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g. Employees may sign up to take their relief days off, as long as they meet their <br /> training requirement. <br /> h. Exhibit B of the MOU (Annual Vacation Sign Up and Shift/Assignment Bid), <br /> Sections 7, 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 <br /> least 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 <br /> and end times and scheduled days off to accommodate training, injuries, workload, <br /> emergencies,personnel-related actions (including accommodating employees <br /> placed on Performance Improvement Plans), etc. If such a change is necessary, <br /> every effort will be made to seek employees who volunteer to make the change. <br /> Otherwise, the Department will implement changes to impact employees in "reverse <br /> seniority"order. <br /> c. To ensure adequate canine coverage, a Canine Officer is required to work on Team <br /> 5 (Schedule B -Night Watch). The remaining two Canine Officers may select from <br /> Teams 1, 2 and 3 (Schedule A -Day,Night and Morning Watch, respectively). <br /> However, each Team may have only one Canine Officer serving at a time. <br /> d. Staffing of Patrol Teams has priority over collateral assignment training <br /> opportunities (i.e. SWAT, CNT, K-9, etc.). However,the Department will strive to <br /> accommodate organizational training requirements when feasible. <br /> e. Should the need arise for a Field Training Officer(FTO) on one of the six Teams, <br /> the Police Chief shall implement a temporary reassignment to meet the <br /> Department's training needs. <br /> f. An employee's schedule may be suspended and replaced by a "5/8"work schedule <br /> to accommodate formalized training courses, military leave, modified duty, etc. <br /> occurring in any portion of one or more pay periods. <br /> g. The following Sections of Exhibit C of the MOU(Seniority Shift Sign Up Program) <br /> are not applicable under the terms of this Side Letter: <br /> • Process - Sections 2, 3 and 5 <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 /> 11. TERMINATION OF TEAM BASED HYBRID SCHEDULE <br /> a. If the TBHS does not meet the needs of either the Department or the PPOA, the <br /> Police Chief shall order a return to the existing 4/10 schedule as previously <br /> identified in MOU Section 28.3, and provide 45 days of advance notice prior to the <br /> start of a shift cycle to allow for seniority shift sign-up. <br /> 33 <br />