HomeMy WebLinkAbout5268 RESOLUTION NO. 5 2 6 8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AUBURN, WASHINGTON, APPROVING THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
AUBURN AND TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL NO. 117 -
OUTSIDE UNIT
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn recognizes the Teamsters Union Local No 117 as
the exclusive bargaining representative of all employees designated as represented
employees in the bargaining unit comprised of the Building Maintenance employees, the
Custodians, and those employees working in the Cemetery, Equipment Rental, Golf
Course, Parks, Sanitary Sewer, Streets, Water, and Storm Drainage, and
WHEREAS, in connection therewith, the City of Auburn and the Teamsters Union
Local No 117 have negotiated a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the years 2017-
2019, and
WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth the mutual understanding and agreement
of the parties relative to salaries and conditions of employment for those employees for
whom the City recognizes the Teamsters Union Local No. 117 as the collective
bargaining representatives, and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the City Council to approve the Collective
Bargaining Agreement for the years 2017-2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, KING
COUNTY, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement by and the between the City of Auburn and the Teamsters Union Local No
117 for the Outside Unit for the years 2017-2019, in substantial conformity with the
Agreement attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this
reference
Resolution No. 5268
December 27, 2016
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Section 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon passage and
signature hereon.
SIGNED and DATED this 3r-4-- day o , 2017
CITY OF AUBURN
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ATTEST:
Danielle . Daskam, City Clerk
APP e 'ED AS • FORM:
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Resolution No. 5268
December 27, 2016
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EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
CITY OF AUBURN
AND
TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL NO. 117
OUTSIDE UNIT
JANUARY 1, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019
This Agreement is between the City of Auburn (hereinafter called the "City") and the
Teamsters Union Local No. 117 (hereinafter called the "Union") for the purpose of setting
forth the mutual understanding of the parties as to conditions of employment for those for
whom the City recognizes the Union as the collective bargaining representative.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I Recognition and Bargaining Unit 3
ARTICLE II Union Membership and Dues Deductions 3
ARTICLE III Union Activities 4
ARTICLE IV Nondiscrimination 5
ARTICLE V Hours of Work 5
ARTICLE VI Probationary Periods 7
ARTICLE VII Classifications And Minimum Rates Of Pay 7
ARTICLE VIII Working Out Of Classification 8
ARTICLE IX Holidays 8
ARTICLE X Vacations 9
ARTICLE XI Health and Welfare 11
ARTICLE XII Retirement 12
ARTICLE XIII Jury Duty 12
ARTICLE XIV Sick Leave 12
ARTICLE XV Bereavement Leave 15
ARTICLE XVI Education Incentive and Training 15
ARTICLE XVII Grievance and Arbitration Procedures 15
ARTICLE XVIII Seniority 16
ARTICLE XIX Management Rights 19
ARTICLE XX Work Stoppages 19
ARTICLE XXI Bulletin Boards 20
ARTICLE XXII Savings Clause 20
ARTICLE XXIII Amendments to the Agreement 20
ARTICLE XXIV Entire Agreement 20
ARTICLE XXV Uniforms 20
ARTICLE XXVI Labor Management Committee 21
ARTICLE XXVII Snow and Ice Removal Procedure 21
ARTICLE XXVIII Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) 22
ARTICLE XXIV Terms of Agreement 23
APPENDIX A Teamster Wages 24
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Article I
RECOGNITION AND BARGAINING UNIT
The City hereby recognized the Union as the sole exclusive collective bargaining representative of all
full-time employees and all regular, part-time employees classified in Appendix "A" and who work in
the following departments and/or divisions: Building Maintenance, Custodians, Cemetery, Equipment
Rental, Golf Course, Parks, Sanitary Sewer, Streets, Water, and Storm Drainage.
Temporary employees with seven (7) months or less per year and part-time employees with less than
eighty (80) hours in a month, supervisors, confidential, professional, protection employees, and
employees engaged in training and instruction for management positions shall be excluded from the
bargaining unit. Non-benefited employees shall be used and defined per City Policy 200-23. Non-
benefited employees shall not be used to supplant the regular employee workforce.
Article II
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTIONS
Section 1. The Union accepts its responsibility to fairly represent all employees in the bargaining unit.
Each full-time and regular, part-time employee within the bargaining unit shall make the application to
become a member of the Union within thirty-one (31) days from his/her date of hire or within thirty-one
(31) days from the execution date of this Agreement (whichever is later), and all such employees shall
maintain membership in the Union in good standing for the life of the Agreement by payment of
regular initiation fees and dues to the Union. Should a member have a bona fide religious objection to
Union affiliation, RCW 41.56.122 will prevail.
A regular, part-time employee shall be defined as an employee hired by the City to work twenty (20)
or more hours, but less than forty (40) hours per week on a continuous, regularly-scheduled annual
basis.
Section 2. Failure by an employee to abide by the above provisions shall constitute cause for
discharge of such employee, provided that when an employee fails to fulfill the above obligation, the
Union shall provide the employee and the City thirty (30) days' notification in writing of the Union's
request to initiate discharge action. During this period, the employee may make restitution in the
amount which is overdue. Should the employee make such restitution, the request for discharge shall
be withdrawn.
Section 3. The City agrees to deduct from the paycheck of each employee, who has so authorized it,
the initiation fee and regular monthly dues uniformly required of members of the Union. The amount
deducted shall be transmitted monthly to the Union on behalf of the employees involved.
Authorization by the employees shall be on a form approved by the parties hereto and may be
revoked by the employee upon request. No portion of the funds collected by the Union under this
provision shall be used for support of political purposes in Auburn.
Section 4. D.R.I.V.E, The City agrees to deduct from the paycheck of all employees who submit.
authorization cards and are covered by this Agreement voluntary contributions to D.R.I.V.E. D.R.I.V.E
shall notify the City of the amounts designated by each contributing employee and/or changes to the
amounts that are to be deducted from his/her paycheck each pay period for which the employee
worked and earned a wage, or notify the City of the discontinuation of the voluntary contribution. The
voluntary contributions, changes in the amounts of the voluntary contributions, or the discontinuation
of the voluntary contributions to D.R.I.V.E will be made as soon as practically possible from the
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employee's paycheck, but no later than thirty (30) days upon receipt of the amounts designated by
each contributing employee from D.R.I.V.E.
The City will send, on a bi-monthly basis, one check for the total amount deducted along with the
name of each employee on whose behalf a deduction is made, the employee's social security
number, and the amount deducted from the employee's paycheck. No authorization and/or
deductions shall be made which is prohibited by applicable law. The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters shall reimburse the City annually for the City's actual cost for the expenses incurred in
administering the payroll deduction plan.
Section 5. New Hire Orientation: The Union Business Representative shall have up to thirty (30)
minutes, during an employee's first week of employment, to meet with newly hired employees covered
by this CBA for the purposes of filling out. Union paperwork and orienting the employee to the Union
membership. The thirty (30) minutes shall be at the end of the employee's shift.
Article III
UNION ACTIVITIES
Section 1. The Business Representative of the Union shall be allowed access to all facilities of the
City wherein the employees covered under this Agreement may be working for the purposes of
investigating grievances, or observing working conditions, provided such representative does not
interfere with the normal work processes, and upon providing prior notification to the City. No Union
member or officer shall conduct any Union business on City time and no Union meetings will be held
on City time or premises without prior notification.
Section 2. The City agrees that the employees covered by this Agreement shall not be discharged or
discriminated against for upholding Union principles or for performing duties authorized by the Union,
so long as these activities do not interfere with normal work processes of the City. It shall not be a
violation of this Agreement, or cause for discharge, for any employee to refuse to cross a lawful
primary picket line in the performance of his/her duties provided that: 1) the picket line has been
approved by Teamsters Local Union No. 117 and, 2) employees shall be required to serve a customer
that is not the object of the picketing. The employees will, however, cross picket lines to service
emergency situations. The Union recognizes that the City may have an obligation, which may require
services to be performed, which may not be of an emergency nature, but is the subject of a labor
dispute and where the City's Union personnel have refused to cross a legal picket line. It is further
agreed that the Union shall not interfere with the City performing the service by other means. It is
understood that any Union employee willfully ignoring this provision removes himself from the
protection afforded above.
Section 3. Just Cause. The City reserves the right to discipline, discharge, or suspend any employee
in its employ for just cause. An employee who has been discharged may protest the discharge to the
Union. An employee who has been discharged and the Union may protest the discharge to the City in
writing within five (5) working days of the date of discharge if the employee considers the discharge
was not for cause. If the dispute is not resolved between the parties within five (5) working days
following such protest, the grievance procedure may be used as provided in this Agreement.
Section 4. If the employee desires Union representation at disciplinary hearings, he/she shall notify
the City at that time and shall be provided a reasonable time to arrange for Union representation. An
employee who waives this right shall acknowledge such in writing. If disciplined, the employee(s) also
have the right to submit a rebuttal statement, which shall be maintained in the personnel file with the
discipline.
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Article IV
NONDISCRIMINATION
The City and the Union agree to promote and afford equal employment opportunity to all persons
regardless of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation,
or the presence of non-job-related physical, sensory, or mental /disability.
Article V
HOURS OF WORK
Section 1. Management may establish regular work schedules for the members of the bargaining
unit, such that the working hours for the employees shall be equivalent to forty (40) hours per week.
The normal workday, established by management, may be up to ten (10) hours exclusive of the lunch
period. The normal workweek for full-time employees shall be on consecutive days of not less than
eight (8) hours per day exclusive of lunch period. Work schedules may be established in those
departments requiring a seven (7) day per week operation and in the event of emergencies as
determined by the City.
The normal work week for regular, part-time employees will be between twenty (20) hours and up to
thirty nine hours per week.
Section 2. Voluntary time worked in excess of the employee's normally scheduled shift or forty (40)
hours in any one workweek, pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, shall be considered overtime
and shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/2) times the straight time rate of pay. Overtime
will begin at the completion of forty (40) hours worked or at the end of the employee's shift. The
normally scheduled first day of the week shall serve as the beginning of the regular forty (40) hour
workweek. Overtime shall be paid based on hours worked only, except as defined in Article IX,
Holidays, Section 4.
Voluntary scheduled overtime shall be assigned equitably, subject to employee qualifications, as
determined by the City, to perform the work. In the event of scheduled overtime, qualified employees
will be asked to volunteer for such, and assignment of the overtime will be in order of seniority, with
the most senior employee being offered the work first If an insufficient number of employees
volunteer for scheduled overtime, mandatory overtime will be assigned to qualified employees, with
the least senior employee being mandated to work overtime.
Section 3. Overtime shall first be offered to regular employees based on seniority within the work unit,
as defined in Article XVIII, prior to any offer or assignment of overtime to other employees within the
department or temporary employees. Provided, however, it is understood that on those rare and
unforeseen occasions that a task or job assignment causes a temporary employee to work beyond
the scheduled work day and into an extended day, overtime period of a short duration shall not be
considered a violation of this provision. Continued or frequent violations of this principle shall be
considered a violation of the Agreement and subject to the grievance procedure. It is further
understood that the supervisor will make every effort to avoid assignment of such tasks that may
prompt the need for extending a temporary employee's workday into overtime.
Section 4. Callback. Employees called back to work shall receive a minimum of three (3) hours pay at
the overtime rate for the work for which they are called back. A callback shall be defined as hours
worked which are not annexed consecutively to one end or the other of the working day.
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Section 5. Telecommute Response. An employee who answers a phone call and/or is required to
conduct City business, but does not physically come into work, shall receive a minimum of one (1)
hour pay at the overtime rate. If the employee performs duties multiple times within that one (1) hour,
the employee will still only receive the minimum of one (1) hour pay at the overtime rate. Employees
who are on standby as outlined in Section 6, shall receive telecommute response pay in addition to
standby pay if the employee answers a phone call and is not required to physically come into work.
Section 6. Standby. The City reserves the right to place employees on mandatory standby. The
purpose of standby duty is to be available during off-duty hours to receive service requests
concerning problems; to investigate the nature and seriousness of the problem either by telephone or
by onsite inspection; to correct minor problems causing a hazard, damage or potential damage, or
significant inconveniences to the public; to call out appropriate crews when necessaryto direct the
crew to the site; to perform work as a crew member if callback should occur, and to keep appropriate
records.
Qualified bargaining unit employees who volunteer for standby duty shall be added to the weekly
assignment rotation list. If such volunteers are unable to fill the need for standby duty as determined
by management, the City may assign mandatory standby and place qualified employees on standby
duty by reverse seniority with the least senior employee being mandated. Any employee who wishes
to be removed from volunteer standby duty shall give two (2) weeks' notice.
Employees not meeting the qualifications for mandatory standby within their division will be given the
opportunity for cross-training upon written request to their division supervisor. Arrangements for
cross-training will be completed as timely as possible based on operational considerations.
A schedule for mandatory standby will be posted as soon as practically possible but not less than one
(1) week in advance unless there is an unforeseen emergency based on operational need.
Employees on mandatory standby must be able to be onsite within forty-five (45) minutes of receiving
a call out. For this purpose, employees may be issued a pager and/or cell telephone and are
responsible for responding if called out.
Employees may request to trade standby duty through written request of their supervisor not less than
twenty-four (24) hours in advance. It is the responsibility of the employee to arrange the trade with
another employee; however, if there is an emergency situation the supervisor may intervene and
attempt to find a trade. If no trade is available and the supervisor considers the relief of the employee
to be an emergency, the supervisor may assign the mandatory standby duty to another employee.
Employees may request trade of standby duty less than twenty-four (24) hours in advance but there is
no guarantee of approval.
Qualified employees on standby may be required to carry a communication device (such as a pager
or cell phone) and be able to respond immediately to callback situations without restrictions or
impairments. Qualified employees will receive standby pay at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
($2.50) per hour. The employee will receive standby pay for all hours outside of his/her regularly
scheduled shift, for days so assigned, except for those hours that the employee is on his/her flex day
off and other employees are working. In the event an employee who is on standby duty is called out,
he/she shall be compensated in accordance with Section 4 and/or Section 5.
Section 7. Employees required by the City to attend defensive driver training shall be compensated
for actual time in attendance in accordance with RCW 49.46, Section 3.
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Section 8. Payment for authorized overtime hours worked shall be paid or compensatory time
earned, at the employee's option. This option shall be exercised at the time earned, without the
option to change the decision once it is made. Compensatory time shall be earned and accumulated
at the rate of one and one-half (11/2) hours for each overtime hour worked, provided that the maximum
allowable accrual shall be eighty (80) hours of compensation.
Section 9. Employees shall be allowed a meal period of at least thirty (30) minutes which shall
commence no less than two (2) hours nor more than five (5) hours from the beginning of the
employee's shift. Lunch periods are considered unpaid time unless the employee is required to
perform his or her duties at any time during his or her lunch period. For each additional four (4) hours
of overtime increments within one specific work day, the employee shall receive an additional meal
period of one half(1/2) hour.
If employees are approved and required to work by a supervisor and/or manager through a meal
period, he/she shall be compensated at two times the employee's hourly rate for the missed meal
period.
Section 10. Rest Periods Employees shall receive a fifteen (15) minute rest break during the first four
(4) hour period of their workday, and a second fifteen (15) minute rest break during the second four
(4) hour period in the workday.
Article VI
PROBATIONARY PERIODS
Section 1. All newly hired employees will serve a twelve(12) month probationary period. If, within the
twelve (12) month probationary period, the employee is not able to perform his/her duties to the
satisfaction of the City and is terminated from this position, then the termination is both
non-protestable and non-grievable under the provisions of Article III, Section 3, and Article XVIII of
this Agreement.
All employees promoted or transferred in need of obtaining a CDL to fulfill a job requirement will serve
a twelve (12) month probationary period. If, within the twelve (12) month probationary period, the
employee is not able to perform his/her duties to the satisfaction of the City and is terminated from this
position, then the termination is both non-protestable and non-grievable under the provisions of Article
III, Section 3, and Article XVIII of this Agreement.
All other promoted or transferred employees will receive a six (6) month probationary period. If, within
the six (6) month probationary period, the employee is not able to perform his/her duties to the
satisfaction of the City and is terminated from this position, then the termination is both
non-protestable and non-grievable under the provisions of Article III, Section 3, and Article XVIII of
this Agreement.
Article VII
CLASSIFICATIONS AND MINIMUM RATES OF PAY
Section 1. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be compensated as set forth in Appendix "A".
Section 2. Employees will be paid on the 8th and 23rd of each month, unless one of these days
happens to be a weekend or holiday. If the regularly assigned pay date falls on a weekend or holiday,
the employee shall be paid on the first working day preceding the weekend or holiday.
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Section 3. When an employee who possesses a CDL, whose work does not normally require the use
of the CDL, is assigned to perform work that requires the use of the CDL for more than one (1) hour,
the employee shall be paid for each hour he/she is required to use the CDL at the corresponding
Maintenance Worker 21A step, if he/she is a Maintenance Worker I, or the corresponding step at the
Maintenance Worker 22A level, if he/she is a Maintenance Worker II.
Article VIII
WORKING OUT OF CLASSIFICATION
When an employee is assigned by the Division Manager or Department Director to perform the skills
and scope of duties of a higher classification for a period of more than four (4) hours in any one shift
before returning to his/her regular duties, such employee will be paid at a pay rate that ensures the
approximate equivalent of at least a one step pay increase. If the Employee works beyond the four
(4) hours, both the preceding four (4) hours and the hours following shall be paid at the acting pay
rate.
In the event that an employee is assigned by the Division Manager or Department Director to work on
a temporary basis in a position of higher classification to fill a vacancy or to act on behalf of an absent
supervisory employee, for more than two (2) days in a row, the employee will be paid at a pay rate
that ensures the approximate equivalent of at least a one (1) step pay increase. In the event of a
planned absence such as a vacation or scheduled time off, the employee in the acting pay status shall
receive the acting pay from the first day of the supervisor's absence (or other higher classified position
such as a grade 23 level position). In the event of an unplanned absence, the employee will be
placed in the acting pay status beginning the third day of the absence and the acting pay shall be
retroactive to the first day. If the supervisor's (or other higher classified position such as a grade 23
level position) absence does not go beyond the second day, no acting pay will be implemented.
All out of classification pay or acting pay proposals must be reviewed and approved by the Mayor and
the Human Resources Director, or designee. Such pay will be documented on the employee's
Personnel Status Report (PSR) along with the beginning and ending dates of the assignment for each
assignment.
In either of these situations the Division Manager or Department Director must have the approval for
the out of class pay or acting pay in advance, except where there is an emergency situation in which
case the acting pay may be granted at the time of the emergency as deemed necessary or as soon
after the fact as the approving authority can be notified. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to
limit or prevent the City from assigning out of classification or acting pay in a manner that it deems
necessary for the operations of the City.
Article IX
HOLIDAYS
Section 1. The following holidays shall be paid holidays for all employees covered by this Agreement:
New Year's Day Labor Day Two Floating Holidays
Martin L. King Jr.'s Birthday Veterans' Day
Presidents' Day Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day Day After Thanksgiving
Independence Day Christmas Day
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The day of observance of the above holidays shall be the days specified by City ordinance. If any one
of the above holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be the holiday. If it falls on
Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be the holiday.
A holiday shall be defined as eight (8) hours. Floating holidays are accrued on a pro-rated basis for
part-time, regular employees
Employees on a 9/80 schedule shall not be required to utilize vacation pay to make up the one (1)
hour difference on holidays. The employee may elect to take leave without pay to make up that one
(1) hour at their own discretion.
Section 2. For bookkeeping purposes, Floating Holidays shall be treated as vacation days, subject to
the same notice and approval procedures applicable to vacation leave. Floating Holidays must be
taken during the calendar year.
Section 3. Employees performing work on any of the above holidays shall receive the holiday pay
specified above plus compensation for actual time worked at the overtime rate with a minimum of two
(2) hours.
Section 4. When a recognized holiday falls prior to a Saturday and an employee volunteers to work
the Saturday for the purposes of setting up special events in association with a holiday celebrated or
observed on the Saturday, or for other scheduled work deemed necessary to the City as determined
by management, the employee shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/2) times the straight
time rate of pay for hours worked. This language also applies to employees who would work a
Saturday following a recognized holiday to set up for a recreational, sports or cultural event, or other
work deemed necessary to the City as determined by management. Employees working in the
Cemetery Division who are working a Saturday following a holiday for the purpose of a burial shall be
paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/2) times the straight time rate of pay for hours worked.
Employees who are regularly scheduled to work Saturdays as a normal day of work (i.e., Thursday
through Tuesday schedule or variation) shall receive straight time pay in this situation.
Two (2) hours per day or routine setup maintenance at the Golf Course shall be paid at the rate of one
and one-half (1 '/) times the straight time rate of pay on weekends following Holidays, except from
April through October of each year, when up to four (4) hours of routine set up maintenance shall be
paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/) times the straight time rate of pay on weekends following
Holidays.
Other scheduled work at the Golf Course or Cemetery deemed necessary by the City, above and
beyond the routine setup maintenance at the Golf Course and burials at the Cemetery, shall also be
paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 '/2) times the straight time rate of pay on Saturdays following
Holidays.
Article X
VACATIONS
Section 1. Annual vacations with pay shall be granted to eligible employees on the following basis:
for service less than one (1) year, vacation leave credit shall accrue at the rate of one (1) eight-hour
working day for each month of continuous service commencing from the date of most recent
employment with the City. For continuous service of more than one (1) year, vacation leave credit
shall accrue at the following rate:
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1 through 4 years of continuous service 96 hours per year
5 through 9 years of continuous service 120 hours per year
10 through 14 years of continuous service 144 hours per year
15 through 19 years of continuous service 160 hours per year
20 through 24 years of continuous service 176 hours per year
25 years or more of continuous service 192 hours per year
An employee who terminates employment during the initial ninety (90) days of employment shall not.
be entitled to annual vacation leave.
Section 2. Regular, part-time employees who are regularly employed for a period of more than eighty
(80) hours a month for more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in a year shall be granted
vacation leave credit on a pro-rata basis in proportion to hours worked.
Section 3. Each employee may accumulate up to two (2) years' of his/her vacation accrual. However,
vacation time accrued in any month which exceeds two (2) years accrual will be lost if not used in the
month earned.
Section 4.
a. Vacation leave shall be scheduled at a time mutually agreed upon between the
Department Director, or designee, and the employee.
b. Annual vacation leave scheduling shall begin in January each year and shall be
completed by January 31st each year. Annual vacation scheduling will be in order of
seniority within each work unit as defined by Article XVIII. Each employee will be
allowed to schedule one (1) continuous block (one or more continuous days) of
vacation at a time. Then the next most senior employee in that division will schedule
his/her first block of annual vacation. Once all employees have scheduled their first
block of annual vacation, the process continues with the most senior employee until all
requested vacation is scheduled. This section does not preclude employees
requesting blocks of vacation after January 31st, each year.
c. Changes to initial vacation scheduling (January 1st through January 31st) or requests
for a block of three (3) or more separate vacation days may be granted with five (5)
working days' notice, as long as the request is received within the first hour of the shift
on the first day. For one (1) or two (2) vacation days, requests may be granted with a
minimum of two (2) working days' notice.
d. The number of employees who can be gone at one time and the days selected shall be
determined after the Employer has considered the requests of all the employee(s) and
needs of the division.
Section 5. Employees who have completed ninety (90) days or more of continuous service and are
separated from employment in good standing shall be entitled to payment for vacation leave not taken
that has accrued to date of separation. In the event of the death of an employee in active service with
the City, accrued vacation leave that has not been taken shall be paid in the same manner that salary
due the decedent is paid for any vacation leave earned in the preceding year and, in the current year
and not taken prior to the death of such employee.
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Article XI
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Section 1. Effective January 1, 2017, based on December 2016 hours and each month
thereafter, the City agrees to pay 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and their
dependents to Washington Teamsters Welfare Trust c/o Northwest Administrators, Inc. for
every eligible employee covered by this Agreement who was compensated for eighty (80)
hours or more in the preceding month for the following:
Teamsters Medical Plan "A" (with domestic partner)
Teamsters Vision Plan EXT (with domestic partner)
Teamster Dental Plan A (with domestic partner)
The City agrees to pay 100% of the premiums for eligible employees for the following healthcare
programs:
Standard Life Insurance ($10,000 death benefit)
Short-term disability insurance through the Standard Insurance Company
The parties are aware that the "Cadillac" tax provisions of the Affordable Care Act may be
implemented effective January 1, 2020. If it appears that the costs of the Teamsters Medical Plan
may trigger the Cadillac Tax, either party may open this Article 11 on or after January 1, 2019. If
either party opens this Article 11, then wages and all other economic provisions of this Agreement
shall also be reopened for the purpose of negotiating a mutually satisfactory replacement medical and
economic plan (including, but not limited to, any related HRA contributions) for 2020. This reopener is
subject to the following:
If the parties fail to reach agreement on the replacement medical plan prior to January 1, 2020, the
eligible employees and their dependent(s) will automatically be enrolled into the current City medical
plan that the City offers the unaffiliated employees. Additionally, all health reimbursement account
contributions will cease, effective December 31, 2019, if the Affordable Care Act continues to be
counted towards the "Cadillac" tax provisions, regardless if it is an employee or employer contribution.
The parties acknowledge, however, that it is their intent that the employees receive the full value of
any such contributions currently made by the City for their benefit under the terms of this Agreement
(and as discussed subsequently in this Article 11).
The parties agree after January 1, 2015, that if the Teamsters Medical plan cost with the additional
three quarter percent (0.75%) contribution into VEBA exceeds the cost of the City's medical plan, the
parties will reopen negotiations exclusively to discuss the medical plan options. The intent of this
paragraph is to provide the City with the most cost efficient plan currently available to the group. As
long as employees are on the Teamsters Medical Plans, the City agrees to contribute an additional
three quarters of a percent (0.75%) of the employee's semi-monthly base salary into the HRA/VEBA
for a total of 2.75%. For the purposes of this Agreement, it is understood that if the employees do not
have the Teamsters medical plan, they will not receive the additional three quarters of a percent
(0.75%) VEBA contribution.
Section 2. Payments required under any of the foregoing provisions shall be made on or before the
fifteenth (15th) day of the month and in the event the Trusts are required to take legal action to collect
any City contribution due under this Agreement, the City shall be liable for all necessary legal and
court costs.
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Section 3. _HRANEBA Medical Retirement Plan. The City will contribute two percent (2.0%) of the
employee's semi-monthly base salary into an HRANEBA and the employees will contribute one
percent (1%) of the employee's semi-monthly base salary. If either party reopens this Article pursuant
to Section 1, all contributions to the VEBA plan will cease after December 31, 2019. In that event,
effective January 1, 2020, the City will contribute two percent (2%) of base pay period salary into
deferred compensation. Furthermore, the additional three quarters of a percent (0.75%) will also be
contributed into deferred compensation, as long as the Teamsters medical plan costs, with the
additional three quarters (0.75%), costs the City less than City's medical plan.
Effective January 1, 2014, and for the life of this Agreement and as long as employees are on the
Teamsters Medical Plans, the City agrees to contribute an additional three quarters of a percent
(0.75%) of the employee's semi-monthly base salary into the HRANEBA for a total of 2.75%, with the
exception of the aforementioned ACA provisions.
Section 4.. The City and the Union agree to be bound by the provisions of the Agreement and
declaration of Northwest Administrators, Inc. and agree that the trustees of that trust shall act as
trustees on their behalf for the Teamsters Vision and Dental plans.
Article XII
RETIREMENT
Eligible employees shall be covered under the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Article XIII
JURY DUTY
Time off with regular pay will be granted for jury duty. In order to be eligible for regular pay, the
employee must furnish a written statement from the appropriate public official showing the dates and
time served. The employee must give the Department Director, or designee, prompt notice of call for
jury duty. Employees shall be required to report for work for any major portion (more than two (2)
hours), of their regularly scheduled shift during which they are not actually serving on a jury or waiting
to be impaneled. If less than two (2) hours of a shift remains, the employees will contact their
supervisor for direction.
Article XIV
SICK LEAVE
Section 1. A uniform sick leave plan shall be granted to eligible employees. Sick leave credit shall
accumulate on a calendar year basis at the rate of four (4) hours per pay period. Sick leave is
accumulative to a maximum of nine hundred sixty (960) hours. Sick leave credit may be used for time
off with pay for bona fide cases of incapacitating sickness or injury, for the period of disability resulting
from pregnancy or childbirth, or in accordance with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act or
Washington Family Care Act. Abuse of sick leave shall be subject to discipline. Regular, part-time
employees working less than forty (40) but more than twenty (20) hours per week shall accrue sick
leave proportionate to hours worked.
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Section 2. A verifying statement from the employee's physician may be requested by the City, at its
option, whenever an employee claims sick leave for three(3) consecutive days or longer, or if the City
suspects sick leave abuse.
Section 3. As soon as possible, but before the scheduled starting time, where circumstances permit,
employees incapacitated by illness or injury shall notify their immediate supervisor that he/she will not
report for duty. Failure to do so may result in loss of paid sick leave for that day. During periods of
extended illness, employees shall keep their supervisors informed as to their progress and potential
date of return to work. At no time shall a supervisor inquire as to the employee's diagnoses. When
an employee calls in, he/she shall indicate that he/she is taking sick leave and indicate whether the
sick leave is for a family member or the employee.
Section 4. In the event of injury or illness for which an employee receives Workers' Compensation,
the employee shall be permitted to use accrued sick leave to supplement any time loss payment,
proportionately, to make up any difference between the amount of the time loss check and the
employee's regular semi-monthly pay check (keeping the employee "whole"). If the total amount of
sick leave payments plus time loss payments exceeds the employee's regular semi-monthly wage,
the employee shall be required to "buy back" their used sick leave by submitting to the.City, time loss
payments from the State.
Section 5. An employee may use up to twelve (12) workweeks of leave each year in accordance with
the provisions of the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Washington State Family Care
Act. The City uses the "rolling" twelve (12) month calendar method.
In situations not covered by Family Medical Leave, as shown in Section 6, and upon approval of the
Human Resources Director, an employee shall be granted sick leave for illness in the immediate
family that requires his/her presence. Immediate family shall be defined as only father, mother,
spouse or children of the employee.
Section 6. An employee may use up to twelve (12) workweeks of leave each year in accordance with
the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as follows:
An employee who has worked for the City at least twelve (12) months, including at least 1250 hours in
the last twelve (12) months, may be entitled to twelve (12) workweeks of paid/unpaid leave in any
twelve (12) month period (1) to care for a newborn, newly adopted child, or newly placed foster child;
(2) to care for a child, parent, or spouse who has a serious or terminal health condition; or (3) to
attend to a personal serious health condition.
An employee must give the department head, or designee, at least thirty (30) days written notice by
completing a "Leave Request Form" in advance of the anticipated date of the leave is to begin:
fourteen (14) days' notice for a leave due to a child's terminal illness. If the employee is unable to
give the required notice, notice must be given, in writing as soon as possible.
While on Family and Medical Leave, the employee must use all accrued, but unused leave including
sick leave, vacation, compensatory time, and any other paid leave accrued prior to using unpaid
leave. Use of the above paid leave applies toward the twelve (12) work week entitlement, and is not
in addition to the entitlement. Upon return from the leave, the employee is entitled to return to the
same position held when the leave began unless the position would have been eliminated had the
employee not been on leave.
Care for a newborn, newly adopted child, or newly placed foster child: FMLA leave must be taken
within twelve (12) months of the birth, adoption, or placement of a child. If both parents are employed
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by the City, together they are entitled to a total of twelve (12) workweeks of paid/unpaid leave under
this paragraph.
In the case of maternity/paternity leave, any leave taken prior to the birth of the child for prenatal care,
or inability to work prior to the actual birth, will be assessed towards the twelve (12) work week period.
Time loss due to disability prior to or following giving birth will be assessed towards the twelve (12)
workweek period.
Intermittent or reduced leave for birth or placement for adoption or foster care of a child may only be
taken with the Human Resources Director's, or his/her designee's, approval. Certification by a health
care provider may be required.
Care of a child, parent, or spouse who has a serious or terminal condition, or to attend to a personal.
serious health condition: Certification and/or second or third opinions by a healthcare provider may
be required for leave approval. Recertification may be required every thirty (30) days. A fitness for
duty certificate signed by the consulting physician may be required upon return from leave. The City
shall pay all cost associated with the employer requiring the employee to obtain a second and/or third
opinion for the recertification and/or fitness for duty certification when the additional opinions are a
recommendation of the City.
Section 7. Upon retirement or termination in good standing (not terminated for cause), the employee
shall be reimbursed at the current rate of pay for unused accrued sick leave up to a maximum of nine
hundred sixty (960) hours in accordance with the following schedule based on continuous years of
service:
Upon Completion Percent of Accrued
Of Years of Service Unused Sick Leave
0 through 4 years 0%
5 through 14 years 25%
15 through 24 years 50%
25 years and over 100%
This reimbursement shall be contributed into VEBA, subject to the provisions of the Affordable Care
Act and the Cadillac Excise Tax. Employees hired after January 1, 1993, shall not be eligible to
receive any cash payment for accrued sick leave at separation of employment for any reason.
Section 8. When an employee has accumulated nine hundred sixty (960) hours, sick leave shall
continue to accumulate at the normal rate of four (4) hours per pay period until the end of the calendar
year at which time all sick leave accumulated by the employee in excess of nine hundred sixty (960)
hours shall be paid at twenty-five percent (25%) of the employee's then hourly rate, which will be
cashed out.
Section 9. In order to provide an incentive for using sick leave only as necessary, members of the
unit shall be entitled to bonus hours off for non-use of sick leave during a calendar year. Employees
who use no sick leave in a calendar year shall be entitled to sixteen (16) hours off in the following
year. Employees who use up to sixteen (16) hours sick leave in a calendar year shall be entitled to
eight (8) hours. Use of bonus hours shall not affect sick leave balances. Bonus hours will be included
in and used as vacation days.
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Article XV
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Upon approval of the Department Director, or designee, employees shall be allowed up to three (3)
days leave, with pay for death in the immediate family. Should special circumstances exist, the
employee may use up to three (3) days of sick leave in addition to the bereavement leave upon
approval of the Department Director. If additional time is necessary, it shall be taken as vacation, or
unpaid leave, if vacation has been exhausted. Immediate family shall include only father, father-in-
law, mother, mother-in-law, spouse, state-registered domestic partner, grandparents, grandparents-in-
law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, children of the employee, or persons for whom the
employee is the legal guardian.
Article XVI
EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE AND TRAINING
Section 1. Educational classes. Tuition reimbursement will be in accordance with the City's
Tuition Reimbursement Policy#200-50.
Section 2. Commercial Driver License. The City shall provide time for the employee to complete
the required training. The City shall supply a vehicle for the DOL testing and will pay for the first
written and driving exam fee. If the employee does not successfully pass the written or driving exam
the first time, it will be the employee's responsibility to pay for retesting. The City will pay for the
renewal of the CDL endorsement and the required CDL Health Certificate, unless paid for by the
City's insurance.
Article XVII
GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE
Section 1. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term "grievance" means any dispute between the
City and the Union concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreement. Any alleged
grievance shall be taken up by the employee with his/her supervisor within ten (10) working days of
the occurrence. The above parties agree to make every effort to settle the grievance at this stage
promptly; however, if no satisfactory settlement is reached, the following procedure shall apply.
Step 1. If the grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the grievant within ten (10) working days
from the time of the meeting between the employee and the manager/supervisor, then the grievance
may be presented to the division manager, or supervisor in units without a division head, in writing
setting forth the detailed facts concerning the nature of the grievance, the contractual provision
alleged violated, and relief sought. Upon receipt of the written grievance, the division
manager/supervisor shall, within ten (10) working days, meet with the grievant, a representative from
Human Resources, and Union representative in an attempt to resolve the grievance.
Within ten (10) working days after such meeting, the division manager shall set forth his/her answer in
writing with a copy to the employee, Union, and Department Director.
Step 2. If the grievance is not resolved in Step 1, the employee and/or the Union shall submit a
written notice to the Human Resources Director, or designee, moving the grievance to the Step 2
within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the division manager's decision. A meeting shall be held
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within ten (10) working days of receipt of the written notice between the employee, Human Resources
Representative, Union representative, and the Department Director. Within ten (10) working days
after such meeting, the Department Director shall reply in writing to the grievance with a copy to the
employee, Human Resources Director, Union, and Mayor.
Step 3. If the grievance is not resolved as provided in Step 2, the employee and/or the Union shall
submit a written notice to the Human Resources Director, or designee, moving the grievance to the
Step 3 within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the Department Director's decision. A meeting
shall be held within ten (10) working days between the employee, Human Resources representative,
Union representative, and the Mayor. Within ten (10) working days after such meeting, the Mayor
shall reply to the grievance. Any time limits stipulated in the grievance procedure may be extended
for stated periods of time by the appropriate parties by mutual agreement in writing.
Step 4. If the difference or complaint is not settled in Step 3, the grievance may be submitted to an
arbitrator within thirty (30) calendar days after decision in Step 3 as hereinafter provided. The parties
shall select a disinterested party to serve as arbitrator. The arbitrator shall render a decision as
promptly as possible, or in any event within thirty (30) calendar days of case presentation. The
arbitrator shall have jurisdiction and authority only to interpret, apply, or determine compliance with
the specific terms of the Agreement and shall not have jurisdiction to add to, detract from, or alter in
any way, the provisions of this Agreement. Any decision within the jurisdiction of the arbitrator shall
be final and binding on the parties. The expenses and fees incumbent to the services of an arbitrator
shall be equally shared by the City and the Union.
Article XVIII
SENIORITY
Section 1. The term "seniority unit" as applied in this Article shall mean all jobs covered by this
Agreement within a given department. Seniority units are as follows:
Community Development and Public Works Department
Parks and Recreation Department
Administration Department
Section_1.1. The term "work unit" as applied in this Article shall mean all jobs covered by this
Agreement within a given department, except the Community Development and Public Works
Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Administration Department where they are
further defined as follows:
Public Works Department:
Street
Vegetation
Water
Sanitary Sewer
Storm Drainage
Equipment Rental
Parks, Arts, and Recreation Department:
Parks Maintenance
Cemetery
Golf
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Administration
Custodial
Building Maintenance
An employee working continuously in a seniority unit for ninety (90) days shall establish seniority in
such unit based on his/her most recent date of hire within this Collective Bargaining Unit.
Section 2. An employee's seniority shall be canceled under any of the following circumstances:.
a. The employee resigns;
b. The employee is discharged;
c. The employee retires or transfers from a union represented position to a non-
represented position;
d. The employee is laid off due to a reduction in force for a continuous period of twelve
(12) months or more;
e. The employee fails to return to work subsequent to and in accordance with the terms of
an approved leave of absence;
f. The employee fails to return to work from layoff on the date specified by the City in a
recall notice delivered to the employee or mailed to the employee's last known address
on file with the City, providing such notice grants the employee seventy-two (72) hours
advance notice to report.
Section 3. Each employee with seniority standing established pursuant to this Article shall hold
seniority in only one (1) position, that being his/her regular job title in his/her regular
department (seniority unit).
Section 4. Employees may be transferred subject to the following conditions:
a. The City may transfer an employee to a different position at any time either temporarily
or permanently. A temporary transfer shall be for a period of not more than ninety (90)
calendar days. After ninety (90) days, such transfer shall be considered permanent
unless agreement is reached between the City and Union to extend the transfer period.
b. In the event of a permanent transfer, the employee's accrued seniority shall be
transferred to the new seniority unit after ninety (90) calendar days. Until the ninety
(90) days has passed, the employee's seniority remains with the previous position
held.
Section 5. The City retains the right to determine the necessity for layoffs. In the event such
determination is made:
a. In the event of a reduction of the number of positions in the employee's work unit,
employee(s) in the job title(s) being eliminated shall be given one (1) month's base pay
following the execution of the City's standard severance & release agreement.
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b. Employee(s) with the least seniority within the work unit and holding the job title
identified for elimination shall be laid off first. However, that person designated for
layoff may "bump" to a position held by an employee of equivalent job title with the
least seniority within the seniority unit, for which the employee doing the "bumping" is
fully qualified and competent to perform the work of the acquired position.
c. If the employee is unable or unwilling to "bump" for a position within the same job title,
then the employee may "bump" to a position within a seniority unit held by an employee
with the least seniority in the next lower job title, for which the employee doing the
"bumping" is fully qualified and competent to perform work of the acquired position.
This same procedure will continue until no further "bumping" can take place. In no
case shall a bump result in a promotion.
d. To accomplish any "bumping", such employee(s) shall notify the City in writing (email is
appropriate) of his/her intent to "bump", within three (3) working days following the date
in which he/she is notified of layoff. This notification shall include the job title for which
he/she wishes to "bump". If notification of "intent to bump" is not received within three
(3) working days, the employee loses his/her right to "bump".
e. If bumped, the less senior employee immediately will be notified by the City and follow
the same procedure in Sections 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e.
f. Any "bumped" employee will be given a minimum of two (2) weeks notification that
he/she is being bumped.
g. If the "bumping" employee fills the position, he/she will be assigned at the grade level
of the acquired position, at the same step he/she holds on the effective date of the new
assignment. The employee will be scheduled to receive his/her next step increase, as
he/she would have prior to the "bumping" process.
Section 6. An employee who is laid off and who is unable or unwilling to qualify for transfer shall
be recalled for work in his/her last seniority unit prior to the recall of any employee who possesses
lower seniority, provided the employee with the most seniority is fully qualified and competent to
perform the work of the acquired position of his/her last position, if it is available, prior to recall or
transfer of another employee with less seniority.
Section 7. Job Vacancies. Regular position vacancies within the bargaining unit shall be posted and
open to all members of the bargaining unit. Job vacancies shall first be opened to bargaining unit
members for a minimum of three (3) days. Qualified, regular employees meeting the minimum
qualifications, as determined by the City, may apply for a vacancy and will be interviewed before
outside applicants.
The City may thereafter post the vacancy to, and interview, outside applicants as it deems
appropriate. Upon completion of both sets of interviews, and after all pre-employment checks are
completed, the best suited applicant who meets the minimum qualifications, at the sole discretion of
the City, will be selected. If, at the sole discretion of the City, no applicant meets the City's needs, the
position may be reopened to all applicants.
Where qualifications, skills, abilities, and past performance of the finalists are relatively equal, as
reasonably determined by the City, preference shall be given to the bargaining unit employees.
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Section 8. An employee with an injury or illness obtained either on or off the job will have six (6)
months from the date of injury or illness to return to his/her vacated position. This provision does not
eliminate any vacation or sick leave benefit so earned which may carry the employee beyond the six
(6) months.
Section 9. An employee may be granted up to ninety (90) calendar days of leave without pay, in
accordance with City Policy 200-64. If such leave is granted, the employee shall not lose his or her
seniority during that ninety (90) calendar days.
Article XIX
MANAGEMENT_RIGHTS
Subject only to the limitations expressly stated in this Agreement, the Union recognizes that the City
retains the exclusive right to manage its business including, but not limited to, the right to determine
the methods and means by which its operations are to be carried on, to direct the workforce and to
conduct its operation in a safe and effective manner.
Article XX
WORK STOPPAGES
Section 1. The City and the Union agree that the public interest requires efficient and uninterrupted
performance of all City services and, to this end, pledge their best efforts to avoid or eliminate any
conduct contrary to this objective. Specifically, the Union shall not cause or condone any work
stoppage, including any strike, slowdown, refusal to perform any customarily assigned duties, sick
leave absence which is not bona fide, or other interference with City functions by employees under
this Agreement and should same occur, the Union agrees to take appropriate steps to end such
interference. Any concerted action by any employee in any bargaining unit shall be deemed a work
stoppage if any of the above activities have occurred.
Section 2. Upon notification in writing by the City to the Union that any of its members are engaged in
a work stoppage, the Union shall immediately, in writing, order such members to immediately cease
engaging in such work stoppage and provide the City with a copy of such order.
Section 3. Regardless of any penalty to which the Union is subject under this Article, any employee
who commits any act prohibited in this Article will be subject to discharge or other penalty, as the City
deems appropriate.
Section 4. For the term of this Agreement, for the purposes of preserving work and job opportunities
for the employees covered by this Agreement, the City agrees that no work or services of the kind,
nature, or type covered by, presently performed, or hereafter assigned to the collective bargaining unit
will be subcontracted, transferred, leased, assigned, or conveyed in whole or in part to any other
facility, vendor, person, or non-unit employee or entity agreed to by the Union. The parties agree the
City currently uses outside vendors to perform various tasks and the City agrees not to expand that
work beyond current levels that would result in a reduction in force of the affected classifications.
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Article XXI
BULLETIN BOARDS
The City shall permit the reasonable use of bulletin boards by the Union for the posting of notices of
non-controversial nature relating to Union business. Union staff members may use the City's email
for communications pertaining to Union business for disseminating meeting times, places, agendas,
voting, and election results. Members will comply with City's Internet and Electronic
Resources/Equipment Use policy. The parties understand and agree that there is no guarantee of
privacy of email messages. In no circumstances shall use of the City's equipment interfere with
normal operations or service to the public.
Email communications will not contain profanity, abusive language, or derogatory language of a
discriminatory nature against individuals of a protected class. The Union shall have access and use
of a copy machine through City Administration at $015 per copy.
Article XXII
SAVINGS CLAUSE
If any Article of this Agreement, or any attachment hereto, should be held invalid by operation of law
or by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction or if compliance with or enforcement of any Article should
be restrained by such tribunal, the remainder of this Agreement and attachments shall not be affected
thereby and the parties shall enter into immediate collective bargaining negotiations for the purpose of
arriving at a mutually satisfactory replacement of such Article.
Article XXIII
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT
Section 1. The Employer and the Union may mutually agree to amend this Agreement.
Section 2. Attachments, amendments, appendices, letters of understanding, and/or memoranda of
understanding may be attached to, and shall be incorporated into the Agreement by this reference.
Article XXIV
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement expressed herein in writing constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties and
no oral statement shall add to or supersede any of its provisions.
Article XXV
UNIFORMS
The City agrees to furnish uniforms and coveralls using a quartermaster system (replaced on an as
needed basis as determined by the supervisor/division manager). M&O, Parks Maintenance and
Administration employees will be furnished with five (5) T-shirts, two (2) safety T-shirts, three (3) mid-
weight sweatshirts or button-up shirts, one (1) coat, and a baseball cap. All supplied uniforms will
have City-approved logos and are required to be the top clothing layer worn by the employee while at
work.
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The City will also pay up to one hundred dollars ($100) per year per employee to purchase work pants
from a vendor selected by the City. This purchase will be conducted annually during the months of
February and March. New, regular, full-time employees will be reimbursed up to one hundred and
seventy-five dollars ($175) for a new pair of safety boots upon hire. All employees shall be entitled up
to a maximum of one hundred and seventy-five ($175.00), upon prior approval, receipt of purchase,
and submittal of previous pair for the purchase of new safety shoes or boots, as needed as
determined by management.
Article XXVI
LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The City and the Union agree that a need exists for closer cooperation between labor and
management, and from time to time suggestions and complaints of a general nature affecting the
Union and the City need consideration. To accomplish this end, the City and Union agree that not
more than three (3) authorized representatives of the Union and three (3) representatives of the
Employer shall function as the Labor Management Committee. The parties agree to allow expanded
participation in Labor Management Committee discussions, when necessary, by mutual agreement.
The Union Business Representative and the City Human Resources Director stand as guests to any
meeting it is necessary that they attend. The committee shall meet as requested by either party, and
as is mutually agreeable, for the purpose of discussing and facilitating the resolution of all problems
that may arise between the parties other than those for which another procedure is provided by law or
other provisions of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the purpose of the committee
does not include the hearing of formal grievances brought under the grievance provisions of this
Agreement.
Article XXVII
SNOW& ICE REMOVAL.PROCEDURE
Once per year, the City will request volunteers who are interested in working/changing their work
schedule in the event the City needs snow or ice removal teams.
The City agrees to the following procedure:
• The bid meeting will be held in the month of November each year.
• The City will ask for volunteers who want to be placed on the list.
• The City will assign snow and ice removal from the list of volunteers in seniority order, with the
most senior employee offered the work first.
• The manager and/or supervisor in charge of this program will be present at the meeting, and
the supervisor in charge will be the recorder of the meeting.
• A local 117 Shop Steward will be invited to be present at the meeting.
• Upon request, the City shall provide the Union a copy of the snow and ice removal seniority
list.
Employees who are utilized for this program will receive overtime for all hours worked in excess of the
employee's normally scheduled shift. An employee is not obligated to work more than twelve and one
half(12.5) hours in any calendar day.
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Article XXVIII
AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION (AVL)
The City may use the AVL systems to assist in coordinating resources, develop departmental or
statistical information, assist with the defense of a civil claim and/or lawsuit, in response to an
investigation of the department or activities of its employees, or other City-related purposes.
For the purposes of discipline, AVL will be consulted only if a complaint is received or a supervisor
witnesses potential misconduct.
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Article XXIV
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
Section 1. This Agreement shall be in effect from January 1, 2017, to and including December 31,
2019.
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City of Auburn Teamsters Local Union No. 117
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Appendix A
Teamster Wages
Effective January 1, 2017, the employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase of
2%. In addition, the Meter Readers shall receive a 2% market adjustment for a total of 4%; the
Maintenance Specialists will receive a 1.6% market adjustment for a total of 3.6%; and the M&O
Mechanics will receive a 2% market adjustment for a total of 4%. Effective July 1, 2017, the
employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase of 1%.
Effective January 1, 2018, the employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase of
2%. Effective July 1, 2018, the employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase
of 1%.
Effective January 1, 2019, the employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase of
2%. Effective July 1, 2019, the employees covered by this Agreement shall receive a wage increase
of 0.5%.
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
By and Between
City of Auburn
And
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 117
Affiliated with the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Re: Community Work Crew Supervisor
This Memorandum of Agreement(MOA), made effective on November 16, 2017, is entered into
by and between Teamsters Local Union No. 117 (Union) and the City of Auburn (The City),
referred to herein collectively as the Parties.
The City currently employs an unaffiliated Community Work Crew Supervisor that is responsible
for supervising individuals who are assigned to community service hours by the King County
District Court, or who volunteer for community service to pay off fines. Both Parties agree that it
would be beneficial for the incumbent in the position to be able to perform Maintenance Worker
duties when the incumbent does not have a work crew to supervise. Therefore, both Parties
agree that the City will transfer the position and the duties of the Community Work Crew
Supervisor to be represented by the Union. The Community Work Crew Supervisor will be
reclassified to a Maintenance Worker I (MWI) position within the street work unit.
The Union waives the requirement per the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to post the
position and have the position be open to all members of the bargaining unit to apply. The
incumbent in the position shall be placed at T21, Step 6. The incumbent shall serve a twelve (12)
month probationary period and is expected to perform all of the duties of the MWI, as well as the
Work Crew Supervisor duties. If the incumbent is not able to perform the duties to the satisfaction
of the City and is terminated from the position during the probationary period, the termination is
not subject to protest or the grievance process. The incumbent shall receive vacation accruals
relative to her start date on June 1, 2011. However, the incumbent's seniority with the work unit
shall begin on November 16, 2017.
Except as expressly amended herein, all other provisions of the January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2019 CBA between the City of Auburn and Teamsters Union Local No. 117 remain
in effect.
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Signed this '5 day of /V W' . to , 2017, at Auburn, Washington
CITY OF AUBURN TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION
NO. 117, IBT
ROB ROSCOE JO V SCEARCY
Director, Human Resources & Sec etary-Treasurer
Risk Management
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