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4. bargaining the effects of this Agreement with unions representing County employees; 5. working with City representatives who are bargaining the effects of this Agreement with unions representing City employees; and 6. working with the City to establish the date when transition will occur. 5.02 Personnel a. No current City or County employees who are performing services at their respective PSAP /Dispatch Centers on the effective date of this Agreement shall be discharged or laid off as a direct result of this consolidation. Employees may be laid off for reasons of loss of funds or grant monies, service demand fluctuations, or other reasons unrelated to the consolidation of the PSAP /Dispatch Centers. The County is not required to refill any vacant positions. b. The Dispatch Center will be staffed by County employees, and by employees of the City of Saint Paul in accordance with the terms of the Joint Powers Agreement between Ramsey County and the City of Saint Paul for Consolidated Dispatch Operations. c. City employees working for the City PSAP /Dispatch Center on the Effective Date of this Agreement will become County employees on the date agreed to by the parties, which shall be no later than the date the County begins providing services for the City from the Dispatch Center. d. Any new positions authorized for the Dispatch Center shall be County positions. e. City employees working for the City PSAP /Dispatch Center shall be subject to City collective bargaining agreements, as modified by any MOA /MOU, or Personnel Rules, as appropriate, until the City employees become County employees. City employees working for the City PSAP /Dispatch Center shall be subject to County collective bargaining agreements, as modified by any MOA/MOU, or Personnel Rules, as appropriate, on and after the date the City employees become County employees. f. When City employees become County employees, the following provisions will apply: 1. City employees will be allowed to carry over up to 120 hours of accumulated annual leave hours as vacation; any additional hours will either be carried over as sick leave hours, or be paid out to the employee by the City. The City will pay the County for the value of all vacation or sick leave hours transferred to the County. 2. City employees will be given credit for their length of service as a City employee in determining their vacation accrual rate. 3. City employees will be given credit for their length of service as a City employee for purposes of severance pay. 4. City employees will have one of the following apply, whichever results in the higher rate of pay, for purposes of placement into the Ramsey County salary range: a) be given credit for their length of service as a City employee, or b) be paid the rate of pay for a Radio Dispatcher I that is closest to, either equal or above, the rate of pay the employee received as a City employee. If the rate of pay is established under section b), subsequent pay increases will be given as if the City employee had the length of County service that corresponds with the step they are initially placed at. 5. City employees will be subject to the provisions of applicable County collective bargaining agreements or Personnel Rules, as appropriate, regarding eligibility for insurance benefits. 6. A supervisory employee will not receive a reduction in pay upon becoming a County employee. Dispatch Agreement with the City of Maplewood 5 of 11 9