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6.B. - Page 160 of 366 <br />3.5 Access to Work Locations <br />Reasonable access to employee work locations shall be granted officers of the <br />Association and their officially designated representatives, for the purpose of <br />processing grievances or contacting members of the Association concerning <br />business within the scope of representation. <br />Such officers or representatives shall not enter any work location without the prior <br />consent of the City Manager or his or her designated representative. <br />Prearrangement for routine contact may be made by agreement between the <br />Association and the department head and when made shall continue until revoked. <br />Access shall be restricted so as not to interfere with the normal operations of the <br />department or with established safety or security requirements. Solicitation of <br />membership and activities concerned with the internal management of the <br />Association, such as collecting dues, holding membership meetings, campaigning <br />for office, conducting elections and distributing literature shall not be conducted <br />during working hours unless approved in advance by the City Manager or his or <br />her designated representative. <br />3.6 New Employee Orientation <br />The City shall provide the Association with ten 10 calendar days' advance <br />notice of _ the start date of any new hire to a represented classification. An <br />exception to the ten 10 calendar days' advance notice requirement may be made <br />is if there is an urgent need for meeting in less than ten (10) calendar days' that is <br />critical to the City's operations and is not reasonably foreseeable. <br />The City shall provide the Association with an exclusive one 1 hour meeting <br />with any new employee or roup of employees covered by this MOU, during the <br />City -scheduled employee orientation. The specific date, time, and location of the <br />one (1) hour Association meeting with new employees will be coordinated by the <br />Chief of Police and the President of the Association. <br />The City and Association acknowledge that this Agreement, once implemented by <br />both Parties fully complies with and exhausts the Parties' obligation to negotiate <br />pursuant to Government Code Section 3557. <br />SECTION 4. 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 />179 <br />