B. | Employees hired after May 1, 1996. Employees are encouraged to
reside within a fifteen (15) mile radius of the Fire Department headquarters. Any
employee who does not meet this residency requirement will not be called for
overtime unless in the opinion of the Chief or designee that employee’s services
are needed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any employee who does not
respond to a call for duty within one hour shall be considered as not having
reported for duty and no compensation will be due them.
Article 38 - SAVINGS CLAUSE
If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision, should be
rendered or declared invalid by any court action or by reason of any existing or
subsequently-enacted legislation, the remaining parts or portions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.
Article 39 - DURATION AND EFFECT
A. — This Agreement, upon bearing the signatures of the authorized people
representing the Union and the City, shall be effective as of July 1, , and
will remain in effect through June 30, . Provided however, that on June
30, , and on each June 30th thereafter, this Agreement shall be deemed
renewed and extended for the ensuing year unless one hundred and twenty (120)
days or more prior to budget submission date, either party shall have delivered to
the other notice of its desire not to have the Agreement in its then form renewed.
Such notice shall be deemed delivered if and when mailed, postage prepaid,
addressed to the last address of the addressee, which 1s known to the sender of this
notice. If such notice shall be sent, the parties shall negotiate for a new Agreement
or modification thereof, and the terms hereof shall continue to apply until the new
or modified Agreement is executed or the existing Agreement terminated; upon
thirty days’ notice by either party.
B. — Should neither party to this Agreement send a notice of termination as
described in Paragraph A above, this Agreement will be considered to have been
automatically renewed for another year from effective date of Agreement.
C. Should either party to this Agreement wish to inaugurate collective
bargaining discussions over changes they may wish to introduce to this Agreement,
it is agreed that notice of the substance of the changes and the language with which
such desired changes are to be expressed, shall be mailed to the authorized parties,
signatories to the Agreement, thirty (30) days before the beginning of discussions
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