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01-31-1974 HUCM1 January 31, 1974 Special Meeting A Special Meeting of the Hutchinson Utilities Commission was held on January 31, 1974 at 9:00 A. M. All Commissioners were present; also Manager Wacker. The meeting was called to order by President Quade. Manager Wacker presented new Job Classification -Wage Schedules for the period January 1, 1974 thru June 30, 1974 as per enclosed following page. The motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by Commissioner Tracy and unanimously carried to accept the Schedules as presented. There being no further business, t meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M. Clint Tracy, Secretary H. P. Quade, President 47 HUTCHINSON UTILITIES COMMISSION EMPLOYEE WORK RULES AND REGULAATIONS HOURS OF WORK The regular workweek for all employees shall consist of forty (40) hours. The regular workweek shall begin 12 :01 A.M. on Sunday and term- inate at x.2:00 P.M. midnight on Saturday. The regular hours of work for other than shift workers except ser- vicemen shall be from 8:00 A.M. to 5 :00 P.M. with one hour intermission between 11 :00 A.M. and 2 :00 P.M. for meals each day, Monday to Friday, inclusive. The regular hours of work for shift workers engaged in performing the classification of work where service is required twenty -four (24) hours per day and seven (7) days per week shall be as.follows: Shift workers shall work in accordance with a posted working schedule of a combination of days on duty with two or three days off in such a way that over a period of a calendar year, a shift worker will work no more than an average of 40 hours per workweek. OVERTIME Overtime at time and one -half rates shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week except that shift workers shall be compensated at overtime rates for all hours worked in excess of their regular posted schedule, Shift workers will not be allowed overtime for work performed on Sundays, when such work is performed on their regular shift. A shift differential of $.06 per hour for hours 4:00 PM to 12 :00 midnite. A shift differential of $.15 per hour from 12 :00 midnite to 8 :00 A.M. A shift differential will not be allowed for time not worked such as vacation time, sick leave time, etc. HOLIDAY PROVISIONS AND PAY Employees shall receive the following paid holidays: " New Year's Day Labor Day President's Day (3rd Mon. in Feb.) Columbus Day Good Friday (1/2 day) Veterans Day -Memorial Day Thanksgiving Fourth of July Christmas (11, days) 2. When a nationally observed holiday falls on Sunday, the following day shall be the holiday. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the department shall observe the previous Friday. Shift workers who are required to work an eight (8) hour shift on a holiday shall be compensated by receiving double time. Other employees who are required to work on a holiday shall be paid the same rate as shift workers. When a holiday falls on an employee's scheduled day off and he is not otherwise compensated for said holiday, he shall receive eight (8) hours pay at straight time rates for said holiday. In order to qualify for the eight (8) hours of straight time holiday pay for a holiday not worked, it is required that the employee shall work the last scheduled work day or shift prior to and the first scheduled work day following the holiday, unless employee is absent before or after a holiday, for such reasons as vacation, sick leave, jury duty, and death in immediate family. VACATTnNS All employees shall be entitled to vacation with regular pay each fiscal year it accordance with the following rules: Any regular employee who has been employed one (1) full year shall be entitled to a vacation of one week containing five (5) work days with pay. Any regular employee who has been employed two (2) full ,years shall be entitled to a vacation of two (2) weeks containing ten (10) work days with pay. Any regular employee having 15 years or more of continuous service shall be entitled to three (3) weeks containing fifteen (15) work days vacation with pay. Any regular employee having 20 years or more of continuous service shall be entitled to four (4) weeks containing twenty (20) work days vacation with pay, subject to the following: Time spent by the employee on leaves of absence and lay off shall not be considered in determining the time required to qualify for vacations. All vacation time must be taken prior to December 31st of the year under consideration. All vacations shall be taken on consecutive days unless the depart- ment head and the employee agree on a different division of vacation time. Vacation time shall not accumulate from the fiscal year to another. If an employee takes his or her vacation during a week in which one of the holidays falls, the employee shall be entitled to an additional day off. The additional day off shall be taken at such time as mutually agreed upon between the employee and the department head. Vacation time shall start on Sunday for each vacation period, unless other arrangements are mutually agreed upon between the employee and the department head. I I .3. Regular employees vacation does not apply to labor and school students who are employed from time to time on a temporary basis. Beginning January lst, or as soon as practical thereafter, of each calendar year, department heads will consult with all regular employees entitled to vacations and, from such consultation, a working schedule for vacation period shall be established and posted on or before April 15th. On split vacations, 'seAiority shall apply only to the first choice. SICK LEAVE POLICY All regular full time employees shall be granted sick leave. The duration of sick leave with pay shall be based on one -half day per month for the first two years, and one (1) day per month the third and remain- ing years of full time employment. Sick leave will accumulate from year to year to a maximum of 85 days. Sick leave will go into effect January 1, 1973 and will be retro- active as scheduled below less sick days ih l 72. Years of Service Sick Leave 1 6 work days 2 12 t1 " 3 24 if ii" 4 36 It 11 5 48 it t1 6 60 11 ►t 7 72 11 11 8 or more 85 +' n The above sick leave shall be the maximum amount of time which the employee will be allowed per year. The sick leave year shall begin on January 1st and end on December 31st. Employee may be required to present evidence satisfactory to the department of inability to work due to illness or accident. Employee must adopt such remedial measures as may be commensurate with his disability and permit such reasonable examinations and inquires by the employer's medical representative or other suitable representative as in the employer's judgment may be necessary to ascertain employee's condition. If an employee becomes ill and must stay home from work, he shall notify his department head before his work day begins. If an employee becomes ill during his regular work day, he shall notify his department head that it is necessary to leave due to illness. Benefits under this plan will be reduced by any future benefits pro- vided by any law, Social Security Benefit, or Unemployment Insurance so as to prevent duplication of benefits, should the various benefits provided under the above mentioned laws or agencies be interpreted to pay an allowance in lieu of an employee's wage when he is off work due to illness or injury. No sick leave credit will be accrued while an employee is away from work due to leave of absence, sickness, or disability, nor will sick leave pay be allowed during leaves of absence or during; lay -offs except as provided in paragraphs below. Sick leave pay credit shall. cease on the day preceding the day on which the employee retires under the Retirement Plan. If an employee be- comes ill, or is injured while on vacation, the scheduled vacation time is counted on vacation, and if the disability continues beyond the scheduled time of the vacation, the sick leave pay (any remaining sick leave credit) will begin on the first consecutive scheduled working day after the end of the scheduled vacation. Any employee found guilty of abusing sick leave provisions contained herein shall automatically have his sick leave benefits cancelled. A disability leave of absence shall be granted to any employee at such time as he had exhausted all of his accumulated sick leave benefits and in the event his illness or disability continued after such time. Upon request by the employer at reasonable intervals, the employee shall furnish a doctor's certificate certifying as to the employee's inability to return to work because of such illness or disability. Employees who are engaged in after-hours employment of others or self - employed and covered by other's Workmen's Compensation Insurance, shall not be fully covered under the Department's Sick Leave Policy outlined, but shall receive the difference between their regular salary and 'Workmen's Compensation similar to procedure outlined. The Commission agrees to comply with the following Workmen's Compen- sation Regulations. If employees of the Department have, at the time of compensable injury, accumulated credits under their vacation or sick leave plan, the Commission will provide for the payment of their full salary during the period of disability, providing all payments as made under Workmen's Compensation shall be retained by the Department. However, the additional payments made to the employee over and above that paid by Workmen's Compensation shall not exceed the amount of credits which an employee is entitled to from such vacation or sick leave accumulated by said employee and the employee's vacation or sick leave account shall be charged only with the difference between the Workmen's Compensation payment and his regular salary. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND WORKING RULES Any shift worker requesting time off for personal reasons must make arrangements with a fellow employee to relieve him. Other employees re- questing time off for personal reasons will be subject to pay roll de- duction for the amount of time taken off. Time off for personal reasons is subject to permission by the department head. Pay roll deduction will not be made for time off for personal reasons if the employee elects to deduct this time off from his vacation. 5. Attendence of employee (firemen) to city fires will be allowed and recommended as long as absence of employee does not interfere or cause interruption to service. Attendence at country fires while on call during working hours will not be allowed unless an emergency second call is alarmed. Intoxication of an employee on duty or consuming of liquor during working hours will not be tolerated. Any employee reporting for duty under the influence of liquor will be sent home. It is then mandatory that the case be reported to the General Manager, who will take discipli- nary action. When a regular full -time employee has been called upon for jury duty by either the State or Federal Courts, and has been absent from work because of such jury service, he shall be paid his regular salary by the Commission with the understanding that at the completion of his jury service, he shall present his jury service checks to the department and that the amount of such checks, less the amount included for travel- ing expenses, shall be deducted from his next regular pay check. Any employee who has attained the age of sixty -five (65) years shall be retired on the pay day immediately following the 65th birthday. Pay days will be bi- weekly on Friday following the end of the regular pay period. When pay day falls on holiday, employees shall receive their pay on Thursday. ItHUTCHINSON UTILITIES COMMISSION APPRENTICESHIP SCALES Schedule No. 3 - 3 Years Billing & Order Clerk Storekeeper f 6. SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE No. 4 No. 3 No. 2 No. 1 lst - 6 months 75% t3o.0% 90.0% 90.0%— 2nd - 6 months 77.5% 82.5% 92.5% 95.0% 3rd - 6 months 80.0% 85.0% 95.0% 4th - 6 months 82.5% 87.5% 97.5% 5th - 6 months 85.0% 90.0% 6th - 6 months 87.5% 92.5% 7th - 6 months 90.0% 8th - 6 months 92.5% Schedule No. 4 - 4 Years Schedule No. 2 - 2 Years Operating Engineer II Groundman Machinist (Aerk- Stenographer Lineman Utility- Steno - Biller Electrician Meter Reader Operating Engineer I Billing Clerk Maintenance - Welder Maintenance Electric Serviceman Meter Repair man Serviceman Billing Supervisor Accounting; Clerk Cashier Schedule No. 1 - 1 Year Accountant Utility man Custodial Worker Janitress Teller Typist- Receptionist Machine Operator Schedule No. 3 - 3 Years Billing & Order Clerk Storekeeper f 6. HUTCHINSON UTILITIES COMMISSION JOB CLASSIFICATION WAGE SCHEDULE For Period Jan. 1 - June 30, 1974 Approved Jan. 31, 1974 GENERATION OPERATION & MAINTENANCE: Main. Mechanic I 5 years -over ** (2) $4.20 - $4.35 Main. Mechanic II 5 years -over (2) $3.80 - $4.10 Main. Mechanic II 1 - 4 years See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 Main. Electrician 10 years -over $4.30 - $4.60 Main. Electrician 5 years -over $4.00 - $4.10 Main. Electrician 1 -:4 years See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 Custodial Work 2 years -over $3.10 - $3.50 Custodial Work 1 year See Apprenticeship Sch. #1 Laborer Operating Engineer I 5 years -over ** Operating Engineer II 5 years -over Operating Engineer II 1 - 5 years Dispatcher Dispatcher 5 years -over 1 - 4 years $2.70 * $4.20 - $4.35 * $3.64 - $4.00 * See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 * $3.64 - $4.00 * See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 Allowance for Shift Differential 8 - 4 Shift - Regular Time 4 -12 Shift - $.06 per hour 12 - 8 Shift - $.15 per hour Base Rate Allowance for License ** Second Class License '(A) $.12 per hour First Class License (A) Grade I Classification Chief License (A) $.18 per hour Allowance for Call Duty - (2) Weekly call - 6 hours pay at time and one -half in addition to overtime worked. ALL CLASSIFICATIONS: Overtime: Time and one -half over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. Holidays: Double time if worked. HUTCHINSON UTILITIES COMMISSION JOB CLASSIFICATION WAGE SCHUDULE For Period Jan. 1.- June 30, 1974 TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION & SERVICE: Lineman 5 years -over (1) (2) Lineman 1 - 4 years Base Rate Allowance (1) Climbing Allowance $.05 per hour Tree Climbing (Trimming) $.05 per hour Gloving 13,800 Volts $.10 per hour Journeyman Lineman License $.15 per hour Groundman 5 years -over (3) Groundman 3 - 4 years Groundman 1 - 3 years Base Rate Allowance (3) Licensed Truck Driver $.10 per hour Equipment Operator $.10 per hour Meter Repair & Service 5 years -over (2) Meter Repair & Service 1 - 4 years Welder Welder 5 years -over (2) (4) 1 - 4 years Base Rate Allowance for Certification (4) D.O.T. Certification $.10 per hour High Pressure Certification $.10 per hour Meter Reader Meter Reader Laborer 3 years -over 1 - 2 years Part Time (Summer Help) 1st Season Part Time 2nd and over Approved Jan. 31,1974 $4.30 - $4.6o See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 $3.50 - $3.60 $3.20 - $3.30 See Apprenticeship Sch. #2 $4.15 - $4.45 See Apprenticeship Sch. #4 $3.80 - $4.10 See Apprenticeship Schedule $3.20 - $3.4o See Apprenticeship Sch. #2 Allowance Call Duty (2) Weekly call - 6 hours pay at time and one -half in addition to overtime worked. All Classifications Overtime: Time and one -half over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. Holidays: Double time is worked. $2.70 $2.00 $2.25 HUTCHINSON UTILITIES COMMISSION JOB CLASSIFICATIONS WAGE SCHEDULES For Period Jan. 1 - June 1, 1974 OFFICE & CLERICAL: Bookkeeping & Accounting 4 years -over Bookkeeping & Accounting 1 - 3 years Billing, Clerk, Services 4 years -over Billing, Clerk, Services 1 - 3 years Typist, Receptionist, Clerk 2 years -over 1 years ALL CLASSIFICATIONS: Date Approved Jan. 1, 1974 $2.70 - $3.00 See Apprenticeship Sch. #2 $2.70 - $2.90 See Apprenticeship Sch. #2 $2.35 - $2.50 See Apprenticeship Sch. #3 Overtime: Time and one -half over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. Holidays: Double time if worked r a AN AGREEMENT in principle between McLEOD COOPERATIVE POWER ASSOCIATION and HUTCHINSON UTILITIES CONWSSION OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINSON STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES. Municipal and Cooperative Utilities operate for the purpose of providing their member- customers with an essential service of electricity at lowest cost. Service is their top priority. Profit is not an objective. Neither party is in business as a ".contractor" to build facilities for sale. Construction capital is provided by the user through the long term usage of electricity at a price reflecting the cost of operation including depreciation and amortization of the capital investment required for his service. The user's capital investment includes his pro rata share of facilities from the generator to meter. It is recognized that the City of Hutchinson, hereinafter referred to as the City, desires to expand its corporate geographical area, thereby expanding the service area of the Hutchinson Utilities Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, and that the McLeod Cooperative Power Association, hereinafter referred to as the Cooperative, desires to retain it's service area creating a "zone of conflict" where the city annexes "rural" territory currently served by the cooperative. In the best interest of the people, who must pay the bill, it is incumbent upon the parties hereto to agree to certain principles and concepts to accomplish the most efficient use of facilities if the lowest cost of electric service is achieved for the users of electricity. To do this we subscribe to the following concepts: A. PLANNING 1. Long range plans, covering a period of at least 5 years hence, should be submitted to each party by the other for those areas described below. 2. These long range plans of the cooperative should cover the area covered by the Orderly Annexation Agreement, Docket A2456(OA) entered into by the City of Hutchinson and adjacent townships. The long range plans of the Commission shall cover areas of ser- vice within 1500 feet of the city limits along streets connecting with roads extending outside the city. 3. After a reasonable period of study, the party receiving the long range plans shall return them with its comments regarding the compatibility of the received plans with its own long range plans. 4. A discussion between the managements of the two parties shall then be held to coordinate long range plans. 5. If construction plans appreciably deviate from the long range plan the party planning the construction shall notify the other party of these changes as early as possible. B. POWER PURCHASE and /or EXCHANGE 1. Long range power procurement plans should be jointly studied to seek advantages to each party as related to (a) power, (b) energy and (c) reliability insofar as existing contractual relations will permit. C. EXCHANGE OF FACILITIES AND CUSTOMERS. 1. `Purchase price of a utility usually consists of two parts. The purchaser considers the value of existing facilities. However, the value of the business as it relates to income usually con- stitutes the larger part of the consideration. The same situation exists with respect to electric utilities. This concept is being applied in this agreement. A. Purchase of Existing Distribution Facilities. Existing facilities shall be purchased at a price equal to the original cost of the facilities depreciated to date of transfer. This ' shall cover all primary, secondary and service lines, transformers, meters, and incidentals attached to the line. The extent of the lines to be purchased may be in accordance with the mutual agreement, it shall be understood that the Commission shall pur- chase all lines within the limits of the city after annexation. B. Value of Going Business. This particular part of the pay- ment shall cover such items as the value of margins and revenues, and the loss of use of other facilities of the system such as substation and power supply previously used by the transferred customers and other incidentals. The Commissions shall pay the Cooperative an amount equal to the previous fiscal year revenue from energy billing to those customers transferred multiplied by two and one half (2.5) . D. POWER SUPPLY FACILITIES. 1. Substations, transmission lines, sub - transmission lines and multiphase distribution "feeder" lines shall be considered separately. These facilities shall normally remain in place by an easement per- mit granted by the city. Such facilities shall not be used for the purpose of serving customers within the corporate city limits except in instance where specific approval shall have been granted by the Commission. 2. In case the Commission requests removal of substation, trans- mission lines, sub - transmission lines or multiphase distribution "feeder" lines from within the corporate city limits, the Commission shall reimburse the Cooperative for the cost of providing a non- betterment facility (facility of equal power flow capacity) to the most feasible route or location lees the value of any salvaged material. 3. Joint planning for future loads and area should minimize abandon- ment and maximize utilization of in place facilities. E. LINES TO BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE. 1. The Cooperative shall maintain accurate records of the cost of all lines and facilities it installs or builds in accordance with the terms of this agreement and in conformance to plans agreed upon or requested by the Commission. At the time of transfer the Com- mission shall pay the Cooperative an amount equal to the cost of these facilities depreciated to the date of transfer. 2. Should the Cooperative feel that the facilities suggested by the Commission are too expensive, as compared with the cost of facilities the Cooperative would normally install, the Commission shall pay the Cooperative the additional cost over the Cooperatives normal contruction costs at the time that these facilities are placed in service. Credit for this additional cost shall be given to the Commission at the time that these facilities are purchased. 3. In instances where the Commission requests underground con- struction, the Commission and Cooperative shall mutually agree upon construction standards. If this means that the Cooperative must install facilities that it does not normally handle, the Commission shall diligently assist the Cooperative with construction and maintenance as requested by the Cooperative. This agreement shall be reviewed at least biennially and modified, if necessary, to fit the best interest of the parties attesting hereto. It is aclmowledged that the Cooperative has certain relationships with the Cooperative Power Association, and the Commission has certain relationships with the City of Hutchinson and nothing herein shall be construed to modify those relationships. Inn Dated this �� day of X� , 1974. McLeod Cooperative Power Association President / &.L.Secretary Hutchinson Utilities Commission of the City of Hutchinson This agreement hereby is ratified by the City. Mayor 6 M O EXISTING CORPORATE AREA OF HUTCHINSON PROPOSED 1973 ANNEXATION i MPROPOSED ORDERLY ANNEXATION'