McHenry County Board members, following a lengthy executive session Tuesday night, voted to authorize two Union contract agreements. One is an agreement between the Service Employees International Union, Local 73 (SEIU) County Coroner and the County of McHenry. The second contract agreement is between the Service Employees International Union Local 73 (SEIU) Division of Veterinary Public Health and the County of McHenry. This is for the Animal Control workers.
It should be noted that the Coroner is an elected official. The employees of the office including Deputy Investigators, Deputy Coroners, Secretaries, and Clerical workers are covered by the contract.
The vote for the Coroner's Office contract was 18 yes to 2 no with four members absent (Draffkorn, Hill, Orphal and Kennedy) Members Schuster and Donley provided the two dissenting votes.
The second contract regarding the Animal Control workers is under the jurisdiction of the McHenry County Health Board. This contract was approved by the County Board vote of 17-3 with members Schmidt, Schuster and Donley casting opposing votes.
According to a memo from the County's Human Resources Director, Robert Ivetic, the overview of the Contracts shows that initial negotiations took place for nearly two years; three mediation session were held with a Federal Mediator; the last, best and final offer was offered by the County and requested it be presented to the membership for a vote. The SEIU refused to take it to the memberships.
The contract is considered by the County as being fair and equitable. The status quo is to be maintained on such things as benefit time, group health insurance, hours of work.
Wage adjustments in the contract include: 3% on December 1, 2008, 2% on December 1, 2009, and a percentage increase same as granted by County Board for December 1, 2010. All wage adjustments are to be retroactive.
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