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Resolution - 9067RESOLUTION NO. 9067 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINAt CALIFORNIA AMENDING APPENDIX "A" OF RESOLUTION NO. 8464, THE CITY'S SALARY RANGE STRUCTURE FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED; AND RESOLUTION NO. 7223, RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION OF POSITIONS AS AMENDED; AND FIXING • COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR PERSONNEL AND CLASSES REPRESENTED BY THE WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION. WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has met and conferred with the West Covina Police Officers' Association; and WHEREAS, the City and the West Covina Police Officers' Association have agreed upon certain changes to salaries, benefits and working conditions for members of said Association with a three-year agreement expiring June 30, 1997; and WHEREAS, the three-year Memorandum of Understanding has been referred to the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Salary. That effective July 2, 1994, Appendix "A" of Resolution No. 8464, the City's salary range structure for employees in the West Covina Police Officers' Association is hereby amended by Appendix "A" of this Resolution; and Resolution No. 7223, relating to the classification and compensation of positions, as amended, and fixing compensation and benefits for personnel and classes represented by the West Covina Police Officers' Association is hereby amended by this Resolution. SECTION 2. Retiree Health Insurance Benefits. Effective upon adoption of an enabling PERS resolution by the City Council and processing by PERS, the City shall increase the health insurance contribution for retirees from $16 to $50 per month. SECTION 3. Other changes to the terms and conditions of employment are detailed in the agreed upon MOU as incorporated herein as "Exhibit A." Specific changes to the provision covering Sick Leave are contained therein. SECTION 4. Where provisions of the MOU are inconsistent with existing Personnel Rules, the MOU shall govern. SECTION 5. The remaining provisions of Resolution No. 8464 and Resolution No. 7223, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed by Resolution of the City Council. SECTION 6. Budget Allocation. The City Council does hereby appropriate an amount of money sufficient to fund these salary adjustments and benefits for the life of this Resolution. SECTION 7. The effective date of this Resolution is April 5, 1994. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of April, 1994. 40 ATTEST: City Clerk I HEREBY CERTIFY that the by the City Council on the 5th AYES: Councilmembers NOES: Councilmembers ABSENT: Councilmembers ABSTAIN: Councilmembers APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney jcRPSO-MOU.M foregoing resolution was duly adopted day of April 1994. Herfert, Manners, McFadden, Wong, Jennings None None None City Clerk. CITY OF WEST COVINA CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE POSITIONS AND PAY RANGES POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION JULY 2, 1994 Police Officer Range PO10 3162 - 3844 • Police Corporal Range P020 3406 - 4141 Police Sergeant Range P030 3944 - 4794 APPENDIX "A" • MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA LLED WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1994 THROUGH DUNE 30, 1997 EXHIBIT "A" TABLE OF CONTENTS 'PAGE NO. SECTION 1. RECOGNITION/REPRESENTATION UNIT .............. 1. SECTION2. SALARY ....................................... 2 SECTION 3. HOURS OF WORK ................................. 3 SECTION 4. TIME OFF BENEFITS FOR SHIFT PERSONNEL........ 3 SECTIONS. HEALTH AND DENTAL ............................ 3 SECTION 6. BENEFICIARY'S CONTINUANCE .................... 4 SECTION 7. RETIREE HEALTH COVERAGE ...................... 5 SECTION S. RETIREMENT BENEFITS .......................... 5 SECTION 9. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE ............................ 5 SECTION 20. COURT TIME AND STANDBY PAY ................... 5 . SECTION 11. TUITION REIMBURSEMENT ....................6... 6 SECTION 12. EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE ........................ 6 SECTION 13. VACATION ........ .......... ............... 6 SECTION 14. HOLIDAYS ..................................... S SECTION15. SICR LEAVE ................. ............... 9 SECTION 16. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ............................ 11 SECTION 17. OVERTIME ...................................... 11 SECTION1S. COMPENSATORY TIME ............................ it .SECTION 19. TRAINING TIME ............................ .. 12 SECTION 20. TIME OFF --ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.............. 12 SECTION 21. SAFETY EQUIPMENT.......... ..................... 12 SECTION 22. DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION .................... 13 SECTION 23. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ........................... 14 SECTION 24. OTHER PROVISIONS NOT COVERED HERE............ 14 SECTION 25. NOTICE OF FUTURE MEET AND CONFER ............. 14 SECTION 26. SEPARABILITY ................................. 14 SECTION27. TERM ......................................... 14 WrD-TABCON.93 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION ' PREAMBLE In the interest of maintaining harmonious and stable relationships between the City of West Covina (hereinafter City) and employees represented by the West Covina Police Officers' Association, (hereinafter referred to as the "Association"), representatives of management for the City and representatives of the Association have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, fringe benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for employees represented by the Association. The representatives have reached an understanding as to recommendations to be made to the City Council for the City of West Covina and have agreed that the parties hereto will jointly urge said Council to adopt one or more resolutions which will provide for the changes in wages, hours, fringe benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment contained in these joint recommendations. SECTION 1. RECOGNITION/REPRESENTATION UNIT The City hereby recognizes the West Covina Police Officers' Association for the term of the Memorandum of Understanding, notwithstanding any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation to the contrary as the majority representative of the employees in the bargaining unit which consists of Police Officers, Police Corporals, and Police Sergeants, subject to the right of an employee to represent himself/herself. The recognition requirements of Rule XVI, Section 16.3 of the Personnel Rules, City of West Covina, are waived for the term of this Memorandum. It is further agreed that during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding, no class will be removed from the bargaining unit except upon mutual agreement of the City and Association. SECTION 2. SALARY Preamble- In an effort to maintain competitive salaries, the City and the Association will cooperatively join in the process of developing new programs, determining new revenue sources, and ways of delivering services in a more cost effective manner. Participation by the employees shall play a significant role in • achievement of productivity and program goals resulting in agreed upon periodic adjustments to salary. Salary Increases- Effective July 2, 1994, a salary adjustment of four percent (4%) shall be provided. A salary survey shall be conducted in May of 1995, to collect the top step monthly salaries,.retirement contributions paid on behalf of the employee, and contributions for health and dental insurance. The Police Officer rank shall be used in the survey. At the conclusion of the survey, representatives of the City and Association shall meet to review the results. Effective July 1, 1995, a percentage salary adjustment will be provided which places the represented classes at the 60th percentile as determined by the survey. A survey will be conducted in July of 1996, utilizing the same process, with the appropriate percentage increase being provided effective June 29, 1996. Shift Salary Reconciliations -Salary rates for police shift personnel are based on a 37h hour work week with the condition that at the end of each month the employee will owe the City 10 hours to be reconciled in the following manner and order: A. Reduction of straight time pay (training compensation). B. Reduction in court -on -call pay at the rate of 2 hours per each on -call status. C. Reduction in time and one-half pay. D. If the employee is unable to reconcile the 10 hours (4 hours) as stated above, and the employee has 4 or more hours that remain to be reconciled, he/she may work an additional day to reconcile the time. 2 E. If an employee does not want to work an additional day or has less than 4 hours to reconcile at the end of the month he/she may use vacation or compensatory time. SECTION 3. HOURS OF WORK Daily hours of work or shifts for employees within departments shall be assigned by department heads as required to meet the operational requirements of said departments. The normal work shift for non-public safety employees and certain designated safety employees may be eight hours per day, nine. hours per day, ten hours per day, twelve hours per day, or twelve and one-half hours per day as determined by the department. For employees, covered by the 7(b) or 7(k) exception to the Fair Labor Standards Act, on the 3/12 or 3/12k work schedule, work performed in excess of the normal daily work shift will be paid at the straight time rate of pay, until the employee has reconciled the hours owed to the City. Once the employee has reconciled the hours owed to the City, the remaining overtime worked is paid at time and one-half. The City has established different FLSA work weeks to correspond to the various work schedules as follows: A. Police Representation Unit - 28 day work period of 171 hours. (7(K) exception of FLSA) B. 5/8 and 4/10 Work Schedule - 7 day work period of 40 hours that begins on Sunday at 12:00 a.m. and ends on Saturday at 11.59 P.M. SECTION 4. TIME OFF BENEFITS FOR SHIFT PERSONNEL Holidays, vacations, sick leave, and other similar "time off" benefits granted City employees by these rules will be provided to all employees at the rate of eight (8) hours regardless of actual length of work day/shift. SECTION 5. HEALTH AND DENTAL The City shall provide $449 per month to offset the employee cost of health insurance. The amount specified for PERS Health Plan coverage shall be $16 per month per active employee. 3 The City shall provide up to $20 per month to offset the cost of dental insurance. In the event that the City's contribution exceeds the monthly premium for the covered employee, said employee shall be entitled to apply this excess (difference between the City's monthly contribution and the premium for the employee's selected health plan) towards dependent health insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, or deferred compensation. The subject of health benefit contributions may only be discussed during the term of this contract at such times as the annual salary survey results are being reviewed. Any subsquent adjustments to the City's health benefit contribution shall be funded from the monies determined necessary to provide agreed upon salary increases. SECTION 6. BENEFICIARY'S CONTINUANCE If a sworn employee is killed in the line of duty, while engaged in official police business, the decedent's spouse and/or dependents, if not provided with an employer -paid health insurance program equal to the City of West Covina program, shall be eligible for City payment of.City-provided health insurance, subject to the following: A. Said spouse and/or dependents must have been covered by City -provided health insurance program at the time of the employee's death. B. Payment for health insurance shall be terminated upon remarriage of the affected spouse; or in the case of dependent children, on their reaching the age of majority or upon being adopted. C.. Maximummonthly amount payable under this program shall not exceed the amount available to existing employees for the purpose of health insurance. D. The term of this program shall not exceed ten years from the date of such employee's death. 4 SECTION 7. RETIREE HEALTH COVERAGE The City shall increase the amount contributed towards the payment of health insurance premiums for eligible retirees from $16 per month to $50 per month. This change will be effective as soon as practical through enacting a resolution pursuant to PERS ' requirements.and procedures. SECTION S. RETIREMENT BENEFITS The City shall pay the normal members retirement contribution (9%) as required under the Public Employeesf Retirement System. The contract between the City and PERS shall provide the following programs: A. Post -Retirement Survivor Continuance (Section 21263 and 21263.1) B. Single Year Highest Compensation (Section 20024.2) C. 2% at 50 Formula (Section 21252.01) D. Service Credit for Unused Sick Leave (Section 20862.8). SECTION 9. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE The uniform allowance rate for represented employees will be $500 per year. Payment will be made in January of each year. If an officer receiving such a payment terminates during the course of that year, the uniform allowance will be adjusted for those months served and the balance will be deducted from the final paycheck for that employee. The City agrees to provide newly hired police officers with one regulation uniform and the annual uniform allowance is prorated based upon date of hire. SECTION 10. COURT TIME AND STANDBY PAY Time spent in court beyond the regularly scheduled shift will.be paid at a time and one-half rate with a two hour minimum guarantee. Court Standby pay.as covered in Section 3.15 A.1. of the Personnel Rules shall be $50.00 per occurrence. 9 SECTION 11. TUITION REIMBURSEMENT The City shall provide up to $686.00 per fiscal year to offset the cost of job related educational coursework and required books. SECTION.12. EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE Employees represented by the Association shall be eligible for the following educational incentives following the month in which the degree or certificate is obtained: A. Associate of Arts Degree or equivalent (60 semester or 90 quarter units): Police Officer $135 per month Police Corporal $145 per month Police Sergeant $168 per month B. Associate of Arts Degree or equivalent plus Advanced POST Certificate: Police Officer $270 per month Police Corporal $290 per month Police Sergeant $335 per month SECTION 13. VACATION A. Use 1. New Employees - Upon completion of six (6) consecutive months of service, may be.credited with one-half of the annual earnings and may begin using such accrual. Thereafter, employees may use vacation as they complete each month of service. 2. It is the policy of the City that where possible, vacation be taken in the year earned. Upon approval of the department head, vacation leave may be accumulated to a maximum of 160 hours added to an amount equal to the monthly accrual rate multiplied by 12. 3. The time during the year at which an employee may take his/her vacation shall be determined by.the appointing authority of such employee with due regard to the wishes of the employee and particular regard for the needs of the service. 4. If a holiday falls within a scheduled vacation period, 8 additional hours of vacation shall be granted. 5. The Division Managers shall fix vacation periods for department heads. B. Accruals Rates Each full-time employee shall accrue vacation leave with pay at the rate of 6.67 hours of a working day per month for each month of service with the City up to and including 60 months of service, and at the completion of 60 months of service, 40 additional hours vacation shall be granted; from 61 up to and including 108 months, vacation shall be earned at the rate of ten (10) hours per month; and from 109 up to and including 120 months, vacation time shall be earned at the rate of 10.67 hours per month; and from 120 up to and including 132 months, vacation time shall be earned at the rate of 11.33 hours per month; and from 132 up to and including 144 months, vacation time shall be earned at the rate of 12.00 hours per month; and from 144 up to and including 156, vacation time shall be earned at the rate of 12.67 hours per month; and from 156 or more months, vacation time shall be earned at the rate of 13.33 hours per month, up to a maximum not to exceed 160 hours earned vacation per year. C. Lateral Entry Employees Any person employed on the lateral entry program at a salary in excess of the beginning salary fixed for the class and who has completed five years of service with a prior employer, performing the same or similar duties shall be eligible for 120 hours vacation leave with pay upon the completion of eighteen months of service with the City. Thereafter, for the purpose of computing the employee's future. vacation he/she shall be deemed to have completed sixty months of service. D. Availability Upon completion of six (6) consecutive months of service, new employees may be credited with one-half of the annual vacation accruals and may begin using such accrual. E. Special Payment Upon request of the employee and the department head and with the approval of the City Manager, in 7 order to address unusual or emergency, conditions, an employee may be paid the straight time daily equivalent of his/her salary in lieu of vacation time off. Such payment shall be for no more than forty (40) hours in any one calendar year. F. Advance Payment of Vacation Any employee who is authorized to take forty (40) or more hours of vacation with pay at one time may apply for the payment of salary in advance for any pay period occurring during the period of the employee's authorized vacation. The application must be approved by the employee's Department Head and filed with the Finance Director at least seven (7) days before the vacation period for which the salary advance is requested. In cases of extreme emergency where the employee is unable to give the required notice, approval for an advance vacation check may be given where such request can be justified to, and approved by, the Department Head, Division Manager, and Finance Director. SECTION 14. HOLIDAYS A. Class I Holidays New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Holidays will be provided to all employees at the rate of eight (8) hours except non -shift employees in the unit who work the 4/10 schedule who shall be paid 10 hours for each holiday. B. Class II Holidays 1. Shift Employees Martin Luther King's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Admissions Day, Veteran's Day and the day after Thanksgiving. 2. Non -Shift Employees Washington's Birthday and the day after Thanksgiving for employees on the 4/10 work schedule shall be paid at 10 hours for each holiday. The remainder of theholidays listed in Section 14, B.1 will be discontinued and instead employees will accrue 16 hours of compensatory time. C. Observation of Saturday and Sunday Holidays For those employees whose normal work week is Monday through Friday, when a 11 N holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day observed. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be deemed the holiday in lieu of the day observed. For all other employees, when a holiday falls on a regularly scheduled day off, the employee shall be entitled to straight time compensation for the holiday. This compensation can be taken either as compensatory time or pay, at the discretion of the employee. SECTION 15. SICK LEAVE A. Allowance/Accumulation Following completion of thirty (30) calendar days of continuous full-time service, each City employee paid upon a monthly basis shall be allowed eight (a) hours of credit for sick leave pay. Thereafter, for each calendar month of service in which the employee has worked or has been paid for more than two-thirds ('h) of the actual number of working days of such month, he/she shall be allowed eight (a) hours of credit for sick leave with pay. Unused sick leave may be accumulated without limit. H. Lateral Entry Sick Leave Any person employed by the City for full-time service on the Lateral Entry Program at a salary in excess of the beginning salary fixed for the class and who, at the time of his/her employment, had accumulated unused full pay sick leave by virtue of his/her employment by another public entity, shall be given credit for that accumulated full pay sick leave as if it had been earned in the full-time service of the City of West Covina. C. Reinstatement of Sick Leave Any employee who is reinstated under the provisions of these rules shall be given full credit for his/her unused accumulated sick leave at the time of termination, provided, however, that no payoff for accumulated sick leave was received upon termination. D. Use of Sick Leave 1. Approval Sick leave can only be granted upon the approval of the concerned appointing power or his/her designee in the case of bona fide illness or injury of the employee or in the event of the serious illness or death of a member of the employee's immediate family. 2. Immediate Family No more than forty (40) hours of sick leave within any calendar year may be granted to an employee for the care of attendance upon members of his/her immediate family, and.not more than forty (40) hours of sick leave within any calendar year maybe granted to an employee for each absence due to death of his/her immediate family.. The phrase "immediate family" is construed to mean the husband, wife, parent, brother, sister, child, and a grandparent or grandchild, if residing within the home or within the same place of residence of the officer or employee. E. Sick Leave Pay -Off Upon Termination Employees in the Police representation unit, upon death, retirement, or voluntary termination, shall be paid one-third ('h) of their accumulated and unused sick leave up to a maximum of four hundred (400) hours provided, however, that no eligibility for payoff of unused sick leave exists for employees terminating prior to three (3) years of full-time employment with the City. F. Pilot Program --Sick Leave, Annual Pavoff and Accrual The following sick leave payoff and accrual program was instituted in 1980, as a "pilot program." The program will remain in effect and will be reevaluated by City management. If the program is discarded, the City will revert to its previously effective sick leave program as contained herein. Sick leave will be earned at the rate of eight (8) hours per month for a possible total maximum of ninety-six (96) hours per calendar year. Sick leave used during eachcalendar year will.be charged against the current year's earnings. By November 30 of each calendar year, the City will determine the amount of unused sick leave for each regular employee. Each employee must carry over to a sick leave "bank" a minimum of fifty-six.(56) hours in December, and may request cash payment for any hours above fifty-six (56) or may add it to the 10 sick leave bank. If fifty-six (56) hours of unused sick leave are not available, the number of unused hours must be carried over to the sick leave bank. Employees shall not be allowed to change sick leave to other forms of paid leave time upon return to work. SECTION 16. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Forty (40) hours of said leave per calendar year will be available to an employee in the event of the death of said employee's grandparent, parent, spouse, child, stepchild, brother, or sister. The program is supplemental to the current sick leave program. SECTION 17. OVERTIME It is the policy of the City of West Covina to avoid the necessity for overtime work whenever possible. However, when overtime is necessary and approved by the department head, payment will be at time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of the normal daily work shift. Vacation, sick leave, holidays, jury duty and compensatory time off shall be considered hours worked. Subject to approval of the employee's supervisor, all overtime worked, except time spent in formal training, shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half. Supervisory approval of time and one-half shall not be withheld unless the overtime was made necessary by the employee's intentional neglect of customary duties. Formal training as used in this section shall not include time spent in on-the-job training of new police officers by training officers. SECTION 18. COMPENSATORY TIME A. Subject to approval of the employee's supervisor, all overtime worked, except time spent in formal training, shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half, or credited as compensatory time at time and one-half. B. Supervisory approval of time and one-half shall not be withheld unless the overtime was made necessary by the employee's intentional neglect of customary duties. Formal training as used 11 in this section shall not include time spent in on-the-job training of new police officers by training officers. C. In the absence of the approval of the Chief of Police, the maximum amount of compensatory time which may be accumulated by any one employee shall be sixty (60) hours. Upon request and .after approval of the Chief of Police the sixty (60) hour accumulation may be increased. SECTION 19. TRAINING TIME For purposes of the time and one-half provisions of the compensatory time program, time spent in POST mandated training shall be treated as hours worked provided that, at the option of the employee, such time may be paid at a straight time rate. "POST mandated training" shall be defined as including the annual in-service officer training program. SECTION 20. TIME OFF -ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT The President of the Association shall be given reasonable time off with pay where necessary to perform duties on matters within the scope of the Association's representation of its employee members subject to such terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the President and the Chief of Police. SECTION 21. SAFETY EQUIPMENT A. The City will provide all employees in the classifications represented by the Police Association the following items of safety equipment under the following conditions: 1. Sam Browne belt and keepers straps; ammunition pouch; one box of live ammunition pet year, as well as range ammunition as required; holster; weapon as.required; gas mask as required; handcuffs and case; baton and ring; helmet; mace and mace holder; face shield; flashlight with batteries and holder; key holder; whistle; raincoat; rain boots. 2. With respect to present employees, the foregoing equipment shall be replaced or repaired at the City's expense upon certification by the West Covina Police 12 Department that the equipment was lost, destroyed, worn out, or damaged in the line of duty. Specific required items of safety equipment need not be furnished to those employees who are not required to use such equipment in the line of duty. All equipment furnished by the City shall be and remain the property of the City and shall be returned to the City of West Covina upon termination of active employment in the West Covina Police Department, or upon transfer to duties where said equipment is not required or needed. SECTION 22. DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION A. The City's policy shall be to make such efforts as are consistent with federal and state laws to place physically or mentally disabled employees in such positions that can be made available in the City service where their disabilities will not affect the performance of their duties. This policy will extend to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires accommodation for individuals on a case by case basis. Prior to the City providing an accommodation which would be contrary to negotiated agreements, the City shall provide written notice of intent to disregard provisions and shall meet and confer over options prior to implementation. The City has a'legal obligation to meet with individual employees as necessary to discuss possible accommodation before any.adjustments are made to working conditions. The Association shall be notified prior to the implementation of proposed accommodations by the City which affect an employee or group of employees within their respective bargaining unit. Accommodations provided to an individual protected by the ADA shall not establish a past practice, nor shall it be cited or used as evidence of past practice in any grievance process. B. No employee shall hold any position in a class where such individual poses a risk to the health or safety of the individual or others. 13 SECTION 23. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Refer to Personnel Rule XV, Grievance and Complaint Procedure, Sections 15.1-15.6. SECTION 24.. OTHER PROVISIONS NOT COVERED HERE All present written rules, established practices, employee rights, privileges and benefits that are subject to Meet and Confer shall remain in full force and effect unless specifically ,altered by the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding or changed subsequent to completion of any required Meet and Confer processes. SECTION 25. NOTICE OF FUTURE MEET AND CONFER If the - Association desires to meet and confer with representatives of the City of West Covina concerning improvements or changes in wages, hours, or other conditions of employment for the employee members represented by the Association which would take effect on or after July 1, 1997, the Association.shall serve upon the City Manager a written request to meet and confer no later than February 1, 1997. SECTION 26. SEPARABILITY It is understood and agreed that this Memorandum of Understanding is subject to all present and future federal and state laws and regulations and the provisions hereof shall be effective and implemented only to the extent permitted by such laws and regulations. If any part of this Memorandum of Understanding is in conflict or inconsistent with such applicable provisions of federal or state laws or regulations, or otherwise held to be invalid or unenforceable by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, such part or provision shall be suspended and superseded by such applicable laws -and regulations and the remainder of this Memorandum of Understanding shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 27. TERM This Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect from January 1, 1994 through midnight, June 30, 1997. 14 WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION/ BY L�•t ;/maw BY�J"LCLI�Q Q� DATE APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY lk:MOU-PD.93 15 MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA BYJr BY