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42 <br /> <br />ARTICLE 30 - UNION OFFICIALS TIME OFF <br /> <br />A. Union Leave Bank <br />1. A Union business leave bank will be established for the purpose of Union business time off. Each <br />bargaining unit member will donate four (4) hours of vacation time per year, available from their <br />personal vacation leave account, into the Union’s business leave bank. This bank will be used at the <br />discretion of the principal officers of the Union to ensure that Union members are able to attend <br />Union-associated conventions, seminars, meetings, etc. at no cost to the City. <br /> <br />2. The City will deduct four (4) hours from each bargaining unit member at the beginning of the <br />calendar year. At the end of the calendar year, any hours remaining in the Union business leave <br />bank will reduce proportionately the individual contribution for the ensuing year. The size of the <br />bank will be determined by the number of bargaining unit members as of January 1st of each year. <br />B. City Leave Bank <br /> <br />1. Union officials will be granted paid time off for Union business that will not count against the <br />Union leave bank. The purpose of such release time must be limited to matters that directly <br />involve the administration of the Agreement, such as labor management meetings, special <br />committees with the approval through the labor/management process, the processing and <br />adjustment of grievances, and negotiations regarding changes to the existing Agreement. <br /> <br />2. The allowable aggregate of such paid time off for all individuals shall not exceed 240 hours per <br />year. No unused time off shall be carried over into the following years. <br /> <br />3. Not charged against a leave bank will be the release of two (2) Union officials, if on duty, for a <br />maximum of four (4) hours to attend monthly Labor/Management meetings. Additional members <br />may attend by using the Union leave bank. <br /> <br />4. Not charged against a leave bank will be release time for contract negotiations. Up to three <br />(3) members of the Union negotiating team shall be allowed time off, if working, for all meetings <br />between the Union and the City for the purpose of negotiating the terms of the contract, provided <br />that additional team members may attend as long as attendance would not result in overtime costs to <br />the City. <br /> <br />5. Not charged against a leave bank will be the release of Union officials for other functions at the <br />express request of the City. <br /> <br />C. Notice Requirements and Bank Charges <br />1. For any release time, paid or unpaid, the Union president or designee must notify the Fire Chief or <br />the Assistant Chief of Operations electronically or in writing of the Union’s request no less than five <br />(5) calendar days in advance. The request must identify the purpose of the time off and if it is to be <br />charged against the Union or City leave bank and is subject to operational and administrative needs. <br /> <br />2. For time off charged against a bank, if the time off does not cause overtime, the deduction from the <br />applicable bank will be made on an hour for hour basis. If the time off does cause overtime, the <br />deduction from the bank will be made at the rate of one and one-half hours for each hour used to <br />cover for the absent Union official. <br />D. Unpaid Release Time <br />