R2013-21 AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

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