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request for a leave of absence for personal illness prior to the initial date of leave indicating the
reason for the leave of absence and the duration of the leave. An employee may request to use
available vacation and/or personal time.

B. Benefits: Employees on an unpaid leave of absence will not accrue benefit leave (vacation/sick).

CG. Leave Periods: Employees with one (1} or more years of continuous service may be granted a
leave up to one year. An employee with less than one year may be granted a leave up to thirty
(30) days.

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 their
consecutive bereavement leave days. At the discretion of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chief of Operations,
the consecutive days may be broken up between the initial notification and the actual day of the funeral
services.

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.

Cc. “Domestic Partner” is defined in Article 3:
1. Who had a long-term intimate relationship with an employee,
2. Who was living in the same household as the employee at the time of death, and

3. With whom the employee had an intent to remain in a long-term relationship.

C. Personal Yearly Sick Bank: Employees, who are subject to a sick leave accrual cap as outlined
under this Article, shall be allowed to accrue beyond the cap during a calendar year.

1. At the start of every new year, the sick leave accrual balance will be brought back to the
employee’s maximum accrual amount as outlined under this Article. Beginning in January of
every year, employees will be able to again accrue sick days as outlined in this Article over and
above their cap during the applicable calendar year, and the process will begin again.

D. Payment on Death, Retirement, or Resignation (after 15 years of service for resignations):
Employees Hired Prior to 9/16/03:

® Anemployee will receive 100% of the employees’ sick leave accrued balance; however, the
total payout will not exceed a total of 720 hours. (Payable to the beneficiary in case of
death.)

Employees hired on or after 9/16/03:

* An employee will receive 20% of the employees’ sick leave accrued balance; however, the
total payout will not exceed a total of 720 hours. (Payable to the beneficiary in case of death.)

OPEN ENROLLMENT: Employees who wish to change carriers may do so during open enrollment.

LONG TERM DISABILITY (LTD)

Employees who are covered by this Agreement may be eligible for Long-Term Disability under the City’s
Long-Term Disability Plan in accordance with the provisions thereof as the same may be amended from
time to time. There shall be no cost to the employee for this benefit.

SHORT TERM DISABILITY

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.

D. Restrictions for Newly Hired Employees: Newly hired employees must sign up for a minimum of
one (1) year with plans “a” ,“b" or “c” and may change to another plan during the normal group re-

opening period.

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).

CITY CONTRIBUTIONS:

A. For eligible members, effective upon signing of this agreement and thereafter the City shall
contribute 80% of the premium of option (a). All plans offered by the City under option (a) Health
Maintenance Organizations (HMO), shall have the following minimum co-pays:

a) Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per medical visit;
b) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per emergency room visit;

c) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per person, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per two-
person/Family Inpatient/Outpatient Facility Deductible;

ARTICLE 16: INSURANCES & LONG &SHORT-TERM DISABILITY
MEDICAL & HEALTH INSURANCE

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 Employees: The cost for nealth insurance for part-time employees is pro-rated.