086-22 - Port Orchard Police Guild-Patrol Officer - Contract Amendment MOU 3Memorandum of Understanding
Amended to the AGREEMENT by and between
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
and
PORT ORCHARD POLICE GUILD
(Representing Patrol Officer Employees) dated
January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024
THIS AMENDMENT is supplemental to the AGREEMENT by and between the CITY OF
PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON (the "City") and the PORT ORCHARD POLICE
GUILD (the "Guild") (representing Patrol Officer Employees), dated January 1, 2022 through
December 31, 2024.
WHEREAS, the Agreement between the City and the Guild was signed by both parties
on June 15, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the process for accrual of vacation leave was changed as a result of the
implementation of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the conversion of the former vacation leave accrual system into the new
vacation leave accrual system resulted in some employees having large vacation leave balances;
and
WHEREAS, the number of vacancies in the Police Department has resulted in some staff
having difficulty arranging vacation time off, and
WHEREAS, both parties have an interest in removing language in the Agreement related
to taking 5 consecutive days of leave; and
WHEREAS, both parties have agreed that it is in the best interest of both the City and the
Guild to allow employees some additional time to use their paid vacation leave on a one-time non-
precedential basis; and
WHEREAS, allowing employees to rollover a larger than usual amount of vacation into
2023 should allow those employees to adequately plan and take enough paid vacation time by the
end of 2023 to return to the previously determined carryover limit;
NOW THEREFORE, the City and the Guild agree as follows:
1. On a one-time, non -precedent setting basis, employees may carry over a maximum of
three hundred and eighty (380) hours of accrued vacation from December 31, 2022 to
January 1, 2023.
2. This MOU does not alter the limits on payment of accrued vacation upon separation of
employment.
3. The parties agree to amend the Agreement by removing Article 11.2 on the effective
date of this MOU. Article 11.2 states: "Each employee must use at least one week (five
(5) consecutive days) leave each year for a vacation purpose." The remainder of Article
11 will be renumbered when the Agreement reopens for negotiations.
4. This MOU is effective when signed by both parties. This MOU does not establish a
past practice and may not be used or cited by either party as precedent in any future
dispute between the parties.
PORT ORCHARD POLICE GUILD
An ew Brandon, President
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CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
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