HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-034 (2019-2020 Labor Agreement between the City of Stillwater and International Association of Firefighters) RESOLUTION 2019-034
APPROVING THE 2019-2020 LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF STILLWATER AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of Stillwater, Minnesota, that the 2019-2020 Labor Agreement
between the City of Stillwater and the International Association of Firefighters, as on file with the City
Clerk is hereby approved with the following changes:
• Contract Duration- 2 year agreement, January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020
• Wages - General Wage Increase: 3.0% increase effective January 1, 2019; 3.0% increase effective
January 1, 2020
• Health Insurance- Employer contribution to $1,211.86 per month per member toward group
health insurance effective January 1, 2019, and increase employer contribution to $1,231.86 per
month per member toward group health insurance effective January 1, 2020 (plan design changes
to High Value Network on all three plans effective April 1, 2019, contingent on the ability of the
City to make the plan design changes)
• Life Insurance- Employer will provide a term life insurance policy for each employee and
coverage increases from $20,000 to $30,000
• Sick Leave
o Schedule of sick leave accrual adjusted to convert half pay weeks to full pay weeks and delete
reference to half pay weeks
o Employees hired by the City on or after January 1, 2019, full-time working 40 hours per week
will accrue sick leave at the rate of 8 hours/month to a maximum of 1040 hours. Up to a
maximum of 1040 hours of unused sick leave benefits shall be granted as severance pay upon
retirement due to age or physical disability to employee having completed not less than ten (10)
years of service with the City.
o Employees hired by the City on or after January 1, 2019, full-time working 56 hours per week
will accrue sick leave at the rate of 12 hours/month to a maximum of 1456 hours. Up to a
maximum of 1456 hours of unused sick leave benefits shall be granted as severance pay upon
retirement due to age or physical disability to employee having completed not less than ten (10)
years of service with the City.
o In the event of death while still employed,the surviving spouse,if any,or if no surviving spouse,
minor children,if any,shall be entitled to such severance pay in the same amount as though such
employee had retired due to age or physical disability, as provided above, but in no event shall
such death benefit exceed 60 percent of hours available for severance.
• Union Security- Language referring to "fair share" deduction is deleted
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Stillwater City Council authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to
sign the agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Stillwater this 19th day of March 2019.
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ATTEIST: Ted Kozlowski, Mayor
Beth Wolf, City Clerk