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18.1 18.2 Employees who use holiday hours or receive compensation for holiday hours before the holiday occurs and leave employment prior to December 31 St, must pay the City back holiday hours for any holiday that has not occurred prior to the termination date. Funds owed to the City must be paid prior to ending the employment relationship. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN (18) FITNESS -ON -DUTY The purpose of this Article is to give each Officer the option to exercise while on duty. This is a voluntary Fitness -on -Duty program which provides an opportunity for employees engaged in stressful and somewhat sedentary jobs an opportunity to: 1) Improve job performance, 2) Reduce health risks, 3) Reduce job -related injuries, 4) Reduce absenteeism, and 5) Improve overall fitness. This program is subject to the following terms and conditions: The employee will be given the option to work out one hour per shift. The average should not exceed six hours of workout time over two weeks. This option is available if allowed by shift's minimums set forth by the Chief of Police and call load. The workout time will consist to thirty minutes of the employees daily break time and up to thirty minutes of regular duty time. 18.3 Employees will earn one hour of "training time off' for each fitness testing event the Employee scores in the "excellent" range or above based on the Employee's age level category as determined by the Cooper Institute chart. Earned training time off will not exceed twelve hours per calendar year. 18.4 Any employee participating in the program will partake in semi-annual fitness testing. The standards for testing will be set by the fitness coordinator and approved by the Chief of Police. All participants will adhere to the department Physical Fitness Program policy and testing standards. ARTICLE NINETEEN (19) INSURANCE 19.1 The EMPLOYER shall contribute to EMPLOYEE health and life insurance as stated in the attached Memorandum of Understanding. 19.2 The EMPLOYER, agrees to contribute the dollar value equivalent to the cost of the monthly employee only dental premium as established by the EMPLOYER. Credit in lieu of coverage will not be granted. ARTICLE TWENTY (20) CLOTHING AND UNIFORMS 20.1 The Employer shall provide uniforms (including boots) and equipment and replacement as outlined by the department policy that currently exists. 15