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• ORDINANCE NO. 95- 16
AN ORDINANCE relating to City personnel, including Fire Department Battalion
Chiefs within the management, supervisory, and union - exempt
personnel group
WHEREAS, the Yakima Fire Department Battalion Chiefs certified as a
bargaining unit with the Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) in 1993, and
WHEREAS, the City and the Fire Battalion Chiefs have been negotiating for
many months on a proposed bargaining unit agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Battalion Chiefs have agreed to decertify their bargaining unit
with PERC or disclaim interest in exercising their rights to bargain about wages,
hours, and working conditions for one year from the effective date of April 16, 1995,
and
WHEREAS, the Battalion Chiefs and the City of Yakima have entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding relating to said decertification or disclaimer of
interest which contemplates that the Battalion Chiefs will become included within
the management, supervisory, and union - exempt personnel group, and the City
I- I Council deems this to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Yakima, now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1 Subsection 2 24 O10B of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows.
"2 24.010 Longevity plan -- Eligibility -- Restrictions.
B Effective October 24, 1991, all employees of the fire
department and all management employees as defined in subsection
2 04 030(D) of this code and the chief, captains and lieutenants of the
Yakima police department who are regularly and continuously
employed full time and who have completed periods of service as
hereinafter set forth, and effective January 1, 1980, police officers and
sergeants of the Yakima police department who are continuously
employed full time, and permanent seasonal employees who have
completed periods of service as hereinafter set forth, shall receive
compensation, called longevity pay, in addition to their regular salary,
according to the following schedule, to be paid on the first applicable
day following the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of
June of each year; provided, that permanent seasonal employees of the
Yakima Police department shall be paid any longevity pay to which
they may be entitled upon the termination of any season worked.
*T + ng any other provision in this section, Firc Department
IP Battalion Chiefs shall not recciv- - - .. :' : - :. - ' . • - _
pay.
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Years of Service Percent of Base Pay
5 ••.• .. 11 /2
10. .. .. .3
15 .. ... 41/2
20... ....6
24 •. •.. 8"
Section 2 Subsection 2 20 115(2) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.20 115 Management Pay and Compensation Definitions.
2. 'Management Employees' means all nontemporary
employees in the following positions:
(a) Executive series, as listed in Section 2 20 100(B),
(b) Management series, as listed in Section 2 20 100(B),
(c) Executive support series as listed in Section 2 20.100(B);
(d) Public safety management series, as listed in Section
2 20 110(Ed' - "' -- "- ,
(e) Union exempt civil service classes, as listed in Section
2 20 100(D) "
Section 3 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 14 thday of March _
1995
ATTEST Mayor
City Clerk
Publication Date: 3/17/95
Effective Date: 4/16/95
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