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Orono Response <br />L.E.L.S Local #40 <br />Orono Police Officers <br />October 25, 2016 <br />Updated November 28, 2016 <br />1. Article XXV — Duration. The City is willing to negotiate a multiyear agreement. <br />A 3 year agreement is discussed but could be scaled back to 2 years if terms aren't <br />considered favorable. <br />2. Article XI — Work Schedules. We understand the officers concern about Time Owed <br />City (TOC) but we cannot solve it through language in the union contract because it <br />would limit our management rights for scheduling. However, in an attempt to work <br />proactively with employees, administration has released a new schedule for 2017 bidding <br />that keeps TOC around your goal of 60 hours on a trial basis for one year. Each <br />employee should attempt to payback this "prepaid flex time" in a timely manner each <br />trimester. The City views TOC as a great opportunity to meet community needs <br />including: school traffic control for issues such as the recent road detour, approval of <br />optional training requests that benefit the officer and organization without overtime, <br />special community events, programs such as HeartSafe, ERU, etc. <br />Union agreed to drop the TOC issue based on discussion and the informal action <br />described above. <br />3. Article XIV — Call Back Time. <br />Accept <br />4. Article XV — Court Standby. <br />15.1 — Accept with a cost to employer of $1,871. <br />15.2 — Accept <br />15.3 — Accept <br />15.4 — Accept <br />