Title
Joint resolution authorizing execution of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, as the exclusive representative of the Maintenance Division of the Lake County Health Department.
Staff Summary
· The CBA shall be effective for a four year period from December 2, 2012 through November 30, 2016.
· Wages will increase in the following manner: 12/1/2012 - 2.75 percent; 12/1/2013 - 2.85 percent; 12/1/2014 - same as non-union employees; 12/1/2015- same as non-union employees.
· Double time paid for all hours worked on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day; Christmas Eve will become a fixed holiday and Election Day will be eliminated as a holiday.
· Employees assigned or designated on call shall be paid $15 for each on call day; currently employees are paid $75 per week.
· A designated snow commander will be paid $15 for each day starting with the first snow fall in November; currently employees are paid $75 per week.
· Union's health insurance premiums increase 5 percent each year of the contract, with the exception of single coverage for 2015 which will increase by 17 percent.
· Employees may be reimbursed for safety shoes, as needed, in an amount not to exceed $200 per purchase.
Body
WHEREAS, , the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 has been recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for certain Maintenance Division employees of the Lake County Health Department, and
WHEREAS, your Health and Committee Services and Financial and Administrative Committees have reviewed and approved said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that ___the Chairman of the Board and the Health Department are hereby authorized to sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement attached hereto and made a part of this resolution.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 9, 2014.