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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OF RAMSEY AND <br />LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES. INC.. LOCAL #109 <br />Wellness Incentive Pilot Program <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered into between the City of Ramsey ("City") and <br />Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc.. Local #109 ("Union") (collectively, the "Parties"). <br />WHEREAS <br />WHEREAS. the City and the Union are parties to a collective bargaining agreement ("CRA") coverir <br />licensed patrol officers employed by the Ramsey Police Department; and <br />WHEREAS. Article Eighteen (18). Fitness -On -Duty. provides employees the option to exercise while <br />on duty. subiect to staffing minimums. call load. and other conditions: and <br />WHEREAS. Article 18.3 currently provides that employees may earn vacation training time off for <br />fitness testing events scored in the "excellent" range or above, not to exceed twelve hours per calendar <br />year; and <br />WHEREAS. Article 18.4 currently requires employees participating in the Fitness -On -Duty program to <br />participate in semi-annual fitness testing: and <br />WHEREAS, the Parties desire to maintain the current Article 18.3 and 18.4 fitness -testing incentive <br />option for employees who elect to continue under the current model; and <br />WHEREAS. the Parties also desire to create a voluntary Wellness Incentive Pilot Program as an <br />alternative method for employees to earn Wellness Incentive Vacation Credit hours by investing in <br />physical readiness, mental and emotional resilience, whole health and life balance, and community <br />connection and personal growth; and <br />WHEREAS. the Parties agree that employees may elect either the current Article 18.3 and 18.4 fitness - <br />testing incentive option or the Wellness Incentive Pilot Program. but may not participate in both during <br />the same calendar year: and <br />WHEREAS. the Parties agree that the maximum incentive hours an employee may earn under either <br />option shall not exceed twelve hours per calendar year. <br />NOW. THEREFORE. the Parties agree as follows: <br />Page 29 <br />I Formatted: Strikethrough <br />