Need for Temporary Upgrading. To assure the orderly performance and continuity of services, the County may be required to temporarily upgrade employees on an acting basis to positions of a higher pay grade. For the purpose of this Article, it is understood that temporary upgrading may be required in order to fill or compensate for temporary position classification vacancies, which may exist for any of the following reasons:
1. A position classification is temporarily vacant, although filled, because the regular employee is on vacation, sick leave, duty injury leave, maternity leave, or other approved leave of absence.
Need for Temporary Upgrading. An employee who is required to accept the responsibilities and carry out the duties of a company officer or a Shift Commander shall be compensated at the current rate of pay for that position in lieu of their current rate of hourly pay. The upgrade will be expected to monitor compliance of all department SOP’s and Administrative Regulations and report violations of the same to their immediate supervisor. Only employees who meet the requirements for the promotional testing, set forth in Article VIII, Section 3, shall be allowed to accept the responsibilities of a company officer. Employees shall not be required to “upgrade” or “act up” as Battalion Chiefs or Shift Commander without the consent of the Union Executive Board.
Need for Temporary Upgrading. To assure the orderly performance and continuity of municipal services within the Police Department, the CITY may elect to temporarily upgrade officers on an acting basis to positions of a higher rank. For the purpose of this Article, it is understood that temporary upgradings may be authorized and made in order to fill or compensate for temporary position vacancies, which may exist for any of the following reasons:
A. A position is permanently vacant and is scheduled to be filled by a regular commissioned officer, and a short period of time is required so as to proceed with and complete the normal selection and appointment procedure.
B. The position is temporarily vacant, although permanently filled, because the officer currently assigned to it is on an approved leave of absence (i.e., vacation leave, sick leave, duty injury leave, military reserve leave, educational leave, maternity leave, or other type of temporary leave of absence). It is not the intent of the CITY to circumvent or avoid the normal appointment or promotion process, and therefore the CITY agrees that it shall not use temporary upgrading for this purpose. In this same regard, the CITY shall make every possible and reasonable effort to fill position vacancies in a most expeditious manner, and to keep the need for such temporary upgradings to a minimum. However, for the purpose of this Article and this Agreement, it is understood that whether or not a position vacancy is to be temporarily filled shall be determined by and at the sole discretion of the City Manager. In this same regard, nothing contained in this Article or this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring the CITY to fill a temporary position vacancy. The various provisions of this Article shall apply to temporary position vacancies involving both the bargaining unit position classification (rank) of Police Sergeant, as well as the non-bargaining unit position classification (rank) of Police Lieutenant. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to temporary position vacancies involving any other position classifications (including both non-bargaining unit position classifications, as well as position classifications in other bargaining units), even when such temporary position vacancies are filled on a temporary upgrading basis by officers from this bargaining unit.
