2011-036E
ORDINANCE NO. 2011- 36
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
AND
THE BUFFALO GROVE PROFFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit by virtue of the Provisions of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970; and
WHERAS, in accordance with the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, the Village of Buffalo Grove
entered into good faith collective bargaining and has thus reached an agreement with the Buffalo Grove Professional
Firefighter/Paramedic Association, Local 3177, IAFF, AFL -CIO, CLC concerning wages, benefits and other terms
and conditions of employment for the years so noted within the Side Letter of Agreement dated July 11, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS that:
Sectionl. The President and the Board of Trustees hereby accept the terms of the attached Letter of
Agreement.
Section 2. The Village Manager is authorized to enter into the Letter of Agreement with the Buffalo Grove
Professional Firefighter/Paramedic Association, Local 3177, IAFF, AFL -CIO, CLC.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. This
Ordinance shall not be codified.
AYES: 6 — Berman, Trilling, Sussman, Terson, Stein, Ottenheimer
NAYES: 0 — None
ABSENT: 0 -None
PASSED: July 11, 2011.
ATTEST:
Village
Side Letter of Agreement
Between
The Village of Buffalo Grove
And
The Buffalo Grove Professional Firefighter/Paramedic Association,
Local 3177, IAFF.
July 11, 2011
Representatives from the Village of Buffalo Grove ( "Village ") and the Buffalo Grove Professional
Firefighter/Paramedic Association ( "Union ") have met and reached agreement on this Side Letter of Agreement to
the Collective Bargaining Agreement ( "Agreement ") between the parties dated May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2013
which modifies the following sections of the afore referenced Agreement, Supplemental Agreements and
Departmental Standard Operating Procedures.
Article VI, Section 6.1— Salaries
For purposes of determining the salaries of job titles within bargaining unit, for the duration of this Agreement,
longevity pay and stipends shall be added to the "base" salaries of all comparables, as well as those of the Village.
Only the following stipends shall be applied in the formula:
(1) Firefighter/Paramedic: Firefighter III, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Shift Reduction and Paramedic.
(2) Lieutenant: Paramedic, Shift Reduction and Fire Officer I.
For the purpose of determining the general wage increase of comparable communities who have not yet resolved
their May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013 wages, we shall calculate and apply the average of the actual general wage
increase and above referenced stipends granted by the comparable communities from May 1, 2011 to April 30,
2012.
Tier I Salary Schedule - 2010
Effective: December 31, 2010 (Salary Increase Deferred, without retroactive pay, from May 1, 2010 through
December 30, 2010) — Only for Employees Hired On or Prior to the Date of Ratification of this Agreement (Tier I).
A. Firefighter/Paramedic (3.00% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 244 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $57,803.20; and,
2. The maximum salary, exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 322 or $85,290.40.
B. Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic (2.00% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 275 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $67,468.96; and,
2. The maximum salary exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 353 or $99,550.88.
C. Fire Lieutenant/Non- Paramedic (2.00% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 271 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $66,135.68; and,
2. The maximum salary exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 349 or $97,585.28.
Sten Plan Illustration — Tier I Emplovees Onl
Firefighter /Paramedic — Effective: December 31. 20 10
Starting pay:
$57,803.20 (Step 244)
Pay after first compete year of employment:
$62,293.92 (Step 259)
Pay after second complete year of employment:
$67,132.00 (Step 274)
Pay after third compete year of employment:
$72,708.48 (Step 290)
Pay after fourth complete year of employment:
$78,748.80 (Step 306)
Pay after five or more complete years of employment:
$85,290.40 (Step 322)
Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic — Effective: December 31, 2010
Starting pay (newly promoted): $89,650.08 (Step 332)
Pay after first complete year of employment: $94,706.56 (Step 343)
Pay after two or more complete years of employment: $99,550.88 (Step 353)
Fire Lieutenant/Non- Paramedic — Effective: December 31, 2010
Starting pay (newly promoted): $87,882.08 (Step 328)
Pay after first complete year of employment: $92,834.56 (Step 339)
Pay after two or more complete years of employment: $97,585.28 (Step 349)
Fire Lieutenants included within this pay range are those employees covered under this Agreement that maintain the
following: Paramedic or EMT -B certification(s) as of May 17, 2000. Subsequent to that date, employees promoted
to this position shall maintain Paramedic certification during any probationary period. Current Paramedic
Lieutenants wishing to decertify shall decertify to a CPR/Basic First Aid status (Non - Paramedic).
Tier I Salary Schedule - 2011
Effective: December 31, 2011 (Salary Increase Deferred, without retroactive pay, from May 1, 2011 through
December 30, 2011) — Only for Employees Hired On or Prior to the Date of Ratification of this Agreement (Tier 1).
A. Firefighter/Paramedic (3.50% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 251 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $59,856.16; and,
2. The maximum salary, exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 329 or $88,318.88.
B. Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic (2.50% Increase):
The minimum and entrance salary at Step 280 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $69,170.40; and,
2. The maximum salary exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 358 or $102,063.52.
C. Fire Lieutenant/Non- Paramedic (2.50% Increase):
The minimum and entrance salary at Step 276 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $69,805.92; and,
The maximum salary exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 354 or $100,048.00.
SteD Plan Illustration — Tier I Emplovees Onl
Firefiehter/Paramedic — Effective: December 31. 2011
Starting pay:
$59,856.16 (Step 251)
Pay after first compete year of employment:
$64,507.04 (Step 266)
Pay after second complete year of employment:
$69,517.76 (Step 281)
Pay after third compete year of employment:
$75,291.84 (Step 297)
Pay after fourth complete year of employment:
$81,546.40 (Step 313)
Pay after five or more complete years of employment:
$88,318.88 (Step 329)
Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic — Effective: December 31, 2011
Starting pay (newly promoted): $92,834.56 (Step 339)
Pay after first complete year of employment: $97,585.28 (Step 349)
Pay after two or more complete years of employment: $102,063.52 (Step 358)
Fire Lieutenant/Non- Paramedic — Effective: December 31, 2011
Starting pay (newly promoted): $91,002.08 (Step 335)
Pay after first complete year of employment: $95,657.12 (Step 345)
Pay after two or more complete years of employment: $100,048.00 (Step 354)
Fire Lieutenants included within this pay range are those employees covered under this Agreement that maintain the
following: Paramedic or EMT -B certification(s) as of May 17, 2000. Subsequent to that date, employees promoted
to this position shall maintain Paramedic certification during any probationary period. Current Paramedic
Lieutenants wishing to decertify shall decertify to a CPR/Basic First Aid status (Non - Paramedic).
Tier II Salary Schedule — 2010 and 2011
Effective upon ratification of this Agreement, a Tier II salary schedule will be adopted for all positions represented
by Local 3177. The minimum or starting Tier II salary structure will be 10% lower than the Tier I counterpart, as
illustrated in Article VI, Section 6.1 — Salaries. The maximum or top Tier II salary structure will be equal to the Tier
I equivalent. Only employees hired after the date of ratification of this contract reopener will be included in the Tier
II program. Bargaining unit members who enter employment under the Tier II wage schedule shall reach top pay in
7 years, rather than in 5 years as is the case with their Tier I counterparts.
Tier II Salary Schedule — 2010 -2011
Effective: Upon Ratification of this Contract Reopener — Only For Employees Hired After the Date of Ratification
of this Agreement (Tier II).
A. Firefighter/Paramedic (3.00% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 224 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $52,314..08; and,
2. The maximum salary, exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 322 or $85,290.40.
Sten Plan Illustration — Tier II Emplovees Onl
Firefiehter/Paramedic — Effective: Unon Ratification
Starting pay:
$52,314.08 (Step 224)
Pay after first compete year of employment:
$56,099.68 (Step 238)
Pay after second complete year of employment:
$60,155.68 (Step 252)
Pay after third compete year of employment:
$64,507.04 (Step 266)
Pay after fourth complete year of employment:
$69,170.40 (Step 280)
Pay after fifth complete year of employment:
$74,172.80 (Step 294)
Pay after sixth complete year of employment:
$79,539.20 (Step 308)
Pay after seven or more complete years of employment:
$85,290.40 (Step 322)
Tier II Salary Schedule — 2011 -2012
Effective: December 31, 2011— Only For Employees Hired After the Date of Ratification of this Agreement (Tier
II).
A. Firefighter/Paramedic (3.50% Increase):
1. The minimum and entrance salary at Step 231 as delineated in the Village of Buffalo Grove's
Municipal Classification and Pay Plan, or $54,173.60; and,
2. The maximum salary, exclusive of overtime pay shall be at Step 329 or $88,318.88.
Sten Plan Illustration — Tier II Emplovees Onl
Firefiehter/Paramedic — Effective: December 31. 2011
Starting pay:
$54,173.60 (Step 23 1)
Pay after first compete year of employment:
$58,092.32 (Step 245)
Pay after second complete year of employment:
$62,293.92 (Step 259)
Pay after third compete year of employment:
$66,799.20 (Step 273)
Pay after fourth complete year of employment:
$71,628.96 (Step 287)
Pay after fifth complete year of employment:
$76,808.16 (Step 301)
Pay after sixth complete year of employment:
$82,363.84 (Step 315)
Pay after seven or more complete years of employment:
$88,318.88 (Step 329)
Article VI. Section 6.2 — WaEe and Benefit Reopener
This Agreement shall encompass the Wage and Benefit Reopeners for May 1, 2010 — April 30, 2011 and May 1,
2011 — April 30, 2012: No further Contract Reopener negotiations shall occur for these periods.
May 1, 2012 — April 30, 2013 Contract Reopener: A Contract Reopener will be held on or about February 1, 2012,
for an effective date of May 1, 2012.The sole issue to be discussed during the 2012 contract reopener, which
encompasses the May 1, 2012 —April 30, 2013 year, shall be the determination of base wages based on the criteria
set forth in Article VI, Section 6.1 — Salaries, of this Agreement. No other issue, item or topic may be discussed
during the 2012 contract reopener unless both parties mutually agree to do so in writing.
Article VI, Section 6.9 — Year 2008 through 2012 for Health and Dental Benefits
In addition to the PPO -A and PPO -B, which are currently being offered to all eligible Village of Buffalo Grove
employees, the Village anticipates offering an HMO product to all eligible employees no later than January 1, 2012.
No other plan design changes will be made to PPO -A or PPO -B in calendar years 2011 or 2012. Nothing shall
preclude the parties to this Agreement from negotiating plan design changes in subsequent calendar, collective
bargaining agreement or health/dental insurance plan years.
A new health insurance premium contribution schedule will be adopted for all Village employees, including those in
the bargaining unit. The schedule is as follows:
Effective: January 1, 2011 — 10% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
Effective: January 1, 2012 —11% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
Effective: January 1, 2013 —12% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
Effective: January 1, 2014* —13% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
Effective: January 1, 2015* — 14% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
Effective: January 1, 2016* —.15% employee contribution to health insurance premium.
* = To be included in any successor Agreement which includes years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
The Village's Dental Premium shall remain 100% employer paid for the duration of this Agreement.
Article VI, Section 7.11— Voluntary Separation Incentive Program
The Voluntary Separation Incentive ( "VSI ") program, which was. offered to certain non - represented Village
employees from January through June 2011, will be offered to members of the bargaining unit for a duration of 6
months commencing upon ratification of this Agreement. Additionally, if the Village offers subsequent VSI
programs anytime between ratification of this Contract Reopener and April 30, 2013, so too will the same program
be offered to bargaining unit members. Additionally, upon ratification of this Agreement, the Union shall withdraw
the unfair labor practice (ULP) charge which it previously filed against the Village as it relates to the 2011 VSI
program.
Effective upon ratification of this Contract Reopener, any member of the bargaining unit that elects to participate in
the 2011 VSI program, as described in the previous paragraph of this Agreement, shall receive their 2011/2012 base
pay increase, as described previously in this Agreement, on May 1, 2011, rather than on December 31, 2011. The
dollar amount of the 2011/2012 salary increase received by the employee prior to their separation under the VSI
program shall be deducted from their VSI benefit at separation.
Article XV, Section 15.1 - Duration of Agreement
The duration of this Agreement, May 1, 2008 — April 30, 2013, shall remain unchanged.
Article XII, Section 12.4 — Layoff
No active /current member of the bargaining unit (firefighter /paramedic and lieutenant), who was hired on or prior to
the date of ratification of this contract reopener, shall be involuntarily laid -off for the duration of this Agreement
(April 30, 2013). However, the Village may at its sole discretion and without any prior or subsequent consultation
with the bargaining unit choose to temporarily delay /suspend the refilling of bargaining unit positions or
permanently elect not to refill bargaining unit positions should they become. vacant for any reason other than
involuntary layoff.
Standard Operating Procedure (S.O.P.) 1:51— Compensatory Time
Effective January 1, 2012, all bargaining unit members may accrue 96 hours of Compensatory Time in lieu of
overtime pay. It is agreed that both parties shall follow the terms and conditions set forth in the Standard Operating
Procedure (S.O.P.), entitled "1:51: Compensatory Time ". (Note: Union to provide Management with an
electronic version of March 18, 2011 draft S.O.P, authored by Joe Alexander to be attached to this Side
Letter of Agreement).
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S.O.P. 1:1.53 - Selection of Kelly. Vacation & Floating Holidays and S.O.P. 1:1.66 - Acting Shift Commander
Selection / Acting Lieutenant Selection / Duty Pay & Responsibilities
It is agreed that both parties shall follow the terms and conditions set forth in S.O.P. 1:1.53 and S.O.P. 1:1.66 as it
relates to the scheduling and use of scheduled days off (S.D.O.). (Note: Union to provide Management with an
electronic version of June 10, 2011 draft S.O.P, authored by Joe Alexander and amended by Art Malinowski
on June 14, 2011, to be attached to this Side Letter of Agreement).
Supplemental Agreement - Use of Utility Vehicle
Within 60 days of ratification of this Agreement, the "Utility" vehicle will be modified and equipped per labor -
management discussion. To ensure uniform and consistent operation of the Utility, a written operator's procedure
will be drafted and all shift personnel will be trained on the use of the vehicle within 60 days of ratification of this
Agreement.
Supplemental Agreement - Selective Station Tones
Within 60 days of ratification of this Agreement, Selective Station Tones will be implemented on a department -wide
basis.
Supplemental Agreement - Lateral Entry Program
The concept of a lateral entry program for the position of Firefighter/Paramedic will be explored as part of the
Labor - Management meeting process by the Union, Department staff and the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners.
This Side Letter of Agreement is executed this I I b day of July 2011.
For the Villag f Buffalo Grove:
Dane C. Bragg
Village Manager
Te M. Vavra
Fire Chief
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Arthur A. Malinowski, Jr.
Director of Human Resources
For IAFF, Local 3177:
Michael J. Spiro
President, IAFF Local 3177
Russell L. Anderson
Vice President, IAFF Local 3177
F nklin C. Doll
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ecretary, IAFF Local 3177