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MEMORANDUM OFAGREEMENT <br /> I.A.F.F., LOCAL 505 <br /> CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS <br /> This Memorandum of Agreement between Local Union 505, Internationai Association of <br /> Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC and the City of Decatur, Illinois, is signed on behalf of said Union <br /> by the President thereof and on behalf of the City by the City Manager as follows: <br /> ARTICLE 1 <br /> GENERAL <br /> Section 1. The City of Decatur, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" and Local 505, <br /> International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC, hereinafter referred to as "UNION" in <br /> order to increase the efficiency of the Fire Department of the City, to maintain the existing <br /> harmonious relationship between the City and those of its employees in the fire fighting service <br /> and to promote the morale, rights, privileges and well-being of said employees, do enter into this <br /> Memorandum of Agreement. <br /> Section 2. The employees of the Fire Department of the City and the individual <br /> members of the Union shall regard themselves as employees of the public and are to be <br /> governed by the highest ideals of honor and integrity in all their public and personal conduct in <br /> order that they may merit the respect and confidence of the public which employs them and <br /> which they serve. <br /> Section 3. The City recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive representative of <br /> the classified fire service employees of the Fire Department of the City with the exception of the <br /> Chief, Deputy Chief, Battalion Chiefs, and Fire Marshal of said Department for the purpose of <br /> bargaining with respect to wages, hours of duty and working conditions. <br /> ARTICLE 2 <br /> PLACES OF RESIDENCE <br /> Section 1. Persons appointed to positions in the classified fire service shall reside <br /> within forty (40) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Decatur. Upon original appointment, <br /> an appointee may reside outside said limits but shall be required as a condition of continued <br /> employment to comply with said residency requirement no later than ninety (90) days after the <br /> completion of said appointee's probationary period. All non-probationary employees residing <br /> outside said residency requirement on May 1, 1981 shall not be required to comply with said <br /> residency requirement. <br /> ARTICLE 3 <br /> CHECK-OFF <br /> Section 1. Upon written authorization by an employee filed with the Director of Finance <br /> thereof, the City shall deduct from wages or salary of such employee such sum as is certified by <br /> 3 <br />