A. The City will provide a Command Officer purchase program plan whereby Command Officers will be able to purchase safety glasses, including prescriptive lenses, through a City program. The purchase program for safety glasses shall make them available to the Command Officers at sixty (60%) per cent of the cost of the glasses to the City with the remaining forty (40%) per cent to be paid by the Command Officer. The purchase of one pair of safety shoes per year which complies with uniform specifications, will be subject to reimbursement up to seventy-five dollars ($75.00) following submission of receipt.
The City will acknowledge the Association's recommendations as to what safety equipment will be appropriate for their members.
A payroll deduction system will be established under this program through the means of an automatic deduction from the Command Officer's paycheck, for the purchase of safety shoes, and safety glasses, including prescriptive lenses.
When it becomes necessary for a Command Officer to have the issued holster replaced, the Command Officer may have the option of receiving the standard Department holster or purchasing another holster from an outside source which the Department approves. The employer will compensate the Command Officer for the cost of the Department holster and the Command Officer will pay the balance.
B. The Association shall have the right to have two (2) representatives on the Police Department Safety Committee. Any recommendations of the Safety Committee forwarded to the Administration and not approved and implemented by the City to the satisfaction of a majority of the Committee shall be subject to the grievance procedure, but not to arbitration.