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D. Approval of the Chief of Police: Any other uses not defined under Paragraph “B”
above, shall be brought to the attention of the Chief of Police or a Deputy Chief in his/her
absence for approval prior to the electronic communication being sent to the Union membership.

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 during the fiscal year. 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 enrallment;

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

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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 1st in a
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 Jump 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 {st for the yearly December 1st payment (closest to the normal payday) to the Financiat
Services Division. Thereafter, it is not needed to submit a copy every year.

4. Degree Earned After 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 fallowing year.

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 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 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.

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ARTICLE 40: DURATION OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement between the Union and the Department is a five year agreement, commencing on July 1,
2018, and expiring at midnight on June 30, 2023. 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, 2018.

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:

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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. (See. Sec. or Other)
HOME ADDRESS (Street and Number) CITY AND STATE ZIP CODE
PHONE DEPARTMENT Nashua Police Department Professional Emplovees

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 Treasurer) DATE

ft 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 1S 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)

Original: Personnel File

Copy: City of Nashua, HR Dept.

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APPENDIX #C:
UFPO Local 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: NPD, Sick Bank Committee

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SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
6:15 PM

Nonpublic Session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 Il (a) and (c)

This meeting of the Board of Aldermen will be held in nonpublic session and is NOT open to the

public. Any votes taken in public session will be included in the minutes, if any.

AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FEBRUARY 23, 2021
7:30 PM

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Order 2020-04

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1. PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

2. PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN K. LOVERING

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE BEN CLEMONS
4. ROLL CALL

5. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

6. RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

7. RECOGNITIONS

8. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

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9. COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director
Re: Housing Trust Fund — R-21-118

9(a). PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON
THIS EVENING

9(b). COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Multi-Year Contract Award — Internet Security Training

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: FY22 Contract Award Funding — Infor Smart Office Software Maintenance

PETITIONS
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

10. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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11. CONFIRMATION OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN’S APPOINTMENTS
UNFINISHED. BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-20-028, Amended
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-large David C. Tencza
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Patricia Klee

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

WITH LANSING MELBOURNE GROUP, LLC.
e Budget Review Committee Recommends: Final Passage as amended

R-21-111
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT

WITH FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS FOR ADVERTISING SERVICES
e Budget Review Committee Recommends: Final Passage

R-21-112
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO AMENDING THE FY2020 HUD ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ACCEPT ROUND 3

CDBG-CV FUNDING UNDER THE 2020 CARES ACT
e Human Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-044
Endorser: Alderman Thomas Lopez

RELATIVE TO A BAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES STARTING AT

9:30 PM
e Tabled at Full Board — 12/22/2020

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