022-22 - Teamsters Local No. 589-Municipal Court - Contract Amendment MOU No. 2Memorandum of Understanding
Amending the AGREEMENT by and between
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
and
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589
(Representing the Municipal Court Employees dated
January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025
THIS AMENDMENT is supplemental to the COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
by and between the CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON (the "City") and the
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589 (the "Union") (representing Municipal Court Employees),
dated January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025.
WHEREAS, the 2022-2025 collective bargaining agreement between the parties
provides for benefits for part-time employees; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Court has determined that it is in the best interests of the
City to reduce a current full-time employee's hours to 20 hours per week; and
WHEREAS, City policy provides that the City will pay 50% of the cost of medical
insurance for employee -only coverage for those part-time employees working between 20 and 30
hours a week; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to treat part-time employees of the Municipal Court in a
consistent manner; and
WHEREAS, the current title of Article 16.4.3 implies that the Municipal Court employee
would need to work more than 20 hours a week for such coverage;
NOW THEREFORE, the City and the Union agree as follows:
On the effective date of this MOU, Article 16.4 of the collective bargaining
agreement ("CBA") between the City and the Union representing Municipal Court
Employees shall be modified to read as follows:
16.4 The Employer shall have the right to change the health and welfare insurance
company and/or plan so long as the medical premium impacts to the employee
are cost neutral and the benefits in the new plan are substantially the same as
the benefits in the plan in effect at the time the plan change is to be
implemented. The term "cost neutral" is to be used in the context of employee
monthly medical premiums. Employee medical premium amounts are listed in
Appendix B of this Agreement. "Cost neutral" means that the employee
medical premiums will not be increased above the fixed amounts that would
have been calculated under the previous plan's allocation in the event the
Employer elects to change health and welfare insurance plans or companies.
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16.4.1 Employees shall be responsible for paying a portion of the total monthly
premium for the subject medical plan by payroll deduction as shown in
Appendix B.
16.4.2 The parties acknowledge the Employer's current health and welfare
plans. If the total cost of monthly premiums for said plan increase by
more than twenty-five percent (25%), the parties shall meet and confer.
The Employer and the Union each reserve the right to reopen
negotiations relating to health care to bargain over the impact of any
changes to Article 16 of this Agreement, whether such changes are
necessitated by the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, or any
changes thereto, or otherwise.
16.4.3 MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WORKING
MORE T AN 20 HOURS A WEEK OR MORE AND AN AVERAGE
OF LESS THAN 30 HOURS PER WEEK= Subject to the remaining
terms of this Article 16, for part-time employees the Employer will pay
50% of the medical insurance premium as specified above for the
employee only if the employee elects to pay 50% of the premium by
payroll deduction. The employee may elect to purchase medical
insurance coverage for their spouse and/or dependents at their own
expense by payroll deduction.
2. This MOU is effective when signed by both parties. No modification to this MOU
is valid unless in writing and signed by the parties.
CITY OF PORT
ORCHARD
Robert Putaansuu
Mayor
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MUNICIPAL COURT
Hon. Tim Dfiry
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