R2024-317 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Collective Bargaining Agreement Regarding Pay, Benefits, and Work Conditions Between the Decatur Police Benevolent And Protective Association Labor Committee and the City of Decatur

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( d). When an employee is required to attend court one hour or less prior to the time his regularly scheduled shift commences, he will be paid time and one-half for only the actual time served in court prior to commencing his regular shift. (f). When an employee is recalled to court or required to return to court later in the same day, said employee shall be paid overtime not less than one hour and such overtime shall be paid at time and one-half the regular rate of pay of respective employees. (g). When an employee is required to attend court commencing on his regularly scheduled days off,while on vacation leave or on holiday leave(when the leave is scheduled thirty (30) days in advance), said employee shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours at an overtime rate and shall also be paid for all hours spent in court beyond the four (4) hour minimum at an overtime rate. (h). Officers required to work overtime may elect to receive compensatory leave time in lieu of pay at the rate of one and one-half(1 '/2)hours leave for each hour of overtime worked. The election to take compensatory leave time shall be given to the officers shift commander in writing prior to the end of the pay period in which said overtime was worked. Such leave shall be taken at the convenience of the employee and the Department in the same manner that holiday time is taken and shall be taken during the annual period of May 1 to the following April 30 in which it was accrued. If such leave is not taken during said annual period, any and all such time remaining on the books upon the commencement of the last pay period in said annual period shall be purchased by the Employer at the employee's then current rate of pay and the monies deposited by the Employer into the employee's Retirement Health Savings (RHS) account. Upon the commencement of the last pay period in each said annual period such accrued time shall not be available to the employee for cash or time off. Overtime worked during the last full pay period of said annual period and thereafter shall be compensated by pay or compensatory leave during the succeeding annual period of May 1 to the following April 30.Accumulation of compensatory time shall be limited to no more than 80 hours per employee at any given time. Overtime hours worked beyond that shall be paid at the overtime rate, and not eligible for conversion to compensatory time. Officers may request compensation for any accrued compensatory time off at any time. Such compensation shall be made by regular payroll direct deposit on the next full pay period. All costs associated with services provided by and opinions obtained from the IRS, if any, will be shared equally by the City and the Union. Section 7. The City may establish a policy by departmental rule that witness fees be claimed by police personnel for court appearances.If such is so established,police personnel when appearing at court shall properly claim said witness fees and upon payment thereof shall pay the same over to the City. If an employee is subpoenaed concerning a case which involved his work as an employee of the classified police service and said employee is paid a witness fee, that witness fee shall be turned over to the City before the employee will be paid authorized overtime for said appearance. 6