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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A City employee responding to fire calls during his/her regular work hours will be <br />compensated at the same rate as his/her regular position with the City and no <br />additional firefighter compensation will be paid. However, if an employee takes <br />vacation or compensatory time off so that he/she can respond to a fire call during <br />his/her regular work hours, or if he/she makes up the time so a full eight hours of <br />work in his/her regular position are completed on the same day as he/she <br />responded to a fire call during regular work hours, the employee may receive <br />firefighter pay for the period claimed as vacation, compensatory, or make-up time. <br /> <br />Fire Calls During Non Work Hours <br /> <br />Employees will receive their normal firefighter compensation for fire calls and <br />training that do not occur during the regular work hours of their regular position. <br /> <br />Application of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) <br /> <br />Employees will be paid overtime in accordance with the FLSA and the City's <br />Overtime Policy. Actual time worked will be used for determining overtime <br />payment, with no consideration to the one hour minimum call out pay provision for <br />firefighter pay. For example, a false alarm that requires 15 minutes of work will be <br />counted as 15 minutes for FLSA purposes even though the minimum call out of <br />one hour of pay would apply for firefighter pay purposes. <br /> <br />By advance mutual agreement, overtime earned for performance of fire department <br />activities may be paid at one and one-halftimes the employee's firefighter pay rate. <br /> <br />POLITICAL ACTIVITY <br /> <br />Employees may belong to a political party and are entitled to complete freedom from all <br />interference in casting votes. Employees may seek election or appointment to public office, <br />except to the extent prohibited by the provisions of state or federal law. <br /> <br />Political activity must not interfere with an employee's job duties or performance. Political <br />activity during work hours is prohibited. <br /> <br />CANDIDACY <br /> <br />City employees who become candidates for elective office may request a leave of absence for the <br />purpose of pursuing their candidacy, which may be granted at the City's sole discretion. <br /> <br />To the extent that any employee, including one campaigning for office, is unable to perform his or <br />her City duties, he or she may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. <br /> <br />27 <br />