City of Milwaukee - File #: 180501

• File #: 180501
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/10/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/31/2018
• Effective date: 8/17/2018
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to various employee benefit code provisions.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/16/2018	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
8/9/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/31/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	13:0
7/25/2018	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Nicole Fleck, Dept. of Employee Relations Laura Daniels, Dept. of Public Works Ken Wischer, AFSCME District Council 32	Pass	5:0
7/20/2018	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/19/2018	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/10/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
180501
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to various employee benefit code provisions.
Sections
350-2-2.5 cr
350-3-5 am
350-3-5.5 rc
350-37-1-b rc
350-40-1-a am
350-40-12 am

Analysis
This ordinance:

1. Establishes a floating holiday, or holiday pay, for certain department of public works employees in lieu of the New Year’s Eve holiday.
2. Expands overtime to hours worked by all eligible department of public works employees, as determined by the commissioner of public works, in response to an emergency call-out outside of the employee’s regularly scheduled hours.
3. Expands overtime to hours worked by certain eligible water works employees in response to an emergency call-out for shift replacement and shift extensions, as required by a department directive due to unexpected staffing shortage.
4. Provides that shift extensions worked by eligible fire department-technical services division civilian employees, as required by a department directive due to a staffing shortage, shall be considered overtime.
5. Increases the paid time allowed for medical/dental appointments from three 2-hour absences to a maximum of 8 hours per calendar year, and expands the policy to include attendance at city workplace clinic appointments and the annual health appraisal.
6. Provides that an employee’s or public official’s time spent as an elected official shall count towards the employee’s or public official’s active service vacation calculation.
7. Prohibits granting a request by a separating employee to use vacation leave to extend the employee’s time on payroll.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 350-2-3.5 of the code is created to read:

350-2. Holidays, General Provisions.

2.5. PUBLIC WORKS. a. Floating holiday. As determined by the commissioner of public works, employees assigned to the sanitation services section or the fleet services ...