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<br />30 <br /> <br />the rest period. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE 17 - UNIFORM REIMBURSEMENT <br /> <br />17.1 The City shall provide reimbursement up to Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per year to workers who, as a <br />condition of employment, are required to wear a uniform. Community Service Officers and Fire Prevention <br />Officers required to maintain a uniform shall be entitled to an annual reimbursement of up to Six Hundred <br />Dollars ($600.00). Reimbursements are based on a fiscal year. <br /> <br />Reimbursement shall be processed through the payroll system upon proof of purchase. For Fire Prevention <br />Officers payment of this reimbursement will also be made upon proof of uniform dry cleaning expenditures. <br />The Police Department shall provide dry cleaning for Police Department workers who receive uniforms. <br /> <br />Upon mutual agreement of the Parties, workers can also purchase uniforms through a voucher system <br />arrangement between one or more uniform vendors and the City. <br /> <br />The City shall determine the type of uniforms to be purchased. The City will report to CalPERS the monetary <br />value for providing and maintaining the employee’s required uniforms as described above for employees <br />considered “classic members” by CalPERS. The uniform purchase and maintenance amount reported to <br />CalPERS will be derived from the City’s total annual costs. <br />Within ninety (90) days of City Council approval of this agreement, the City and the Union shall form a <br />subcommittee of two (2) City representatives and two (2) Union representatives to discuss the process for <br />CalPERS reporting, provision and laundering of uniforms, and/ or reimbursement of uniform expenses. Prior <br />to implementing changes from the subcommittee, the City and Union agree to meet and confer over any <br />changes developed from the subcommittee. <br />The City and Union acknowledge that the current arrangement regarding uniform provision, laundering, and <br />CalPERS reporting, shall continue until the parties negotiate a change. <br /> <br />17.2 Safety Boots <br /> <br />17.2.1 Workers who are required by the City to wear safety toed and/or ankle supported safety <br />shoes/boots, or to work with asphalt as a usual and regular job duty shall receive a shoe/boot <br />voucher of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) as needed toward the cost of shoes/boots. <br /> <br />Consumer Service Technicians and Urban Forestry Specialists shall receive a voucher for One <br />Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars (125.00) as needed toward the cost of safety shoes/boots. <br />Management shall determine when the allowance is needed to replace shoes/boots. <br /> <br />17.2.2 Following the current practice, safety boots shall be provided for tree maintenance workers who <br />are assigned to actual tree climbing and field operations. These boots shall be checked in at the <br />end of each workday according to procedures established by the Department Head. <br /> <br />17.2.3 Shoes/boots provided by the City shall be used by workers only for City work. Workers are <br />responsible for replacing shoes/boots which are lost or which are damaged due to the worker's <br />negligence. <br /> <br /> <br />6.3.B. - Page 40