Common use of Proposed Changes Clause in Contracts

Proposed Changes. As the Union states, the current language was added into the Contract just during the last negotiations. At that time, Officers in certain categories, such as the Evidence Technicians, were having difficulty getting vacation time. According to the testimony, some Officers signed up for paid on call to cover problems which might develop when only one ET was available. Fortunately there was no indication that a crime scene had not been properly covered because of unavailable technicians. The on call costs because of low ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ were not specified. Without identifying any particular changes in circumstances from 2004 when the Parties reviewed staffing and agreed to minimum numbers of Officers who would be allowed off at any one time, the evidence showed that serious ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ problems exist as a consequence of vacation selections. The City would resolve such problems by the designation of available weeks for vacation through adoption of a percentage formula19. They assert that use of the percentage approach would facilitate changes in the numbers of Officers permitted off duty for vacations when there are changes in staffing - additions of subtractions. The Union asserts that the City has failed to justify the changes they seek. According to the testimony, in Evidence there are three Officers on days, three work afternoons and one midnights. Under present language, two are allowed off afternoons and days – 66% of the workforce can be off. The vacation entitlements of the incumbent Officers were not shown. However, as of December 2007, there had been 94 days when first shift Evidence had only one Officer working and eleven days when there were no Officers working. Second shift Evidence had 90 days with only one Officer at work and thirteen days without any Officers present. Were the Aurora percent proposal rounded to the nearest whole number and used to determine the number that may be off, at least one person in Evidence would be allowed off each week. As mentioned, currently, a minimum of two Evidence Officers may be off.