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MANAGEMENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Section 2.1 Lodge recognizes the prerogative of Employer to operate and manage its affairs in all respects and in accordance with its responsibilities, and the powers of authority which Employer has not officially abridged, delegated, granted, or modified by this Agreement are retained by Employer, and all rights, powers, and authority Employer had prior to the signing of this Agreement are retained by Employer and remain exclusively without limitation within the rights of Employer. Section 2.2 Except as may be limited herein, Employer retains the rights in accordance with the constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma and the responsibilities and duties contained in the Charter of the City of Tulsa and the ordinances and regulations promulgated thereunder as follows: (a) To determine Police Department policy including the rights to manage the affairs of the Police Department in all respects; (b) To assign working hours, including overtime; (c) To direct the members of the Police Department, including the right to hire, promote, or transfer any employee; (d) To discipline, suspend or terminate any employee for good and sufficient cause (good and sufficient cause is synonymous with "just cause"); (e) To determine the organizational chart of the Police Department, including the right to organize and reorganize the Police Department and the determination of job classifications and ranks based upon duties assigned; (f) To determine the safety, health, and property protection measures for the Police Department; (g) To allocate and assign work to all Employees within the Police Department; (h) To be the sole judge of the qualifications of applicants and training of new Employees; (i) To schedule the operations and to determine the number and duration of hours of assigned duty per work period provided that any hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work period shall be considered overtime; (j) To establish and enforce Police Department rules, regulations, and orders; (k) To introduce new, improved, or different methods and techniques of Police Department operation or change existing methods and techniques; (l) To determine the amount of supervision necessary; (m) To control the departmental budget; (n) To take whatever actions may be necessary to carry out the mission of Employer in situations of emergency.