Skilled trade employees who are required by the City to furnish the tools necessary for their jobs shall be paid a yearly tool allowance of three hundred dollars ($300.00). This payment shall be made in the first full pay period of January of each year.
The City and Union must agree upon positions to be covered by the tool allowance. Employees who are covered shall be responsible for all breakage, theft, and loss of their tools.
(a) Water reclamation stockroom employees (with a tool allowance), operators within the operations section and tandem truck drivers within the maintenance section will receive one hundred thirty-three and thirty-three hundredths percent (133.33%) of the tool allowance.
(b) Water reclamation maintenance section (with a tool allowance) will receive two hundred percent (200%) of the tool allowance.
(c) Water reclamation employees in the stockroom, maintenance, operations, and laboratory section shall receive an annual payment of four hundred ($400.00) dollars for job related professional expenses such as professional memberships, journals and training expenses. This payment shall be due and owing December each calendar year to be paid by separate check.