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3 <br />ARTICLE 4 <br /> <br />CITY RIGHTS <br /> <br />To insure that the City is able to carry out its constitutional, chartered and statutory functions <br />and responsibilities, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the City to meet <br />and confer on matters which are solely a function of management, including the right to <br />direct the work force; to select and determine the number and types of employees required; <br />to determine the content of job classifications; to hire, transfer, promote, suspend, discipline <br />and discharge employees; to assign work to employees in accordance with the <br />requirements of the City; to establish and change work schedules and assignments; to lay <br />off employees for lack of work; to expand or diminish services; to subcontract any work or <br />operations; to determine and change methods of operations; to determine and change work <br />locations and the processes and materials to be employed; to take all necessary actions to <br />perform its functions in emergencies. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE 5 <br /> <br />OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES <br /> <br />A maximum of two (2) Association representative unit members shall be allowed concurrent <br />time off without loss of compensation to represent the Association in the meet and confer <br />process. The Association shall submit the names of these unit representatives to the <br />Personnel Officer at least two (2) working days prior to scheduled meet and confer <br />sessions, and the representatives shall advise their supervisors in advance prior to leaving <br />their work assignments to attend such meetings. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE 6 <br /> <br />LAYOFF AND RE-EMPLOYMENT <br /> <br />6.1 Layoff <br /> <br />Whenever in the judgment of the City Council it becomes necessary in the interest of <br />economy or because the position involved no longer exists, the City Council may abolish <br />any position or employment in the competitive service, and the employee holding such <br />position or employment may be laid off without the filing of written charges. Any appointing <br />power may likewise lay off a regular employee whenever lack of work or lack of funds <br />requires a reduction in the number of employees. <br /> <br />6.2 Notification of Layoff <br /> <br />The City shall notify the Association no less than fifteen (15) working days prior to any <br />employee being laid off. Upon written request of the Association to the Personnel Officer, <br />the City will meet to discuss the conditions causing the layoff and the impact upon <br />classifications in the bargaining unit. Such discussions shall be without recourse to the <br />grievance procedure. <br /> <br /> <br />6.3.B. - Page 84