It is hereby agreed that this agreement will allow for supplemental agreements which may be entered into to address specific and unique situations at a college of technology. All supplemental agreements require the approval of a majority of the bargaining unit employees at the college of technology which is covered by the supplemental and approval of the appropriate Dean, Chancellor, and President. The Commissioner of Higher Education and the President of VTEM shall be sent a copy of the supplemental agreement after campus, Chancellor, and President approval. The failure of the Commissioner or the VTEM President to give written notice to the Dean of the disapproval of the supplemental agreement within the time frames provided herein shall constitute approval of the supplemental agreement. If either the Commissioner or the VTEM President disapproves the supplemental agreement, they must give reasons for their disapproval.
All supplemental agreements terminate upon expiration of the statewide agreement.
In all cases the specific provisions of the supplemental agreement prevail over the general provisions of the statewide agreement. Each college of technology has the option to choose to form an independent bargaining unit or may choose to join the bargaining unit on the affiliated four-year campus. Such option may be invoked upon the approval of a majority of the bargaining unit employees at the affected college of technology and approval of the appropriate Dean, Chancellor, and President. It is understood that the bargaining unit at the four-year campus may also need to concur with a proposed merger.