Committee Process. 24 Before the Director implements changes in the policies listed in Section 2, the 25 affected policy shall be distributed through the system used to distribute Departmental 1 policies, indicating the revisions to be made to the policy. All interested employees shall 2 forward their comments to the Director and the Association President within fourteen 3 (14) days after the policy is distributed. The Committee may meet upon mutual 4 agreement of the Director and the Association President, if they jointly determine that full 5 Committee discussion is necessary. This provision does not preclude the implementation 6 of interim policy changes when the Director determines that the interests of the 7 Department or the public require such changes without delay. After input and 9 policies remains with the Director and it is understood and agreed that the approval of the 10 Committee or the Association is not required for policy changes to be effective.
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