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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 
APPROVAL OF A PREVAILING WAGE INCREASES BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COALITION OF UNIONIZED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (COUPE)
 
WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et5 seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and 
 
WHEREAS, the County is obligated to pay the prevailing rate for these categories of employees pursuant to the state statute, 820 ILCS 130 et.seq., and the collective bargaining agreement between the County of Cook and the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees (COUPE), representing, Boilermaker/Blacksmiths, Boilermaker/Welders, Plasters, Painters, Painter Foremen,  Pipe coverer, Pipe Coverer Foreman, Pipe Coverer Material Handler, Master Locksmiths, Architectural Iron Workers, Architectural Iron Worker Foremen, Electrical Plan Examiner, Electrician, Electrician Foreman, Chief Electrical Inspector, Electrical Equipment Technician, Electrical Mechanic, Electrical Inspector, Electrical Equipment Foreman, Telecommunications Electrician Form.,  Telecommunications Electrician, Biomedical Electrical Technician, Biomedical Electrical Tech. Form and Chief Telecommunications Electrician; and 
 
WHEREAS, the union representing this category of employees has been properly certified that the below-listed rates are the prevailing rates for the effective date(s) set forth herein; and
 
WHEREAS, the Annual Appropriation Bill creates Accounts 490-115, 499-115 and 899-115 for Appropriation Adjustments for the Corporate, Public Safety and Health Funds if necessary; and
 
WHEREAS, prevailing wages and salaries of the following positions shall be fixed as follows:
 
Job Code                     Title Represented                     Wage Rate                     Effective Date
 
Local 1 Boilermakers & Iron Ship Builders
2307                     Boilermaker/Blacksmith                     $51.56                     5/1/20
2310                     Boilermaker/Welder                     $51.56                     5/1/20
 
Local 5 Journeymen Plasters Protective and Benevolent Society
2361                     Plaster                     $50.00                     6/1/20
 
Local 14 Painters District Council #14:
2354                     Painter                     $48.30                     6/1/20
2356                     Painter Foreman                     $54.34                     6/1/20 
 
Local 17 International Associations of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers:
2342                     Pipe coverer                     $51.25                     6/1/20
2368                     Pipe coverer Foreman                     $54.33                     6/1/20
2388                     Pipe coverer Material Handler                     $38.44                     6/1/20
 
Local 63 Architectural & Ornamental Iron Workers Union:
2334                     Master Locksmith                     $51.63                     6/1/20
2335                     Architectural Iron Worker Foreman                     $55.13                     6/1/20
2336                     Architectural Iron Worker                     $51.63                     6/1/20
 
Local 134 International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker, (IBEW):
2323                     Electrical Plan Examiner                     $50.00                     6/1/20
2324                     Electrician                     $50.00                     6/1/20
2326                     Electrician Foreman                     $53.00                     6/1/20
2327                     Chief Electrical Inspector                     $56.00                     6/1/20
2328                     Electrical Equipment Technician                     $50.00                     6/1/20
2329                     Electrical Mechanic                     $50.00                     6/1/20
2330                     Electrical Inspector                     $53.00                     6/1/20
2346                     Electrical Equipment Foreman                     $53.00                     6/1/20
2378                     Telecommunications Electrician Form                      $53.00                     6/1/20
2379                     Telecommunications Electrician                     $50.00                     6/1/20
2390                     Biomedical Electrical Technician                      $50.00                     6/1/20
2391                     Biomedical Electrical Tech. Form.                     $53.00                     6/1/20
4013                     Chief Telecommunications Electrician                     $56.00                     6/1/20
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Cook County Comptroller are hereby authorized to implement the prevailing rates and salary adjustments pursuant to state statute, 820ILCS 130 et.seq.end