WORKING RULES – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 19.1 The Union recognizes the right of the City to establish reasonable rules and regulations for the safe, sanitary and efficient conduct of the City’s business, and reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. All employees shall continue to comply with the presently published rules, except in those areas superseded by this Agreement. Changes or additions to such rules shall be furnished to the Union, at the time of issuance, and such changes or additions shall be subject to review under the grievance procedure if the Union objects to said rules as violations of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after issuance.
19.2 STANDBY – Department employees may be required to be on call in a standby status for the purpose of responding to customer outages or emergencies pertaining to the Light and Power Department and the City’s electric utility system during weekends and/or holiday periods; or for utility disconnects or reconnects on weeknights.
19.2.1 Standby duty shall be performed by journeyman linemen who hold a current journeyman lineman card, employees who have held a journeyman lineman card prior to their current journeyman position may be placed on standby by mutual agreement. Standby duty for utility disconnects and/or reconnects may be assigned to employees in the meter reader or utility worker classifications. Work assignments for standby shall be made on a rotating basis from week to week.
19.2.2 Qualified journeyman lineman standby crews, as defined in Section 19.2.1 above, shall be compensated at the rate of two (2) hours on the overtime schedule per person per standby day. Compensation for standby duty shall be for Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays only. Employees who have weekend standby duty shall be expected to be in a standby status from the close of regular work on Friday to the beginning of regular work on Monday. Upon ratification, the City agrees to compensate employees assigned to standby duty four (4) hours on the overtime schedule per person per holiday. Meter readers or utility workers who are assigned to standby duty by their supervisor will receive one-fourth (¼) of an hour of their overtime rate per person for every four (4) hour period of standby duty. An employee who is unable to report to work or cannot be located shall forfeit standby pay. In the event standby crews are called to work, they shall receive additional compensation at the overtime rate for time actually worked.
WORKING RULES – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 19.1 The Union recognizes the right of the City to establish reasonable rules and regulations for the safe, sanitary and efficient conduct of the City’s business, and reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. All employees shall continue to comply with the presently published rules, except in those areas superseded by this Agreement. Changes or additions to such rules shall be furnished to the Union, at the time of issuance, and such changes or additions shall be subject to review under the grievance procedure if the Union objects to said rules as violations of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after issuance.
19.2 STANDBY – Department employees may be required to be on call in a standby status for the purpose of responding to customer outages or emergencies pertaining to the Light and Power Department and the City’s electric utility system during weekends and/or holiday periods; or for utility disconnects or reconnects on weeknights.
19.2.1 Standby duty shall be performed by journeyman linemen who hold a current journeyman lineman card, employees who have held a journeyman lineman card prior to their current journeyman position may be placed on standby by mutual agreement. Standby duty for utility disconnects and/or reconnects may be assigned to employees in the meter reader or utility worker classifications. Work assignments for standby shall be made on a rotating basis from week to week.
