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Home My WebLink About29322 / 78-160 ❑ February 2, 1978 # 16 RESOLUTION PURPC�E: E�7'i�R IN'I.n 197$ LABOR AGR�NT WITH FIRE C�IIEF �JFFICERS INITIA� BY : PERSONN�I, DEPARTN�v'T Wf�RF.AS, the City of Oshkosh has been negotiating with representatives of the Oshkosh Fire Departm�nt Chief Officer's Association; and WHEIZEAS, the conclusions of said negotiations have been reduced to the attached agreQ�.mexit; NOW TI-�'ORE, HE IT RESOLVED by the Com?nn Council of the City of Oshkosh that the proper City officials are hereby authorized and directed to enter into the attached agreeirent with the Oshkosh Fire Degartment Chief Officer's Associa- tion for the 1978 calerdar year. . - 16 - �: , r2��3�� 1978 CONTRACT OSHKOSH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OFFICERS AND CITY OF OSHKOSH � i : ARTICLE I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. vlll. ix. X. XI. XII. Xill. XiV. � INDEX WORK WEEK PAY POLICY OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT HOSPITAL - MEDICAL INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE AUTHORIZED ABSENCE SICK LEAVE EMERGENCY LEAVE HOLIDAY LEAVE LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY WAIVER OF RIGHTS PRESENT BENEFITS TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT PENSION UNIFORM ALLOWANCE SCHEDULE "A" - WAGE SCHEDULE DURATION PAGE 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 � ARTICLE I WORK WEEK Chief Officers are supervisory personnel and as such are charged with the responsibility of controlling and directing subordinate personnel in executing their specified assignments. Therefore, the duty week shall be determined by the Chief, based upon department manpower requirements. ARTICLE II PAY POLICY Chief Officers shall be compensated within the pay range as set forth in Schedule "A", attached hereto and made a part of this agreement. ARTICLE III OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT Chief Officers shall have the right to seek and hold outside employment upon approval of the Chief of the department. All requests and approvals or denials shall be in writing. ARTICLE IU HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL INSURANCE - LIFE INSURANCE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL INSURANCE The employer shall pay up to Ninty-four pollars and Fifty Cents ($94.50) per month for each employee toward the premium of the employee's group hospital and medical policy irrespective of the employee's marital status. RETIRED EMPLOYEE INSURANCE B. For those employees on the Oshkosh Fire Department prior to January 1, 1974, the City will pay an amount equal to the cost of the current individual group health insurance premium for retiring employees, for a period not to exceed five (5) years from their date of retirement, providing that such employees have not obtained health insurance coverage or is not eligible for health insurance coverage through other employment or any other source. Any retired employee who has health insurance benefits or who is eligible for such benefits from any source other than the City of Oshkosh shall be ineligible for the benefits provided herein. LIFE INSURANCE The employer shall pay one hundred per cent (100i) of the Chief Officers state group life insurance policy. � 0 N ARTICLE V AUTHORIZED ABSENCE Vacation Each employee with more than one (1) calendar year of continuous service, shall be granted six work days of vacation leave. Each employee with more than five (5) years of consecutive calendar service, shall be granted seven work days of vacation leave. Each employee with more than ten (10) years of consecutive calendar service, shall be granted eight work days of vacation leave. Each employee with more than fifteen (15) years of consecutive calendar service shall be granted ten work days of vacation. Each employee with more than twenty (20) years of consecutive calendar service shall be granted eleven work days of vacation. Each employee with less than a full calendar year of service in the calendar year preceeding shall be granted a vacation in the succeeding year on a prorated basis equal to the percentage of the year worked as bears to the prescribed vacation period. Those employees completing their fifth, tenth, fifteenth, and twentieth years of service shall earn their vacation for that year on a prorated basis. On separation all vacation shall be paid in proportion to the time worked. Sick Leave All employees shall be entitled to sick leave credits on the following basis: All Chief Officers shall accumulate sick leave with pay at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service, an unlimited accumulation of sick leave. A Chief Officer may use sick leave with pay for absence necessitated by injury or illness, or exposure to contagious disease when confirmed by a physician. In order to qualify for sick leave payment, an employee must: a. Report his absence to his Chief prior to the start of each work day. b. Keep his Chief informed on the condition if the absence is more than one working day. c. Submit a doctor's certificate for such absence upon request of the employer. The certificate must state the kind and nature of sickness or injury and whether the employee has been incapacitated for such period of absence. d. Apply for such leave according to the procedure established by the employer. e. Record of sick leave will be maintained by the Personnel Office. It is recognized that the serious injury or illness of the spouse or child of the employee may adversely affect the ability of the employee to perform his duties efficiently and may necessitate the use of sick leave. However, no leave shall be granted under this subsection if the spouse of the employee is employed and continues to work during the absence of the employee. Any leave granted for reasons listed in this subsection shall be subject to the general sick leave provisions with approval of the Fire Chief. -2- Section 2-138 (d) (4) of the Oshkosh Municipal Code provides as follows: "Upon written election by the employee filed with the Director of Administration, an employee injured while on duty and otherwise covered under the provisions of the Workmen°s Compensation Act, may use accumulated sick leave so as to draw as paid sick leave an amount which equals the difference between regular salary and Workmen's Compensation weekly benefits and such sick leave accumulations charged with 1/3 of a day for each such day; in the case of inembers of the police and fire departments for the first year of injury. See Sections 2-162 and 2-�63 of this Code." ARTICLE VII EMERGENCY LEAVE Each employee shall be allowed three (3) consecutive calendar days off with pay in the event of the death of such employee's mother, father, son, daughter, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, or step-child, step-father, step-mother, grandchildren, grandparents or guardian. In the event an employee is called off from duty because of the death of an above relative, that duty day shall not be counted as part of the three (3) day leave provision. ARTICLE VIII HOLIDAY LEAVE All Chief Officers shall receive five (5) working days off duty with pay in lieu of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday afternoon (1/2 day), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve afternoon (1/2 day), Christmas Day, and one Floating Holiday which shall be earned at the rate of 1/10 day for each month worked, but not to exceed one day. These Chief Officers may, at their option, forfeit the time off and receive five (5) days at the employees current rate. Employees selecting the option payment must notify the department prior to September lst of the current budget year for the following year. ARTICLE IX LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY Requests for leave of absence without pay for justifiable reasons as determined by the employer will be granted for reasonable periods of time by the employer except that no employee shall be granted a leave of absence in order to seek other employment. ARTICLE X WAIVER OF RIGHTS Neither party to this agreement by such act at the time hereof or sub- sequent hereto agrees to and does waive any rights possessed by it or them under state and federal laws, regulations or statutes. In the event any clause or portion of this Agreement is in conflict with Statutes of the State of Wisconsin -3- � governing municipalities or other Statutes, such clause or portion of the Agreement shall be declared invalid and negotiations shall be instituted to adjust the invalidated clause or portion thereof. ARTICLE XI PRESENT BENEFITS The employer agrees to maintain in substantially the same manner such present benefits not specifically referred to in this Agreement. ARTICLE XII TERMtNATION OF EMPLOYMENT The employer shall pay all monies due employees upon the termination of employment and shall furnish such employees with a statement of employment if requested to do so by such employee. ARTICLE XIII PENSION In addition to the Statutory requirements, the employer shall pay to the retirement fund up to 8i of the employees gross wages. During the month of retirement of employees under the ss. 62.13 retirement system, bi-weekly con- tribution shall cease and the amount transferred to the employees salary. ARTICLE XIV UNIFORM ALLOWANCE The employer will prouide a uniform allowance of One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($175.00) per year to be paid in January of each year. In the event an employee has worked less than twelve (12) months in the year preceding, the amount shall be pro-rateci. 0 FREQ. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF SCHEDULE "A" � ,WAGE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,�19781 SPAN A B Biw. 614 b34 Mon. 1330 1374 %� OFFICIAL RATES ARE THE BI-WEEKLY RATES C D M 654 675 699 1417 1462 1514 4 � r • ARTICLE XV • DURATION � This Agreement shall become effective January 1, 1978 and shaTl remain in full force and effect until and including December 31, 1978, and shali be auto- matically renewed from year to year unless negotiations are instituted by September 1, 1978 and the first day of September of any subsequent effective year of this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on this day of r�_ �.r. �:,:a r°J � 1978. FOR: ClTY OF OS KOSN � �- , By: WI LIAM D. FRUEN City Manager .� �� ,�1 i? ��/''�"�. gY : •)� , � ' �` i � CON RSE C. MARKS � City Clerk �� By : ! /, / �� 1�t.��-,, DEL LaMARC Comptroller a�A roved as� o rm n�e�t�cut i�: � ��! �,%l%"�� • . ' PEN E, City Attorney OSHKOSH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OFFICERS By :�� " J;�,' C�''� . � r• By: /rf� � . r� � ' '� �' BY : %`'.�c'-�-�+ Gf .� ��-�,_--• ., r � 1978 CONTRACT OSHKOSH FIRe. DEPARTMENT CNIEF OFFICERS r.Lr�, C I TY OF OSHKOSH ARTICLE I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. V111. IX. X. XI. Xil. Xlil. XIV. xv. INDEX WORK WEEK PAY POLICY OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT NOSPITAL - MEDICAL INSURANCE LIFE IHSURANCE AUTFiORIZED ABSENCE SICK LEAVE EMERGENCY LEAVE HOLIDAY LEAVE LEAVE OF ASSENCE WITHOUT PAY WAIVER OF RIGHTS PRESENT BENEFITS TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT PENSI�N UNIFORM ALLOWANCE SCHEDULE "A" - WAGE SCHEDULE DURATION PAGE 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 ,� � ARTICLE I WORK WEEK Chief Officers are supervisory personnel and as such are charged with the responsibility of controlling and directing subordinate personnel in executing their specified assignments. Therefore, the duty week shall be determined by the Chief, based upon department manpower requirements.' ARTICLE II PAY POLICY Chief Officers shall be compensated within the pay range as set forth in Schedule "A", attached hereto and made a part of this agreement. ARTICIE III OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT Chief Officers shall have the right to seek and hold outside employment upon approval of the Chief of the department. All requests and approvals or deniais shall be in writing. ARTtCLE IV HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL INSURANCE - LIFE INSURANCE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL tNSURANCE The employer shall pay up to Ninty-four potlars and Fifty Cents ($94.50) per month for each employee toward the premium of the employee's group hospital and medical policy irrespective of the employee's marital status. RETIRED EMPLOYEE INSUi�ANCE B. For those employees on the Osh��osh Fire Department prior to January 1, �974, the City will pay an amount equat to the cost of the current individual group heaTth insurance premium for retiring employees, for a period not to exceed five (5) years from their date of retirement, providing that such employees have not obtained health insurance coverage or is not eligibie for health insurance coverage through other employment or any other source. Any retired employee who has health insurance benefits or who is eligible for such benefits from any source other than the City of Oshkosh shali be ineligible for the benefits provided herein. _ LIFE INSURANCE The employer shatl pay one hundred per cent (1OOi� of the Chief Officers state group life insurance policy. -i- � ARTICLE V AUTHORIZED ABSENCE Vacation r'. (� � fi /:� `z= � Each employee with more than one (1) calendar year of continuous service, shall be granted six work days of vacation ieave. Each employee r��ith more than five (5) years of consecutive calendar service, shall be granted seven work days of vacation leave. Each employee with more than ten (10) years of consecutive calendar service, shall be granted eight work days of vacation leave. Each employee with more than fifteen (15) years of consecutive calendar service shall be granted ten work days of vacation. Each employee with more than twenty (20) years of consecutive calendar service sh�li be granted eleven work days of vacation. Each employee with tess than a full calendar year of service in the calendar year preceeding shalt be granted a vacation in the succeeding year on a prorated basis equal to the percentage of the year worked as bears to the prescribed vacation period. Those employees completing their fifth, tenth, fifteenth, and twentieth years of service shall earn their vacation for that year on a prorafied basis. On separation atl vacation shall be paid in proportion to the time worked. Sick Leave Al1 employees shall be entitled to sick teave credits on the following basis: All Chief Offic�rs shall accumulate sick leave with pay at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service, an unlimited accumulation of sick teave. A Chief Officer may use sick leave with pay for absence necessitated by injury or illness, or exposure to contagious disease when confirmed by a physician. , In crder to qualify for sick leave payment, an employee must: a. Report his absence to his Chief prior to the start of each work day. b. Keep his Chief informed on the condition if the absence is more than one working day. c. Submit a doctor's certificate for such absence upon request of the employer. The ce�tificate must state the kind and nature of sickness or injury and whether the employee has been incapacitated for such period of absence. d. Apply for such leave according to the procedure established by the employer. ' e, Record of sick leave will be maintained by the Personnel Office. It is recognized that the serious injury �r illness of the spouse or child of the employee may adversely affect the ability of the employee to perform his duties efficientty and may necessitate the use of sick leave. However, no leave shall be granted under this subsection if the spouse of the employee is employed and continues to work during the absence of the employee. Any leave granted for reasons listed in this subsection shalt be subject to the general sick leave provisions with approval af the Fire Chief. -2- � Section 2-138 (d) (4) of the Oshkosh Municipal Code provides as �• :�� j,: . . "Upon written election by the employee filed with the Director of Administration, an employee injured while on duty and otherwise covered under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, may use accumulated sick leave so as to draw as paid sick leave an amount which equals the difference between regular salary and Workmen's Compensation weekly benefits and such sick leave accumulations charged with 1/3 of a day for each such day; in the case of inembers of the police and fire departments for the first year of injury. See Sections 2-162 and 2-1b3 of this Code." ARTICLE VII EMERGENCY LEAVE Each employee shall be allowed three (3) consecutive calendar days off with pay in the event of the death of such emptoyee's mother, father, son, daughter, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, or step-child, step-father, step-mother, grandchildren, grandparents or guardian. In the event an employee is called off from duty because of the death of an above relative, that duty day shall not be counted as part of the three (3) day leave provision. ARTICLE VIII HOLIDAY LEAVE All Chief Officers shall receive five (5) working days off duty with pay in lieu of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday afternoon (1/2 day), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve afternoon (1/2 day), Christmas Day, and one Floating Holiday which shall be earned at the rate of t/10 day for each month worked, but not to exceed one day. These Chief Officers may, at their option, forfeit the time off and receive five �5) days at the employees current rate. Employees selecting the option payment must notify the department prior to September lst of the current budget year for the following year. AP,71 CLE I X LEAVE OF ABSEP�CE WfTN�JUT PAY Requests for leave of absence without pay for justifiable reasons as determined by the employer will be granted for reasonable periods of time by the employer except that no emptoyee shall be granted a leave of absence in order to seek other employment. ARTICLE X WAIVER OF RiGNTS Neither party to this agreement by such act at the time hereof or sub- sequent hereto agrees to and does waive any rights possessed by it or them under state and federal laws, regulations or statutes. In the event any clause or portion of this Agreement is in conflict with Statutes of the State of 4lisconsin -3- 1 ♦ • governing municipalities or other Statutes, such clause or portion of the Agreement shall be declared invalid and negotiations shall be instituted to adjust the invalidated clause or portion thereof. ARTICLE XI PRESENT BENEFITS The employer agrees to maintain in substantially the same manner such present benefits not specifically referred to in this Agreement. ARTICLE XII TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT The employer shall pay all monies due employees upon the termination of emptoyment and shall furnish sucn emptoyees with a statement of employm�nt if requested to do so by such employee. ARi"ICLE XIII PENSION In addition to the Statutory requirements, the employer shall pay to the retirement fund up to 80 of the employees gross wages. During the month of retirement of employees under the ss. 62.13 retirement system, bi-week}y can- tribution shall cease and the amount transferred to the employees salary. ARTICLE XIV UNIFORM ALLOWANCE The employer will provide � uniform allowance of One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($175.00) per year to be paid in January of each year. !n the event an employee has worked less than twelve (12) months in the year preceding, the amount shal) be pro-rated. ASSISTAN7 FIRE CHIEF .� SCHEDULE "A" %� ,WAGE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,�1978%� FREQ. SPAN A B Biw. 614 634 Mon. 1330 137� ^ OFFICIAL RATES ARE THE B!-WEEKLY RATES 0 �� C D - M 654 675 699 1417 1462 1514 1 f � ARTICLE XV � � � /� DURATION � This Agreement shall become effective January f, 1978 and shalt remain in fu11 force and eff�ct until and incTuding December 31, 1978, and shali be auto- matically renewed fram year to year unless negotiations are instituted by September 1, 1978 and the first day of September of any subsequent effective year of this Agreement. IN W{TNESS WHERE�F, the parties hereto have executed this F�yreement on this� day of , 1978- FOR: � � CIlY OF OSHKOSH � OSHKOSH FlRE DEPARTMENT GHIEF OFFf�CERS By: WILLIAM D. FRUEN City Manager By: � CONVERSE C. MARKS City Clerk � By: � DEL LaMARCHE ComptroTTer Appt-oved as �to �Form and execution: JOHN W. 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