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Section 9. All employees hired after the date of execution of this Memorandum of <br /> Understanding, shall, at the time of appointment, enter into a City of Decatur Training <br /> Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F, and the terms and conditions of <br /> which shall be binding upon the City and the employee. <br /> ARTICLE 18 <br /> DEATH BENEFITS <br /> Section 1. The City agrees to defray all funeral and burial expenses of any employee <br /> of the Police Department killed in the line of duty up to a maximum of Ten Thousand Dollars <br /> ($10,000.00). In addition, the City shall pay to the widow, heirs or estate of such deceased <br /> employee pay due said employee as the result of unpaid duty time, holiday time, sick time, and <br /> vacation time. <br /> ARTICLE 19 <br /> BULLETIN BOARD <br /> Section 1. The City agrees to furnish and maintain a bulletin board to be used by the <br /> Union. The Union shall limit its posting of notices and bulletins to such bulletin board. <br /> ARTICLE 20 <br /> GRIEVANCES <br /> Section 1. A grievance is hereby defined as an actual dispute between the City and <br /> the Union or an employee covered by this Agreement concerning only the application, meaning <br /> or interpretation of the express terms of this agreement as they affect the members of the union <br /> or said employee. <br /> Section 2 (a). Disciplinary reprimands, both oral and written, and suspensions of three <br /> (3) days or less duration, may be grieved pursuant to the provisions hereof, but such reprimands <br /> or suspensions may not be referred to arbitration as provided in Section 7 hereof, as to such <br /> reprimands or suspensions the decision of the City Manager is final. All other disciplinary <br /> actions are subject to the provisions of this Article, as modified by this Section. <br /> (b). Suspension in excess of three (3) days, multiple suspensions totaling more than <br /> four (4) days within a fiscal year of the City, and discharges, may be grieved pursuant to the <br /> provisions hereof, including binding arbitration, and in lieu of any proceedings otherwise <br /> available before the Civil Service Commission. In such cases, it shall be unnecessary to file said <br /> grievance pursuant to Sections 3 through 6 hereof, the notice to the City Manager's Office <br /> provided for herein being sufficient to give the arbitrator jurisdiction of the matter, and said time <br /> 28 <br />