ARTICLE 3 Association Rights

Question 1

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A. The City shall deduct monthly Association dues from each individual member
who has voluntarily authorized Association dues deductions. The letter requesting Association
dues deduction shall be signed by the _____________.

Answer 1

President of the Association

Question 2

B. The City shall deduct monthly CLEAT dues from each individual member who
has voluntarily authorized CLEAT dues deductions. The letter requesting CLEAT dues
deduction shall be signed by both the _____________and the _____________.

Answer 2

President of CLEAT
and
President of the Association

Question 3

C. The City shall deduct monthly POLPAC dues from each member who has
voluntarily authorized POLPAC dues deductions. The letter signed by the President of the
Association requesting POLPAC dues deductions shall declare that the request has been
approved by a majority vote of the _____________and of the membership of the Association.

Answer 3

Board of Directors

Question 4

E. On _____________of each year the City shall deduct _____________ hours from each officer’s
credited vacation time and credit the time deducted to a pool for use by the Association.

Answer 4

October 1st

six (6)

Question 5

E. Any officer not desiring the deduction shall notify the _____________in the same manner as in
subsection D above during the month of _____________ of each year for the following fiscal
year. Requests for leave under this section shall be made in writing by the Association President
to the _____________.

Answer 5

Accounting Office

September

Chief

Question 6

E. The Association President shall annually submit a list of the names of _____________members who shall have the right to use Association Leave with a minimum notice of _____________ hours. This list of members eligible for expedited use of Association Leave may be
amended no more than once in each calendar quarter.

Answer 6

ten (10)

Twenty four (24)

Question 7

E. The Association President shall annually submit a list of the names of ten (10)
members who shall have the right to use Association Leave with a minimum notice of twenty four
(24) hours. This list of members eligible for expedited use of Association Leave may be
amended no more than once in each calendar quarter. All others using Association Leave shall be
required to submit the leave request no less than _______ days in advance of the
anticipated date of leave.

Answer 7

five (5) calendar

Question 8

F. The City shall notify the Association and/or CLEAT in writing of any member
who revokes or adds his authorization for dues deduction including POLPAC within _____________
days from the revocation or addition of the deduction.

Answer 8

thirty (30) calendar days

Question 9

I. All amounts deducted pursuant to this Article shall be paid to the legally
designated representative of the Association and/or CLEAT in accordance with the procedures
established by the _____________.

Answer 9

Finance Director

Question 10

J. Whenever an Association member dies, and the City is notified as provided
herein, the City will automatically deduct twice the amount of dues…..As with other
deductions, said amount will be forwarded directly to the Association, provided, however that
the Association will reimburse the amount of the increased deduction within _____________
days to any member who makes a written request for such reimbursement to the
_____________.

Answer 10

fourteen (14) calendar days

President of the Association

Question 11

Section 3. Time Off for Association Business.

B. The Association’s negotiating team, not to exceed _____________, shall be
permitted to meet with the Association President or to attend negotiating sessions with City
representatives, where such sessions or meetings are scheduled during working hours, without
loss of pay; or shall be given time off without loss of pay for the scheduled _____________shift
immediately preceding such negotiating sessions.

Answer 11

six (6)

Dog Watch “C”

Question 12

For the purposes of accounting, the President of the Association will be assigned to the
_____________ Office. It will be the responsibility of the President of the Association to notify and
submit proper paperwork to the Accounting Office accounting for all personal leave time to
include but not limited to compensatory, vacation, holiday, bonus day, _____________, and sick
time.

Answer 12

Accounting

Military

Question 13

. The City shall grant Association leave paid in accordance with Article 3,
Section 2(E) to a maximum of _____________Officers at any given time at the request of the
Association President. Such request will be granted, except in the case of emergencies……An additional ________ members shall
be eligible for Association Business Leave for conferences, occasions, events or meetings when
the need for such additional personnel is legitimate, no more than __________times per year.

Answer 13

ten (10)

five (5)

five (5) times per year

Question 14

Section 4. Bulletin Boards.
A. The Association may maintain _____ bulletin board at each of the decentralized
stations or other police facilities and ______ bulletin boards at the headquarters building.

Answer 14

one (1)

two (2)

Question 15

Section 4. Bulletin Boards.
Bulletin boards may be located at the _________and _________of the headquarters
building and in similar conspicuous locations at the other police stations and/or facilities and in similar conspicuous locations at the other police stations and/or facilities.

Answer 15

assembly room and the lobby

Question 16

Section 4. Bulletin Boards.
The Association may utilize Department _________and _________to disseminate bulletin board
information subject to the following terms. All e-mail transmissions shall have prior approval of
the _________. The use of video equipment is limited to the playing of _________in
compliance with Section 6 of this Article.

Answer 16

e-mail and video technology

Chief

Association provided video

Question 17

B. The bulletin, e-mail, and video presentations shall be used only for the
following notices:
(1) S
(2) M
(3) E
(4) R
(5) R
(6) E

Answer 17

(1) recreation and SOCIAL affairs of the association.
(2) association MEETINGS
(3) Association ELECTIONS.
(4) REPORTS of association committees.
(5) RULINGS or policies of the state or national association.
(6) Legislative ENACTMENTS and judicial decisions affecting public employee labor relations.

Question 18

Section 5. Members of the Board of Directors.
Members of the Board of Directors who are on duty shall be permitted to attend _________
regularly scheduled board meetings each month, and up to _________specially called Board of
Directors meetings per ______. Such members of the Board of Directors who are on duty
shall be subject to emergency recall, and the Association shall insure the immediate response
capability of these Officers.

Answer 18

two (2) regular

two (2) specially called

fiscal year

Question 19

Section 6. Addressing of Shift Roll Call Meetings, In-Service Training and Police Academy Cadet Classes:

Members of the _________, members of the _________, persons appointed by the
Association to represent the Association and _________shall be permitted to speak at
shift roll-call meetings about Association business for a period not to exceed _________minutes. Prior to speaking at such roll calls, the Association representative shall notify the ______ that he intends to speak.

Answer 19

Executive Board

Bargaining team

Board of Directors

ten (10)

appropriate supervisor

Question 20

Members of the Executive Board, members of the bargaining team, persons appointed by the
Association to represent the Association and Board of Directors shall be permitted to speak at inservice
training for a period not to exceed ____. The President of the Association shall notify the _________in writing in _________ of the preceding year of the
Association’s intent to use a _________block with the yearly in-service training beginning in
January of each year.

Answer 20

one (1)

Academy Commander

November

one (1)

Question 21

Members of the Executive Board, members of the bargaining team, persons appointed by the
Association to represent the Association and Board of Directors shall be permitted to speak to
each Police Academy cadet class for a period not to exceed _________ hours. Unless mutually
agreed upon, such speaking shall be scheduled in no less than two (2) _________. The Association shall provide a lesson plan to the __________ and
shall permit staff monitoring to assure compliance under this section.

Answer 21

three (3) hours

one (1) hour thirty (30) minute

Academy Commander

Question 22

Discussion by Association representatives shall pertain only to the r_______ and s________ of
the Association; Association m______; Association e______, reports of Association c_______;
activities of the State or National Association with whom the Association is affiliated; and
legislative enactment, judicial decisions affecting public employee labor relations, legal
assistance plans, and contract benefits and rights.

Answer 22

recreation and social affairs

Association meetings

Association elections

reports of Association committees;

Question 23

Discussions by Association representatives
shall not contain anything _________ or anything reflecting on the City or any of its employees or
any _________ among its employees. There shall be no prior _________or _________by shift
supervisors of Association representatives during roll-call discussions.

Answer 23

Political

labor organization

restraint or censure

Question 24

In the event an
Association representative allegedly violates this section, such alleged violation shall be subject
to the _________.

Answer 24

Grievance Procedure