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Commissioners Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administration
FROM: Erin Lundgren, Clerk of the Board l�'
DATE: bc,f 1�, 90) E5
SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING re: Amending Article 15.1 of
the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Central Services
Department; Adding Section 15.1.1 to include language regarding
Eligibility Requirements for Participation in the Washington Teamsters
Welfare Trust; Teamsters Local #589
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Teamsters Local #589 is requesting that the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Central Services
Department (approved by the Commissioners on July 20, 2015) be amended to include language regarding
eligibility requirements for participation in the Washington Teamsters Welfare Trust as required by the
Trust's Operating Guidelines.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and sign the Memorandum of Understanding amending the Collective Bargaining Agreement for
the Central Services Department.
REVIEWED BY:
hilip M County Addmim rator
Date
Memorandum of Understanding
Jefferson County (Employer)
and
Teamsters Local 589 (Union)
A) The Parties are signatory to a labor agreement applicable to employees in the Employer's
Central Services Department.
B) The agreement provides for Washington Teamsters Medical benefits as administered by
Northwest Administrators.
C) The administrator has requested the Parties specify the hours needed to be eligible for
coverage.
D) Historically the Parties understood the eligibility to be upon achieving 80 Furs of
compensation in a month.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS UNDERSTOOD:
1. Article 15.1 shall be amended by adding as follows:
15.1.1 Employee eligibility for participation and for Employer payments shall be a
minimum of eighty (80) hours of compensation during the month preceding the month of
contribution payment by the Employer.
2. This MOU makes no other alterations or clarifications of the referenced Agreement
The foregoing being the agreement of the Parties:
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY
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David Sullivan
Chair
Board of County Commissioners
Dated
FOR TEAMSTERS 589
By:
Mark Fuller
Secretary /Treasurer
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Approved nas�to form only _
Jefferson Co. Prosecutor's 9Tfice
David Alvarez, Chief Civir DPA