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Amending Section 3.38(30) of the Madison General Ordinances to provide unlimited ride bus passes to employees under the City's Unlimited Ride Pass Program.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment substitutes the unlimited ride bus pass for the "bus pass subsidy" in the event the City implements an Unlimited Ride Bus Pass Program for City Employees.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subsection (30) entitled "Bus Pass Subsidy" of Section 3.38 entitled "Compensation Plan" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(30) Bus Pass Subsidy. For the exclusive use of employees in Compensation Groups 17, and 18, 19, 43, and 44 who purchase one of the bus passes specified below and who utilize such pass for their mode of transportation to and from work, the employer shall provide a subsidy for such employees toward the cost of such bus passes as provided in the following schedule:
Madison Metro Passes Bus Subsidy
Commuter Pass $15.75
Monthly Pass $15.75
Convenience Ticket Books (Paratransit) $15.75
Adult QUIK-TIX Tickets $ 7.90
Convenience Ticket Books (Disabled) $ 7.90
Such employees may purchase bus passes on a pre-tax basis at such time as the program is established. In the event that and for so long as the City implements and maintains an Unlimited Ride Pass Program on Madison Metro for City employees, current employees shall be eligible to obtain such pass at no charge. While the Unlimited Ride Pass Program remains in effect, subsidized bus passes will not be available for City employees."
Fiscal Note
The City's current ordinances pertaining to non-represented employees and employee labor agreements with represented employees already provide for some measure of subsidies for employee transit fares. In 2003, the City cost for such subsidies totaled $48,914...
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