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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Pleasanton City Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 955, AFL-CIO, and representatives of the City of Pleasanton, have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the representation unit specified in Section I, have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have endeavored to reach agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees. This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Section 3500, et seq.) and has been jointly prepared by the parties. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be presented to the City Council as the joint recommendations of the undersigned for salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing April 1, 2013 and ending March 31, 2016. Section 1. Recognition Pleasanton City Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 955, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the "PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955," the Union, is the formally recognized employee organization for the general employees unit comprised of the classifications listed in the attached salary schedule and certified pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations procedures and Resolution No. 71- 75, adopted by the City of Pleasanton City Council on April 5, 1971. Section 2. Union Security/Agency Shop/Dues Deduction 2.1 Dues Deduction Upon receipt of a written assignment and authorization signed by the employee on the form shown below, the City agrees to deduct from every other paycheck of such employee an amount which will total the dues uniformly required for membership in the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955. The amount so deducted shall be remitted by the City to the officer designated in writing by the President of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 as the person authorized to receive such funds. The President of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955 shall notify the City Manager in writing as to the amount of such dues uniformly required of all members of the PCEA/AFSCME LOCAL 955. The employee's earnings must be regularly sufficient after other legal and required deductions are made to cover the amount of the dues check-off authorized. When an employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to cover that pay period from future earnings. In the case of an employee who is in a non- pay status during only part of the pay period, and the salary is not sufficient to cover the full withholding, no deduction shall be made. In this instance, all other legal and required -4 -