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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into this 7th day of April, 2020 by and between Teamsters Local Union No. 769, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation (the "Union") and Indian River County (the "County'). WHEREAS, effective October 1, 2019 the Union and County entered into the current Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") which remains operative through September 30, 2022; and WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020 the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order Number 20- 51 directing the Florida Department of Health to issue a Public Health Emergency due to the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19"); and WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020 the Governor issued Executive Order 20-52 declaring a state of emergency for the entire state of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020 Indian River County declared a local state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 crisis with said declaration being affirmed and continued on March 24, and again on March 31, 2020; and WHEREAS, recently adopted federal legislation titled Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the "Act") requires certain employers including Indian River County to provide their employees with up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19 available from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 ("CV Sick Leave"); and WHEREAS, The Act, in addition to mandating up to 80 hours of CV Sick Leave, requires expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to child care for up to 12 weeks at 66.7% of their equivalent rate of pay ("Expanded Family Leave"); and WHEREAS, Section 9.4 of the CBA requires the County to equalize the compensable hours due employees who are required to work and those employees who are released from duty with pay during a County declared emergency; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the contributions made by employees who are assigned to continue working to provide services to the community during the COVID-19 crisis, the County is providing a benefit beyond what the Act requires by converting any unused CV Sick Leave balance to vacation leave on December 31, 2020; and Now therefore, the Union and County Agree as follows: Section 1. The aforementioned whereas clauses are incorporated herein and given full force and effect. Section 2. The County and the Union agree that that the CV Sick Leave and Expanded Family leave required by the Act are applicable to Indian River County and that all benefits contemplated by the Act expire on December 31, 2020.