CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKET

4938-6770-8028 v1 -7 - 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. Thus all other legal and required deductions have priority over union dues. In addition, in order to meet certain accounting deadlines, all payroll changes connected with the deduction of union dues must be made by the fifteenth (15) of the preceding month. D. The PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 may request the City to provide an optional voluntary deduction for members of PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955. Such deduction shall be requested by the member in even dollar amounts. The optional PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 deduction shall be made only from the pay due to employees on the first payday of each calendar month. The member may discontinue the optional PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 deduction at any time by contacting their Union Representative. PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 agrees to refund to the City any amounts paid to it in error. E. The PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 The Union shall indemnify, defend, and holdsave the City harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, proceedings or court orders, or any judgments, or other forms of liability that may arise out of or by reason of this union security section, or action taken or not taken by the City forunder this Section. This includes, but is not limited to, the purpose of complying with any of the City's Attorneys' fees and costs. The provisions of this check-off agreement. In addition, the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 shall refund to the City any amounts paid to it in error upon presentation of supporting evidence. However, the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955subsection shall not be required to make reimbursements should discovery of the error occur twenty-four (24) months after the occurrence of the errorsubject to the Grievance Procedure. 2.2 Maintenance of Membership All employees in units represented by the Union who are currently paying dues to the Union and all employees in such units who hereafter become members of the Union shall pay dues to the Union for the duration of this MOU and each year thereafter so long as the Union continues to represent the position to which the employee is assigned, unless the employee has exercised the option to cease paying dues in accordance with Section 2.4. 2.3 Union Dues Form Employees may voluntarily elect to complete a Union dues authorization card provided by the Union and to have deducted from their paychecks the membership dues of the Union. Each such dues authorization form referenced above shall include a statement that such authorization may be revoked as provided in Section 2.4 below. 2.4 Recission of Dues Authorization Employees who wish to voluntarily rescind their membership shall notify the Union in writing in accordance with the AFSCME membership application. Page 74 of 200