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2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full-Time Employees Unit Page 70 <br />ARTICLE XV <br />15.0 SAFETY <br />15.1 Safety Shoes/Boots <br />A. The City agrees to pay up to three hundred dollars ($300) per fiscal year per <br />employee, for the purchase and/or repair of approved safety shoes/boots. <br />The option of purchase and/or repair shall be at the sole discretion of each <br />employee. <br />The employee may purchase their safety shoes/boots from either a City approved <br />vendor or any outside vendor of their choice. <br />B. Employees will be allowed to use this allowance to purchase insoles or other <br />shoe/boot related accessories. <br />C. Code Enforcement employees who are regularly assigned to work involving <br />confiscation or retrieval of evidence or who must regularly enter dangerous or <br />abandoned properties will be eligible for a safety shoe/boot allowance. Code <br />Enforcement employees will be allowed to use this allowance to purchase uniform <br />shirts, as approved by the department manager or their designee. <br />D. All safety shoes/boots purchased under this program must have steel reinforced <br />toes, insteps and bear the official stamp of approval from the American National <br />Standards Institute (ANSI). <br />E. If a particular classification is designated by the Executive Director of Human <br />Resources or designee as requiring its incumbents to wear safety shoes/boots, then <br />it will be mandatory for all incumbents of that classification to wear the type of <br />safety shoes/boots (boot or low-quarter) deemed to be appropriate by the <br />Department Head. <br />Some exemptions may be allowed, on a case-by-case basis, depending on the type <br />and amount of exposure to hazardous conditions in a particular position and subject <br />to the approval or disapproval of the Executive Director of Human Resources or <br />designee. <br />F. The procedure necessary to be followed for the implementation and operation of <br />this program shall be in accordance with the existing policies and procedures as <br />previously established by the City.