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of exchanges per month. The employees involved in the exchange shall make arrangements for the pay back of time. Employees, who are working on -duty as part of an exchange of time, are not considered on the payroll for hours worked purposes under the FLSA. If the employee who assumes responsibility for working an exchange of on -duty time fails to report for duty, he /she will be charged vacation time equivalent to the time he /she agreed to work. 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments Assignment to a specific shift and/or station shall be made through the bid system. Bids shall be made in descending order of rank beginning with the rank of captain. Within each rank, bids shall be made by seniority. Shift and/or station openings shall be posted on all station bulletin boards and filled through the bidding procedure described in this paragraph. Station bidding shall be on a rank for rank basis, in descending order of rank seniority. A "Mutual" is an agreement between two individuals of the same rank to trade Station and/or shift assignments for a certain amount of time. Mutuals can be between individuals on the same shift or on different shifts. The individuals involved may set the time frame of the "Mutual ", however if the "Mutual" is for more than one year, both parties gain ownership of their Station assignments. Both individuals must physically be able to meet their assigned Station requirements, i.e., if one of the individuals is unable to return to work within the first one -year period due to any reason, the "Mutual" is considered null and void. Individuals must be qualified for the position of the person they are requesting the "Mutual" with. If the "Mutual" is for less than one year, both individuals will return to the original Station assignments they started from. Employees assigned as paramedics may only change assignments with other employees assigned as paramedics. Mutuals shall be considered trades between the employees involved. There shall be no limit on the number of mutuals. Assignments properly bid will be permanent unless openings occur. All openings will be bid department wide using the bid procedure General Order, Personnel- Station Bids. The Fire Chief can reassign shift/station assignments administratively for a finite time to meet Department needs. The duration shall be in writing at time of reassignment.