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ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT (2)ADDENDUM to the AGREEMENT between CITY OF CLEARWATER and COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3179 The City and Union hereby agree that the approved collective bargaining agreement between the parties effective for the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011 shall be modified in accordance with the following: Article 9, Section 1 of the approved Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted for the duration of the Agreement, unless subsequently modified by the parties through collective bargain prior to the expiration date of the Agreement. Section 1. Salary (See Appendix for listing of pay grades assigned to represented job classifications) A. Pay Range minimums for all classifications represented by the bargaining unit will not be adjusted for the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. Pay Range maximums for all classifications represented by the bargaining unit will be adjusted by 2% effective October 1, 2008. Effective from October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009, employees whose current base rate of pay is below their respective pay range maximum and who receive a rating of Meets Standards or better on their annual performance review shall be provided with a merit pay increase equivalent to 2.5% of the employee's respective annual base rate of pay to be applied to the employees' biweekly base rate of pay, effective as of the date of the employees' annual performance review. Any portion of the increase which, when annualized, exceeds the respective pay range maximum shall be paid as a one time lump sum bonus payment, and such employees' biweekly base rate of pay shall be adjusted to the pay range maximum. B. Effective from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010, all bargaining unit employees who are currently in an active employment status as of the date of ratification of this Agreement by the Union, or the effective date by action of the City Council if the Agreement is not ratified, shall be provided a one -time, lump sum gross payment of $100 minus applicable withholding.. C. The City and Union agree that pay range minimums and maximums for all classifications represented by the bargaining unit will not be adjusted for the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, and further agree that employees will not be provided with an individual merit pay adjustment or across- the -board general wage adjustment for the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. Effective upon approval of the City Council, full time employees hired as a regular employee one year or more (or with the equivalent number of service hours) prior to the date of City Council approval shall be eligible to receive a one -time, lump sum cash remuneration of $400, minus applicable withholding. Employees hired prior to October 1, 2010 who have served less than one year (or the equivalent number of service hours) from the date of City Council approval and part -time employees shall be eligible to receive a one -time, lump sum cash remuneration of $400, minus applicable holding, upon the one -year anniversary (or the equivalent number of service hours) of their respective hire date as a regular employee or prior performance evaluation date. D. The parties agree this Section may be re- opened upon the written request of either party no sooner than 60 days prior to September 30, 2010 for the purpose of negotiating rates of pay and /or adjustments to pay range minimums and maximums for any bargaining unit members or represented job classifications for the period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. E. Employees shall receive their first annual performance evaluation one year from their initial date of hire, and if rated Meets Standards or better, shall receive any applicable pay increases as of the date of the initial one -year performance evaluation. Such employees shall be eligible for their next annual merit pay increase, if applicable, on the following October 1 subsequent to the initial one -year performance evaluation. Upon receiving a rating of Meets Standards or better, such employees shall at that time receive a pro -ration of the applicable pay increases based on the number of days between October 1 and the date of the initial one -year performance evaluation, and shall have their annual merit pay increase date adjusted to the October 1 date thereafter. In accordance with provisions of the City of Clearwater Pay Plan, bargaining unit members who are determined by their respective department to not meet standards or who receive a rating of Improvement Expected on their annual performance evaluation, and who subsequently receive a rating of Meets Standards on their initial or secondary 3 -month follow - up performance evaluation, shall be eligible to receive any applicable pay increases effective on the date of the respective 3 -month follow -up performance evaluation the employee is determined to meet standards. Such employees shall be eligible for their next annual merit pay increase, if applicable, on the following October 1 subsequent to the successful 3 -month follow up performance evaluation, and upon receiving a rating of Meets Standards or better at that time shall receive a pro -ration of the above applicable pay increases based on the number of days between October 1 and the date of the successful 3 -month follow -up performance evaluation, and shall continue to be eligible for any applicable merit pay increase on the October 1 date thereafter. Employees who receive a rating of Improvement Expected on their annual performance evaluation and both the initial and secondary 3 -month follow -up performance evaluations shall not receive a merit increase, and shall be revaluated again after one year from the date of the initial evaluation that was rated Improvement Expected. This Addendum to the Agreement was negotiated in good faith through collective bargaining by the City and the Union and is final and binding as part of this Agreement. This Addendum to the Agreement shall be effective as of the start of the payroll period that includes October 1, 2010, and shall continue in full force and effect until the thirtieth day of September, 2011. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder set their hands and seals this day of ()Lail , A.D., 2011. ATTEST: 0.1_1 J, 1 0 Rosemarie Call, City Clerk Approved as to form and co �Gkd Pamela K. Akin, City Attorney WITNESSES: CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA William B. Horne II, City Manager Countersigned: Frank Hibbard, Mayor COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3179 By 4 /n Sarnoff, Preside