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33.43 Effective Januaz'y 1, 2006, the City shall contribute to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) each pay period a portion of a ne~v employee's contribution xate as established by lavv acs;ording to the following schedule: year 1 -- 2°/fl; year 2 - 4°rfl; year 3 6%. Thereafter, the Employer Paid Member Contribution (EPMC) shall be equal to eight percent (8%) of the employee's "compensation" as that term is administered by the Board of Administration of PERS. Prior CaIPERS service time will be credited to new employees to reduce the contribution rates specified above. Section 34. Transfer For the purpose of employee transfers as defined in Personnel Rules, the classifications of Refuse Collector, Street Maintenance Worker, Building Maintenance Worker and Park Maintenance Worker shall be interpreted as comparable classifications. An employee so transferred shall be paid in accordance with classification to which such employee is transferred. Section 35. Tools -Equipment Section The City shall provide tool insurance to cover the reasonable value of the hand tools furnished by employees in the Automotive Mechanic and Equipment Mechanic classifications against loss in excess of sixty dollars ($60.00) per occurrence arising from theft or catastrophic damage. It is understood that the City may institute reasonable rules for the purpose of limiting claims under this tool insurance. These rules shall provide for, but not be limited to, tool inventories, audit of tool inventories, restrictions on removal of tools from the automotive shop and requirements for the proper safeguarding of tools by the employees, which includes securement and lock-up of tools at the end of each working period. For the period of this Memorandum of Understanding, employees regularly assigned to the Public Works Equipment Section, who are required to provide and use their own tools shall be reimbursed by the City for broken, worn out, and/or technologically obsolete tools, to a maximum of three hundred and fifty-five ($355.00) per fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall be paid once each fiscal year only upon submission of acceptable justification and receipts to the Public Works Services Director. Section 36. Catastrophic IDness Leave The objective of this section is to complement the City's illness protection program for employees by improving health benefits in instances of catastrophic illness, and thereby aid employees to do better work. An employee holding afull-time position with permanent status who has completed two (2) full years of continuous service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness leave benefit upon receiving a prior favorable recommendation therefore from the department head concerned and only upon the specific approval of the City Manager. To be eligible for leave under this section, such employee must be unable to work at his/her position or any less demanding position to which he/she maybe assigned by the department head concerned, and 29