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Agreement is to be laid off, receive a reduction in hours worked, or receive a loss <br />in pay due to said contracting out, the City shall provide the Union reasonable <br />notice of the decision to contract out, will meet with the Union upon the Union's <br />request over the impact of the decision to contract out and will consider <br />reasonable alternatives provided by the Union. <br />22.2 If the City determines to contemporaneously replace employees covered by this <br />Agreement with contract workers to perform the same work under similar <br />circumstances, it will expeditiously notify the Union of its intentions. Upon <br />request by the Union the City will schedule meetings with the Union leadership to <br />discuss this objective and give the Union the opportunity to present information <br />before any final decision. The City and Union leadership agree to commence <br />meeting when practicable for a period not to exceed forty-five days, unless <br />mutually agreed to meet longer. At the end of the agreed upon time and if the <br />parties have not achieved satisfactory resolution, the issues will be resolved <br />according to the City's Employer-Employee Relations Resolution (Resolution No. <br />81-75). <br />22.3 Notwithstanding Section 22.1 and /or Section 22.2 hereof, if any bargaining unit <br />member is laid off as a result of a decision by the City to contract out work, the <br />City shall make a reasonable effort to cause the affected employee(s) to become <br />employed by the company or entity with which the City contracted for the <br />applicable services. <br />22.4 It is the hope of the City not to separate any employee(s) from employment <br />because of a reduction in the work force or work week during the term of this <br />Agreement. However, circumstances arising during this Agreement may require <br />such separation(s). In that event, the City will provide reasonable notice to the <br />Union of the details of the separation(s) in order to meet and exchange <br />information, opinions and proposals regarding the consequence(s) of the <br />separation(s) on the employee(s). This provision in not intended to be a waiver of <br />any other rights the parties may have under this Agreement. <br />22.5 The principles of seniority (length of service) shall govern layoffs as described <br />herein, except in the event that more than one employee has the same seniority <br />date, in which case performance also shall be considered. The City's <br />determination of performance shall not be arbitrary or capricious in nature. Any <br />dispute over the application of the principles outlined in this Article XXII shall be <br />subject to the grievance procedure. <br />A. Classification seniority is defined as length of service in the classification, <br />and shall begin on the first date worked by the employee in that <br />classification. Whenever a position within a classification is to be <br />eliminated, resulting in the layoff of an employee, seniority shall govern <br />the order of layoff. The employee with the lowest seniority in the affected <br />classification shall be laid off first. <br />7