Agenda

Article 33
Travel

Occasionally employees travel as part of their duties. When the need for travel occurs the City
shall pay all cost related to the travel consistent with the City’s travel policy. Cost shall include,
but not be limited to: transportation cost [plane, train, automobile rental [if required],
automobile at the prescribed mileage rate, etc.], meals including tax and tip, lodging
[including all taxes and a five (5) minute phone call home each night] and other reasonably related
miscellaneous expenses.

Article 32
Mileage Reimbursement

Use of City owned vehicles

If you are assigned a City-owned vehicle and are allowed to take the vehicle home at night and
on weekends, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the personal use of the city owned
vehicle,

that is commuting back and forth to work and any other non-work use, is subject to
federal withholding and social security tax, where applicable. This rule does not apply to
emergency vehicles specifically police and fire vehicles.

In the event that the city employees represented by AFSCME opt to change their pension plan
for new hires to join the state plan, or if the current DPW system is changed [for new hires]
by ordinance, the Union agrees to meet with the City and discuss implementation of the said
changes.

Article 29
Military Service

Effective July 1, 2021, employees may elect to enroll in a “High Option” dental plan offered by
the City. The employee shall be responsible for paying the full additional premium cost for the
High Option Plan.

Regular part time employees working a minimum of 20 hours per week are covered by the
provisions of this article 24 on a pro rata basis. The proration is based on the ratio the
employee’s regular weekly work hours are to 40 hours. The proration applies to the City’s
premium contribution.

Article 25
Life Insurance

HMO Co-pays and Deductibles:

The HMO Plan shall have the following co-pays and deductibles:

(a) Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per medical visit;

(b) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per emergency room visit;

(c) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) Per Person, Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) Per 2 Person/Family Inpatient/Outpatient Facility Deductible; and

(d) Three Tier Pharmacy Benefit of $5/$15/$35 ($5/$30/$70 Mail Order).

Effective July 1, 2021, the HMO Plan shall have the following co-pays and deductibles:

comparable, the grievance shall not be subject to the grievance procedure and shall be
submitted directly for arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the Union is notified of the
proposed change to the comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an expedited manner. The
decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.

as the carrier may establish. The City reserves the right to change long term disability insurers to
another commercially available program having overall comparability of coverage to that
currently in effect on the date of execution hereof, or to self insure said coverage. Employees are
encouraged to maintain adequate earned time balances to cover the elimination period for the
long term disability benefit in the event a claim is made.

Article 22A
Short Term Disability (STD)

Reimbursement eligibility is in the order set forth above to the limit of available funds. All
courses must be approved in advance by the Human Resources Department in order to be
eligible for reimbursement. Any single individual employee may utilize up to fifteen percent of
the total tuition account per fiscal year. However, if such an employee would be entitled to
additional reimbursement but for this limit, and there is any money remaining in the tuition
account at the end of the fiscal year, said employee can request additional remmbursement. The

1- pay the employee each week, the payment will include the difference between the amount
they are paid under Worker's Compensation and the amount of the employee's pay for
their regularly scheduled work week as in effect at the time of the injury.

2- make such supplemental payments for as long as the employee is disabled, but in no case
longer than six (6) months from the date of injury.

Article 16
Bereavement Leave

The City permits absence from scheduled work with pay necessitated by death in your immediate
family, up to a maximum of three (3) regularly scheduled workdays at their straight time rate of
pay per occurrence.