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Utilities Committee advances MOU to add Plant Mechanic position to AFSCME contract
Summary
The committee voted to draft legislation to add a Plant Mechanic title to the AFSCME agreement, creating a second mechanic slot with a wage schedule $1 above the existing mechanic rate and a pathway for training and advancement.
The North Royalton Utilities Committee voted to send legislation to the council that would add a Plant Mechanic title to the AFSCME union agreement and establish a wage schedule for the position.
Wastewater Superintendent Ed Haller told the committee the city operates two wastewater treatment plants, 11 pump stations and a fleet of vehicles but currently has one mechanic. "We are creating an additional position ... the plant mechanic would make $1 more an hour than a mechanic," Haller said, describing the plant mechanic as requiring skills beyond vehicle repair, including work on large pumps, blowers and other complex plant equipment. He said the mechanic position would function as a training position for the plant mechanic; mechanics could shadow and gain experience to become eligible for the plant mechanic role should a vacancy arise.
Chair Mary Gorjanc said she added the item to the agenda to move it to council. The committee voted to have legislation drawn up to include the Plant Mechanic in the AFSCME contract and to place the item on the next council agenda (Yeas: 3; Nays: 0). The motion was moved by Gorjanc and seconded by Joanne Krejci.
The change would increase the complement from one mechanic to a mechanic plus a plant mechanic and would set a wage schedule for the plant mechanic; the exact wage table and fiscal impact were not specified at the committee meeting and will accompany the legislation when it goes to council.
