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ARTICLE 9 <br />RULES AND REGULATIONS <br />9.01 Employees shall observe the District Personnel Rules and Regulations and Standard <br />Operating Procedures and amendments thereto, except that the disciplinary action appeals <br />procedures contained in Sections 18.04 C (2)-(4) and 18.05, third paragraph forward, of the <br />District Personnel Rules and Regulations shall not apply to bargaining unit employees. <br />Failure of employees to comply with these rules and procedures may result in disciplinary <br />actions pursuant to the above cited rules and regulations. <br />9.02 The Employer has the right to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees for <br />just cause. <br />9.03 Should the Employer exercise its right to amend or modify the Department Personnel Rules <br />and Regulations or Standard Operating Procedures, a courtesy copy of any such new (or <br />amended) rule, regulation, policy, or procedure shall be mailed or delivered to the Union at <br />least ten (10) business days prior to implementation. Nothing herein shall restrict the <br />Employer from implementing any new (or amended) rule, regulation, policy, or procedure <br />prior to the expiration often (10) business days if operational necessity requires such earlier <br />implementation. The union shall have the right to bargain over the negotiable impacts ofthe <br />exercise ofthe employer's rights prior to implementation in accordance with applicable law. <br />9.04 It shall be the Employer's and Union's duty to see that all bargaining unit members are issued <br />a current set ofthe applicable Rules and Regulations and Standard Operating Procedures and <br />future amendments. Copies of additional sets will be at the expense of the employee <br />requesting them. <br />9.05 Bargaining unit employees shall immediately notify the Emergency Services Director when <br />an information has been filed by a prosecuting official against him/her, when indicted by a <br />Grand Jury, or when arrested, for any offense or violation of law. The Emergency Services <br />Director shall determine if it is in the best interests of the County to: <br />1) Retain the employee in his/her regular position; and/or <br />10 <br />