ARTICLE 14 Off Duty Employment

Question 1

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Section 2. Off Duty Office.
The City shall establish an office staffed with a minimum ________________, sworn support
personnel, on-duty transportation and office equipment necessary to handle requests of officers
to work at City facilities. Such office shall be located in the _______________. Office
space only, without additional staffing, shall be provided at the__________.

Answer 1

in rank of one Sergeant

Convention Center complex

Alamodome

Question 2

A. The City shall utilize only sworn Officers for the purposes of providing _______,______, and other police-related activities at all City facilities. This shall not include ticket takers, badge checkers, or individuals whose duty is to ____________.

Answer 2

security, crowd control

enforce house rules

Question 3

The City shall include in every contract for the use of City facilities that any vendor or lessee using said facility shall use only sworn Officers procured through the off-duty employment office for security, crowd control and other police-related activities while using the
facility, and that number of Officers determined to be necessary by ________shall be paid by the vendor or lessee.

Answer 3

the off-duty employment office

Question 4

For the purposes of this article, City facilities shall include only the following:
(1) The C\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(2) The L\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(3) M\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(4) M\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
and F\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(5) L\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(6) The A\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(7) M\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (unless and until it is transferred to another entity, public or private, as to its ownership or
operation)

Answer 4

(1) The Convention Center Exhibit Halls and Banquet Halls or future expansions
(2) The Lila Cockrell Theater
(3) Market Square
(4) Market Square’s Centro de Artes Ballroom; Fiesta Room;
and Farmers Market
(5) La Villita
(6) The Alamodome
(7) Municipal Auditorium (unless and until it is transferred to another entity, public or private, as to its ownership or
operation)

Question 5

B. All Officers assigned to work at City facilities on an off-duty basis shall be compensated as follows. Police Officers, regardless of seniority or other compensation, shall be paid at _____ times the officer’s straight time rate (not including longevity) for an Officer at Step ___
of the salary scale.

Answer 5

1.2

Step C

Question 6

B. All Officers assigned to work at City facilities on an off-duty basis shall be
compensated as follows: All supervisors, regardless of
rank or seniority, shall be paid at ______times the straight time hourly rate for a Sergeant at Step ___
of the salary schedule (not including longevity) if working in a supervisory capacity for the
vendor.

Answer 6

1.2

Step A

Question 7

The straight time rate shall be computed by multiplying the Officer’s appropriate monthly rate from Attachment 2 by ______months and dividing that product by _____hours in a work year.

Answer 7

twelve (12)

2080

Question 8

C. The _________shall have the responsibility of staffing all City facilities with sworn Officers. The number of officers needed at any one such property or facility shall be within the exclusive prerogative of the ______.

Answer 8

office of the Chief of Police

Chief

Question 9

D. The City agrees to pay Officers who work any Fiesta events and related activities in an off-duty capacity at Fiesta Pay, which shall be _____________.

Answer 9

base plus longevity, times two (2).

Question 10

Fiesta activities and events will be those that are defined in the ________published each
year by the _____________. Events such as basketball games, concerts, or trade
shows unrelated to Fiesta during the calendar days of Fiesta shall be paid at the regular overtime
rate unless insufficient volunteers sign up for such events, then all volunteers whether or not
from Fiesta volunteer roster shall receive Fiesta pay.

Answer 10

Official Fiesta Calendar

City and the Fiesta Commission

Question 11

“Volunteers” are not exempt from the requirements for off-duty employment at City facilities, even where such volunteers under this paragraph are working on
City facilities, and written permission for volunteers to work at City facilities must be approved
by the __________________.

Answer 11

Office of the Chief or his designee

Question 12

J. Officers participating in the off-duty employment opportunities provided through
this Agreement are working off-duty for __________. In the event of any ruling or holding by a Court or any determination by the Department of Labor that non-payment by vendors makes the City liable for FLSA overtime as the employer of Officers, the City may require that officers sign an agreement agreeing to ______________; provided, however, that the City will implement reasonable practices for collection of accounts in order to achieve collection of such amounts in a commercially reasonable manner

Answer 12

the lessees of city facilities and not for the City or the
Department

look solely to the vendor for payment

Question 13

K. In the event of any ruling or holding by a Court or any determination by the Department of Labor that results in altering or changing the benefits provided by this Agreement under this Article or challenges the ability of the City to determine compensation under this
Article, the Association agrees that the City shall not be subject to provide additional wages,
compensation, or incentives of any kind beyond that which is specified in this Article for purpose
of off-duty employment at City facilities. To assure this outcome, the City and the Association
agree to meet within 1._______days of the ruling, holding, or determination in an effort to
resolve any conflicts with this Agreement. In the event that a compromise cannot be reached
within the 2.________ day window period, the City and the Association will submit all
unresolved issues within 3.________days before a neutral arbitrator selected by the parties. If the parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator, the parties will each submit the name of qualified neutral person with DOL, judicial, or litigation experience in overtime and FLSA
compliance in matters involving law enforcement officers. The two neutrals will select a third
qualified neutral with the same experience who shall serve as the chairman of the arbitration
panel. The dispute shall be submitted to the arbitration panel within 4._______ days of
their appointment. The hearing shall be conducted under 5.___________ appended hereto as Attachment 1. The arbitration panel shall determine a
decision within 6.______ days of their appointment. The decision shall be final and binding on all parties.

Answer 13

1. ten (10) calendar
2. ten (10) calendar
3. thirty (30) calendar
4. ten (10) calendar
5. Rules 5-10 of the Expedited Labor
   Arbitration Rules
6. thirty (30) calendar

Question 14

L. Officers shall be paid, in addition to the compensation for hours worked for lessees using City facilities, the _______ parking rate, which shall be an additional cost charged to the lessee as a part of total Officer security costs. This parking reimbursement shall be paid for one parking rate per day.

Answer 14

City “special event”