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

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Section 6. Temporary Employees - Nothing contained herein shall preclude the City from hiring temporary employees due to leave, illness or other extraordinary circumstance, or as seasonal employees. Such temporary employees shall not be entitled to any of the benefits out- lined herein, except statutory benefits as provided by law. The City will not engage temporary employees in bargaining unit positions for more than 1,000 hours per calendar year. This limita- tion can be extended in individual situations by mutual consent of the City and the Union. ARTICLE 2 PLACE OF RESIDENCE Section 1. Persons appointed to positions in the classified service shall reside within the corporate limits of Macon County or within the corporate limits of any municipality extending into Macon County.Any persons appointed to a position in the classified service prior to June 5,2017, who resided outside of Macon County but within fifteen (15) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Decatur shall be allowed to continue to maintain said residency. However, in the event they change their place of residence after October 1, 2021,they shall be required to reside within Macon County or within any municipality extending into the corporate limits of Macon County. Upon original appointment, an appointee may reside outside said limits but shall be required as a condition of continued employment to comply with said residency requirement no later than ninety(90)days after the completion of said appointee's probationary period. ARTICLE 3 UNION SECURITY Section 1. The City agrees to deduct from the pay of those employees who individually request it any and all of the following: union membership dues, assessments or fees, P.E.O.P.L.E. contributions, union sponsored health and welfare plan contributions. If any em- ployee does not have a check coming to him, or such check is not large enough to satisfy said deductions, no deduction shall be made from the wages or salary of such employee for that month. Section 2. Upon receipt of an appropriate written authorization from an employee, such authorized deductions shall be made in accordance with law. The aggregate deductions of all employees and a list of their names,addresses and last four digits of their social security numbers shall be remitted at least semi-monthly to the Union at the address designated in writing to the Employer by the Union. The Union shall advise the Employer of any increase in dues or other approved deductions in writing at least thirty(30)days prior to its effective date. Section 3.The Employer shall honor employee's individually authorized deduction forms and shall make such deductions in the amounts certified by the Union for union dues, assess- ments, or fees and P.E.O.P.L.E contributions. Authorized deductions shall continue until revoked by the employee in accordance with the terms under which an employee voluntarily authorized said deductions and applicable laws. Section 4. The Union shall indemnify the City and any department of the City and hold it harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits or other forms of liability that may arise out of, or by reason of, any action taken by the City or any department of the City for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Article. 4