Middleboro: Clerical/COA Contract

The following represents one of the contracts to be voted at the Special Town Meeting, scheduled for October 27, 2008:

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
The Town of Middleborough and AFSCME Council 93, Local 1700 ("Middleborough

ClericaI/COA Union") hereby agree that the parties' 7/1/07- 6/30/08 Collective Bargaining

Agreement will be extended for two years, 7/1/08- 6/30/10, with the changes agreed to by the

parties' negotiating teams and set forth below. This offer and Agreement shall be considered

off the-

record until ratified by the Union's membership and the Board of Selectmen. The bargaining

teams shall sponsor and support such ratification.

If ratified by both parties' principals, the economic items will be presented to the October

2008 Town Meeting for funding. If Town Meeting funds it, a new comprehensive Collective

Bargaining Agreement shall be drafted which incorporates the material terms of this Agreement

into the unchanged provisions of the 2007-2008 Agreement.

Failing ratification by both parties; principals and funding by Town Meeting, the

Agreement shall be deemed void and both parties will be free to return to their prior bargaining

positions.

Unless otherwise specified, all the changes set forth below will take effect the first full

pay period after Towil Meeting funds the economic items of this Agreement:

1. ARTICLE XIX-SALARIES-p. 19 & 2004-07 Contract Modifications Document
a. Effective the first full pay period after the October, 2008 Town Meeting, 2.5
% (two and a half percent) across the board increase. Effective the first full
pay period after July I, 2009, a 3.0 % (three percent) increase.

2. ARTICLE XXI- HEALTH AND WELFARE- p. 21
a. Insert the following before the existing language:
"The Town's contribution to the HMO health insurance plan it offers will be
85% (eighty five percent) of the monthly premium. The Town's contribution
to the PPO plan it offers will be 60 % (sixty percent) of the monthly premium.
Effective July 1, 2009, the Town's contribution to the HMO will be 80%
(eighty percent) of the monthly premium. Except for the Town's contribution
toward the monthly premium, the employee will be obligated to pay all other
costs associated with the health insurance coverage, including without
limitation any co-pays and deductibles currently reimbursed by the Town."
(Date of implementation of increase in employee share of PPO will be as soon
as it is allowed under M.G.L. c. 32B).

3. ARTICLE XXIlI- MISCELLANEOUS PROVlSIONS- p. 22
a. Section 12: Delete as moot (refers to July 1, 2004 agreement).

4. ARTICLE XXV-EFFECTIVE DATE- p. 23
a. Delete article as moot ( refers to effective date ofprovisions for 2001
Contract). Renumber remaining articles.

5. FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT(new article)
The Town will make available and pay the administrative costs for a flexible
spending account (FSA) that covers medical expenses and dependent care. As soon
as the FSA is available to bargaining unit members employees for pre-tax deduction
of health insurance co-payments and deductibles, bargaining unit members will no
longer be eligible for any co-payor deductible reimbursements from the Town.
MIDDLEBOROUGH CLERICAL/COA