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ARTICLE 9 AVAILABILITY 9.1 All County employees are subject to call back and as such shall keep the County informed of their address and telephone number, if they have a phone. If the employee has no telephone, it shall be the employee's responsibility to provide another means of communication which will provide access within 15 minutes. 9.2 All employees being paid for stand-by must maintain availability during such stand-by period. Employees who do not answer a page during such stand-by status shall be subject to disciplinary action and will not receive payment for the designated stand-by period. 9.3 The parties recognize that the employees covered by this agreement are essential to the successful operations of County facilities and services during a declared emergency. As such, the parties agree that as a condition of these employees' employment with Indian River County, they must be available and able to report to work and perform assigned duties as directed by management during a declared emergency. The failure to report to work and/or perform assigned duties as directed by management during a declared emergency may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment with Indian River County. 9.4 The County will attempt to provide employees as much notice as possible that they will be required to work during the declared emergency. It is the responsibility of employees to heed advance warnings of potential emergencies and prepare for the possibility of a declared emergency outside of normal working hours by securing their property and making an emergency plan for their family members. Employees who will be required to report for duty during a declared emergency, who may need time away from work to secure their property prior to reporting for duty before the event, may request paid vacation leave or unpaid leave of up to 4 hours. The County will attempt where able under the circumstances to approve time off unless there is an emergent staffing need preventing approval. After the event, the County will attempt, where able under the circumstances, to release employees who were required to work through the event from duty to secure their families and personal property. If nonessential employees are released from duty with pay in response to a forecasted threat or actual County -declared emergency, bargaining unit employees who are required to complete their shift shall be paid for the remainder of their normally scheduled shift at two (2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked during the same time period that the nonessential employees are not required to work. Employees who are required to work beyond the end of their normal shift during the declared emergency shall be paid one and one half (1 '/2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked Nothing herein prevents the County, on an event -by -event basis and in its discretion, from paying employees required to work during declared emergencies more than one and one half (1 1/2) times their regular rate of pay. 10