2005-25 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - GENERAL SERVICES

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Section 6. Employees engaged in continuous operations are those employees engaged in an operation for which there is regularly scheduled employment 24 hours each day of the week. Hours of duty of employees in classified service assigned to continuous operations shall be established so that the average weekly duty hours in any year, other than hours during which . such employees are necessarily summoned to or kept on duty, shall not exceed 40 hours. Section 7. Employees shall be granted a lunch period during each duty shift as near as practicable at the middle thereof which said lunch period shall not exceed one hour. Section 8. (a) The City and the Union agree that the regular hours of duty for the posi- tions listed in Exhibit B from the last Monday in June through the Friday before Labor Day or beginning any time between May 1 and the last Monday in June when the heat index, according to the Weather Channel (www.weather.com), reaches a range above 90 degrees for a period of three consecutive days and the forecast is for continued hot weather, shall be from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (b) With regard to employees whose position was scheduled to work a regular duty day of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as of May 1, 1991, the City may, with the employee's consent, re- schedule such employee provided that said hours of duty do not commence prior to 7:00 a.m. nor terminate later than 7:00 p.m. (c) With regard to employees whose position was scheduled to work a regular duty day of eight consecutive hours, with 1/2 hour of paid time for lunch, as of May 1, 1991, the City may reschedule such employee such that said employee is required to work 8 1/2 consecutive hours, with 1/2 hour unpaid for lunch. (d) An employee may be held over beyond the quitting time of his/her regular shift to complete task(s) currently in progress. An employee working in non-emergency situations and held over beyond the quitting time of his/her regular shift will be allowed a reasonable absence to attend to personal business provided that reasonable accommodations can be made. Em- ployees returning to work under this section are not considered to be called back. ARTICLE 6 SALARIES AND WAGES Section 1. The annual rate of pay for each step and grade of the pay plan as set out in Exhibit C for the respective classified positions as listed under Article 1 shall be effective May 1, 2004, and shall represent a three percent (3%) increase over wages paid as of May 1, 2003. Section 2. The annual rate of pay for each step and grade of the pay plan for the re- spective classified positions in effect May 1, 2005, shall be as per Exhibit D, and shall represent a three percent (3%) increase over wages paid as of May 1, 2004. Section 3. Any regular, full-time employee hired shall commence service at the lowest grade provided in the schedule of pay grades for such classification. Advancement from a lower grade to a higher grade for grades A through F shall be based upon attainment of at least a fully acceptable rating on the employee's performance evaluation. Advancement from steps P1 and P2 shall not be made prior to three (3) months services in such steps, P2 to A shall be made no later than 6 months from service in such step, and advancement from all other steps shall not be made prior to one (1) year's service in each of such steps. In no case shall advancement s