WHEREAS - Watsonville California

Side Letter between City of Watsonville and Watsonville POA
Whereas, a staffing shortage in the POA has resulted in unfilled patrol positions and
mandatory overtime for the patrol division; and
Whereas, the City and the POA desire to utilize an alternative 3/12 schedule for the patrol
division on a temporary basis.
Now therefore, the parties agree as follow:
1. Section 9.3.1 of the MOU pertaining to 4/10 shifts for patrol will be replaced with
the following 3/12 schedule for the term of this side letter.
2. Beginning November 4, 2007, the patrol division shall work a 12 hour schedule,
with 3 days of work one week and 4 days of work the following week as follows:
Week S M T W TH F S
1 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
2 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
3 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
4 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
The starting times for the morning shift will be 6 am. If the Chief of
Police determines that for operational needs, that another starting time
other than 6 am is appropriate, the Chief of Police will work with the
Association to determine that starting time.
3. The work period shall be 7 days, with 4 hours of overtime built into the schedule
per pay period.
4. Instead of Holiday days off, employees shall receive an amount equivalent to 104
hours of straight time pay per calendar year of the agreement. This amount shall
be paid in equal payments. Any amount of holiday pay owing for 2007 shall be
paid to employees per the previous sentence above or credited to the employees as
accrued leave time.
5. Shifts will continue to be assigned pursuant to MOU section 9.3.3
6. Training days will be suspended during the period of the 3/12 schedule. Training
will be accomplished during regularly scheduled shifts.
7. Rest time between scheduled shifts and court duty shall continue to be managed
between the officer and their Lieutenant pursuant to current practice.
3-12 POA Side Letter 2009-2012 Draft
5/21/2009 12:38 PM
Exhibit "A"
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