R2024-362 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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(b) The meeting otherwise required by the provisions hereof may be waived by concur- rence of the Department Director, the employee and the Union. Section 5. (a) In the event an employee's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is revoked, suspended or canceled for any reason other than a positive confirmatory test for drugs or alcohol, the employee will have up to 30 days in which to regain the CDL. An employee will be reassigned to a non-driving position or a position not requiring a CDL during the 30-day period. Any approved reassignment will be to the next lower pay step in the salary range of the temporarily reassigned position. (b) If an employee is unable to regain his/her CDL by the end of the 30-day period, the employee may be placed on leave for the next thirty (30)days with time charged, as available, to accrued vacation leave or unscheduled holiday and any remaining time being a leave of absence without pay. (c) If an employee is unable to regain his/her CDL by the end of a 60-day period, the employee shall be considered to have resigned with no right to any appeal or hearing thereon before the Civil service Commission or any arbitrator. Each separation is reviewed case-by-case with the final decision regarding separation being made by the Department Director.An employee separated from employment with the city for the loss of CDL driving privileges may apply for re- employment after regaining his/her CDL. If this occurs within one year of separation the employee shall be placed at the top of the Civil Service Register for their prior position and be offered the next available opening. (d)A lifetime disqualification from holding a CDL will result in an employee's separation. (e). The City shall pay the difference between regular driver's licenses and CDL driver's licenses and all required endorsements. (f). Employees required to acquire or renew a CDL license will be scheduled to do so by the City during normal business hours and paid their normal wages for that time. ARTICLE 12 VACATIONS Section 1. The length of annual vacations for employees in the classified service shall be as follows: a) After completion of one year continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge, ten duty days; b) After completion of seven years continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge, fifteen duty days; C) After completion of fourteen years continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge, twenty duty days; and d) After completion of twenty years continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge, twenty-five duty days (effective May 1, 2005). 19