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<br />8 <br /> <br />time per calendar year, and shall be allowed to use additional Union Business Time Bank <br />leave, to attend quarterly steward council meetings. Stewards shall be allowed to adjust <br />their lunch period to coincide with quarterly meetings. <br /> <br />6.2 Official Representatives <br /> <br />With respect to the meet and confer process, eight (8) Union representatives shall be the maximum number <br />of workers who will be allowed concurrent time off without loss of compensation. The Union shall submit the <br />names of all such worker representatives to the Personnel Officer at least two (2) working days prior to such <br />meetings and the representatives shall advise their supervisors in advance prior to leaving their work <br />assignments to attend such meetings. <br /> <br />6.3 Union Business Time Bank <br /> <br />Workers may authorize vacation and/or compensatory time accruals to be donated to a Union Business <br />Time Bank, to maximum of ninety-six (96) hours per calendar year. The designated Chapter Chair or Chief <br />Steward of the Union may use the time accumulated in the Union Business Time Bank for the conduct of <br />Union business not otherwise authorized under Sections 6.1 or 6.2 above to a maximum of eight (8) hours <br />per month. Any accumulated hours remaining in the Union Business Time Bank at the end of the year will <br />be carried over into the next year. Any accumulated hours remaining in the Union Business Time Bank at <br />the time of a change in the designated Chapter Chair or Chief Steward will become available to the next <br />Chapter Chair or next Chief Steward, respectively. <br /> <br />6.4 Release Time <br /> <br />A reasonable number of workers shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other <br />benefits when testifying or appearing as the designated representative of the Union in informal settlement <br />conferences before the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), PERB hearings, or other proceedings <br />before PERB in matters relating to an unfair practice charge. <br /> <br />ARTICLE 7 - LAYOFF AND REEMPLOYMENT <br /> <br />7.1 Layoff <br /> <br />Whenever in the judgment of the City Council it becomes necessary in the interest of economy or because <br />the position involved no longer exists, the City Council may abolish any position or employment in the <br />competitive service or reduce the number of hours for any position in the competitive service, and the <br />worker holding such position or employment may be laid off, either partially or completely, without the filing <br />of written charges. Any appointing power may likewise lay off a regular worker whenever lack of work or <br />funds shall require a reduction in the number of workers. <br /> <br />Both parties agree that the preferred means of reducing staff is through attrition. <br /> <br />7.2 Notification of Layoff <br /> <br />7.2.1 The City shall notify, in writing, the worker and the Union at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to <br />the effective date of layoff and shall indicate the reason or reasons for the layoff. A copy of this <br />Article 7, Layoff and Reemployment shall be attached to the written notice. <br /> <br />7.2.2 Upon request, the Union shall be afforded an opportunity to meet with the City to discuss the <br />6.3.B. - Page 18