Association Business Leave Pool. A. Each year at the beginning of the first pay period of the calendar year, the City will allocate 6000 hours of equivalent work-time hours to be utilized as Association Business Leave (“ABL”), and allocated to an agreed Association Business Leave Pool (“ABLP”). Each year at the end of the last pay period of the calendar year during this Agreement, unused ABL will carry over and must be used prior to the end of the next payroll year. All allocations must be used on a first-in, first-out basis.
Association Business Leave Pool. At the beginning of the first pay period of each calendar year during this Agreement, the City will allocate 1684 hours of equivalent work-time hours to be utilized for an agreed Association Business Leave (“ABL”) Pool (the “Pool”). At the end of each calendar year during this Agreement, unused ABL hours up to 425 will carry over and must be used prior to the end of the next payroll year. All allocations must be used on a first-in, first-out basis. ABL shall be charged to the Pool at the rate of one (1:1) hours contributed to the Pool for every one (1) hour used based on the employee’s work schedule leave accrual. If the Chief declares an emergency, he or she may order the Association President or any Association fire fighters on Association Business Leave time to report to work for the duration of the emergency. ABL will be counted as hours worked for the purpose of calculating overtime. ABL hours may be used for the following: (a) representing members at a disciplinary hearing (to the extent such representation is permitted by law, or in this Agreement, and allowed by Department policy) or grievance meetings; (b) administering the terms of this Agreement; (c) attending meetings of the Association’s Executive Board; (d) attending regular business meetings of the Association; (e) attending other Association meetings, training programs, seminars, workshops, and conferences, and (f) for the time an Association negotiating team member spends preparing for, formally scheduled collective bargaining negotiating sessions with the City. ABL hours may not be used unless a member is scheduled to work. All Association Business Leave must be posted on Telestaff (or other personnel system then in use) in accordance with the timelines regarding vacation leave. Association Business Leave shall not be subject to vacation quotas.
Association Business Leave Pool. At retirement a police officer having more than 720 hours of accrued sick leave may make a donation of up to 80 hours of sick leave. Both Parties agree that the usage of ABL by Association members will be capped at five hundred (500) hours per year. The ABLP may be charged on an hour-for-hour basis when Association Board members and/or members of the Association attend regular Association business activities, as long as the ABLP has a positive balance. Regular Association business activities are defined as time spent at training programs, seminars, workshops, conferences or events. The Association may request the use of ABL for Association business activities upon two (2) working days advance electronic or written notification to the Chief. Such requests will not be unreasonably denied. The City will keep an accounting of the hours accrued and hours used. A report will be provided of the used and unused hours to the Chief and the Association President every six (6) months.
