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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF RAMSEY AND AFSCME Thomas G. Gamec, Mayor Date ATTEST: Kurtis G. Ulrich, City Administrator Date On Call Policy -- Public Works Maintenance staff only This policy is effective January 1, 2008 and does not apply to snow plow duties. This on call policy applies to unexpected emergencies and weekend well and lift station checks. Employees who wish to be added to the on call list for the calendar year may make this request to his/her supervisor on a voluntary basis at the beginning of each quarter.: Those who are approved as on call employees will rotate on a weekly (seven days) basis. During an employee's week of assigned on call duty, that employee will be allowed to drive a city vehicle to and from work for on call duties only. Employees may not take care of personal business while driving a city vehicle. Employees must be expressly assigned to on call duty by the department head in order to be compensated under this policy. Employees must also be able to respond to the appropriate public works facility within 30 minutes and must be skilled in the areas of streets, parks and utilities maintenance work, as determined by the Public Works Director, in order to be a member of the on call pool On call employees will be assigned to a seven -day schedule. On call employees will receive one hour of straight pay for each day of assigned on call duty Monday through Friday. Upon responding to a situation, an on call employee will forfeit on call pay and s/he will be paid as per Section 8.10 (Call -back Policy). On call hours shall begin at 3:30pm and shall end at 7:00am on the next regularly scheduled work day. On Saturdays, Sundays and approved holidays, on call employees are required to perform lift station and well checks once daily. On call employees who conduct these checks will be paid as per Section 8.10 (Call back- Policy). On call employees who are called back to work on an approved holiday will be compensated as per Section 10.2 (Holidays). This Memorandum of Understanding will sunset on December 31, 2009. FOR THE CITY OF RAMSEY: BY: