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City of San Marcos/Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Water Treatment Facilities Service Contract Article VI - Management and Operation change to the Operation and Maintenance Manual is made, to be reviewed and approved in accordance with the procedures described in this Section. Such updates shall not diminish the standards set forth in the initial Operation and Maintenance Manual. Notwithstanding any such review and approval by and discussion with the City, the Operation and Maintenance Manual shall remain at all times the responsibility of the Authority. Neither the review of or approval by, nor the failure of the City to review, comment on, or approve the Operation and Maintenance Manual shall relieve the Authority of any of its responsibilities under this Service Contract. (C) Supplements for Capital Modifications. The Authority shall prepare supplements and revisions to the Operation and Maintenance Manual which are required due to the design, construction and installation of Capital Modifications. Such supplements and revisions shall be provided, reviewed and approved in the same manner as provided in this Section with respect to the initial Operation and Maintenance Manual. The cost and expense of all such supplements and revisions shall be bome by the Authority, except with respect to suppIements and revisions necessitated by Capital Modifications directed by the City or required by a Change in Law or other Uncontrollable Circumstance. SECTION 6.7. DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE. (A) Authority Emplovment of Designated Emplovee. The Authority shall provide full-time, regular employment to the Designated Employee if he elects to accept such employment, to be effective as of the Commencement Date. The Authority's provision of employment will be effectuated subject to the Authority's standard drug and alcohol screening, and background checks. The Authority may also require the Designated Employee to participate in standard health, competency and other tests required of all new employees as long as such tests and evaluations are not used to disqualify the Designated Employee from initial employment. The Authority acknowledges that the City intends to discontinue its employment of the Designated Employee and transfer the Designated Employee to the Authority on the Commencement Date. The City acknowledges and agrees that the Authority is an "at will employer" and that the Designated Employee will be subject to the policies, procedures and programs applicable to all Authority employees. (B) Wages and Benefits of Designated Emplovee. The Authority's offer of empIoyment to the Designated Employee shall include (1) wages which in the aggregate, are equal to or better than the wages provided by the City to the Designated Employee as of the Contract Date, and (2) personnel, pension and/or retirement savings benefits the value of which, in the aggregate, are substantially equivalent to the value of the personnel, pension or retirement savings benefits provided by the City to the Designated Employee as of the Contract Date. For purposes of this Subsection 6.7(B), the City acknowledges that the Authority's current personnel benefits, and pension and retirement savings plans as summarized on Appendix 5 are "substantially equivalent" to those provided by the City. 38