2017-24 AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement

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duty day on which the snow and ice control shift was worked as well as the hours required for the snow and ice control shift. (f) If the snow and ice control shifts have been canceled prior to or during the second shift of employees called to duty during the first 24 hours of said shifts, whether it be the 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. shift or the 11:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m. shift, said second shift of employees shall work a minimum of eight hours and be given the opportunity to work no more than twelve hours. On the last snow and ice control shift, the employee may request to leave after eight (8) hours. Permis- sion shall be granted based on operational necessity. (g) Employees may be called to report to duty for a snow and ice control shift within two hours of the regularly scheduled starting time of said shift. Employees may be held over for up to two hours at the end of a snow and ice control shift if the snow and ice control shifts have been canceled prior to the end of such shift but additional snow and ice control is needed or desired. (h) Employees shall be called for voluntary or emergency snow and ice control overtime, as opposed to snow and ice control shifts, in the order of seniority as they appear on lists A and B established herein according to the time during which the necessity for reporting for overtime duty arises. The City may call an employee to report to duty for voluntary or emergency snow and ice control overtime within two hours of the regularly scheduled starting time of the A or B list to which such employee belongs. The City may not work any employee in excess of two hours beyond the regular quitting time of said employee's A or B list. (i) An employee shall be told when being called for overtime for snow and ice control purposes whether such is for voluntary or emergency overtime or whether a snow and ice control shift has been called. Q) Scheduling of Fleet Maintenance personnel for snow and ice control shifts shall be as follows: Fleet Maintenance personnel (except the Parts Person/Dispatcher) shall be called for shifts per Article 5, Sections 4 (a) through (i) above, with the following exceptions. Fleet Mainte- nance personnel shall be called for overtime on a rotating basis, a minimum of 2 mechanics per shift, except that no employee shall be made to work more than sixteen (16) hours including his/her regular shift when the regular duty day falls within the overtime period. If the Parts Per- son/Dispatcher is unavailable, mechanics will be permitted to obtain parts directly from the parts room, provided they document the parts obtained and the equipment on which the parts are used. The Parts Person/Dispatcher shall be permitted to select, during the month of November, the snow and ice control shift, either 11:00 am to 11:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m., he/she prefers to work for the duration of the snow and ice control season. If no preference is expressed, the Fleet Supervisor shall make a shift assignment for the Parts Person/Dispatcher. (k) During a twelve hour shift, available mechanics will be distributed between the two twelve hour shifts. Section 5. Duty schedules showing the employee's respective shifts, duty days, rate of pay and hours shall be posted in each departmental office. 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.