The City will provide an employee purchase plan whereby authorized employees will be able to purchase personal protective equipment (shoes, glasses) including corrective lenses. The purchase program shall make these items available to the employee at forty percent (40%) of the cost, with the City paying the remaining sixty percent (60%). However, when the City requires the use of safety shoes or special soled shoes, one hundred percent (100%) of the cost shall be borne by the City. The Human Resources Department shall determine which employees will be authorized to purchase equipment through this program.
If and when safety shoes and/or glasses are worn out or damaged while on duty, such employee will turn in to the Department Head or Division Head said worn out or damaged safety shoes and/or glasses, whereas the City representative shall have them replaced, at no cost to the employee (on required safety shoes only).