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B. Fire Ins. • i r H. .r• i M. •ri.is . .rdin. .r an s ,n her las . si'n• i o 2,080 hours per year schedule. Any authorized time worked in excess of the employee's regular work week shall be considered overtime. Overtime compensation shall be compensable at the rate of one and one-half (1.5) times the employee's regular straight time rate of pay. Fire Inspector and Hazardous Materials Coordinator employees have the option to accrue compensatory time off in lieu of overtime at the rate of one and one-half(1.5) hours for each hour worked. Upon the approval of the Fire Department, compensatory time may be accrued but the total balance may not exceed fifty (50) hours at any time. Compensatory time off may be taken in lieu of overtime payment in accordance with the FLSA. Such time off shall be mutually agreeable to the employee and the supervisor taking into account (a) the normal schedule of work, (b) the anticipated peak hour workload based on past experience, and (c) any emergency requirements for staff and services. Compensatory time off shall not be taken when the employee must be replaced by another employee who would be paid at the overtime rate. All accrued compensatory time off in excess of fifty (50) hours must be liquidated by monetary payment. C. Suppression Employees Overtime Record. The Fire Department shall post the current overtime selection factor for each suppression employee per the on-line records management system. D. Rank-for-Rank Overtime. The Authority agrees that for any absence, it will assign overtime on a rank-for-rank basis. In the event that an individual of equal rank is not available to fill the position, then a pre-signed up qualified actor will be used. If there is still no one available through the pre-scheduling system, then mandatory overtime within the rank will be utilized. In the case of an emergency and an officer and/or fire engineer is unable to be contacted, an acting assignment may be used to fill these ranks. The procedures pertaining to the selection of an employee for acting officer position shall be followed. (See Section 22 of this M.O.U.) Section 8. Court Time Employees who are required to report to work during their off-duty time for the purpose of appearing in court shall be compensated at the eight (8) hour overtime rate, provided that such compensation be no less than three (3) hours for court appearances in the Livermore-Pleasanton Judicial District and four (4) hours for court appearances outside the Livermore-Pleasanton Judicial District. 8