HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-12-14 16-034 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 16-034
Date: December 14, 2015
Item/Subject: ORDER, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Bangor and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Local 714 Representing Bus Drivers at the Community Connector Public
Transit Division
Responsible Department: Executive
Commentary: This Order would approve a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City
of Bangor and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 714 representing Bus Drivers at the
Community Connector public transit division. Negotiations between the City and the Union have
resulted in a Tentative Agreement which has been ratified by the Union. The agreement has
been negotiated within the bargaining guidelines established by the City Council and includes
the following: a two year term (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017); wage increases of 1% year one
and 1.25 % year two; updated health insurance rates and cost sharing schedule, date changes,
and a provision to re -open health insurance, if needed; small adjustments to Earned Time Off
(ETO), bereavement leave, footwear allowance, eye glass and eye examination provisions;
inclusion of two paid holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas); revised bidding process for shift
assignments, revised language for the Joint Management / Labor Committee, and various
operational clarifications for overtime, call -ins and extra work.
The Tentative Agreement was reviewed with the City Council in Executive Session on November
23, 2015 and is presented with the recommendation of the City's Management Negotiation
Committee.
Department Head
Manager's Comments: Recommend Approval 0104 r
City Manager
Associated Information: Order, Agreement Provided Separately
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval: f'
Introduced for
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First Reading
Referral
16-034
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Assigned to Councilor Plourde
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Order, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Bangor and Amalgamated Transit
Union ( ATU) Local 714 Representing Bus Drivers at the Community
Connector Transit Division
ORDERED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Bangor and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 714
representing Bus Drivers at the Community Connector Public Transit Division for a term
commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2017 in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Tentative Agreement reached between the Negotiating Committees
representing the City and the Union. A copy of the Agreement to be approved is on file in the
Office of the City Clerk,
IN CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 14, 2015
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
PASSED
CITY CLERK