11-60Resolution No. 11 -60
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH
POLICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTION ASSOCIATION UNIT #54
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that
Sean R. Stegall, City Manager, and Diane Robertson, City Clerk, be and are hereby authorized and
directed to execute an extension agreement on behalf of the City of Elgin with Policemen's
Benevolent and Protection Association Unit 454, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part
hereof by reference.
s/ Ed Schock
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: March 23, 2011
Adopted: March 23, 2011
Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 0
Attest:
s/ Diane Robertson
Diane Robertson, City Clerk
This Extension Agreement ( "Extension Agreement ") is entered into as of the 23rdday of
March , 2011, by and between the City of Elgin (hereinafter referred to as the "City ")
and the Policemen's Benevolent and Protection Association, Unit #54 (hereinafter referred to as
the "Association ") (collectively, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties ").
WHEREAS, the City and the Association are parties to a Collective Bargaining
Agreement effective January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2010 (such Collective Bargaining
Agreement, as previously amended from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the "Collective
Bargaining Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to extend the termination date of the Collective
Bargaining Agreement for one (1) year, from December 31, 2010, to December 31, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Article 33 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement providing for the term of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement is hereby amended by further amending the
amended termination date of December 31, 2010, to December 31, 2011. For
purposes of clarification, it is agreed and understood that existing wage rates and
ranges shall remain unchanged for 2011, provided however, those employees
otherwise eligible to receive in -range step increases to which employees may be
eligible for on their anniversary dates during 2011 shall receive such step
increases.
2. Article 10, Section b of the Collective Bargaining Agreement is amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
"Section b. Conversion. In recognition of non -use of sick leave, employees may
convert accumulated sick leave for additional vacation leave or for severance pay.
Such conversion for additional vacation leave shall be at the rate of three (3) days
of sick leave for one (1) vacation day.
1. Vacation leave conversion shall require a minimum accumulation of unused
sick leave of sixty (60) accrued sick days which is the equivalent of four
hundred eighty (480) hours of sick leave. Such conversion is limited to a
maximum of five (5) days of vacation leave in any one calendar year.
2. Employees shall be eligible for a severance sick leave conversion payment
upon separation from employment. Such severance payment shall be
equivalent to twenty -five per cent (25 %) of the value of the employee's
accumulated and unused sick leave as of the effective date of the employee's
separation from employment, and shall be paid to the employee in a lump
sum, minus any applicable deductions. For purposes of this Section, the
employee's hourly wage shall be equivalent to the employee's hourly wage
rate inclusive of annual longevity pay.
3. Article 15 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
"Article 15. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
It is understood that to the extent such matters as selection and promotion
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Fire and Police Commission, such
matters are not subject to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
agreed that notwithstanding the Board of Fire and Police Commission current rule
which requires a bachelor's degree as a condition for promotion, there shall be no
educational requirement which bars the promotion of any employee covered by
this Agreement. It is further understood that nothing in this Agreement shall limit
the right of the Chief of Police to suspend a member of the Police Department or
employee covered by this Agreement in accordance with applicable law."
4. The City shall not lay off any existing Local Bargaining Unit #54 employees
covered by this Agreement through and including December 31, 2011. The
Parties agree that at the conclusion of this Extension Agreement on December 31,
2011, this provision shall expire and terminate and shall be null and void as if it
never existed, and of no further force and effect, and shall be non - precedential for
any and all purposes. The Parties agree that at the conclusion of this Extension
Agreement on December 31, 2011, the Parties shall return to the status quo ante
which existed immediately prior to the entry of this Extension Agreement with
respect to layoffs, it being agreed and understood that the Parties shall have any
and all rights they had which existed immediately prior to the entry into this
Extension Agreement, notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Extension
Agreement, and as if this Extension Agreement never occurred.
5. Each of the Parties represents that it has reviewed the terms of this Extension
Agreement, and by executing this Extension Agreement, agrees to its terms. Each
of the Parties whose signature appears below represents that he /she has the
authority to enter into this Extension Agreement.
6. Paragraph 4 of this Extension Agreement is entered into on a non- precedential
basis and cannot be relied upon by the City or the Association after December 31,
2011.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have entered into and executed this
Extension Agreement as of the date first written above.
FOR THE CITY
Attest: By Z
City Manager
City Clerk
FOR THE ASSOCIATION
Attest:
By
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