HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-064 CCRMember John Leary introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption.
RESOLUTION NO. 73 -64
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 73 -10 RELATING TO
1973 PARK DEPARTMENT AND STREET AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
DIVISION WAGES
WHEREAS, on December 19, 1972 the Brooklyn Center City Council adopted
Resolution No. 72 -208 setting wages and salaries for the year 1973; and
WHEREAS, provision was made in Resolution No. 72 -208 to defer setting
certain 1973 wages pending wage negotiations; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager on January 8, 1973 reported that a negotiating
committee of the Metropolitan Area Management Association and a negotiating
committee of Local #49 of the International Union of Operating Engineers were
engaged in master contract bargaining and had reached tentative agreement on
the wage portion of a master contract; and
WHEREAS, upon the City Manager's recommendation the City Council adopted
Resolution No. 73 -10 setting 1973 wages retroactive to January 1, 1973 for
Local #49 members in the Park Department and Street and Public Utilities
Division; and
WHEREAS, the wages established in Resolution No. 73 -10 for those job
classifications in the Local #49 bargaining unit are and traditionally have been
$10 per month higher than the bargained wage rate for similar classifications in
other jurisdictions, such $10 differential intended to compensate for the absence
of an employer -paid hospitalization premium benefit; and
WHEREAS, the contract agreement between the City of Brooklyn Center and
its employees who are members of the Local #49 bargaining unit comprehends
elimination of the $10 per month wage differential paid Brooklyn Center employees
in favor of the provision that the City employer pay up to $12 per month toward
the cost of coverage under the Brooklyn Center group hospital medical insurance
plan for a bargaining unit employee and his eligible dependents:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center to amend Resolution No. 73 -10 to the extent of setting wages
for Local #49 bargaining unit members effective May 1, 1973 for the remainder of
the calendar year as follows:
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Resolution No. 73 -64
DEPARTMENT JOB TITLE
STREET
PARKS AND RECREATION
Maintenance Man II 855
PUBLIC UTILITIES
April 23, 1973
Date
ATTEST:
Heavy Equipment Operator 925
Light Equipment Operator 855
Chief Mechanic 940
Mechanic 925
Night Service Man 820
Maintenance Man
Light Equipment Operator 855
ayor
GRADE MONTHLY WAGE
CLASSIFICATION OR HOURLY RATE
910
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Maurice Britts and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Maurice Britts,
Tony Kuefler, and Bill Fignar;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was duly passed and adopted.