24-3425 Collective Bargaining Agreement with FOP 10-1-24 to 9-30-27

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ARTICLE 4 UNION ACTIVITIES 4.1 The Union shall provide the City with written notice of its authorized Union representatives, and shall provide the City with written notice of any changes in authorized representatives. Only those authorized representatives disclosed to the City in writing shall be recognized as authorized Union representatives for the purposes of this Agreement and the representation of the employees covered hereunder. 4.2 Union representatives and employees shall be allowed to communicate official Union business, in non -work spaces during an employee's non -work hours, to members to the extent that duty responsibilities are not disrupted or interfered with. Conducting union business, including using the City's email system for union business (other than communications initiated by or to Human Resources; or between the authorized Union representatives and the FOP representative), conducting union surveys, holding union events (other than ratification votes held in the Police Department Community Room), and other related activities while on -the -clock may violate Department policy. 4.3 The City will provide new sworn employees with a printed copy of the Collective Bargaining Agreement during their sworn employee orientation. 4.4 The City shall provide, at cost of reproduction established pursuant to Florida Statute § 119.07 (1) (a), such copies of the classification position control roster as the Union shall request. The roster shall contain names, grade, and present residence address (unless otherwise directed by the employee) of all employees. 4.5 Union representatives employed by the City shall be paid by the City only when they perform assigned law enforcement duties and/or work directed by the City. To the extent that these employees wish to perform Union duties (i.e., Contract Negotiations; Grievance Proceedings and Hearings; Internal Investigations; Disciplinary Proceedings; P.E.R.C. Proceedings; Arbitration Proceedings; Legal Proceedings) during their normal work schedules, they may utilize annual leave, compensatory time, or Union business pool time. 4.6 Employees shall have the right to join in, or refuse to join in, union activity without interference or intimidation or coercion by either the City or the Union. Further, employees shall enjoy all other rights and privileges as outlined in this Agreement. 4.7 A. Employees may donate accrued annual leave or compensatory time to a Union business pool time account, which shall be used to compensate Union representatives who are granted leave without pay for purposes of conducting union business. B. Charges against the Union business pool time account shall be made by the City when approved in writing by the Union President or business agent, or other persons designated by the Union in writing and filed with the office of the Chief of Police. Page 7