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Part-Time Emplovees: Part-Time Employees (who work 34 hours a week), are eligible for a
uniform allowance of $350 per fiscal year. The clothing allowance shall be used only to purchase
the uniform as outlined under the Rules & Regulations Manual for the technical or specialty
position or as approved by the Chief of Police.

Any balance, up to $250.00, of the uniform allowance which has not been expended by the end of
the fiscal year, shall be paid to the employee.

ARTICLE 15A
WELLNESS REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCE

Part-Time Emplovees: Part-Time employees are not eligible for this benefit.

Full-Time Emplovees: The Wellness Reimbursement Allowance per full-time employee per
fiscal year shall be as follows: (language added for sidebar approved in 2017)

A. Upon submitting proof of payment for membership costs to the appropriate personnel
within the Administrative Bureau, the Department will reimburse employees up to $200 to
maintain membership in a bona fide health, fitness club, or gym or for personal workout
equipment, authorized by the administration. The cost of exercise or workout equipment
which is generally used for recreational or leisure purposes shall not be subject to
reimbursement.

B. Reimbursements shall occur annually and any unused portion of the reimbursement will
not carry over to a subsequent fiscal year.

Cc. The Department reserves the right to verify an employee's active membership at any time
during the fiscal year.

ARTICLE 15B
WELLNESS INCENTIVE

In accordance with S.O.P. 87, Physical Fitness Program, all "members of the Nashua Police
Department hired AFTER July, 7, 1990 are required to annually participate in the Department
s physical fitness testing".

Upon being scheduled for an annual physical fitness test (PT Test), members may opt to take the
Wellness Incentive PT Test as a replacement of the annual PT Test, by notifying Professional
Standards. The Wellness Incentive PT Test will consist of the following Cooper Standards
Physical Tests:

-Bench Press
-Sit-ups
-Push-ups
-1.5 mile run

Any member scoring at or above the 80" Percentile will receive one (I) Wellness Day off.

Any member scoring at or above the 90" Percentile will receive two (2) Wellness Days off.

A member must receive at or above the 80'" or 90" percentile for each test. The scores will NOT
be averaged.

A member will complete and submit a Nashua Police Department Request For Leave form
through their normal chain of command, to request to use an attained Wellness Day Off as
they would for any other approved day off.

Stipulations:

© An employee cannot use a "Wellness Day” for the following holidays: New Year's
Eve, New Year's Day, July 4'", Thanksgiving Day, the Friday immediately following
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.

* Two employees per shift, per day, may be approved for a "Wellness Day” in excess
of the current 4 employees allowed on preapproved time off (Article 12, Vacations).
However, a "Wellness Day" may be denied at the discretion of the Divisional
Supervisor or Bureau Commander if these days cause backfill overtime.

* Once attained, the employee will have one year from the date they receive the
"Wellness Day(s)" to use them. "Wellness Days” will not be carried past this one
year mark.

® The percentile standards or physical test requirements may be altered at the
beginning of the calendar year (January) prior to that years PT Tests, at the
discretion of the Chief of Police.

® Any changes to this Article made by the Chief of Police will not be subject to Union
Approval or Collective Bargaining negotiation. Any changes to the Wellness
Incentive requirements and standards will be communicated to all sworn personnel
prior to their annual PT Test.

ARTICLE 16
MEDICAL/HOSPITAL, LIFE, & DENTAL INSURANCES

(Effective July 1, 2022 — June 30, 2023): Except as otherwise provided in this Article 16, upon
request of an eligible full time member of the bargaining unit, the City shall offer individual, two-
person, or family coverage under one of the following plans offered by the City, if available and, in
addition to those plans may offer a comparable plan that may include carving out prescription
benefits from a health insurance company to be managed by a Pharmacy Benefits Manager. For
eligible full time members, the City shall contribute 70% of the premium for option (a) and 80% of
the premium for option (b).

(a) Point-of-Service Plan; or
(b) HMO Plan

The option of the health care plan is at the sole discretion of the City. It is agreed by all parties
that the City reserves and shall have the right to change insurance carriers provided the benefits
to participants are comparable and the City elects the least expensive plan available to provide
such benefits.

Should the City determine that it is in the best interests of the City to offer a “comparable” plan to
either option “A” or “B’, it shall provide at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice
to the Union and documentation of the costs to members and the benefits that will provided under
the comparable plan. Should the Union determine that the proposed plan is not comparable, the
grievance shall not be subject to the grievance procedure and shall be submitted directly for
arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the Union is notified of the proposed change to the
comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an expedited manner. The decision of the
arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.

Comparable Plan Definition: for the purposes of this Article, a comparable plan means one that
offers the same type of benefits, but benefits do not have to be exactly the same. In addition, the
plan must provide reasonable access to health services and physicians, including specialists and
hospitals.

PLAN FEATURES:
All plans offered by the City shall have the following features:

(a) Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per medical visit;

(b) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per emergency room hospital visit;

(c) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) Per Person, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
Per 2-Person/Family Inpatient/ Outpatient Facility Deductible; and

(d) Three Tier Pharmacy Benefit of $5/$15/$35 ($5/$30/$70 Mail Order).

ANNUAL AUDIT: The City of Nashua hereby agrees to conduct a yearly loss ratio analysis of all
Health Insurance plans offered to employees and return all employee overpayments in the form
of a Health Insurance Premium Holiday at the completion of the analysis.

Joint Labor/Management Committee: For the duration of this Agreement, the Association will
participate in the City of Nashua Health Plan Advisory Committee.

Specified Enrollment Period/Chanaina Plans: Any eligible member of the bargaining unit
requesting initial membership in a plan may enter during a specified enrollment period. Any
eligible member desiring to select a different plan may make such a change only during the
annual enrollment period. Eligible members moving into or out of a HMO or Point-of-Service Plan
service area may change plans within a specified period after such move to the extent permitted
by the plans.

Part-Time Emplovees: For part-time eligible members, the City’s contributions shall be prorated
based upon the number of hours worked per week. (Formula: City Share divided by 40 hours x
weekly hours worked.)

Any patrolman requesting initial membership in one of the programs may enter only during a
specified enrollment period. Any patrolman desiring to select a different plan, after having
enrolled in one of the plans, may make that selection only once during one (1) calendar year.

Effective Julv 1, 2023 (FY2024):
A_Minimum Hours Restrict: Health insurance is offered to all full-time employees or
regular part-time employees, who work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week.

B. Part-Time Emplovees: The cost for health insurance for part-time employees is pro-
rated.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 16, upon the request of an eligible member of
the bargaining unit, the City shall provide the premium for an individual, two-person, or
family plan of one but not more of, the following plans, if available, or a comparable plan if
the following plan(s) are not available:

a. Point-of-Service Plan;

b. HMO Plan;

c. High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HDHP wi
H.S.A.)

d. The City may make additional plans available to members with benefit
levels and premium cost sharing determined by the City in its sole
discretion.

_ The City shall contribute 70% of the premium of option “a” and 80% of the premium of option “b”
and “c". The following plans offered by the City shall have the following co-pays and deductibles:

Option “a”: Point of Service:
1) Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per medical visit;
2) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per emergency room visit;
3) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per person, Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) per two-person/Family Inpatient/Outpatient Facility Deductible;
4) Three (3) Tier Pharmacy Benefit of $5/15/35 ($5/30/70 mail order).

Option “b”: HMO Plan:
1 Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per medical visit;
2 One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per emergency room visit ;( co-payment
waived if admitted)
3. Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) per person, Three Thousand Dollars
($3000.00) per two-person/Family Inpatient/Outpatient Facility Deductible;
4 Three (3) Tier Pharmacy Benefit of $10/$30/$50 ($20/$60/$100 mail order).

Option “c” High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HDHP w/ H.S.A,):
The deductibles for this plan will be $2000 for an individual plan and $4000 for a 2-person or
family plan. The City will contribute $1500 of the $2000 for the single plan (the remaining $500
will be the responsibility of the employee) and $3000 of the 2-person or family plan (the remaining
$1000 will be the responsibility of the employee).

The City H.S.A contribution will be distributed in 2 installments, one on or about July 1 and one on
or about October 1 of each year. If an employee is required to pay more towards his/her
deductible than the initial 50% contribution, upon presentation of suitable documentation, the City
will contribute the remaining 50% prior to October 1. Employees who retire between July 1 and
October 1 will receive their July 1 City contribution. If the retired employee keeps the City
insurance plan they will also receive the October 1 contribution. If the employee does not keep
the City plan they will not be eligible for the October 1 contribution. If an employee retirees after
October 1 they will keep the City contribution.

Coverage for new employees is available on the 1% of the next month following date of hire if
hired on or before the 15!" of the month; and on the 1* of the month following a full month of
employment if hired after the 15!" of the month. Employees who do not enroll on their initial
eligibility date may subsequently only do so during the annual open enrollment period or following
a “qualifying event".

The option of the health care plan is at the sole discretion of the City. It is agreed by alf parties
concerned that the City reserves and shall have the right to change insurance carriers provided
the benefits to participants are comparable and the City elects the least expensive plan available
to provide such benefits.

Should the City determine that it is in the best interests of the City to offer a “comparable” plan to
either option “a” or “b”, it shall provide at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice
to the Union and documentation of the cost to members and the benefits that will be provided
under the comparable plan. Should the Union determine that the proposed plan is not
comparable, the grievance shall not be subject to the grievance procedure (Article 12), and shall
be submitted directly for arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the Union is notified of the
proposed change to the comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an expedited manner.
The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.

For the purposes of this article, a "comparable" plan means: a comparable plan means one that offers
the same type of benefits, but benefits do not have to be exactly the same. In addition, the plan must
provide reasonable access to health services and physicians, including specialists and hospitals.

SPOUSE RULE: Employees who are married to another member of the city who also subscribes
to a plan will be subject to this rule. The rule requires that an eligible member whose Spouse is
covered by another City Health Plan elect the policy under which the eligible member and spouse
shall receive health care benefits. An eligible member and spouse shall not be entitled to receive
benefits under separate health care plans.

ENROLLMENT: Current employees who want to change their carrier or to subscribe to another
program can only do so during an annual “open enrollment” period or as otherwise provided.

ANNUAL AUDIT: The City of Nashua hereby agrees to conduct a yearly loss ratio analysis of all
Health Insurance plans offered to employees and return all employee overpayments in the form
of a Health Insurance Premium Holiday at the completion of the analysis.

LIFE INSURANCE

The Commission shall ensure through the City of Nashua that 100% of the premium is paid for a
life insurance policy upon the life of each full-time and part-time employee to a maximum benefit
equal to that employee's annual base salary. The right to select and change the beneficiary shall
be retained by the employee.

DENTAL INSURANCE

Full-Time Emplovees: The Commission shall ensure through the City of Nashua that each full-
time employee covered under this agreement is provided a 2-person Dental Plan, Coverage A,
B, and C, at no cost to the employee, except for single employees who shail receive a 100% paid
1-person Dental Plan.

Part-Time Employees: For part-time employees, the City’s contribution shall be prorated based
upon the number of hours worked per week. (Formula: City Share divided by 40 hours x weekly
hours worked.)

Family Plan: Employees may request a family plan; however, the employee will be responsible
for paying any differences in the 2-person plan premium versus the family plan premium through
payroll deductions.

Hiah Option Plan:
, Those employees covered by dental insurance under this article, may elect to participate in a

High Option Plan available through Delta Dental. The employee shall be responsible for paying
the full additional premium cost for the High Option Plan.

Enrollment/Group Re-Opening: Any patrolman requesting initial membership in one of the
plans may enter only during a specified enrollment period (group re-opening). Any patrolman
desiring to select a different plan, after having enrolled in one of the plans, may make that
selection only once during one (1) calendar year.

ARTICLE 17
SICK LEAVE

The Chief's designee for the purposes of this Article shall be the Bureau Commander or
Divisional Supervisor.

Accrual Rate:

A. Full-Time Employees: Full-Time employees shall be allowed to accrue an unlimited
amount of sick hours. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of 10 hours per month, a
total of 120 hours, in any calendar year. If sick time taken exceeds 120 hours in any
calendar year and prior accrued sick leave is available, it may be used for that illness
upon approval of the Chief.

EB. Part-Time Employees Part-Time Employee shall be allowed to accrue an unlimited
amount of sick hours. Sick leave shall be accrued at a rate specified below:

34 hours:week = 8.5 monthly hourly accrual rate or
102 hours/12 days per year.

Retirement Death Benefit:

A, Full-Time Employees: A maximum of 960 accrued sick hours (120 days} may be paid
only after a full-time employee has voluntarily terminated employment and completed
twenty (20) years of service with the Department or within the New Hampshire
Retirement System as required by State Statutes. Payment of such sick hours (120
days) shall be made to the employee's estate if death occurs while employed by the
Department.

B. Part-Time Emplovees: This article does not apply to part-time employees.

Loss of Sick Days:

A. Full-Time _Emplovees: Except in the case of death, accrued sick hours shall be lost if
termination of employment is for any reason other than retirement, or voluntarily
termination after completion of twenty (20) years with the New Hampshire Retirement
System as provided by law.

B. Part-Time Emplovees: For part-time employees, accrued sick hours shall be lost after
termination of employment, including death.

Leavina Durina Tour of Dutv: Employees leaving their tour of duty sick shall complete NPD
Form #710, “Documentation of Time Not Worked." The time {in hours) will be rounded up to the
nearest 4% hour and will be deducted from the employee's accrued sick leave.

Physician's Verification: Employees taking three (3) or more successive sick days shall provide
a physician's verification of absence within five (5) days after returning to work, Such verification
shall be directed to the attention of the employee's Bureau Commander.

Statement of Absence:

Employees taking less than three (3) days sick leave shall complete NPD Form 700, "Statement
of Absence." This form shall be submitted to the attention of the employee's Bureau Commander
within two (2) days after returning to work.

Notification: Employees shall provide timely notification to the Desk Sergeant or appropriate on-
duty supervisor at headquarters on a daily basis of their intention to take sick leave, unless other
arrangements have been made and approved by the employee's Bureau Commander or
Divisional Supervisor.

Abuse of Sick Leave: Employees who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit ten (10) days (80 hours)
accruable sick time and may be subject to dismissal. If the employee does not have ten (10) sick
days (80 hours) accrued, the next ten (10) accrued sick leave days (80 hours) to which the
employee is entitled, shall be forfeited.

Sick Leave Bank:

A. All full-time sworn police officers may maintain and contribute to a sick leave bank on a
voluntary basis from their unused sick leave credits. Part-Time employees may be
eligible to contribute toward the sick leave bank according to the rules outlined by the
Sick Bank Committee.

B. The rules and procedures of the sick leave bank shall be established by a Sick Leave
Bank Committee appointed by the Association.

C. A copy of all rules and procedures under which the sick leave bank operates must be
provided to the Chief by the Association.

D. The Sick Leave Bank Article or the procedures and standards established by the Sick
Leave Bank Committee shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.

ARTICLE 18
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

Definitions: For the purposes of this Article:

A. The term “bereavement leave” means "a leave of absence granted to an employee upon
a death occurring in the employee’s Immediate Family."

B. The Chief's "designee" is the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau Commander. In
the absence of the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau Commander, the Chief's
designee may be the Divisional Supervisor.

Procedures:

A. Such leave shall normally commence upon the day following the death of the immediate
family member. For full-time employees, the leave shall consist of three (3) consecutive
calendar days with pay. Bereavement leave for 34-hour part-time employees shall
consist of two (2) consecutive calendar days with pay (8.5 hours x 2 days). In the event
of the death of an employee's parent, spouse or child, bereavement leave shall consist of
four (4) consecutive calendar days with pay.

B. If for reasons which would require out-of-state travel to the funeral services or due to the
actual date of the funeral services, the Chief of Police or designee may allow a delay in
the commencement of the consecutive bereavement leave days as Specified above.

C. At the discretion of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chief of Operations, the consecutive
days, as specified in paragraph A, may be broken up between the initial notification and
the actual day of the funeral services.

D. Employees on scheduled time off shall not be eligible for payment for bereavement leave
during such time off.

Immediate Family:

Members of the Immediate Family shall include the following:

Wife Husband Step-Mother

Mother Step-Father Mother-in-Law

Sister Grandmother Step-Son

Son Daughter Father-in-Law

Brother Step-Daughter Father

Grandfather Step-Brother Brother-in-Law

Step-Sister Sister-in-Law Blood Relative/Ward residing in the
same household as the
employee

ARTICLE 19
EMERGENCY LEAVE
A. With prior approval, and at the discretion of the Chief of Police or designee, Emergency

Leave shall be granted to full-time and part-time employees and shall be charged first
against the employee's accumulated sick leave and then against the employee's
accumulated vacation leave.

B. An employee may be granted an extension of up to two (2) weeks of Emergency Leave
at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police.

C. Any request for extension shall be in writing and shall set forth in detail the reasons
therefor. An employee may be granted additional extensions of Emergency Leave at the
sole discretion of the Chief upon written request as set out above.

D. Disputes concerning Emergency Leave shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure.

ARTICLE 20
PERSONAL DAYS

For the purpose of this Article the words "personal day" means “a day for which an employee is
excused from active duty for personal reasons." The Chief's designee for purposes of this Article

shall be the Bureau Commander. In the absence of the Bureau Commander, the designee may
be the Divisional Supervisor.

Full-Time Emplovees: With prior approval of the Chief or designee and dependent upon
manpower availability, an employee may take a maximum of six (6) personal days during the
calendar year.

Part-Time Employees: With prior approval of the Chief or designee and dependent upon
manpower availability, the 34-hour part-time employee may take a maximum of two (2) personal
days during the calendar year (8.5 hours x 2 days).

Procedures for Use of Personal Davs:

A. The employee must provide a written request for the desired personal day to the Chief or
designee not more than fifteen (15) days, nor less than two (2) days prior to the date of
such personal day. The 2-day notice period may be waived at the discretion of the Chief
or designee.

B. Vacation days will have precedence over personal days. Once the personal day has
been approved, the approval is final. Any request to change or cancel an approved
personal day shall be made in writing. Approved personal days are subject to
cancellation by the Chief or designee only to accommodate the needs of the

Department.
C. No more than two (2) personal days shall be taken consecutively.
D. Personal days shall not be accrued or transferred to the next calendar year.
E. Personal days shall be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave. If an
paths has no sick leave accrued, the employee shall not be eligible for a personal
F. Any extension to the vacation week(s) by utilizing a personal day may be allowed at the

discretion of the Chief of Police or designee.

Disputes concerning personal days shall follow the Grievance Procedure through STEP 3, at
which point, the decision shall be final and binding upon the parties.

ARTICLE 21
EXCHANGE OF WORKDAYS

Part-Time Emplovees: Part-Time employees are not eligible for the exchange of workdays.

Full-Time Employees: With prior approval and at the discretion of the Chief or designee, full-
time employees may exchange workdays if both employees involved in the exchange agree;
provided that written, advance notice signed by both employees involved in the exchange is given
to the Chief or designee two (2) days prior to each exchange of workday desired. The two (2)
day notice period may be waived at the discretion of the Chief or his designee.

A.

A. Exchanges of workdays (swap-on) that result in an employee working a consecutive
shift may be allowed on a limited basis. A consecutive shift exchange of workday
(swap-on) is defined as an employee working their normally scheduled eight (8) hour

STANDARD FORM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN OWNER AND CONTRACTOR

THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of the day of in the year 2022 by and between
the City of Nashua, New Hampshire (hereinafter called OWNER) and New England Infrastructure, Inc.
and its successors, transferees and assignees together hereinafter called CONTRACTOR).

OWNER and CONTRACTOR, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 - WORK

1.01 CONTRACTOR shall complete all Work as specified or indicated in the Contract Documents.
ARTICLE 2 - THE PROJECT

2.01 The Project for which the Work under the Contract Documents may be the whole or only a part is
generally described as follows:

The scheduled work for the Canal Street Bridge Repairs consists of concrete repair work on the east abutment and
the bridge pier.

ARTICLE 3 - ENGINEER
3,01 Division of Public Works
Engineering Department
9 Riverside Street
Nashua, NH 03062
is hereinafter called ENGINEER and who is to act as OWNER's representative, assume all duties and responsibilities, and

have the rights and authority assigned to ENGINEER in the Contract Documents in connection with completion of the
Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

ARTICLE 4 - CONTRACT TIMES
4.01 ‘Time of the Essence

A. All time limits for Milestones, if any, Substantial Completion, and Completion and Readiness for final
payment as stated in the Contract Documents are of the essence of the Contract.

4.02 Dates for Substantial Completion and Final Payment
Project will begin once a written “Notice to Proceed” is issued.

Substantial Completion shall be by October 28, 2022.

Substantial completion is defined in Section 1.01 of the General Terms and Conditions.

Final completion shall be by December 16, 2022.

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