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22.4 Contracting Out If it is decided to contract out work currently being performed by employees of this bargaining unit and it is projected that no employee covered by this MOU is to be laid off, receive a reduction in hours worked, or receive a loss in pay due to said contracting out, the City shall provide the Union reasonable notice of the decision to contract out, will meet with the Union upon the Union's request over the impact of the decision to contract out and will consider reasonable alternatives provided by the Union. If the City determines to replace employees covered by this MOU with contract workers to perform the same work Linder similar circumstances, it will expeditiously notify the Union of its intentions. Upon request by the Union the City will schedule meetings with the Union leadership to discuss this objective and give the Union the opportunity to present information before any final decision. The City and Union leadership agree to commence meeting with each other when practicable for a period not to exceed forty-five days, unless mutually agreed to meet longer. At the end of the agreed upon time and if the parties have not achieved satisfactory resolution, the issues will be resolved according to the City's Employer -Employee Relations Resolution (Resolution No. 81-75). Notwithstanding the above paragraph, if any bargaining unit member is laid off as a result of a decision by the City to contract out work, the City shall make a reasonable effort to cause the affected employee(s) to become employed by the company or entity with which the City contracted for the applicable services. Prior to bringing any requests for proposal (RPP) to the City Council which would result in the contracting out of bargaining unit work, and prior to any such requests being issued seeking such proposals, the parties agree to the following: A. The City will inform SEIU in writing of its intent to submit such request to the City Council for approval. B. The City will inform SEIU in the same writing of its right to request to meet to discuss the proposed RFP prior to bringing it to the City Council or seeking such proposals to give SEIU the opportunity to discuss its position regarding the RFP with the City. C. The City agrees to meet with SEIU (at its request) at least twice within 20 working days of the written notification of the REP to consider SEIU's positions regarding the REP. The City agrees that upon mutual agreement of the parties, it will agree to meet more than twice prior to bringing the RFP to the City Council and upon mutual agreement may agree to give SEIU more than 20 working days in which to conduct the meetings with the City representatives. 25B-70