Article 20 Clothing Allowance

ARTICLE 20 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE

Section 1. A clothing allowance of up to eight hundred ($800.00) per fiscal year will be provided to bargaining unit members who are permanently assigned to a full-time budgeted position described in section 2 of this Article. Replacement leather items will not be deducted from this clothing allowance. The clothing allowance will be paid in the pay period including October 15 of each year.

A. A member who is in, or transfers into an eligible position and has satisfactorily passed the 30-day probationary period, may then receive an amount equal to the number of remaining months in that fiscal year times $65.00, not to exceed $800.00 per year. A member must be in full pay status in that eligible position a minimum of 10 working days in the month to receive credit for that given month.

Section 2. The following bargaining unit member positions are authorized clothing allowance:

A. Investigator, Criminal Investigation Component

B. Investigator, Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Component

C. Other members at the discretion of the Chief of Police

Section 3. The City will deduct applicable taxes on clothing allowance.

Section 4. Provisions of this article will be effective upon contract ratification by the City Commission.