one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) per month to any Employee who elects to leave the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program to be covered by another program for which the City makes no contribution. This election shall not be mandatory, and the Employee who made such election may return to the City's comprehensive major medical Insurance Program, provided that the conditions of the City's Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance Program are met, and the contributions specified herein are made, but in such event said Employee shall forfeit the one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) payment per month thereafter. (4) Life Insurance. The City shall provide term life insurance coverage in an amount not less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for each Teamster employee. Such insurance shall become effective upon the award of a group life insurance bid by the Board of Public Works, or upon the beginning of the plan year, whichever is later. (5) Benefit Waiting Period. The City notes that life insurance, comprehensive major Medical Insurance, and short term disability programs require a minimum of sixty (60) day eligibility period; and that the long -term disability program requires a minimum of a ninety (90) day eligibility period which Teamster employees must meet. (d) Other Monetary Fringe Benefits All other fringe benefits shall be as set forth in the City's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual as it may be amended from time to time and the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If there is a conflict between Policy and the Bargaining Agreement, the Bargaining Agreement shall prevail. (e) Early Retirement Incentives. The Mayor shall have discretion to offer an early retirement incentive program that may take the form of a bonus upon retirement for years of service or assistance with health insurance for a retiree who isn't Medicare eligible. Such assistance shall not exceed one (1) year. Any such bonus or assistance must be approved by the Mayor and Controller and are subject to appropriation by the Common Council before any such bonus or assistance may be paid. I.C. 5- 10.2 -3 -1.2 permits employers to purchase one year for every five years of service for employees in PERF covered positions under certain conditions. The Mayor shall have discretion to offer such early retirement incentive program, pursuant to statute, after consultation with the Controller and after appropriation by the Common Council. (f) Definition of Full -Time Employee Full -time employees are those employees who are not in a part time status and who are regularly scheduled to work the City of South Bend's full -time scheduled, forty (40) hours per week, or a reduced full -time schedule of thirty (30) hours or more per week as approved by the Mayor on a voluntary basis. Such employees are eligible for the Employer's Benefits Package subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of each benefit program. (g) Definition of Part-Time Employee. Part -time employees are those employees who are not assigned to a full -time status and who are scheduled to work less than the City of South Bend's full -time schedule, not to exceed one thousand five hundred eight (1508) hours per year. While they do receive certain mandated benefits (such as worker's compensation and social security benefits), they are not eligible for other City benefit programs. Section III. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor. Member of the Common Council Attest: City Clerk Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of , 2016, at o'clock _. M. Approved and signed by me on the o'clock m. 'I st READING PUBLIC HEAPUNc 3 M READING NOT APPROVED REFERRED PASSM Deputy City Clerk day of 2016, at Mayor, City of South Bend, Indiana Filed in Clerk's Office SEt 12 12016 KAREEMAH FOWLER CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN Bill No. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FIXING MAXIMUM WAGES OF TEAMSTER EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT This Ordinance sets forth the monetary aspects of the tentative agreement reached between the City Negotiating Team and the Teamster's Negotiating Team on September 2016. The overall guidelines used in this Ordinance are consistent with the overall negotiating criteria used for all City employees. This Ordinance is in the best interest of the City and the affected Teamster employees. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: Section I. Maximum Compensation (a) The maximum amounts to be paid as compensation for Teamster employees for the City of South Bend, Indiana are hereby established as set forth in the attachment, which is incorporated herein by reference. The amounts set forth are consistent with the recommended procedure of the State Board of Accounts dated March, 1993. Accordingly, wages are set and paid on a Bi- Weekly basis. Amounts by department and alphabetical position are set forth as well as the hourly wage for each position. Section II. Holidays, Vacations and Other Monetary and Fringe Benefits Incorporated by Reference. (a) Holidays. Holidays for Teamster employees shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, incorporated herein by reference. (b) Vacations. Vacation for Teamster employees shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, incorporated herein by reference. (c) Insurance. (1) Comprehensive Maior Medical Insurance Program /Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The City shall maintain a comprehensive major medical insurance program that all Teamster employees may participate in. (2) Short and Long Term Disability. Short and Long Term Disability shall be as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the City's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, as it may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference. (3) Payment for Election to Leave Employer's Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance Program. The City shall pay one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) per month to any Employee who elects to leave the City's comprehensive major medical insurance program to be covered by another program for which the City makes no contribution. This election shall not be mandatory, and the Employee who made such election may return to the City's comprehensive major medical Insurance Program, provided that the conditions of the City's Comprehensive Major Medical Insurance Program are met, and the contributions specified herein are made, but in such event said Employee shall forfeit the one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) payment per month thereafter. (4) Life Insurance. The City shall provide term life insurance coverage in an amount not less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for each Teamster employee. Such insurance shall become effective upon the award of a group life insurance bid by the Board of Public Works, or upon the beginning of the plan year, whichever is later. (5) Benefit Waiting Period. The City notes that life insurance, comprehensive major Medical Insurance, and short term disability programs require a minimum of sixty (60) day eligibility period; and that the long -term disability program requires a minimum of a ninety (90) day eligibility period which Teamster employees must meet. (d) Other Monetary Fringe Benefits. All other fringe benefits shall be as set forth in the City's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual as it may be amended from time to time and the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If there is a conflict between Policy and the Bargaining Agreement, the Bargaining Agreement shall prevail. (e) Early Retirement Incentives. The Mayor shall have discretion to offer an early retirement incentive program that may take the form of a bonus upon retirement for years of service or assistance with health insurance for a retiree who isn't Medicare eligible. Such assistance shall not exceed one (1) year. Any such bonus or assistance must be approved by the Mayor and Controller and are subject to appropriation by the Common Council before any such bonus or assistance may be paid. I.C. 5- 10.2 -3 -1.2 permits employers to purchase one year for every five years of service for employees in PERF covered positions under certain conditions. The Mayor shall have discretion to offer such early retirement incentive program, pursuant to statute, after consultation with the Controller and after appropriation by the Common Council. (f) Definition of Full -Time Employee. Full -time employees are those employees who are not in a part time status and who are regularly scheduled to work the City of South Bend's full -time scheduled, forty (40) hours per week, or a reduced full -time schedule of thirty (30) hours or more per week as approved by the Mayor on a voluntary basis. Such employees are eligible for the Employer's Benefits Package subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of each benefit program. (g) Definition of Part-Time Employee. Part -time employees are those employees who are not assigned to a full -time status and who are scheduled to work less than the City of South Bend's full -time schedule, not to exceed one thousand five hundred eight (1508) hours per year. While they do receive certain mandated benefits (such as worker's compensation and social security benefits), they are not eligible for other City benefit programs. Section Ill. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor. Member of the Common Council Attest: City Clerk Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of , 2016, at o'clock — M. Approved and signed by me on the o `clock .m. 10 READON� PUBLIC HEART.:.. a rd READING NOT. APPROVED REFERRED PASSED Deputy City Clerk day of 2016, at Mayor, City of South Bend, Indiana Filed in Clerk's Office SEP',21 2m KAREU,iA?H FOWLER CITY CLERK. "V­ 4 SEND, IN