R2022-173 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268 General Service Employees

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(b) Department directors will designate the job classifications within each department for which personal telephones for emergency calls will be required. A copy of the designations will be filed with the Human Resources Department. "Personal telephones"include home telephones and personally owned cellular telephones. (c) All employees represented by the bargaining unit in designated classifications will pro- vide personal telephone numbers to the department director and the Human Resources Depart- ment. Failure to comply with this requirement will be grounds for disciplinary action. (d) Each employee represented by the bargaining unit will provide to the City a telephone number for his/her personal telephone for the purpose of call-ins. Each employee may provide to the City an additional telephone number, to be used in like manner. Telephone numbers so provided will be maintained in service 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. (e) All departments will verify with employees, at least annually, that the telephone numbers provided are actually in service. (f) All off-duty employees represented by the bargaining unit in designated classifications shall respond to telephone calls from their supervisors or designee made for the purpose of recalling employees to work for snow and ice control overtime and emergency water system repair overtime, as described herein. Calls outside of regular work hours from Public Works Department supervisors or designee during the period of November 1 through the following March 31 shall be made when necessary, for the purpose of recalling employees to work for snow and ice control overtime and emergency water system repair overtime. Employees shall be permitted two (2) instances of not responding to such calls without penalty during this period. Non-response to subsequent calls shall be considered "substandard work" and shall be grounds for disciplinary action, in accordance with current policies and the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement. (g) Employees represented by the bargaining unit may make prior arrangements with their supervisors for occasional planned absences from work, which could preclude response to call- ins. In such instances, employees shall be exempt from discipline, as well as for sick-leave in instances where medical documentation, as defined by contract, is provided. (h) The City will call those employees represented by the bargaining unit in designated classifications that are on vacation, and such employees may voluntarily accept work assignments. (i) The City will provide to all affected employees a list of all telephone numbers from which the City may call. (j) If employees provide the City two (2) telephone numbers at which they can be reached, the City will call both telephone numbers when attempting to contact employees, and will leave a message at each number called, provided there is an answering machine, voice mail, or other means available for doing so. Section 4. Overtime for position classifications to which overtime is assigned other than continuous operations for water production and by persons assigned to the Information Technol- ogy(IT) Department will be served by seniority on a rotating basis. Lists will be established based on seniority and overtime will be assigned to the most senior person on the list. For purposes of voluntary overtime only, an employee may request in writing to be omitted from the overtime list. Such employee may subsequently be reinstated to such list by request in writing. The supervisor 12