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ARTICLE VIII <br />8.0 OVERTIME <br />8.1 General Policy for Overtime Work. Whenever it shall be determined to be in the public <br />interest for employees to perform overtime work, or in an emergency situation, the City <br />Manager, the Police Chief, or an authorized representative of the City Manager or Police <br />Chief, may require an employee to perform overtime work. <br />8.2 Definition. <br />A. Standard Work Period Overtime. Overtime for those employees assigned to the <br />Standard Work Period shall be authorized or required time worked in excess of those <br />hours assigned to their particular Standard Work Period Schedule workday or hours <br />in excess of 40 hours per Work Period. <br />B. Alternative Work Period Overtime. Pursuant to this Agreement, employees assigned <br />to the Alternate Work Period shall earn overtime for authorized or required time <br />worked in excess of those hours assigned to their particular Alternative Work Period <br />Schedule workday or hours in excess of his or her Alternative Work Period Schedule <br />hours in a consecutive 28 day, 672 hour period. <br />8.3 Computation of a Workday and Work Period. Paid leave for holidays, sickness, vacation, <br />and other time off with pay shall be credited towards the total time worked in computing a <br />regular workday, and/or a work period, as defined herein. Work amounting to less than six <br />(6) minutes shall not be considered time worked. Overtime worked for six (6) or more <br />minutes shall be calculated in six (6) minute intervals. Leave without pay shall not be <br />credited towards the total time worked in computing a regular workday, and/or a work <br />period, as defined herein. <br />8.4 Compensation for Overtime. <br />A. The preferable method by which overtime shall be compensated is by monetary <br />payment, at one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay. <br />B. Should the Police Chief determine that the best interests of the City will be served <br />thereby, he or his designee may permit an employee to be compensated for overtime <br />work by earning paid compensatory time off at the rate of one and one-half (1 1 /2) <br />times the employee's regular rate of pay. The employee will be credited with time off <br />at the rate of one and one-half 1 1 /2) hours of time for each hour of overtime worked. <br />This time, hereinafter identified as "comp time" will be accrued in a comp time bank <br />for each employee. The hours in this bank shall reflect the converted time value of <br />each hour worked. <br />Effective January 1, 2010, employees are limited to the accumulation of 160 <br />hours of comp time. Effective July 1, 2010, employees are limited to the <br />accumulation of 200 hours of comp time. <br />28 <br />