R2013-21 AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

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challenging officer shall be afforded the opportunity to meet with the Professional Standards Lieutenant to remedy the challenge. If the officer is still not satisfied with the results, the officer shall within ten days of that decision provide a written challenge to the question or questions to the three person arbitration panel. The panel shall consist of the Chief of Police or designee, Union President or designee and a third party to be determined by agreement between the City and Union. The decision of the panel shall be final. All challenges to questions utilized in the testing process shall be determined on the basis of the operational policy or procedure utilized in the Department at the time the test was given. ARTICLE 8 REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL Section 1. When the number of persons authorized to a position classification in the classified police service is reduced, the employee with the least seniority in such position classification shall be the first to be reduced in rank or removed from the service if no reduction in rank is possible. When the number of persons authorized to the classified police service is reduced, the employee with the least seniority in the classified police service shall be the first to be removed from the service. A person reduced in rank shall receive the salary of the reduced rank. A person removed from service shall be considered furloughed without pay. If any position vacated, displaced or abolished because of reduction of force is filled or reinstated, the person last reduced in rank or furloughed from such position as the case may be if otherwise qualified shall be the first person restored or reinstated in such position. When such positions are to be filled or reinstated, notice to the eligible persons shall be given by registered mail at the address filed by said person with the Department. Written application for reinstatement must be made by the person seeking restoration to rank or reinstatement within fifteen (15) days from the date such notice was mailed to said address. A person seeking reinstatement from furlough may be required to submit to examination by physicians of the Civil Service Commission and the police pension board, or either of them, to determine the physical fitness of such person. ARTICLE 9 DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE Section 1. Upon just cause connected with or reflecting upon the public service, an employee may be administratively disciplined by an oral reprimand, a written reprimand or suspension. An employee shall be entitled to comment upon any oral reprimand that is placed on record in the shift commander's file in the space provided for same on the card containing such reprimand, and such reprimand and any comments thereon shall also be forwarded immediately to the Chief if so requested by the employee or a commanding officer as noted on said card. 14