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ARTICLE 4 <br />UNION ACTIVITIES <br />4.1 The Union shall provide the City with written notice of its authorized Union <br />representatives, and shall provide the City with written notice of any changes in authorized <br />representatives. Only those authorized representatives disclosed to the City in writing shall be <br />recognized as authorized Union representatives for the purposes of this Agreement and the <br />representation of the employees covered hereunder. <br />4.2 Union representatives and employees shall be allowed to communicate official Union <br />business, in non -work spaces during an employees non -work hours, to members to the extent that <br />duty responsibilities are not disrupted or interfered with. <br />4.3 The City shall provide, at cost of reproduction established pursuant to Florida Statute <br />§119.07 (1) (a), such copies of the classification position control roster as the Union shall <br />request. The roster shall contain names, step and grade, and present residence address (unless <br />otherwise directed by the employee) of all bargaining unit members. <br />4.4 Union representatives employed by the City shall be paid by the City only when they <br />perform assigned law enforcement duties and/or work directed by the City. To the extent that <br />these employees wish to perform Union duties (i.e., Contract Negotiations; Grievance <br />Proceedings and Hearings; Internal Investigations; Disciplinary Proceedings; P.E.R.C. <br />Proceedings; Arbitration Proceedings; Legal Proceedings) during their normal work schedules, <br />they may utilize annual leave, compensatory time, or Union business pool time. <br />4.5 Employees shall have the right to join in, or refuse to join in union activity without <br />interference or intimidation or coercion by either the City or the Union. Further, employees shall <br />enjoy all other rights and privileges as outlined in this Agreement. <br />4.6 <br />A. Bargaining unit employees may donate accrued annual leave or compensatory time to a <br />Union business pool time account, which shall be used to compensate Union representatives who <br />are granted leave without pay for purposes of conducting union business. <br />B. Charges against the Union business pool time account shall be made by the City when <br />approved in writing by the Union President or business agent, or other persons designated by the <br />Union in writing and filed with the office of the Chief of Police. <br />C. Authorization for donation or charge shall be on Pool Time Form (Appendix B), which <br />shall be filed with Chief of Police. Donations and charges shall be on a dollars -in dollars -out <br />basis. <br />D. Union pool time shall not be considered time worked for FLSA purposes. <br />Page 7 <br />