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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
AND THE PORT ORCHARD POLICE GUILD
The City of Port Orchard ("City") and the Port Orchard Police Guild representing Police
Officers and Sergeants ("Guild") enter into this Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU")
regarding the determination of seniority in the 2025-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement
("CBA") negotiated between the parties.
WHEREAS, the CBA provides seniority rules but does not specify a tiebreaking method
for employees who share the same start date; and
WHEREAS, a tiebreaking method is not provided for in the Port Orchard Police Civil
Service Rules or the City's personnel policies; and
WHEREAS, two or more bargaining unit employees may begin employment on the same
date, thus creating the need for a mutually agreed -upon method for determining relative seniority;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to establish a clear, consistent, and fair method for
determining seniority in such situations;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City and the Guild agree as follows:
1. Article 16.1 of the CBA is hereby amended as follows:
Layoffs shall be made in the following order: (1) temporary or provisional employees
and then (2) regular employees by inverse order of seniority by rank. Seniority is
defined as the employee's most recent date of hire into their current rank: provided that
if two or more employees have the same date of hire, seniority will be determined by
the employee's rank on the Civil Service eligibility for hire list. If the employees are
hired from two different lists, (e.g. lateral versus entry level) ,seniority will determined
in the following order: lateral, certified, entry. In the event of the layoff of a Sergeant,
the Sergeant will revert to the Officer rank and the least senior Officer will be laid off.
2. This LOA is effective when signed by both parties and shall be retroactive to January
1, 2026.
No modification to this Memorandum of Understanding is valid unless in writing and signed by
both parties.
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD PORT ORCHARD POLICE GUILD
Signed by: Signed by:
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Mayor Rob Putaansuu Mike Miulli, President
4/22/2026 3/25/2026
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