HomeMy WebLinkAbout06779ORDINANCE NO. 6779
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
PUEBLO AND THE PUEBLO ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2002
WHEREAS, the City of Pueblo, a municipal corporation, and the Pueblo Association of
Government Employees, as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agent for the other classified
employees of the City of Pueblo, have entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement effective
January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pueblo and the Pueblo Association of Government Employees have
reached mutual written agreement to amend Article 25 of that Collective Bargaining Agreement to
provide for an increase in the City contribution toward the cost of employee health insurance
premiums; and
WHEREAS, Section 8 -14(1) of the Charter of the City of Pueblo requires that any such
Agreement shall be enacted as an ordinance by the corporate authorities;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
(brackets indicate language being deleted, underscoring indicates language being added)
SECTION 1
ARTICLE 25 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. HEALTH, ACCIDENT, HOSPITALIZATION AND MAJOR MEDICAL
INSURANCE. The City will [make every reasonable effort to] obtain a health benefit plan covering
the employees in the bargaining unit, under the procedures and conditions set forth in this Article.
The City shall pay [$98.14 plus one -half (%) of the difference between $98.14 and] 95% of the actual
premium for an individual policy per month. The City shall pay [the amount of $209.27 plus
one -half (' /z) of the difference between $209.27 and] 70% of the actual cost of a premium toward
the cost of a single plus spouse, single plus child or children or family policy per month for
employees, [provided that the maximum contribution by the City under this Article shall not exceed
a maximum of Two Hundred and eighty -one dollars ($281.00) per month,] in addition to the $24.66
monthly contribution toward dental insurance established in Section 2 herein; provided, further, that
if the employee elects coverage under a PPO or indemnity option, the City's contribution to payment
for such PPO or indemnity option shall be in the same dollar amount as if the employee had elected
coverage under the HMO option at the same tier level.
Section 2. DENTAL POLICY. The City shall pay $24.66 monthly toward the full cost of
an individual employee policy or family policy for employees.
Section 3. INSURANCE COMMITTEE. The City and the Union will form an insurance,
joint, consultation committee, composed of not more than two (2) representatives designated by
each. Nothing in the language of this Article shall be interpreted to preclude the participation of
representatives of the bargaining agents of other bargaining units, from participating in the
consultations of the committee. All meetings with representatives of health care plans, for the
purpose of discussing bid specifications and plan structure, shall be conducted by and with the
committee.
The Committee shall confer regarding bid specifications and the letting of bids for the health
benefit plan required under this Article. [ However, because of the City's contribution cap, the Union
shall have the right to unilaterally determine the bid specifications for the health benefit plan
covering employees in the bargaining unit.] Such bid specifications shall include, but not be limited
to, the following:
a) Deductibles;
b) Co- Payments;
C) Coverage;
d) Benefits;
e) Specialist Referral, location, and availability'
f) Participation eligibility;
g) Physicians available under the plan [(the list of available primary care physicians
under 14MO and PPO Options may be required, at a minimum, to include those
physicians, who are designated as primary care physicians by 90 percent of the
employees in the bargaining unit and covered dependents)];
h) Options;
I) Tiers.
The City shall solicit bids for the health benefit plan based upon the bid specifications
[established by the Union]. The City shall award the contract(s) for the health benefit plan to those
bidders, who meet bid specifications at the lowest aggregate premium cost for all options required
under the bid specifications[.] , including the specifications of any self insurance plan, provided
however any health benefit plan(s) specifications shall be at least equal to the plans) in effect on
December 31, 2001.
Nothing in this Article shall preclude other City of Pueblo, employees, bargaining units, City
of Pueblo Transportation Company employees or City of Pueblo, Union- Exempt, Supervisory
Employees from participating in the health benefit plan provided pursuant to this article. Nothing
shall preclude the City from utilizing a City self - insurance plan for the health benefit plan required
under this Article, provided, however, the City shall retain the services of a third party administrator
to manage such plan; the third party administrator shall be selected upon the basis of requests for
professional proposals, the parties shall share in any reimbursement from the plan, based upon
utilization, in the same proportion that the costs were shared.
The consultations of the committee established under this Section of this Article shall not be
subject to the grievance /arbitration procedure of this agreement.
Section 2.
The above amendment shall become effective January 1, 2002 and shall terminate December
31, 2002. All other provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall continue unchanged
through December 31, 2002, unless amended by mutual written agreement of the parties.
INTRODUCED: January 28 , 2002
By: Al Gurule
Co 1person
APPROVE
President of the City Council
ATTESTED BY:
City Clerk
PASSED AND APPROVED: February 11, 2002
Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
DATE: JANUARY 28, 2002
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
LEE R. EVETT, CITY MANAGER
DAVID J. GALLI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO AND THE PUEBLO ASSOCIATION
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2002
Approval
BACKGROUND
The City of Pueblo and the PAGE Union, which represents the City's general service
employees, agreed on the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement effective
January 1, 2000 and terminating December 31, 2002. In the autumn of 2001, during
negotiations between the City and the Police Union, the City agreed to increase the
contribution toward employee health insurance premiums for all City employees. Under
the new language, the City will pay 95% of the cost of a single health insurance premium
and 70% of the cost for the family insurance premium.
This ordinance amends the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the
PAGE Union only as it pertains to health insurance.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost of increasing the City's contribution toward health insurance premiums for
members of the PAGE Union is approximately $300,000, and the cost for all City
employees is approximately $700,000. These funds have already been appropriated in
the 2002 budget.