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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2022-066
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANGER TO ENTER THE
NEGOTIATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
(IBEW), EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025
WHEREAS, the City of Seward and IBEW have negotiated in good faith and agreed upon
a new contract governing the wages and working conditions for electrical lineman, plant operators
and the field engineer employed by the City's Electric Department; and
WHEREAS, the City and IBEW agree to the terms and conditions as outlined in the
attached Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expires June 30, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA that:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the agreement, as detailed
in the updated Collective Bargaining Agreement, with the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers effective July 1, 2022 and continuing until June 30, 2022.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this
9th day of May 2022.
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City Council Agenda Statement
Meeting Date: May 9, 2022
To: City Council
Through: Janette Bower, City Manager
From: Rob Montgomery, General Manager - Electric
Agenda Item: Resolution 2022-066: Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into the
Negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), Effective July 1, 2022 and Ending June 30, 2025
Background and justification:
The attached contract is the result of negotiations between representatives of the City of Seward
(City) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The new contract has an
effective date of July 1, 2022 and will continue through June 30, 2025.
A summary of the agreed upon changes to the contract are as follows:
o Term of Agreement— Dates updated to reflect new term
o Job Classifications— Probationary hours for regular positions updated to align with the City
❑ Holidays — Christmas Eve moves to full day off based on Title 3
o Leave Categories (Paid, Special, Funeral) — Updated based on Title 3
o Definition of Immediate Family— Updated based on Ttile 3
o Benefits Related to Leave Without Pay (LWOP) — Section number in contract updated
o Application of Law— Section number in contract updated
o Overtime —Times for early call -outs updated to consider normal work -day hours
o Call -Out Lists— Updated to reflect an after-hours standby schedule vs. a call -out list
o Layoffs— Added to align with SPEA contract
o Dismissal Notice-- Added to align with SPEA contract
❑ Separation Paperwork— Added to align with SPEA contract
o Safety Meetings and Training— Updated to reflect management coordiantiion and to move
from a weekly to monthly schedule
o Foreman/Leadman — Added "Operator" to language defining "Leadman"
o Low -Voltage Switching— Added "Operator" to language
o Field Engineer— Updated language around union benefits
o Appendix— Deleted the Appendix which outlined "Operator" duties since unnecessary
o Trust Fund Contributions— Increases the contribution by $0.37 cents in each year over the
term of the contract with updates beginning on July 1, 2022
o Wage Rate — Increases the base wage by $1.16 per hour beginning July 1, 2022. Also,
based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Anchorage, wage will increase approximately 4%
to $51.45 on July 1, 2022. Increases in 2023 and 2024 will be equal to the CPI with a 1%
floor and a 4% ceiling
o Article 13— Increases the Field Engineer wage rate from 75% of Linemen wages to 85% of
Linemen wages to make the position more competitive in the market
Comprehensive and Strategic Plan Consistency Information
This legislation is consistent with (citation listed):
Comprehensive Plan: N/A
Strategic Plan: N/A
Other: N/A
Certification of Funds
The total amount of funds listed in this
legislation:
Th's legislation (v'):
Creates revenue in the amount of:
Creates expenditure in amount of:
Creates savings in the amount of:
Has no fiscal impact
Funds are (I):
Budgeted Line item(s):
Not budgeted
Not applicable
$ A 2% increase is in the 2022 budget. The remaining
increase will be absorbed by the 2022 budget. Future
increases will be budgeted in the 2023/2024 budget.
$
Unassigned Fund Balance and Available Unrestricted Cash Balance Information
Fund (1):
General
Boat Harbor
Motor Pool
SMIC
Parking
Other
Unassigned Fund Balance*:
Available Unrestricted Cash Balance*:
Attorney Review
X j Yes
Not applicable
Electric
Water
Wastewater
Healthcare
*unaudited numbers
Finance Signature:
Administration Recommendation
x
Adopt Resolution
Other:
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AGREEMENT COVERING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Between
THE CITY OF SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
And
LOCAL NO. 1547
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
AFL-CIO
Anchorage, Alaska
Expires June 30, 20222025
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Section 1.1 Term of Agreement.
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect from July 1, 20192022,
until June 30, 2022 2025 and thereafter year to year; provided, however, that
either party may give the other party written notice of its desire to terminate
the Agreement or to effect changes therein. Such written notice will specify
the reasons for the termination or a description of the changes desired, as
the case may be, and will be served upon the other party not less than sixty
(60) days prior to the end of the initial period of this Agreement or any annual
extension thereof. The parties will meet to negotiate on such termination,
modifications or amendments within thirty (30) days from the receipt of such
notice, except that such meeting may be delayed by mutual consent. The
parties agree that, while negotiating a new agreement, all provisions of this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect until a new agreement is ratified
or impasse is reached. Nothing herein will preclude the termination,
modification or amendment of this Agreement at any time by written mutual
consent of the parties.
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Section 3.1 Employee Classifications.
(a) Temporary Employees Journeyman Linemen and Wiremen and other
classifications as set forth in the IBEW-NECA Agreement may be employed
as temporary for a period not to exceed six (6) months of continuous
employment. Such employees shall be subject to this Agreement as to hours
of work and applicable working rules only. In addition, Temporary
Employees shall receive the wage rates as set forth in the IBEW-NECA
Inside Outside Agreements as amended. The City shall pay on behalf of the
Temporary Employees benefits as specified in said IBEW-NECAAgreement.
Temporary Employees shall not accrue seniority, service credits, holiday
pay, annual leave, jury duty or longevity, and are not considered Regular
Employees. (A Temporary Employee under this subsection may be laid off
or discharged for any reason or no reason.)
(b) Probationary Employees:
(1) Generally. A Probationary Employee is one who has been hired
by the City for regular employment but who has had Tess than two -one
hundred seventy -eighty (270180) days continuous service with the City. All
employees hired to fill a regular job will be regarded as Probationary
Employees for the first two -one hundred scventy eighty (270180) days,
except that if a Temporary Employee is hired for regular employment, such.
time served as a Temporary Employee shall be credited towards the
employee's probationary period. During this period of probationary
employment, employees may be laid off or discharged by the City for any
reason or no reason. All employees hired to fill a regular job shall accrue
service credits and seniority during such probationary period. This time may
be extended by mutual agreement between the City and the Union.
Probationary employees may accrue leave as provided in section 4.2, but
will not be allowed to take that leave until 90 days of the probationary period
has ended.
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Section 4.1 Holidays.
(a) Recognized City Holidays. The following shall be recognized as
holidays with pay for all regular employees who are in a pay status the day
before and the day after the recognized holiday, except as noted in
Subsection (d) below:
New Year's Day, President's Day, Seward's Day, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Alaska Day, Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and the day immediately following Thanksgiving
Day, Christmas Eve Day
and Christmas Day.
(b) Holidays Falling on a Saturday or Sunday. When a recognized holiday
falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be recognized in lieu thereof
and treated as a holiday with respect to overtime compensation. When a
recognized holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following shall be
recognized in lieu thereof and, treated as a holiday with respect to overtime
compensation.
(c) Holiday during Annual Leave A recognized City holiday which occurs
during an employee's annual leave shall not be counted as .a day of annual
leave.
(d) Holiday Falling between Two Days of Leave without Pay. A holiday
occurring between two days of disciplinary leave without pay shall not be
paid. A holiday occurring between two days of voluntary or emergency leave
without pay shall be paid.
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Section 4.2 Paid Leave.
_(a) ---Annual Leave Accrual Rate. Bch All regular employees hired
permanent or probationary status will accrue leas as follows:
holding
Years of Services
Hours Per Year
Hours Pay Period l
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160
6.15 2/3
3-5
200
8-1437.69
6 - 9
240
9.23-9
10 - 14
303.33
11.67 2/3
15+
347.1
13.35 113
The minimum numbers of hours of annual leave that must be taken yearly
are as follows:
• For employees with less than three years of service, 40 hours of
leave must be used.
• For employees with three to six years of service, 60 hours of
leave must be used.
• For employees with six years of service or more, 80 hours of
leave must be used,
• These limitations shall not apply to new employees until January
1 of the second calendar year following their date of hire.
accrue one hundred sixty (160) hours per--year,---The-
year is cighty -(89)
(2) Personnel employed from three (3) to six (6) years
number of hours of an
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{ (3) Personnel employed six (6)
accrue Nye #us ed and 'lofty (240) hours per year. The
y (120).
(1) It shall be the department head's responsibility to see that each
Employee under his/her supervision has taken the minimum annual
hours of leave requires by this Section. An employee may elect to cash
out leave up to two times per calendar year on an hour for hour basis
in order to comply with this requirement, provided that the balance of
the Employee's remaining leave is not reduced below 240 hours. The
department head shall provide in writing to the city manager the
reasons an employee in his/her department failed to take the minimum
annual leave hours required. Such letter shall be made part of the
personnel file of the employee in question. The city manager may
waive these leave use requirements.
12) In documented cases of unforeseen financial emergencies,
consistent with city policies of deferred compensation cash -in, the city
manager may authorize the city to purchase an employee's annual
leave at his/her regular rate of pay, provided that in no case shall a
cash -in be allowed to reduce an employee's annual leave balance
below 40 hours.
(3) (4) If an employee is terminated by the City or leaves
employment of the City on any day during the month, or if the employee
shall be employed on any day other than as indicated by a full calendar
month, the employee shall be entitled to the pro-rata portion of the
working days actually earned. All employees shall have the privilege
of accumulating annual leave up to and including seven hundred and
twenty (720) hours. No aAnnual leave shall accumulated in excess of
the -maximum -of seven hundred twenty (720) hours
shall be deducted from the employee's annual leave balance nd paid
in --each.
(4) (5) Upon termination from the city, annual leave balance
shall be paid in a lump sum together with final salary payment.
(5) An employee who resigns may use any available annual leave
until it is exhausted except that the Employee must work his or her last
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day. Any remaining annual leave will be cashed out in a lumpsum with
the Employee's final paycheck.
sum or using their annual Icavc until exhausted.
(b) Leave Requests.
(1) An employee must notify the proper supervisor in writing at least
one day in advance when not more than two (2) days annual leave is desired.
When longer periods of annual leave are desired, at least one (1) week
advance notice will be given. Annual leave requested shall be granted the
employee if, in the opinion of the City, the employee can be spared at the
time requested. Otherwise, such requests shall be granted as soon as the
employee can be spared from the cmpleyec�employce': his or her duties.
(2) If annual leave is requested due to medical necessity or health
considerations the employee must notify the proper supervisor prior to start
time. The City may, in its discretion, request a note from a physician or other
similar source if such leave is requested for periods in excess of three work
days.
(c) Workforce Limits on Leave. As a general rule, no more than 25% of
the work force shall be permitted to be on leave and/or leave without pay at
any one time. Granting of annual leave or leave without pay for more than
that recognized in the preceding sentence shall be in the sole discretion of
the Utility Manager. An example of an exception to the general rule of this
subsection may be, in the absence of extraordinary conditions, allowance
for two linemen to go hunting in the fall. Where necessary, the City may
utilize the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the hiring
of temporary employees through the IBEW (Sections 3.1 and 2.2).
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Section 4.4 Special Leave Categories.
(a) Worker's Compensation Leave. An employee injured in the line of duty
shall be entitled to workers' compensation pay from the city's insurance
carrier without deduction from annual leave balance for up to six weeks.
During that six weeks, the city shall pay the difference between what the
employee receives from the insurance carrier and the amount the employee
would have received working 40 hours at their base wage. Retirement
benefits, annual leave accrual, and medical insurance coverage shall
continue. An employee injured in the -course and scope of employment, and
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(1) (2) After six (6) weeks have expired, the employee may
elect to use annual leave or leave without pay. While on annual leave the
employee will retain his/her insurance workers' compensation benefits.
While on annual leave, retirement benefits, annual leave accrual, and
medical insurance coverage shall continue. After six (6) weeks of payments
have expired, the cmployec shall be granted Ictiave without pay or the
leave.
(2) (3) After all annual leave has expired, or if the
employee elects not to use annual leave, the employee will receive only
insurance workers' compensation benefits and will be considered on leave
without pay from the city. While on leave without pay, retirement benefits and
annual leave accrual are suspended, but medical insurance coverage
continues. This is to be in effect until a doctor's statement is submitted
advising that the employee is physically fit and capable to perform his/her
lob description with or without reasonable accommodationsUpon exha do
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provided that such leave without pay may not exceed one (1) year. Upon
expiration of said year of leave without pay, employee's employment with the
City may be terminated by the City and employee waives any rights under
any provision of law to challenge said termination.
(b) Light Duty Option. An employee who is not injured in the course and
scope of employment may request light duty rather than taking leave. If, in
the Utility Manager's sole discretion, light duty is available, the Utility
Manager will make a reasonable effort to grant such request. The employee
who has a certificate by a physician, psychiatrist, dentist or other such
licensed professional which permits light duty, may be temporarily assigned
such light duty.
(c) Light Duty Defined. "Light duty," as used in this subsection 4.4,
refers to other duties as may be temporarily assigned by the Utility
Manager which, as directed by the Utility Manager, do not involve or
require physical activities which the certificate by a physician, psychiatrist,
dentist or other such licensed professional describes as inappropriate to
resolving the injury or condition.
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Section 4.5 Funeral Leave
Each full-time Employee shall be eligible for seven (7) consecutive working
days of leave for use upon the death of a member of the Employee's
immediate family, limited to one time per calendar year. Such leave shall not
be deducted from the Employee's PTO account. Leave without pay up to an
additional five (5) working days will be granted and may be extended with
approval by the city manager.
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Section 4.6 Definition of "Immediate Family"
The definition of "immediate family" is the following: spouse, father, mother,
brother, sister, son, daughter, grandfather, and grandmother including
adopter, step or foster, and mothers and fathers-in-law.
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Section 4.6-7 Benefits While on LWOP.
During a leave without pay period under this Article 4, no benefits will accrue
or be earned except an entitlement to payment by the City of medical
insurance premiums, provided that the City's contribution toward such
premiums will not exceed those provided in Section 12.1(c), which will
continue to be paid as long as employee is employed by the City.
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Section 4.6-8 Application of Law.
The provisions of this Article 4 shall be modified by or be interpreted to
comply with any conflicting state or federal law.
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Section 5.2 Overtime.
(a) Calculation. Regular schedules are defined in 5.1. All time worked
outside of an employee's regularly scheduled shift shall constitute overtime
and paid for at double the regular hourly rate with the time calculated to the
nearest quarter (1/4) of an hour.
(b) Minimum Call -out Period. No employee covered by this Agreement
shall be called to work outside the employee's regular shift for less than two
(2) hours paid for at the rate of double the regular hourly rate.
If an employee is called out after regular work hours and then required to
respond again within two hours, the minimum two hours still applies and no
additional call -out exists.
In the case of an employee being called out, outside regularly scheduled
hours; and then called out again after the two hours have expired from the
first call time, a second call -out is required.
In the situation of a call -out and while on the job a second circumstance
occurs, the result will be a continuation of the original call -out..
(c) Relief/Overlap. An employee required to work between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. shall not report to work the next day following until
he has had nine (9) consecutive hours relief; provided, however, that such
employee shall be paid at his applicable straight -time rate for that portion of
the rest period that overlaps into his regular work day. If, however, the
employee is required to work during that overlap period, the employee will
be paid double the employee's regular straight time rate for that overlap
period.
(d) Early Call -Out. An employee called to work between the hours of
5:00 a.m. and 87:00 a.m. shall receive double the employee's regular
straight time rate. The employee will revert to the employee's straight time
rate at 87:00 a.m. on the employee's normal scheduled workday. Missed
breakfast will be compensated in compliance with Section 5.3 of this
Agreement.
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Section 5.10 Call-OutStand-by Lists.
(a) Call OutStand-by List. A current call outstand-by list will be made
available to the City. A new list will be presented prior to expiration of the
previous list with the names and phone numbers of the two (2) Linemen and
one (1) Operator covering call outs stand-by for seven (7) days of the week.
When a Lineman or Operator finds it necessary to switch the employees
assigned stand-by day or days with another employee, the City police
dispatcher shall be notified. A Lineman or Operator who has cabled in sick
and taken annual leave for that purpose shall be replaced on the call
outstand-by list and the City notified of the replacement's name.
The Foreman and Shop Steward shall determine which two (2) Linemen and
one (1) Operator will be on the call outstand-bv list. Each of the two (2)
Linemen and one (1) Operator designated on the catl-eutstand-by list shall
receive one (1) hour of overtime pay for each day they are available to
respond to call -outs or two (2) hours of overtime pay for each Saturday,
Sunday or holiday on which they are available to respond to call -outs.
If the City reduces the number of available Linemen reduces below to fewer
than four (4) for a continuous period of time exceeding thirty (30) days, or
fewer than two (2) Operators for a continuous period of time exceeding
fourteen (14) days, the parties agree to re open negotiations solely on the
other provi.above one (1) hour shall
be adiusted to two (2) hours of overtime pay for each day they are available
to respond to call -outs and the two (2) hours shall be adjusted to three (3)
hours of overtime pay for each Saturday, Sunday or holiday on which they
are available to respond to call -outs until such time as the number
of lineman returns to four (4).
(b) Coverage. The list of available employees under this subsection 5.10
shall allow for coverage of emergencies from 8-7 a.m. Tuesday Friday to 8-7
a.m. the following TuesdayFriday.
(c) Response by Other Employees. Those employees in town shall may
respond when the call outstand-by crew needs additional help to maintain or
restore power.
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(d) Calls to Listed Crew. If the City is unable to contact a Lineman on the
"call outstand-by" crew within 15 minutes of the first attempt by radio and/or
telephone, another crew member will be called out. Nothing in this section
will require the City to pay stand-by pay to any employees other than those
listed on the call oitstand-by list provided to the City by the Foreman and
Shop Steward.
Response Time. An employee on on callstand--by status must respond by
appearing at the employee's normal show -up within 45 minutes of the
dispatch call. Failure to respond may result in discipline and will result in
forfeiture by employee of stand-by pay on that day.
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Section 5.12 Layoffs
(a) The decision to lay off Employees shall be made solely by the City
and shall not reflect discredit upon the services of the Employee.
(b) Notice Requirements:
(1) An Employee shall be given at least thirty (30) calendar days
advance notice of a layoff.
(2) The Union shall be notified in writing of any proposed layoff
concurrently with the Employee. The Union and City agree to discuss
alternatives to the proposed layoff prior to the effective date of the
layoff and to negotiate the effects of any layoff if so requested by the
other party.
(c) The City shall not lay off an Employee and reclassify their former
position with the intention of filling the position with a temporary hire.
(d) Layoffs may occur for any of the following reasons:
(1) reduction in force because of a shortage or reduction of work or
funds:
12) the abolition of a position;
(3) change in departmental organization;
(4) termination of a grant; or
15) any other legitimate business reason not inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement.
(e) A regular Employee shall be offered a vacant position for which the
Employee is qualified in lieu of layoff. The Employee will be subiect to the
same qualifications review as any new Employee to determine an
appropriate wage.
(f) A regular Employee retains the right to be recalled to a vacant
position in the same or similar job class, in the same or different
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department that the Employee previously was regularly employed, for one
(1) year after the layoff so long as the Employee has indicated that the
Employee is qualified and interested and available to return to work.
(g) Regular or probationary Employees shall not be laid off while
casual/temporary Employees are in a position in the same department for
which the regular or probationary Employees meet the minimum
qualifications.
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Section 5.13 Dismissal Notice or Severance Pav
In the case where a regular Employee who has completed a probationary
period is laid off, the City shall give the Employee forty-five (45) days'
notice, or forty-five (45) days of severance pay.
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Section 5.14 Separation Paperwork
On or before the Employee's last day of work, the Employee shall complete
all separation paperwork and return all City property as required by the
City.
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Section 7.7 Safety Meetings and Training,
(a) Weekly -Monthly Safety Meeting. The ttilionPower Operations
Supervisor or General Manager will coordinate a one (1)
hour safety and job -training program on the first Friday of each monthweek
and will provide the City shop steward with a copy of the schedule and
minutes of the those meetings. Topics will be
provided to the shop steward as they are scheduled.
(b) Annual CPR and Pole -Top Training. Each year, the City will
schedule during normal working hours a First Aid and CPR training course,
as required by the State Department of Occupational Safety and Health,
and a minimum of four (4) hours of pole -top training, and employees shall
attend and be capable of performing such operations.
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Section 10.1 Foreman/Leadman.
(a) Line Foreman. A Line Foreman is a working journeyman who has been
a journeyman for at least three (3) years in the branch of the trade in which
the employee is directing one crew. If the employee directs more than eight
(8) other employees, the employee will not work except in emergencies
which threaten life or property, except for incidental assistance which does
not distract from the employees primary function. When any work is being
done on or within the reach of a primary voltage, the Foreman's primary
function is to be in a position to observe the work being done and give advice
in regard to safety.
(b) Leadman. A Leadman is a working journeyman Lineman or
Operator who has been a journeyman for at least three (3) years in the
branch of the trade in which the employee is directing at least one other
journeyman but not more than three (3) other employees.
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Section 10.7 Low Voltage Switching.
One journeyman lineman or Operator may perform low voltage switching
such as opening and closing power circuit breakers, setting reclosers on
next trip lack -out or ground trip switches, or setting Toad tap changers to
manual or automatic, provided the lineman has two-way communications
with the city dispatcher or line crew foreman.
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Section 12.1 Trust Fund Contributions.
(a) Pension Fund.
(1) The City agrees to participate in, and contribute to, the
Alaska. Electrical Pension Fund (AEPF), and Alaska Electrical Workers
Moncy Purchase PensionRetirement Savings Plan (eEWMPPAEWRSP)
trust funds which were established pursuant to: 1) an agreement between
the Union and the Alaska Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors
Association, Inc.; and 2) that certain declaration of trust entered into by the
aforesaid parties for the purpose of providing pension benefits for those
persons covered by said agreement.
(2) Effective July 1, 2019 2022 and subject to the maximum
amount set forth below, the City will pay into the AEPF the sum of Eight -Nine
Dollars and Forty Six Thirty -Three Cents ($8A69.33) for each compensable
hour earned in a month by an employee in a job classification listed in Article
XIII herein. Effective July 1, 20202023, said rate shall increase to Eight -Nine
Dollars and Seventy Ono Cents ($8.719.70). Effective July 1, 24242024,
said rate shall increase to Eight -Ten Dollars and Ninety Six Seven Cents
($8.9610.07).
The City will pay into the AEWMPP AEWRSP the sum of Two Hundred
Twenty-five_Dollars ($225.00) per month for those employees in job
classifications listed in Article XIII herein.
(3) The foregoing payments to the Fund, made by the City, will
entitle said covered employees of the City to pension payments under such
terms and conditions that may be lawfully provided for by the administration
and management of said funds. The City's liability shall be limited to making
the foregoing payments.
(4) All payments due under this Section 12.1 are payable to
said fund on or before the 15th day of the month following the month in which
said compensable hours were earned by the City's said employees. If an
employee is terminated by the City or leaves employment of the City on any
day during the month, or if the employee shall be employed on any day other
than as indicated by a full calendar month, the employee shall be entitled to
the pro-rata portion of the working days actually earned, all payments due
hereunder.
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(5) ''Compensable hour" as used in this Section 12.1 shall
mean only straight -time or overtime hours actually worked, standby time
measured in hours, and annual leave taken; for clarification, compensable
hour does not include other categories of time including but not limited to,
leave without pay time, workers' compensation time or meal allowance time.
(b) Health Insurance and Money Purchase Plan. The City agrees to
participate in and contribute to the Alaska Electrical Health and Welfare Trust
Fund and, depending upon the Health and Welfare Flex Plan (Seward Plans
500-505) selected by an employee, to the Alaska Electrical Worker's Money
Purchase Pension Plan of the Alaska Electrical Workers Pension Fund for
the purpose of providing selected benefits to the employees covered by this
agreement. The City will contribute $2,0872,202.00 per month, per
employee to the Trust Funds. Any contribution required of employees to pay
for health benefit premiums not covered by the amounts paid by the City
under this subsection 12.1(b) may be withheld from employee paychecks
and forwarded to the Trust Fund, provided that clear and uncontested notice
of such amounts is provided to the City by the Trust. The City will cover up
to a 5% increase in the premium, each year. Any increase above 5% will be
paid by the employee.
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April 27, 2022
Section 12.2 Wage Rate.
The base wage rate for purposes of calculating the wages of employees
covered by this Agreement shall be $'17.99'19.15 per hour for the term of this
Agreement. individuals covered under the terms of this agreement shall not
be entitled to receive any across-the-board pay increases granted by the City
Council to all other regular City employees.
Effective July 1, 20202022, all journeyman linemen shall receive an increase
of the current base rate of pay to fifty one dollars and forty-five cents
($51.45).a��
minimum of by 1 % and a maximum of 4%,
Effective July 1, 20242023, al! journeyman linemen shall receive an
increase of the current base rate of pay or the current base rate equal to
100% of the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price index for all -urban
consumers for Anchorage measured from January 1, 2020 2022 through
December 31, 20202022, with a minimum of by 1 % and a maximum of
4%.
Effective July 1, 2024, all journeyman linemen shall receive an increase of
the current base rate of pay or the current base rate equal to 100% of the
U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for all -urban consumers
for Anchorage measured from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023,
with a minimum of by 1% and a maximum of 4%.
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IBEW Proposal
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Section 12.5 Field Engineer.
1. The Field Engineer classification shall not be required to possess a
commercial driver's license required under Article 8.6.
2. All overtime paid to employees in the Field Engineer classification shall
be at a rate of one and one-half the straight time rate of pay.
3. Newly hired members in the Field Engineer classification will receive
these IBEW benefits under Article 12 Wages and Benefits.
Benevolent Fund (IHBF).
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April 27, 2022
ARTICLE 13
JOB CLASSIFICATIONS
This Article shall cover all classifications of employees covered by this
Agreement. The wage rate for the classifications of employees covered by
this Agreement shall be as follows:
Percent of Journeyman
Lineman or Wireman
Base wage rate 7/01 /4-92022 $ 47, 951.45 -per
hour
The effective wage rate (the regular or straight time hourly rate) for
classifications shall be a percentage of the base wage rate as follows:
Journeyman Lineman or Wireman
Line Foreman
Leadman
Field Engineer
Power Plant Operator/Mechanic
(a) hircd before July 1, 2010
100% of base wage rate
112% of base wage rate
105% of base wage rate
7-585% of base wage rate
100% of base wage rate
a
for first six months, 95%Q
of base wage rate from
end of sixth month
through end of ninth
month, and 100%
tl .Ereafter.
Apprentices (See Section 6.1 of this Agreement)
If employees are needed for work not listed in the classifications under this
Article but for work included in the bargaining unit, they shall be paid at a
negotiated rate that relates in importance to one of the classifications herein
provided.
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Letter of Understanding
By and Between
The City of Seward
and
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1547
RE: Section 3.8 Contracting and Subcontracting
City of Seward (Employer) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local
1547 (IBEW) are parties to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) effective July 1,
2022, through June 30, 2025. The union agrees that any contractor hired for tree clearing
of the transmission system will be paid prevailing wage as set by the State of Alaska in
Pamphlet 600 and excluded from the requirements in Section 3.8 for the above -
mentioned contract term only. This agreement will not have any effect on existing
agreements between the employer and current signatory contractors.
This letter of understanding will only be effective until June 30, 2025, unless extended by
mutual agreement of the parties.
Agreed to this c2 7 day of April 2022:
For the Employer:
By:
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J.5ette Bower
City Manager
City of Seward
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For the Union:
By:'6)
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Duk' Menefee
Business Representative
IBEW Local 1547