The Association shall be represented by a person or persons of their choice and shall furnish the names of the Representatives to the Department of Human Resources, Chief/Director of Fire and Safety.
The Toledo Fire Chiefs' Association is entitled to have up to twelve (12) eight-hour release days per calendar year to allow members to attend union-related business, training and IAFF/ OAPFF seminars and related functions.
The Toledo Fire Chiefs are entitled to one hundred (100) hours of compensatory time for each of three (3) members for the purpose of contract negotiations. Those three bargaining team members may each earn compensatory time (up to one hundred (100) hours) for the purpose of preparing for and participating in contract negotiations ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, starting October 1 of the year the contract expires. The three (3) member bargaining team's earning of compensatory time for the purpose of negotiations terminates upon the TFCA's ratification of a new contract. An additional twenty-five (25) hours of compensatory time will be granted in the event fact-finding and/or conciliation proceedings occur for the TFCA.