Resolution - #15-03-072 - 03/10/2015

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Councilmember Johns introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #15-03-072 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A 2-YEAR LABOR AGREEMENT WITH LELS- SERGEANTS WHEREAS, the current LELS-Sergeants contract expired on December 31, 2014; and WHEREAS, city staff and LELS-Sergeants have reached a tentative agreement on a two-year labor agreement, effective January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016; and WHEREAS, the City will administer the 2015-2016 labor agreement as follows: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: ARTICLE TWENTY FIVE (25) DURATION: 2-years / January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016 ARTICLE TWENTY THREE (23) SALARIES: 2015: 2% Increase to the 2014 wage scale, effective on 01-01-15, for a Cost of Living Adjustment. 2016: 2% increase to the 2015 wage schedule, effective on 01-01-16 for Cost of Living Adjustment. April 1, 2016: Adjust the wage scale to begin at 85%, with 3% between steps and increase the Sergeants wage to the comparable market as follows: Step 1 $36.51, Step 2 $37.80, Step 3 $39.08, Step 4 $40.37, Step 5 $41.66, and Step 6 $42.95. Field Training Officer Supplemental Pay: Employees assigned in writing by the Employer to fulfill this assignment shall receive $2.50 per hour over base pay while working in that capacity. ARTICLE FOURTEEN (14) VACATION : An Employee's accrued or "banked" vacation leave must be equal to or less than two times the yearly accrual by December 31st of each year; any accruals exceeding this amount will be forfeited. ARTICLE SEVENTEEN (17) HOLIDAYS: Employees required to work on any of the holidays of: Martin Luther King's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (4th of July), Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day shall receive an additional 1/2 time Resolution #15-03-072 Page 1 of 3