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6. RELIEF POSITIONS a. Two Sergeants will be designated as Relief Supervisors. • One Sergeant will be required to work Schedule A -Night Watch. This will be designated as the"home shift". • One Sergeant will be required to work Schedule B -Night Watch("home shift"). b. All but two Officer Positions assigned to work Schedule B -Night Watch will be designated as Relief Officers. c. All Relief Positions may be moved from their"home shifts"to fill shift vacancies on Schedule A or Schedule B. • Schedule adjustments shall be made in a manner that will not conflict with an employee's scheduled Annual Vacation, Paid Time Off, or days off that are adjacent to scheduled time off. d. The Department will make every effort to provide as much advance notice as possible; however, a minimum of 72-hours advance notice will be provided to the Relief employees prior to an adjustment from their"home shifts"(see Section 4 of this Side Letter). • Adjustments from Night Watch to Morning Watch on Schedule B are exempt from the 72-hour notice requirement outlined in Section 4 of this Side Letter. 7. MAXIMUM HOURS WORKED a. In the event an employee is required to work beyond his/her normal shift,the employee shall not be required to work more than 15.5 consecutive hours. b. The Department shall endeavor to provide employees with a minimum of eight hours off between shifts. c. Maximum hours worked and minimum hours off are subject to change at the discretion of the Police Chief based upon organizational need as a result of emergencies, disasters and major incidents. 8. VACATION SIGN UPS a. Only one Patrol Officer at a time will be granted Annual Vacation/Paid Time Off on each watch. b. Only one Patrol Sergeant at a time will be granted Annual Vacation/Paid Time Off on Schedule A and one on Schedule B. c. Employees may sign up for leave equal to one year of annual vacation accrual (maximum of five weeks). d. Leave will be accounted for on an hour for hour basis. Thus, absence on a 10-hour day will require 10 hours of vacation leave and absence on a 12.5-hour day will require 12.5 hours of vacation leave. e. Employees may sign up for vacation leave on their required training days; however, they are required to meet the training requirements. f. When signing up for vacation leave,employees are required to sign up for at least a block of days equivalent to their work week. • Employees working Schedule A are required to sign up for a minimum of four consecutive days off, from Monday to Thursday. • Employees working Schedule B are required to sign up for a minimum of three consecutive days off, from Friday to Saturday. 32