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e. Employees may sign up for vacation leave on their required training days;however,they <br /> are required to meet the twining requirements. <br /> f. When signing up for vacation leave,employees are requited to sign up for at least a block <br /> of days equivalent to their work week. <br /> • Employees working Schedule A are required to sign up for a minimum of four <br /> consecutive days off,from Monday to Thursday. <br /> • Employees working Schedule B are required to sign up for a minimum of three <br /> consecutive days off,from Friday to Saturday. <br /> g. Employees may sign up to take their relief days off,as long as they meet their training <br /> requirement. <br /> h. Exhibit B of the MOU(Annual Vacation Sign Up and Shift/Assigoment Bid),Sections 7, <br /> 8 and 9 are not applicable under the terms of this Side Letter. <br /> 9. SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br /> a. Under the TBHS,each employee will be required to move to a different team at least <br /> once every fifth cycle.Employees who fail to meet this requirement may be <br /> administratively assigned to a team by the Police Chief. <br /> b. The Police Chief reserves the right to temporarily change work assignments,start and end <br /> times and scheduled days off to accommodate training,injuries,workload,emergencies, <br /> personnel-related actions(including accommodating employees placed on Performance <br /> Improvement Plans),etc. If such a change is necessary,every effort will be made to seek <br /> employees who volunteer to make the change. Otherwise,the Department will <br /> implement changes to impact employees in"reverse seniority"order. <br /> c. To ensure adequate canine coverage,a Canine Officer is required to work on Team 5 <br /> (Schedule B-Night Watch). The remaining two Canine Officers may select from Teams <br /> 1,2 and 3(Schedule A-Day,Night and Morning Watch,respectively). However,each <br /> Team may have only one Canine Officer serving at a time. <br /> d. Staffing of Patrol Teams has priority over collateral assignment training opportunities <br /> (i.e.SWAT,CNT,K-9,etc.). However,the Department will strive to accommodate <br /> organizational training requirements when feasible. <br /> e. Should the need arise for a Field Training Officer(FTO)on one of the six Teams,the <br /> Police Chief shall implement a temporary reassignment to meet the Department's training <br /> needs. <br /> f. An employee's schedule may be suspended and replaced by a"5/8"work schedule to <br /> accommodate formalized training courses,military leave,modified duty,etc.occurring in <br /> any portion of one or more pay periods. <br /> g. The following Sections of Exhibit C of the MOU(Seniority Shift Sign Up Program)are <br /> not applicable under the terms of this Side Letter: <br /> • Process-Sections 2,3and-S_ <br /> • Special Consideration—Section 1 <br /> 10. EVALUATION <br /> a. The Department will include the PPOA in an evaluation of the TBHS after each cycle <br /> through the January 2015 cycle. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify operational <br /> concerns and assess the overall effectiveness of the schedule. The assessment should <br /> minimally include:adequate staffing levels,productivity,response times,budgetary <br /> impacts,fatigue and morale. <br /> b. The Department will meet with the PPOA to address unforeseen operational issues that <br /> may occur as a result of this agreement. <br /> CP4g <br />