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(56) hour rate. Administrative leave not used by December 31 shall be paid off at the straight <br /> time rate. <br /> 14.5.6 Battalion Chiefs shall have the right of first refusal for all hire backs to fill a Battalion Chiefs shift <br /> when the regularly scheduled Battalion Chief is on a City authorized leave. Overtime hours <br /> earned under this hire back provision shall be paid in cash and not count toward the one hundred <br /> sixty-eight hours(168) yearly overtime limit specified in Sections 14.5.5. <br /> 14.6 External Reimbursements <br /> When external Federal or State funds are made available to the City to specifically fund or reimburse COA <br /> unit overtime activities on a special project basis, such externally reimbursed overtime shall not be counted <br /> toward the yearly one hundred twenty(120), one hundred forty (140), or one hundred sixty-eight(168) hour <br /> overtime limit specified in Sections 14.5.4, and 14.5.5. Additionally, when external Federal or State funds <br /> are made available to the City to specifically reimburse COA work activities, COA unit members shall be <br /> paid at the reimbursement rate or the rate prescribed by the MOU,whichever is greater. <br /> 14.7 Uniform Allowance <br /> 14.7.1 For fiscal year 2013-14, at the discretion of the Fire Chief, Battalion Chiefs, the Deputy Fire Chief <br /> and the Fire Marshall shall be eligible to receive up to six hundred dollars ($600.00) per year as <br /> a uniform allowance. <br /> Effective July 1, 2014, at the discretion of the Fire Chief or his or her designee, the City will <br /> provide for all new bargaining unit members a set of uniform articles as listed in the <br /> Department's Uniform Policy. The cost of uniform issuance, repair and replacement will not <br /> exceed seven hundred dollars($700) per fiscal year per employee, unless authorized by the Fire <br /> Chief. <br /> 14.7.2 The City will provide for all employees in the bargaining unit with cleaning, altering, repairing <br /> and/or replacement of damaged uniforms as authorized by the Fire Chief or his or her designee. <br /> 14.7.3 Such furnished uniforms shall remain the property of and under the control of the City. <br /> 14.7.4 At the end of each fiscal year, the Finance Department will calculate the total cost of cleaning, <br /> altering, repairing and/or replacement of damaged uniforms. This total cost will be divided by the <br /> number of employees in the bargaining unit. The resulting quotient will be reported to CaIPERS <br /> as reportable compensation for eligible employees in the bargaining unit members in accordance <br /> with PERS rules and regulations. In accordance with Government Code Section 7522.34(c)(7), <br /> this provision shall not apply to new members as defined by the Public Employees Pension <br /> Reform Act(PEPRA). <br /> 14.8 Mileage Payment <br /> 14.8.1 The City shall reimburse employees for those miles employees are required to drive their <br /> personal vehicles in the performance of assigned job duties as follows: <br /> 14.8.1.1 Actual costs to and from destination not to exceed a maximum computed at the <br /> current prescribed IRS mileage reimbursement rate for miles traveled both within <br /> and outside the city by privately owned conveyance: provided, however, that for <br /> travel to and from destination in excess of 300 miles said maximum shall not <br /> 12 <br />