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6.13. - Page 10 of 366 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN REDWOOD CITY AND REDWOOD CITY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION RE: 2018 SUCCESSOR MOU ARTICLE 4 CITY RIGHTS To insure that the City is able to carry out its constitutional, chartered and statutory functions and responsibilities, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the City to meet and confer on matters which are solely a function of management, including the right to direct the work force; to select and determine the number and types of employees required; to determine the content of job classifications; to hire, transfer, promote, suspend, discipline and discharge employees; to assign work to employees in accordance with the requirements of the City; to establish and change work schedules and assignments; to lay off employees for lack of work; to expand or diminish services; to subcontract any work or operations; to determine and change methods of operations; to determine and change work locations and the processes and materials to be employed; to take all necessary actions to perform its functions in emergencies. ARTICLE 5 OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES A maximum of four (4) Association representative unit members shall be allowed concurrent time off without loss of compensation to represent the Association in the meet and confer process. The Association shall submit the names of these unit representatives to the Personnel Officer at least two (2) working days prior to scheduled meet and confer sessions, and the representatives shall advise their supervisors in advance prior to leaving their work assignments to attend such meetings. ARTICLE 6 LAYOFF AND RE-EMPLOYMENT 6.1 Layoff Whenever in the judgment of the City Council it becomes necessary in the interest of economy or because the position involved no longer exists, the City Council may abolish any position or employment in the competitive service, and the employee holding such position or employment may be laid off without the filing of written charges. Any appointing power may likewise lay off a regular employee whenever lack of work or lack of funds requires a reduction in the number of employees. 6.2 Notification of Layoff The City shall notify the Association no less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to any employee being laid off. Upon written request of the Association to the Personnel Officer, the City will meet to discuss the conditions causing the layoff and the impact upon classifications in the bargaining unit. Such discussions shall be without recourse to the grievance procedure. 6.3 Order of Layoff In the event of a reduction in force, bargaining unit members with the shortest length of service in the classifications affected shall be laid off first. If two employees have equal length of service in a classification, the order of seniority shall be determined by standing on the eligibility list. If two employees 00059314-1 T