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Section 6. Hours of Work, Shift & Station Assignments 6.1 Work Schedule The work schedule shall consist of nine (9) twenty-four (24) hour on-duty periods within a twenty-seven (27) day cycle to be worked in accordance with the following chart: X = 24 hour on-duty period O = 24 hour off-duty period XOXOXOOOOXOXOXOOOOXOXOXOOOO 6.2 Exchanges of On-Duty Time Exchanges of on-duty time shall be permitted between employees of the same rank. Exchanges of on-duty time shall not be granted in cases that result in financial liability to the City. Requests for exchanges of on-duty time shall be submitted on the proper form to employee's immediate supervisor and shall include both signatures of the people involved and their immediate supervisor. There shall be no limit to the number of exchanges per month. The employees involved in the exchange shall make arrangements for the pay back of time. 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments Shift and station openings and assignments shall be filled on the basis of seniority. Said openings and assignments shall be posted on all station bulletin boards and be open for bid to the entire department. Normal station rotation shall be once per year. Lieutenants will rotate from station #1 to station #2 to station #3, in that sequence unless mutually agreed upon. Firefighter rotation will be from station #1 to station #2 or to station #3 unless mutually agreed upon. Firefighters will not be excluded from normal rotation for more than two (2) years unless mutually agreed upon. New employees shall be assigned to station #1 and fall into rotation after completion of their probationary period. Mutuals are agreements between employees of the same rank to change shifts and station assignments. Mutuals shall be considered trades between the employees involved. There shall be no limit on the number of mutuals except that if an employee through mutuals remains at the same station for more than two (2) years the Fire Chief may temporarily transfer the employee for the purposes of training to another station for a period not to exceed ten (10) shifts. Section 7. Overtime Employees who are required to work after completion of their regular shift or are required to work to fill a shift outside his/her regular duty shift shall be entitled to overtime compensation for all hours so worked; provided, however, that the overtime rate shall be computed at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay in thirty (30) minute increments as follows: -6-