City of Woodstock Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. The parties acknowledge that the City of Woodstock Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has certain statutory authority regarding covered members in the bargaining unit including, but not limited to, the right to promote employees, and to make and alter rules and regulations. This Agreement in no way replaces, supplements or diminishes the statutory authority of the City of Woodstock Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, except for matters of disciplinary action. At the election of the covered member, discipline imposed by the City Administration may be appealed through Article 15 – Dispute Resolution and Grievance Procedure (Step 2) or the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, but not both. The parties agree that only the City Administration shall have the right to suspend or dismiss a non‐ probationary officer for only just cause, and will not file charges with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Neither the Police Chief nor the City, or their agents will file charges asking the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to review or impose discipline on any Bargaining Unit A covered member; instead all such discipline shall be imposed by the City Administration and appealed per the covered member’s option, either using Article 15 Dispute Resolution and Grievance Procedure (Step 2) or the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, but not both. The affected covered member shall select in writing which appeal process he/she wishes to utilize. Once the choice of appeal process is selected the other option is no longer available to the affected covered member. No appeal shall be available from the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners with respect to any matter appealed through the grievance procedure. Pursuant to Section 15 of the IPLRA and 65 ILCS 10 2.1‐17, the parties have negotiated an alternative procedure based upon the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement and where the City’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners only role in any discipline is to act as an appeal process, if chosen by the covered member.
