Common use of Joint Study Committees Clause in Contracts

Joint Study Committees. A. A joint study committee of three members named by the County and three members named by PCEA will be established to study and determine the effectiveness and impact of various proposed shift plans and alternate schedules. The study will begin on September 1, 2017. A report of the committee's findings and recommendations will be submitted to the vendor contracted to perform a Staffing Analysis for the 9-1-1 dispatch function within the Office of Homeland Security/Public Safety Communications for consideration in the Vendor's study. In addition, the President of the PCEA, the Deputy Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Homeland Security will receive a copy of the committee's report. Action items agreed upon by all committee members, and certified to be cost neutral by OMB, will be memorialized in a side letter. Neither side gives up its right to submit the items to negotiations during collective bargaining. B. A joint study committee of three members named by the County and three members named by PCEA will be established to review the issue of critical incident stress management (CISM). The Study will begin in October 2017. Part of the Committee's task will be to review and analyze the CISM practices and policies of similar jurisdictions in the Washington Metropolitan region for jobs and classifications represented by PCEA. Action items agreed upon by all committee members, and certified to be cost neutral by OMB, will be memorialized in a side letter. Neither side gives up its right to submit the items to negotiations during collective bargaining. C. A joint study committee of three members named by the County and three members named by PCEA will be established to study and determine the feasibility of instituting a cross training program within Public Safety Communications. The study will begin in September 2017 and a report of the committee's findings and recommendations will be submitted to the vendor contracted to perform a Staffing Analysis for the 9-1-1 dispatch function within the Office of Homeland Security/Public Safety Communications. The recommendations will be submitted for consideration in the Vendor's study. In addition, the President of the PCEA, the Deputy Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Homeland Security will receive a copy of the committee's report. Action items agreed upon by all committee members, and certified to be cost neutral by OMB will be memorialized in a side letter. Neither side gives up its right to submit the items to negotiations during collective bargaining.