Common use of Parks and Recreation Department Clause in Contracts

Parks and Recreation Department. Employees classified as Truck Driver and Heavy Truck Driver, pick their hours of work and days off on the basis of length of service. Selection under this provision shall be conducted at least once per calendar year. In addition, shift selection will also be conducted when a bargaining unit position becomes vacant, provided the department has determined the position will be filled. 21.4.1 When employees in Truck Driver and Heavy Truck Driver classifications represented by the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, AFSCME Local 21, perform the same body of work during the cleanup of an illegal encampment as employees in classifications represented by Public Service and Industrial Employees Local 1239, those employees shall receive “Encampment Pay” under the following terms and conditions: 1. Employees who have completed the required training shall be eligible to receive a premium pay of ten percent (10%) of their regular hourly wage in addition to their respective regular hourly wage rate for all hours assigned to sort and/or remove materials associated with illegal encampments. 2. The assignment of sorting and/or removing of materials associated with illegal encampments are additional duties that shall be assigned at the sole discretion of the appointing authority. As an additional duty, this work includes the physical removal of encampment materials at the encampment site, such as sorting, bagging, cleaning and removal of personal belongings. Such assignment does not include typical truck driver duties, such as loading materials associated with an illegal encampment into the vehicle, or operating mechanical and/or hydraulic equipment attached to a truck during the cleanup of an illegal encampment. 3. This provision shall be in effect when the City, in its sole discretion, posts an area with a “72-hour Notice and Order to Remove Personal Property”, for the purpose of sorting and/or removing materials associated with an illegal encampment and subsequently cleans the area. This shall not include postings providing notice that a removal has already occurred.