MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT PRE-REDUCTION IN FORGE PRO‘ ‘This Memorandum of Understanding serves to memorialize the agreement between the State of Vermont, the Department of Public Safely (‘DPS"), and the Vermont State Employees’ Association, inc. (VSEA"), (collectively, “the Parties") selting forth and clariying changes in the applicable provisions of the Non- Management Unit and/or Supervisory Unit Collective Bargaining Agreements (‘CBA’) concerning implementing a Pre-Reduction in Force (RIF") process for current classified State employees employed by ‘DPS in the Derby and Rutland Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP"). ‘Therefore, the Parties agree as 4. Classified employees curently employed by DPS inthe Derby and Rutland PSAPs shal be provided with advance neice of any vacant clessifed bargaining unt postion, located at the Willson or Rockingham PSAPS which management intends to fl. Such positions shall not be sibjact to tho mandatory reemployment provisions of Secton 1 of the Reemployment Rights Article of the tpploable CBA, unt they have frst been offered to current classiied employees in tho bergaining tnlts working ai the Derby or Rutland PSAPs. During this notice period, employees wil be made ware of, and may volunteer to transfer to the aforementioned positions under the folowing condltions: ‘A. Transfer Dale - The effective date of transfer shall be the effective date of the closing of the applicable PSAP, However, DPS may assign employees to report to the appropriate PSAP prior {o the effective date of transfer. Employees who are required to report to said PSAP prior to the ‘effective date of transfer shail be entitled mileage reimbursement, at the full U.S. General Services Administration ("GSA’) rate, for travel between home and the PSAP for the petiod prior to the effective data, B, Reconsideration/Retention - Employees who transfer to the applicable PSAP, shell for a period ‘of shy (60) days following the effective date of sald transfer, have the ability to reconsider their decision to transfer. Employees wishing to revoke their aoceptance of sald transfer may do 80 by wv wien notice to the applicable PSAP Administrator with the aforementioned sixty (60) day period. ‘Employees who provide such written itotice shall, absent a mutual agreement with the applicable PSAP Administrator to separate on an earlier date, be required to continue. report to the assigned PSAP for a retention period of sixly (60) days following the date on which they provided written nati of their reconsideration. Employees who provide such written notice and who continue to report through the retention period or other mutually agreed upon date, shall be seperated as a RIF and granted Mandatory Reemployment Rights, in aooordance with Reempioyment Rights Article of the applicable CBA, beginning the business day following the effecive date of sald separation. Employees who fail to provide euch witten notice or who fail continue to report through the retention period or other mutually agreed upon date, shall be separated as a voluntary resignation and shail not be entiled to’ Mandatory Reomployment Righis, in accordance within the Reamploymont Rights Article ofthe applicable CBA. C., Employees who transfer to an applicable PSAP shall, for a period of stx (8) months from the effective date ofthis Agreement, be ented to mileage reimbursement, at the ful GSA rate, for «travel between home and the PSAP or their original duty station and the PSAP, whichever distance Is shorter, This provision may be extended for an additional six (6) months upon writen mutual agreement of the parties.ete the second role fo cated employees ciety employed by OFS he Day and oval pin we casted bray ut poston, ecto he Wiisen eskegeary P2A>e with ronageent Hinde mS Foote Sa beset \t the number of volnteére exooeds the numbor of vacant classified bargsiing unk postions, focated at the Walston of Rockingham PSAPs which management intone tof the sucoesshl ‘candidal shal! be eelected, wihin each pplesbo dlssitcaon, by ho length of oontnuous stato ‘ervoa, Members of the Supervisory Bargaining unk, who are not succesful in cbtahing @ ‘supervisory vacancy, shel be placed in Bs ron-anagament pool of volunteers, Shou te proposed consoldation imal nt oc, vohnters wo fransared were salar to the Wilson or Rockingham PSAPs shall be retuned to thelr orginal duty ston end to provlslona ofa Agreemant shal become nul and void. ‘This Agreament sole forth sl the tonns of the Paes understanding, end there afe no other promises of obligations olher than what & spooticaly tated herein. Al prior agrees, ‘eprosentaions, stalemenis and understandings relaing to this matter, ehall have no force andor “The Parties agree that the provisions of his Agreement apply solely fo the employees Henifed In {His Agreoment and may not be offered as evidence in any administrative ndlor legal proceeding texcopt to enforce Bs oem rr. Chal Non-Mansgemont Bargsining Unit Supervisory Barganing Unit