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Ordinanee No. 781 By Mr. Baum,gardner AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COIJDITIONS OF EMPUJYMEIVT FOR h-MPIAYEES OF THE NORTH OLMSTED NNNICIPAL BUS LINE, INCLUDING OPERATING AND NON-0PERATING EW?AYEES. Tr,iHEhEAS this Council desired to establish rules governing the conditions of employment of the employees of t he North 0]lnsted Munici- pal Bus Line; and the purpose of these conditions is to assure adequate and dependable transit service to the public; to provide the employees wi.th working conditions as good as may be reasonably possible; to protect the interest of the employer and the Public; to provide a procedure for ad- justing grievances or disputes arisi.ng from or pertaining to the employment on the North Olmsted Municipal Bus line; to prescribe wnrking conditions for employees; and to set forth narious other provisions relative to the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of the employer and the employees; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of North Olmsted, State of Ohio: Section l. For the purpose of discussing and conferring with respect to any matter which concerns the employer-employee relationship, but subject to such other eonditions, rules and provi.sions of law as may be properly applicable thereto, the Transportation Comnittee of Council.will meet witil the duly elected Committee of Employees of the North 0]msted Municipal Bus Li.ne. Section 2. Any employee to whom these conditions are applicable who feels aggrieved because he has been diseharged or suspended by the em- ployer or because of what he believes is a misapplication or misconstruction of the terms or i.ntent of the conditions of employment herein provided for, may proceed in the following manner: a. Grievances shall be presented for adjustment immediately but in no event more than ten days after the happening complained of. b. An employee ma,;, present a gri.evance personally or through the Committee of the hnployees Group to the Mayor, who shall refer the same to the Transportation Coannittee of Council for a heari.ng. This ma,y be done orally or in writing. The Mayor will inform the Commi.ttee or employee when the Transportation Committee will hear the complaint or grievance and everar effort will be made to settle grievar.ces as soon as possible. After the Transportation Comm,ittee has heard the grievances, if said Comm.ittee is unable to settle the matter, the same shall be referred to Council for its action at the next regular meeting. The N a.yc?r shall have the right to i.ntervene in any dispute between the Committee of the Enployees Group and the Council if he deems it desirable or necessary in the interest of the Village. Section 3. SENIORITY. The men longegt in continuous service shall have the first choice of runs and so on down the list until all runs have been filled. The right of selection of runs will be granted to drivers every three months and the driver shall have the right to make the selection of his run i.n accordance with his seniority standing as provi.ded above, with exception of emergency schedules. Any extra trips shall be given out according to the seniority of the available drivers. All regular schedules will be posted at least five days before going into effect, whenever possible, in order to give each driver the opportunity to determine the run which he desires. Vacancies shall be filled on the first of each mpnth. When a driver has been granted a leave of absence for thirty days or more, there shall irrmediate]Yy be granted a move-up on that particu- lar run, or in caxe of siclrness where it is apparent that the employee will be off for a period of thirty days or more, there shall be granted a mpve-up on