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Section 1. The Union agrees that the City has and will continue to retain, whether exercised or not, the right to operate and manage its affairs in all respects except as modified by other articles of this Agreement. The rights of the City, through its management officials, shall include but not be limited to the following:
A. To determine the organization of the City Government.
B. To determine the purpose of each of its constituent departments.
C. To exercise control and discretion over the organization and efficiency of operations of the City.
D. To set standards for service to be offered the public.
E. To manage and direct the employees of the City including the right to establish, modify, reduce or otherwise change work schedules or workweek, assign work and overtime, and to establish, modify, or change rules and regulations applicable to employees covered by this Agreement.
F. To hire, examine, classify, promote, train, transfer, assign, and schedule employees in positions with the City.
G. To suspend, demote, discharge, or take other disciplinary action and impose sanctions for cause involving deficiencies in performance and/or deficiencies in conduct.
H. To increase, reduce, change, modify, or alter the composition of the work force, including the right to relieve employees from duties because of a lack of work or lack of funds.
I. To determine the location, method, means, and personnel by which operations are to be conducted, including the right to determine whether goods or services are to be made or purchased or to be contracted out or subcontracted.
J. To determine the number of employees to be employed by the City.
K. To establish, change, or modify the number, types, and grades of positions or employees assigned to an organization, department or division thereof, or project.
L. To establish, change, or modify duties, tasks and responsibilities or requirements within job classifications in the interest of efficiency, economy, technological change, or operating requirements.
M. To establish and revise or discontinue policies, practices, programs, or procedures, provided that the exercise of such right does not have the practical effect of violating specific terms of this Agreement.
Section 2. The City has the authority and obligation to determine the purpose and mission of the City and the amount of budget to be adopted by the City Commission.
Section 3. If, at the sole discretion of the City, it is determined that a civil emergency condition exists including but not limited to labor disputes, strikes, work stoppages, riots, civil disorders, hurricane conditions, or similar occurrences, the provisions of this Agreement may be suspended during the time of the declared emergency, provided that wage rates, insurance and pension benefits shall not be suspended. |
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