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ARTICLE 36: PARTIAL INVALIDITY, SEPARABILITY, & COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT:

A. Applicable Law: Should the parties hereafter agree that applicable law renders invalid or
unenforceable any of the provisions of this Agreement, the parties shall attempt to agree upon a
replacement for the affected provision. Such replacement provisions shall become effective
immediately upon ratification according to the respective procedures and regulations of the parties
and shall remain in effect for the duration of the Agreement.

B. Court, Board, or Other Authority: In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement shall
be declared invalid or unenforceable by a court, board, or other appropriate authority, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions thereof.

AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALL PERTINENT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS/
ORDINANCES:

The parties agree that this Agreement is subject to all pertinent federal, state, and local laws and
ordinances, as the same may be amended or enacted from time to time, and this Agreement shall be
construed in accordance therewith, and the parties shall conform their conduct thereto.

ARTICLE 37: EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT, MANDATED TRAINING,
& PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/LICENSING

AVAILABLE FUNDING:

The Commission shall allocate an amount of $$20,000 to spend on educational benefits (tuition
reimbursement) for all department members per fiscal year.

A. Said amount is on a first come, first serve basis. In order to receive reimbursement for that fiscal
year, the Financial Services Division must receive any previously approved requests, along with
the grade, by June 15. Any requests for reimbursements received after June 15 may be charged
to the next fiscal year's allotment.

B. Once the $20,000 cap is expended, the educational benefit (tuition reimbursement) is no longer
available to employees covered under this Agreement.

COURSE REIMBURSEMENT CRITERIA:

The maximum amount the Department will pay per class is $900 per school term. The Commission shall
reimburse employees up to 100% of the tuition costs for one course successfully completed during the
academic term for a degree- or certificate-related program under the following conditions

A. Degree/Certificate Program: The course selected by the employee must be part of a degree or
certificate program and approved by the Chief or designee prior to enrollment:

B. Accredited: The course must be taken at an accredited college or university;

C. Satisfactory Grade: The employee must receive a passing grade of "C" {or its equivalent) or
better.

D. Job-Related: The degree or certificate program must be job-related. The final decision of whether
or not the degree or certificate program is job-related shall be determined solely at the discretion
of the Chief.

BOOKS AND/OR RELATED FEES:

The City does not reimburse employees for books and/or related fees.

MANDATED TRAINING:

Employees who are mandated to participate in programs or workshops/conferences will be reimbursed at

100%.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/LICENSING:

The Department shall bear the cost of all licenses and/or certifications required by various regulatory
agencies (local, state, and federal) to maintain the employee’s required certifications and licenses relating
to their current position within the Department.

GRIEVANCE POLICY:

This article shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE:

AVAILABILITY: On a yearly basis, employees shall be paid on the Thursday following December tstina
lump sum of the following:

1.

$500 for attaining an Associate’s Degree

2. $1,000 for attaining a Bachelor's Degree
3. $1,250 for attaining a Master's Degree
RESTRICTIONS:

1. Duplicate Degrees: Employees shall receive only one lump sum ($500) for an Associate's Degree
no matter how many Associate’s Degrees the member has; only one lump sum ($1,000} for a
Bachelor's Degree no matter how many Bachelor's Degrees the member has; and, only one lump
sum ($1,250) for a Master's Degree, no matter how many Master's Degrees an employee has.

2. Master's Degree: Members shall receive only one incentive ($1,250) for attaining a Master's
Degree. They shall not receive an additional incentive ($1,000) for their Bachelor’s Degree, as this
is a prerequisite for a Master's Degree.

3. Submission by Deadline: It is the responsibility of members to submit a copy of their degree by
November 1st for the yearly December 1st payment (closest to the normal payday) to the Financial
Services Division. Thereafter, it is not needed to submit a copy every year.

4. Degree Earned Aiter Deadline: If members do not submit a copy of their degree, or earns the

degree after the deadline, they shall not become eligible to receive the Educational Incentive until
the following year.

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ARTICLE 38: WAIVER

RIGHTS DURING NEGOTIATIONS:

The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the
unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not
removed by law from the area of collective bargaining and that the understandings and agreements arrived
at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement.

NO OBLIGATION TO REOPEN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR ANY SUBJECT OR MATTER:

A. Matters Referred to or Contained Within Agreement: Therefore, the parties for the life of this
Agreement voluntarily and unqualitiedly waive the right, and each agrees that the other shall not
be obligated to reopen contract negotiations with respect to any subject or matter referred to or
covered in this Agreement.

B. Matters Not Referred to or Contained Within Agreement: Further, the parties, for the life of this
Agreement, voluntarily and unqualifiedly waive the right, and each agrees that the other shall not
be obligated to reopen contract negotiations with respect to any subject or matter not specifically
referred to or covered in this Agreement, even though such subject or matter may not have been
within the knowledge or contemplation of any of the parties at the time this Agreement was
negotiated or signed. The parties may, however, voluntarily agree to reopen contract negotiations
on any subject at any time.

SUPERSEDING OF ALL PREVIOUS WRITTEN/ORAL AGREEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDINGS:

This Agreement contains all of the agreements and understandings between the parties: and supersedes
all previous agreements and understandings, and no oral agreement or understanding survives the
execution hereof.

ARTICLE 39: DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM
A Deferred Compensation Program is eligible to employees as long as it is offered by the City of Nashua
and no additional costs are incurred by the Department as a result of employee participation in the
Program.

ARTICLE 40: DURATION OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement between the Union and the Department is a four year agreement, commencing on July
7, 2022, and expiring at midnight on June 30, 2026. A party desiring to negotiate a successor agreement
hereto shall give notice to the other party at least one hundred twenty (120) days in advance of the
expiration date hereof. If such notice is given, the parties shall negotiate a successor agreement in good
faith in advance of the expiration hereof if possible, and, if said successor agreement has not been executed
prior to said expiration date, then the parties shall conduct themselves in accordance with the principal of
“status quo”, or as otherwise required by law. The terms of this contract are retroactive to July 1, 2022.

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AGREED to by and between the parties at Nashua, New Hampshire, as evidenced by the signatures of

their duly authorized representatives, set forth below, this day of
NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE UFPO Local 645 Professional Employees
COMMISSIONERS of Nashua Police Department

WITNESSES:

APPENDIX #A:

FILL BOXES MARKED WITH AN (X)

REQUEST AND AUTHORIZATION FOR VOLUNTARY ALLOTMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR
PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION DUES AND REQUEST THE UNITED FEDERATION OF
POLICE OFFICERS’ TO ACT AS MY EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGENT

NAME OF EMPLOYEE (Print Last Name, First, Middle) IDENTIFICATION NO. (Soc. Sec. or Other)
HOME ADDRESS (Street and Number) CITY AND STATE ZIP CODE
PHONE DEPARTMENT Nashua Police Department Professional Employees

NAME OF EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION

UNITED FEDERATION OF POLICE OFFICERS’ LOCAL __ 645

[ ] | hereby certify that the regular dues of United Federation of Police Officers’ for the above
named member are currently established at $ {see union rep for cost) per week.

(X) (X)
SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED OFFICE (President or Treasuren DATE

}HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE ABOVE NAMED AGENT TO DEDUCT FROM MY PAY EACH PAY PERIOD, OR THE FIRST FULL PAY
PERIOD OF EACH MONTH THE AMOUNT CERTIFIED ABOVE AS THE REGULAR DUES AND TO REMIT SUCH AMOUNTS TO THE
NEW ENGLAND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ARRANGEMENTS WITH MY EMPLOYING
AGENCY. | FURTHER AUTHORIZE ANY CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT TO BE DEDUCTED WHICH IS CERTIFIED BY THE ABOVE
NAMED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AS A UNIFORM CHANGE IN ITS DUES STRUCTURE

(X) (X)
SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYEE DATE

* COPY SHOULD BE SENT TO: Treasurer, United Federation of Police Officers’, P.O. Box 97, Hampton, NH 0384

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APPENDIX #B:

UFPO Local 645 Professional Employees of the Nashua Police Department

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM

To: Nashua Police Department

Date:

| would like to designate the following individual(s} as my beneficiary for:

Accrued Sick Leave [_ |

Accrued Vacation Leave [|

Beneficiary #1

(Name) (Relationship)
(Address)
Beneficiary #2
(Name) (Relationship)
{Address}
(Printed Name} {Signature}

Griginal: Personnel File

Copy: City of Nashua, HR Dept.

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APPENDIX #C:
UFPO Loca! 645 Professional Employees of the Nashua Police Department

SICK BANK TRANSFER FORM

Directions: Eligible members will complete the form and submit it to the UFPO of the Nashua
Police Department Sick Bank Committee Chairman or other member of the Committee in
his/her absence. The Chairman or designee will be responsible for taking the necessary actions
to have the transfer take place and to monitor said transfer into the Sick Bank.

Date:

To: City of Nashua, Payroll Department

| would like to participate in the Sick Leave Bank of the UFPO of the Nashua Police
Department.

| wish to donate the following number of sick days to the
Program:

(Printed Name}

{Signature}

SICK BANK COMMITTEE

(Printed Name)

(Signature)

Cc: NPO, Sick Bank Committee

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R-22-010

ORDINANCE

APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF SIDEBAR AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND THE FIVE NASHUA POLICE
DEPARTMENT UNIONS REGARDING A POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITING
INCENTIVE

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the cost items of the
attached sidebars between the Nashua Board of Police Commissioners and the following Unions

are hereby approved:

Nashua Police Patrolman’s Association (NPPA),
Nashua Police Supervisor’s Association (NPSA);
N.E.P.B.A Local 125, I.U.P.A., AFL-CIO;
Teamsters Local 633; and

U.F.P.O. Local 645.

tn fe td Boe

The sidebar agreements cover the period from January 24, 2022 through July 1, 2023 and concern
a Police Department recruiting incentive program.

Appendix A
City Owned Equipment List

QTY LOCATION DESCRIPTION MODEL #
1 Office Approx 8’x10’ office space
Lobby XEROX Allin one Laser Printer Phaser 6100

SHARED 30x40 STUDIO SPACE Including:

3 Studio Solid state recording camcorder JVCGY-HM/700L17

3 Studio camera AC adaptor with power cables IDX IA60A + cords

3 Studio Y power cable for monitor + HM700 JVC VCY250US

3 Studio Tripod mounting plate JVC KA551U

3 Studio 7-inc Color Viewfinder SWIT

3 Studio Camera Mounted Telepromter Various

3 Studio 100' coaxial cable for HD-SDI from camera (x3) Belden 1694F

2 Studio Tripod/ head/ML spreader Manfrotto 516,545BK

3 Studio Dolly(wheels} Manfrotto 114MV

2 Studio 2nd pan handle Manfrotto 3460HK

3 Studio Rear focus control JVC HZ-FM13U

3 Studio Rear zoom control JVC HZ-2S13U

6 Studio Broadcast Microphone-black Shure VP64AL

4 Studio Wireless lavaliere mics SONY

1 Studio Smartfade 24 Channel DMX Dimmer Control Console SmartFade 2496

2 Studio 220z IFR BLUE/GREY/Chroma Green VELOUR CURTAINS 1 EA 0.00 0.00 | Studio Curtains
11.3"H X 40’W

5 Studio Lights-VIDESSENCE 220W 4-LAMP POWER KEY W/PHASE DIM, LAMPS/ | P220-455BX-D
CLAMP

9 Studio Lights-VIDESSENCE 110W 2-LAMP POWER KEY W/PHASE DIM,LAMPS | P110-255BX-P
/CLAMP

5 Studio Lights-VIDESSENCE 4-LAMP POWER KEY - 4-way barn door BD-P220

9 Studio Lights-VIDESSENCE 2-LAMP POWER KEY Zone Control Key ZS-P110-W

6 Studio Lights-575W 115V MED 2P GE #88438 HPL575-GE

2 Studio/Conf Room | Lights-Videssence Softkey 110W 2-Lamp Ceiling Fixture, non-dimm SK110-255BX

2 Studio/Conf Room | Lights-Videssence Softkey 110W 2-Lamp Zone Control Screen - White | ZS-SK110-W-W

2 Studio/Conf Room _ | Lights - Videssence Softwash 55W |-Lamp ceiling fixture SW055-155BX

4 Studio/Conf Room | 47" LCD monitor VISIO VL470M 47”

SHARED CONTROL ROOM EQ!

UIPMENT:

1 Studio/Control Two channel master intercom station Telex MS2002
Room

1 Studio/Control Gooseneck mic for above station Telex MCP90-12
Room

6 Studio/Control One channel standard belt pack Telex BP1002
Room

6 Studio/Control Single MUFF headset/mic Telex PH-1

Room

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LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2022

RESOLUTION: R-22-010
PURPOSE: Approving the cost items of sidebar agreements between the

Nashua Board of Police Commissioners and the five Nashua
Police Department Unions regarding a Police Department
recruiting incentive

ENDORSER(S): Alderman Richard A. Dowd

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Budget Review Committee
FISCAL NOTE: The cost analysis ts as follows: The $500.00 incentive award is

payable for a finite period of time. The total cost is not expected to
exceed $5,000. The Police Department will be able to pay for such
awards in its FY2022 or FY 2023 operating budget, depending
upon when the incentive award is paid out.

ANALYSIS

This resolution approves the cost items of sidebar agreements between the Nashua Board of
Police Commissioners and the five Police Department Unions regarding a Police Department
recruiting incentive. The Agreements have a term of approximately one and a half years,
commencing on January 24, 2022 and expiring on July 1, 2023. The board of aldermen must vote
whether or not to approve the cost items of these sidebars within thirty days of receipt. RSA 273-

A:3 II (c).

Approved as to account Financial Services Division
number and/or structure,

and amount: By: /s/ John Griffin

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By: Vy A, Clore,
Date: ta detowarey ZA