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<br />assigned to Suppression, the City will then <br />hire to a staffing level of 201 permanent <br />employees assigned to Suppression. <br />. July 1,2007 through June 30,2008: When the <br />staffing level reaches 198 permanent employees <br />assigned to Suppression, the City will then <br />hire to a staffing level of 204 permanent <br />employees assigned to Suppression. <br /> <br />In the event there is a change in the deployment of <br />apparatus, the City will increase staffing levels <br />to support this deployment. <br /> <br />For purposes of this Agreement, the City agrees to <br />maintain the following deployment levels on duty <br />daily: 15 Captains, 15 Engineers, 34 Firefighters <br />or Firefighter/Paramedics, and 6 Staff Captains. <br />The City and Association agree that deployment <br />levels may be affected by the lack of an <br />eligibility list for Fire Engineer and/or Fire <br />Captain. <br /> <br />2. If, due to budget overruns or revenue shortfalls <br />budget appropriations are insufficient to fund the <br />minimum staffing level during the term of this <br />Agreement, then this provision of the Agreement is <br />subject to being reopened for negotiation. <br /> <br />9.6 Incremental Usage. Time off with pay to compensate for <br />overtime worked may be taken in increments as small as one <br />hour for employees assigned to regular 40-hour and special <br />42-hour (average) work schedules and three hours for 24- <br />hour shift personnel. <br /> <br />9.7 Excess Usage. If compensatory time off is used in excess <br />of that available, such excess compensatory time off will, <br />first, be deducted from any available vacation benefits <br />(in whole hours only, since vacation hours are not <br />recorded in fractions); and finally, deducted from the <br />next scheduled wage or salary payment. <br /> <br />9.8 No Effect on Other Benefits. Overtime work shall not <br />apply to the earning of employee benefits (retirement, <br />holidays, vacation accrual, sick leave accrual and <br />employee insurance benefits), toward the completion of the <br />probationary period, or to progression within a salary <br />rate range. <br /> <br />9.9 Advance Compensation for Overtime. Time off with pay as <br />compensation for overtime may not be granted or taken in <br /> <br />45 <br />