and ten dollars ($110.00) shall be provided once every twelve months, per employee. Boot
vouchers will also be issued on a direct exchange basis as needed.
B. The Park Department will also provide to employees who have completed their
probationary period, winter jackets for use during the winter maintenance of skating rinks.
C. Shirts, jackets, and caps are to have appropriate departmental emblem affixed.
Uniforms will be wom by employees during working hours.
Dz. Rain gear will be provided to employees when they are required to work in
inclement weather.
E. Work gloves will be provided, as determined by the Superintendent to be
required, and replaced on a direct exchange basis as needed.
ARTICLE 26 - TRADESMAN TOOLS
Mechanics, carpenters and other skilled tradesmen are required to provide their own tools
of the trade. It is agreed that the City will, in exchange for broken tools, provide for the
reasonable replacement of broken tools for such tradesman. The City shall maintain current
casualty/loss coverage for employee-owned tools.
ARTICLE 27 - INSURANCE PROGRAM
A.l. Health Insurance
Subject to the provisions of this Article, the City, upon the request of an eligible member,
shall provide to an employee the amount of the premium specified below for individual, two-
person or family plan, of one of the following:
(a) Point of Service Plan (POS)
(b) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
(c) High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HDHP w/ HSA)
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 cost 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.
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