Outside employment shall require prior discussion with an appropriate superior. No employee shall, during non-duty hours, be engaged in any employment activity or enterprise which is incompatible or in conflict with his/her duties with the Town. Such employment may be curtailed or terminated by the appropriate department head or Town Manager if, in his/her judgment, such employment hinders the employee in the impartial or efficient performance of his/her duties. In any event, no employee shall fail to appear for a mandatory work assignment or shift due to conflicting outside employment or business commitments.
A. 
Town employees may not leave their primary duties with the Town to respond to an emergency service call if the following conditions exist:
(1) 
The employee is engaged in an activity also emergency in nature, such as, but not limited to, winter snowplowing, sanding or snow removal, police enforcement or dispatching.
(2) 
The employee is engaged in a critical work activity whereby his/her leaving would endanger life and limb or leave the Town and/or a fellow employee in a negligible and liable position.
(3) 
The employee is the sole person on duty other than the Highway Foreman or Supervisor.
(4) 
The employee, by leaving, would leave another member of the work force at a remote location without transportation or other essential support.
(5) 
The employee is working beyond Hooper Sands Road and could not respond in a reasonable amount of time. If the employee is beyond Hooper Sands Road and a second tone is sounded indicating no one is available to respond with the emergency vehicle, the employee may respond. However, if the emergency vehicle responds before the employee reaches the station, the employee will return to work. If the employee is beyond Hooper Sands Road and a second tone is sounded indicating a structure fire, the employee may respond so long as no conditions listed herein exist.
B. 
If the employee responds to an emergency call and he is not needed, the employee will return to work.
C. 
No more than 20% of the work force may leave at any one time to respond to an emergency call.
D. 
In all situations, the employee's supervisor may use his/her discretion based upon the immediate circumstances to restrict the employee from responding or to allow the employee to respond to an emergency call.
E. 
Personnel absent from duty for one hour or less due to responding to an emergency call will not lose time for payroll purposes. Employees absent from duty in excess of one hour will be paid for one hour after departing work to respond to an emergency call and will not be paid for any additional time until they return to work. Under no circumstances will an employee be paid while absent from work to respond to emergency calls during off-duty hours.