ARTICLE II

SECTION K
UNIFORMS

  1. POLICE AND FIRE UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
    1. For the below listed police and fire classifications, the City shall provide annual uniforms as determined by the department head with the notification and input of BCEA. The City will administer this Section in good faith so that employees will continue to receive quality uniforms in proper quantities. The uniforms will be of a quality and style mutually agreed upon between the City and the BCEA and will be no less than the quantity previously provided by the BCEA under the 1986/88 Memorandum of Understanding. For all such employees, replacement uniforms shall be provided as needed except employees will bear the replacement cost if a uniform is lost or is deliberately damaged by the employee. Also, the cost of changing uniform sizes more than four (4) times in any eighteen (18) month period shall be borne by the employee except when such changes are due to pregnancy or medical conditions:

      POLICE CADET
      POLICE RANGE PERSONNEL
      POLICE TECHNICIAN
      CROSSING GUARD
      PARKING CONTROL PERSONNEL
      CLERICAL PERSONNEL
      POLICE RECORDS TECHNICIAN
      POLICE RECORDS TECHNICIAN SUPERVISOR
      KENNEL ATTENDANT
      ANIMAL CONTROL PERSONNEL
      FIRE PREVENTION PERSONNEL
      FIRE SAFETY ANALYST
      FORENSIC SPECIALIST
      FORENSIC SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR
      JAILER

    2. The employee will be responsible for the cleaning and normal maintenance of such City purchased uniforms.

    3. The City shall provide reimbursement to Crossing Guards and Field Service Representative II of up to $50 per pair of shoes not to exceed $100 annually.

  2. COMMUNICATION OPERATORS
    The City shall provide department issued polo shirts and a jacket or sweater. Employees will provide agreed upon pants, shoes, and belt. The quantity, quality and style will be mutually agreed upon between the City and the BCEA as outlined in Exhibit N. Replacement polo shirts, jackets and sweaters shall be provided as needed during the year except that employees will bear the replacement cost if the item is lost or is deliberately damaged or significantly faded by the employee. Employees will report damage to City issued polo shirts, jackets and/or sweaters in a timely manner.

  3. UNIFORMS PROVIDED THROUGH LAUNDRY SERVICE
    All employees who are currently provided uniforms, including all Burbank Water and Power field personnel, shall receive no less than eleven (11) clean sets of uniforms per ten (10) working days. The City shall continue its policy of providing uniforms as required. The uniforms will be of a quality and style no less than that agreed to in the past.

  4. FIELD EMPLOYEES
    All City field employees will be issued uniform jackets and hats.

    A. The City and BCEA agree to the establishment of a joint Labor/Management Committee to resolve issues relating to the manner in which jackets and hats will be authorized. The parties agree that the number of committee members, the methodology to be used by the committee and the timetable shall be in place no later than thirty (30) days after the adoption of the BCEA MOU to be effective July 1, 1999. The parties further agree that the deadline for reaching agreement on these issues will be no later than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date that the committee is established.

  5. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE
    Employees whose uniforms or personal equipment are damaged as a result of on duty accidents or incidents shall be entitled to indemnification for the losses involved, provided the loss or damage is not the result of unreasonable abuse or neglect by the employee. Also, in the case of "personal equipment" as mentioned in this section, the City will indemnify the employee only if:
    1. The equipment was being utilized for the benefit of the City;

    2. The employee took reasonable safeguards to protect the equipment, and;

    3. The cost of the equipment was reasonably related to its use.

  • RETURN OF UNIFORMS AND PATCHES
    All uniforms (including patches) will be returned to the City upon the employee's separation from City employment.

  • UNIFORM VALUE
    All employees who receive uniforms, as described in this Section, shall have the value of those uniforms, as determined by the City, reported (on a bi-weekly basis) to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for retirement purposes.