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County Administrator's Recommendation Exhibit L <br />ARTICLE 19 <br />SHIFT EXCHANGE <br />19.01 Effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County <br />approval of this Agreement, Eemployees may exchange shifts up to a maximum of ten <br />(10) shifts or partial shifts of four (4) hours or more and four (4) partial shifts less than <br />four (4) hours each fiscal year when the change does not interfere with the operations of the <br />Fire Department, and when prior approval is granted at the discretion of the Emergency <br />Services Director or his designee . Each shift or partial shift <br />exchange shall be considered an occurrence. Shift or partial shift exchanges are limited <br />to no more than 3 occurrences consecutively regardless of the fiscal year they would <br />occur. Any leave contemplated under this agreement taken between shift exchanges <br />shall be considered an occurrence towards the 3 consecutive limit, but not towards the <br />fiscal year total, under this section. Chit forms or any other method authorized by the <br />Emergency Services Director shall be used for this purpose. <br />19.02 The exchanging employees shall both be of equal classification, including solo <br />paramedic per section 33.10, and out -of -rank eligible. Deviations from this provision <br />may only be approved by the Emergency Services Director or his designee in his sole <br />discretion. Any such approval shall be on a case by case basis and shall not establish a <br />past practice when considering future requests. <br />19.03 The submitted request for a shift exchange shall indicate the shift date that each <br />employee will work for each other, and the dates shall be within the same fiscal year <br />unless a longer period is approved by the Emergency Services Director or his designee. <br />Failure to provide this information will result in the shift exchange being immediately <br />disqualified for consideration. <br />67 <br />