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the Police Chief or his designee. 207(k) 9/81 Work Schedule. Employees shall work 81 hours in a consecutive 14 day, 336 hour period. This cycle shall be repeated twice each 28 day FLSA Work Period. Employees shall work five (5) nine hour workdays in one (1) seven (7) day span and four (4) nine hour workdays in the second seven (7) day span. Each nine hour workday shall consist of nine (9) hours of work and either a 30 minute or one (1) hour unpaid meal period. While assigned to the 9/81 schedule, an officer shall earn two (2) hours of overtime during each 28 day FLSA Work Period, unless he or she takes leave without pay during the 28 day, 672 hour period. 3. During the term of this agreement upon request from the City, the Union agrees to a reopener to discuss changes to the schedules listed above. 3.3 Part Time Employment. During the term of this MOU, no presently existing full-time positions will be eliminated as the result of the use of part-time employee(s) and, to the extent possible, when the workload of any one or more part-time employee(s) would justify the addition of a full-time position or positions, the parties will meet and confer regarding the addition of a full-time position or positions, subject to City Council approval. 3.4 Code Seven. Except for those employees assigned to Patrol, other employees who do not receive a paid meal period whose meal periods are interrupted by the performance of job related duties, will receive another full, uninterrupted meal period or will be compensated for their meal period at their overtime rate of pay at time and one-half their regular rate of pay. For purposes of this section, "interrupted" shall mean a significant interruption of more than a few minutes (de minimis). For employees who receive a one-hour lunch period (half of which is paid) overtime compensation shall apply only to the unpaid half- hour. Unless exigent circumstances exist beyond the Department's control, employees assigned to Patrol shall be provided a 30 minute paid meal period. Should an employee's meal period be interrupted, every effort shall be made to allow the affected employee to resume his/her meal period for the remaining unused time, not to exceed the 30 minute total meal period. 3.5 Detective Redeployment All employees assigned as detectives (investigators) shall work one (1) day per month in the patrol function of the Field Operations Bureau pursuant to a schedule as determined by the Chief of Police or his designee. Once each calendar year the Chief of Police shall conduct a review of the organization of the Police Department to determine whether positions and assignments currently in the Investigations Bureau represent a deployment of resources that best enables the department to provide police services to the city. The Chief of Police may, as a result of this review, remove positions and assignments