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ARTICLE 4 <br />CITY RIGHTS <br />To insure that the City is able to carry out its constitutional, chartered and statutory <br />functions and responsibilities, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the <br />City to meet and confer on matters which are solely a function of management, including <br />the right to direct the work force; to select and determine the number and types of <br />employees required; to determine the content of job classifications; to hire, transfer, <br />promote, suspend, discipline and discharge employees; to assign work to employees in <br />accordance with the requirements of the City; to establish and change work schedules and <br />assignments; to lay off employees for lack of work; to expand or diminish services; to <br />subcontract any work or operations; to determine and change methods of operations; to <br />determine and change work locations and the processes and materials to be employed; to <br />take all necessary actions to perform its functions in emergencies. <br />ARTICLE 5 <br />OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES <br />A maximum of four (4) Association representative unit members shall be allowed <br />concurrent time off without loss of compensation to represent the Association in the meet <br />and confer process. The Association shall submit the names of these unit representatives <br />to the Human Resources Director at least two (2) working days prior to scheduled meet <br />and confer sessions, and the representatives shall advise their supervisors in advance prior <br />to leaving their work assignments to attend such meetings. <br />ARTICLE 6 <br />LAYOFF AND RE-EMPLOYMENT <br />6.1 Layoff <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 <br />appointing power may likewise lay off a regular employee whenever lack of work or lack <br />of funds requires a reduction in the number of employees. <br />