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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br /> DECATUR POLICE BENEVOLENT <br /> AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION LABOR COMMITTEE <br /> CITY OF DECATUR,ILLINOIS <br /> This Agreement is entered into between the City of Decatur, Illinois, hereinafter referred <br /> to as CITY and, Decatur Police Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Committee, <br /> hereinafter referred to as UNION,the same being signed on behalf of the City by its City Manager <br /> and on behalf of the Union by its President. <br /> ARTICLE 1 <br /> GENERAL <br /> Section 1. This Agreement is entered into for the purpose of promoting harmonious <br /> relations between the City and the Union;the establishment of an equitable and peaceful procedure <br /> for the resolution of differences; and to promote the morale, rights, privileges and well being of <br /> the employees of the Classified Police Service setting forth the mutual understanding of the parties <br /> as to the wages,hours and other terms and conditions of employment for whom the employer has <br /> recognized the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative. <br /> Section 2. All persons in the Classified Police Service shall regard themselves as <br /> employees of the public and are to be governed by the highest ideals of honesty and integrity in <br /> all their public and personal conduct in order that they may merit the respect and confidence of the <br /> public which employs them and which they serve. <br /> Section 3. The City recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining <br /> representative for all permanent, full-time Police Patrol Officers and Police Sergeants in the <br /> classified police service for the purpose of bargaining with respect to salaries, wages, hours and <br /> conditions of employment. The Union expressly acknowledges that it is not the bargaining agent <br /> for the positions of Lieutenant, Deputy Chief and Police Chief, said positions having duties and <br /> responsibilities that are supervisory in nature and different from those of Patrol Officer or Sergeant <br /> and the job descriptions, with the effective dates thereof, of Lieutenant and Deputy Chief being <br /> attached hereto, and the Union further acknowledges that occupants of said positions are not <br /> subject to the terms and conditions of this Memorandum of Understanding nor are the <br /> responsibilities thereof subject to any duty to bargain. <br /> Section 4. Notice. All notices to the Union referenced in the Collective Bargaining <br /> Agreement shall be given to the Union President or a member of the Union Executive Board, and <br /> 1 <br />