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ARTICLE 30 JOB SECURITY Section 30.01 The Employer and the Union recognize that the City of North Otmsted derives its authority to the operate the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line (NOMBL) from an operating agreement between the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) and the City of North Olmsted. Both the Employer and the Union recognize that said operating agreement provides certain job protections for NOMBL employees in the event that the Employer ceases to operate the NOMBL. Section 30.02 The Employer and the Union agree that the City of North Olmsted shall have no full- time job security obligations, except as are provided for in the agreement between the City of North Olmsted and the GCRTA, in this Agreement, and as provided by law. Section 30.03 The Employer and the Union recognize that wages provided by the Employer pursuant to this Collective Bargaining Agreement, may not excced those available to similarly situated employees of the GCRTA. The parties hereto recognize and agree that some benefits and terms and conditions of employment provided by the Employer may exceed those available to similarly situated employees of the GCRTA. In the Event the Employer no longer contractually provides transit services with GCRTA, all terms and conditions of employment shall be negotiated with GCRTA including but not limited to, wages, hours and fringe benefits. The Union, in the event NOMBL is acquired by GCRTA shall have all rights afforded to employees in ORC 306 as well as any other Sta.te or Federal Law conferring protection on transit employees, as well as the rights set forth herein. It is further mutually understoad by the City of Notth Olmsted and the Union that the City of North Olmsted has no present plans to divest itself of the North Oimsted Municipal Bus Line. Should the City of North Olmsted in the future divest itself of the bus line, the following actions sha11 take place: A. The City of North Olmsted sha.ll notify the AFSCME Ohio Council8 and AFSCME Local 3517, NOMBL in writing, as soon as practicabte of such divestiture, but in no event will the notice be sent later than seven days after the six (6) month period provided for in Section 26.2 of the Running Agreement between the GCRTA and the City. B. The City of North Olmsted shall contact the GCRTA to request negotiations start far the acquisition of the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line Employees, and inform and keep informed the Union. C. Those employee.s not hired by the GCRTA shali immediately be paid all accruei vacation and holiday pay and be placed on priority hiring list that will be started by the City with the assistance of the Union and will remain in effect for two (2) years; excluding, however, any and all positions where the original appointments are required to be filled by Civil Service competitive testing as weli as any position that is considered to be supervisory in nature. Section 30.04 The Employer may continue to subcontract work for the NOMBL, as long as it does not cause lay-off or reduction in the NOMBL work force. Section 30.05 In the event that the Emptoyer ceases, in whole or in part, to provide transit services and sells, assigns, leases or otherwise transfers all or part of the work covered by this agreement, or in the event GCRTA makes a similar decision such that the Employer ceases to provide transit services, then the Employer shall notify the Unian, in writing; as soon as the City becomes aware. The use of the work "part" above shall not inctude schedule adjustments, route modifications or cancellatiuns, because of changing ridership demographics. 27