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24 <br />SLPOA MOU January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2028 <br />basis. The Trust shall be and remain separate and apart from any City health insurance <br />funding program. <br /> <br />No City contributions shall be made to the Trust. Effective February 1, 2020, employees <br />covered by the MOU shall contribute to the plan $300 per month, which will be deducted <br />pre-tax from the employees’ salary and remitted monthly to the Trust, accompanied by a <br />list of the contributing employees. There shall be no employee election to take the amount <br />in cash. <br /> <br />Participation in the Trust shall be the complete and sole responsibility of the Association. <br />The Association shall be responsible for payment of all costs and fees associated with the <br />set-up and administration of the Trust. The City shall not have any involvement in the <br />Trust’s design, its administration or in the benefits paid. The Association shall indemnify, <br />defend, and hold harmless the City, its officers, elected officials, and employees from and <br />against any and all liability, loss, claims, expenses, and costs arising out of or in <br />connection with the Trust, Trustees, or Trust administrator’s failure to comply with any of <br />its obligations and fiduciary responsibility. If any of the provisions of the Trust documents <br />or contract between the Association and the Trust program are inconsistent with the term <br />of the MOU, the terms of the MOU will prevail. <br /> <br />30.7 Work Schedules: The parties agree to reopen negotiations on the narrow and specific <br />issue of employee work schedules once patrol staffing is restored to at least 41 <br />employees. Any unresolved issues shall be subject to the Charter impasse procedures, <br />and Yuval Miller shall retain jurisdiction over such disputes. The parties shall maintain the <br />emergency staffing schedule pursuant to all terms of the side letter agreement between <br />the Association and the City until such time as a new schedule is established. <br /> <br />Section 31. Discipline <br /> <br />31.1 Discipline: The City may discharge, suspend, demote or reduce the pay of any employee, <br />who has completed the specified probationary period, for cause including but not limited <br />to dishonesty, insubordination, drunkenness, incompetence, willful negligence, failure to <br />perform work as required or failure to comply with the City's reasonable rules regarding <br />safety, conduct and operations, or any conduct related to employment which impairs, <br />disrupts, or causes discredit to the employee's employment or to the City. In the event an <br />employee feels the discharge or suspension is not for cause, the Association shall have <br />the right to appeal the case in accordance with the provision of this section. <br /> <br /> Probationary employees may be discharged for any reason, which, in the sole opinion of <br />the City, is just and sufficient and such discharge shall not be subject to any appeal. <br /> <br />31.2 Presumption of Delivery: Any written notice shall be conclusively presumed delivered to <br />the employee on the date the written notice is personally served on the employee. In the <br />event that any notice is sent to an employee by Certified Mail, Return Receipt requested, <br />the notice shall be conclusively presumed delivered to the employee on the date the <br />receipt was signed. In the event the Certified Mail is refused, or in the event the employee <br />is absent without leave and no person at the address to which the Certified Mail is sent <br />signs for such Certified Mail, then it shall be presumed that the notice was delivered as of <br />the date the postal service returns the Certified Mail to the return address. <br /> <br />31.3 Departmental Action Prior to Imposition of Discipline: Except in cases of emergency, at <br />least five (5) calendar days prior to the effective date of any disciplinary action against