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<br />6.10 <br />Page 16 <br /> <br />SECTION 5 - UNION REPRESENTATIVES <br /> <br />5.1 Attendance at Meetings by Employees and Stewards <br /> <br />City employees who are official representatives or unit representatives of the <br />Union shall be given reasonable time off with pay to attend meetings with <br />management representatives, or to be present at hearings where matters <br />within the scope of representation or grievances are being considered. The use <br />of official time for this purpose shall be reasonable and shall not interfere with <br />the performance of City services as determined by the City Human Resources <br />Director or the Rre Chief. Such employee representatives shall submit a <br />written request for excused absence to the Fire Chief or his/her designated <br />representative with information copy to the City Manager, . at least two (2) <br />working days prior to the scheduled meeting, unless waived by the Fire Chief. <br />Except by mutual agreement, the number of employees excused for such <br />purposes shall not exceed three (3). The Union may provide one (1) steward <br />for each shift. <br /> <br />SECTION 6 - NO STRIKE <br /> <br />The Union, its members and representatives, agree that it and they will not engage in, <br />authorize, sanction, or support any strike, slowdown, stoppage of work, curtailment of <br />production, concerted refusal of overtime work, refusal to operate designated equipment <br />(provided such equipment is safe and sound) or to perform customary duties; and <br />neither the Union, nor any representatives thereof, shall engage in job action for the <br />purpose of effecting changes in the directives or decisions of management of the City, <br />nor to effect a change of personnel or operations of management or of employees not <br />covered by this MOU. <br /> <br />SECTION 7 - PAY <br /> <br />7.1 Pay Period <br /> <br />Employees shall be paid bi-weekly. <br /> <br />Effective with Council adoption of the new Memorandum of Understanding, the <br />City will implement a mandatory direct deposit program for all new hires. <br /> <br />7.2 Salaries <br /> <br />Salaries shall be determined annually by those factors traditionally taken into <br />consideration in the determination of wages, hours and other terms and <br />conditions of public and private employment including, but not limited to, <br />changes in the average Consumer Price Index for goods and services, the <br />wages, hours and other terms or conditions of employment of other employees <br />performing similar services, and the financial condition of the City. <br /> <br />9 <br />