will be transacted on City time, except as specified in Article 14. The Union recognizes that the
efficient delivery of services is a primary objective of the parties under this contract.
E. It is agreed that any employee leaving his work without authorization of his/her
foreman will forfeit the pay for the time while absent from his/her assigned job for the first such
absence, and will be subject to disciplinary procedures, authorized under paragraph B above for
each subsequent absence.
F, It is agreed that the “service slip” system will apply when employees are sent out
individually or in pairs to perform particular tasks, and that Foremen are required to sign these
slips at the time the work is completed.
G. No employee will be required to appear before the Board of Public Works, the
Mayor, the Director of Public Works, or the Superintendent or his/her designee on any
disciplinary matter without union representation.
ARTICLE 13 - PROTECTION OF CITY PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
A. It shall be the responsibility of all employees having custody of or assigned to
operate any equipment or property to see to it that it is properly cared for kept clean and returned
to proper storage place at the end of the work shift. No City owned vehicle will be used by a
City employee for other than City business.
B. All truck drivers and equipment operators will be required to check oil, water,
tires and accessories (wipers, defrosters, etc.) daily before operation. All drivers and operators
will be held responsible to notify the garage foreman when the equipment being operated is in
need of any mechanical adjustment or correction. The operator’s vehicle condition report will be
completed and turned in on a daily basis. Failure on the part of such employees to comply with
the above will be grounds for disciplinary action or reclassification.
C. The City agrees to furnish two-copy deficiency report slips of which truck drivers
and equipment operators are to indicate any mechanical adjustments or corrections believed to be
necessary. The foreman of equipment maintenance or designee shall sign one copy of the
deficiency report for retention by the employee.
D. When skating rinks are being flooded, ail available Park Department vehicles
shall be assigned to the flooding operations.
ARTICLE 14 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
A. It shall be the purpose of this grievance procedure to settle grievances between the
City and Union as expeditiously and fairly as possible. Any difference as to the interpretation of
this Agreement in its application to a particular situation, or as to whether it has been observed
and performed, shall be a grievance under this Agreement and the parties shall observe the
following procedure for the adjustment and settlement of such grievance.
An employee may present an oral grievance without the intervention of the Union. Until
the grievance is reduced to writing, the Union shall be excluded from any meetings if the
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