2004-05 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT - POLICE SERVICE

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Secrion 6. The City shall continue to provide free parking to bargaining unit members in either the new Police lot, located at Industrial Court and Wood Street, or in Parking Garage C. Section 7. The City will reimburse the cost of tuition and textbooks for courses directly related to an employee's job and will reimburse half the cost of tuition and textbooks for pre-approved courses indirectly related to an employee's job, up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year per employee. Tuition reimbursement shall be administered in accordance with current Administrative Policy F-470. Approval of courses shall not be • unreasonably withheld. Section 8. The City will deduct from the employee's wages a percentage, in an amount certified by the Union, and pay same to the Union for the puiposes of funding the Union's health and welfare plan. All deductions will be made against the employee's pre-tax income and shall be done in accordance with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations. No such deduction shall be made if all of the provisions of this section cannot be met. ARTICLE 17 WORK R ULES AND CONDITIONS Section 1 (a). The City and the Union shall reasonably cooperate insofar as possible to assure the highest standards of safety, health and sanitation in the operation of the Police Department. (b). The City will provide written notification to an officer of the time(s) the officer is scheduled to receive his/her hepatitis-B shots. In the event that the officer does not complete the hepatitis-B shot series because of circumstances within the control of the officer, said officer will be required to pay for any re-inoculation required for said series of inoculation. (c). The City will provide. at no cost to the employee. flu shots for any employee who indicates a desire to have the shot. Section 2. The City may adopt, change or modify rules not in conflict with the provisions of this memorandum for the operation of the Police Services Division and the conduct of the employees in the classified service to encourage and maintain the proper and efficient operation thereof. The Union reserves the right to grieve new or changed departmental rules, policies, or procedures that affect the working conditions of employees. Section 3. In the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances immediately upon discovering that an employee in the classified service is unable to report for duty, and not less than a reasonable interval before the scheduled duty time, such employee's supervisor shall be notified of the absence from duty of such employee. This provision shall not be interpreted as condoning repeated absence from duty and evidence of justifiable cause for any absence may be required to be furnished by the employee. In the absence of evidence of extenuating 24