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The Labor/Management Committee is recognized as a forum to meet in a non-adversarial <br /> role to discuss issues and work out problems that are of mutual concern by providing a forum for <br /> communication outside the bargaining process. <br /> A Labor/Management Committee will be created to discuss Voluntary Employee Benefit <br /> Plans. <br /> 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 ma.intain 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 two (2) <br /> days or less duration, may be grieved pursuant to the provisions hereof, but such reprimands or <br /> suspensions may not be refened 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 /> 26 <br />