Dues Deductions The Lodge and Labor Council will notify the City in writing of the dues it charges and its current membership, and will update this information as needed to be accurate. The Labor Council shall provide at least thirty (30) days written notice to the Director of Finance of the amount of Labor Council dues and /or representation fee to be deducted from the wage of employees in accordance with this section. Any change in the amount determined will be provided to the Director of Finance at least thirty (30) days prior to its implementation. Said change is to be made only by proper written notice from the Labor Council and shall not be made more than twice a calendar year. Exceptions may be made upon written requests from the Labor Council and the written approval by the City Manager. The Lodge/Labor Council shall obtain from the employee a completed check-off authorization form which shall conform to the respective state and federal laws concerning that subject, or any interpretation made thereof. The City’s Director of Finance may return an incomplete or incorrectly completed form to the Labor Council and no check-off shall be made until such deficiency is corrected. The Director of Finance will withhold the Labor Council membership dues of any Labor Council member from the available wages earned by such Labor Council member bi-monthly, and transmit the same to the Labor Council, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, within thirty (30) days after the last deduction for the month, upon presentation of written authorization from the Labor Council member (Appendix "A" is a current example). The Director of Finance will withhold the Lodge membership dues of any Lodge member from the available wages earned by such Lodge member bi-monthly, and transmit the same to the designated lodge official within thirty (30) days after the last deduction for the month, upon presentation of written authorization from the lodge member. The City shall check off only obligations which become due at the time of check-off and will make check-off deductions only if the employee has enough pay due to cover such obligation, and will not be responsible to the employee if the employee has duplicated a check-off deduction by direct payment to the Labor Council. The City's remittance will be deemed correct if the Lodge/Labor Council does not give notice, in writing, to the Director of Finance within four (4) weeks after a remittance is sent, with reasons stated therefore, that the remittance is incorrect. No other employee organization's dues shall be deducted from the pay of any bargaining unit member during the life of this Agreement.