SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (POA) (2010-2011)

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A. The preferable method by which overtime shall be compensated is by monetary payment, at one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay. B. Should the Police Chief determine that the best interests of the City will be served thereby, he or his designee may permit an employee to be compensated for overtime work by earning paid compensatory time off at the rate of one and one- half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay. The employee will be credited with time off at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) hours of time for each hour of overtime worked. This time, hereinafter identified as "comp time" will be accrued in a comp time bank for each employee. The hours in this bank shall reflect the converted time value of each hour worked. 1. Effective January 1, ,2AA~ 2010, employees are limited to the accumulation of ~A 160 hours of comp time. 2. Twice during each calendar year, beginning April 15 and ending April 30 and beginning November 15 and ending November 30, each affected employee who has accrued comp time credits, may elect to convert up to forty (40) hours of such accrued time to the cash equivalent thereof, to a maximum of eighty (80) hours per calendar year. AMENDED ARTICLE IX (new language in bold; deleted provisions lined out) 9.0 HOLIDAYS 9.2 Holiday Leave Benefits. Full-time, permanent and probationary employees covered by this Agreement shall be entitled to receive 96 hours off during the calendar year in lieu of the twelve (12) holidays specified in Section 9.1, supra. Said hours, up to a maximum of 80 hours, may be carried over from one calendar year to the next and shall be cashed out upon separation from employment, not to exceed a maximum of 160 hours. Said Employees required to work on a City observed "legal" holiday shall be paid at his or her straight time rate. However, if an employee who separated from the service of the City has taken time off for holidays in advance of the date or day the holiday actually occurred, he or she must pay the City the cash value for such used but unearned holiday time off benefits prior to or at the time of separation.