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necessary to call in a field partner to assist in providing <br />appropriate and timely call response. <br />Take Home Vehicles. Regular field workers who are part of <br />the scheduled on-call rotation will be provided a company <br />vehicle to take home for the exclusive purpose of responding to <br />calls about Utilities business during the on-call block. <br />Compensation for On-Call Time. Time spent on-call time by <br />regular field workers is not working time. In recognition of <br />this on-call service, however, nominal compensation is paid. <br />This compensation, which covers the entire one (1) week block <br />of on-call service, is twelve (12) hours at the worker's base rate <br />of pay. If a recognized paid holiday falls within the on-call <br />block, an additional three (3) hours at the worker's base rate of <br />pay is added to the on-call compensation. <br />Compensation for Actual Response Time. Time spent <br />actually responding to a call that is received while a worker is <br />serving on-call, however, is working time, and is therefore paid <br />based on an employee's regular rate of pay. <br />Call out time. When an employee is on-call, the Utilities' <br />policy on call out time pay still applies, in accordance with the <br />terms of that policy. <br />Other On-Call Arrangements. Certain employees other than regular <br />field workers, namely the Security Technician, the Electrical Line <br />Superintendent, and the Water Superintendent, are subject to call <br />response requirements for emergency preparedness and/or customer <br />service purposes. These other employees are not subject to the <br />residency rule that applies to regular field service workers. <br />Security Technician. The Security Technician is required to <br />be available to respond on an urgent basis to customer service <br />needs on a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis, without <br />rotation. Such on-call time and availability is not working <br />time. The Security Technician is not required to remain within <br />the residency radius and does not receive additional <br />compensation for time spent on-call. <br />Compensation for Actual Response Time. Time <br />spent by the Security Technician actually responding to <br />a call that is received while serving on-call, however, is <br />26 <br />