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The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974, AFL-CIO-CLC, and representatives of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority, hereinafter the "Authority" have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the representation unit specified in Section 1, and have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have reached agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees. This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Section 3500, et. seq.) and has been jointly prepared by the parties. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be presented to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority governing board as the joint recommendations of the undersigned for salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing August 1, 2001 and ending July 31, 2007. Section 1. Recognition Local 1974, of the International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO-CLC, hereinafter referred to as the "Union," is the formally recognized employee organization for the Fire Employees Unit comprised of the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector, Hazardous Materials Coordinator and Hazardous Materials Inspector certified pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations Procedures & Resolution No. 97-1 adopted by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority on 11/21/97. Section 2. Union Security 2.1 Dues Deduction Upon receipt of a written assignment and authorization signed by the employee, the Department agrees to deduct from an employee's paycheck an amount which will total the dues uniformly required for membership in the Union. The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department shall remit the amount so deducted to the officer designated in writing by the President of the Union as the person authorized to receive such funds. The President of the Union shall notify the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Fire Chief in writing as to the amount of such dues uniformly required of all members of the Union. The employee's earnings must be regularly sufficient after other legal and required deductions are made to cover the amount of the dues checkoff authorized. When an employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to cover that pay period from future earnings. In the case of an employee who is in a non-pay status during only part of the pay period, and the salary is not sufficient to cover the full withholding, no deduction shall be made. In this connection, all other legal and required deductions have priority over union dues. In addition, in order to meet certain accounting 1