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Bridgeview board approves Side Letter to implement 12-hour police shifts
Summary
Trustee Pinion moved and the Village Board approved a Side Letter of Agreement with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 18 to implement a twelve-hour shift schedule; the motion passed 4–0 among trustees present.
The Village Board of Bridgeview approved a Side Letter of Agreement with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 18 to implement a twelve-hour shift work schedule for covered personnel.
"Motion by Trustee Pinion and seconded by Trustee Pticek to approve the Side Letter of Agreement between the Village of Bridgeview and Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 18 regarding the implementation of a twelve-hour shift work schedule," the meeting record notes. Trustee Pinion moved the measure and Trustee Pticek seconded it. The motion passed on roll call with four AYE votes from Trustees Pticek, Pinion, Baste and Struzik and no NAY votes; Trustees Higginson and Lewis were absent.
Board members did not record further discussion in the public minutes. The Side Letter was recorded on the agenda as item 2024-M-123. The vote authorizes the village to implement the new shift pattern for the bargaining unit identified as Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 18; details of implementation (start date, staffing impacts, payroll adjustments) were not specified in the public minutes.
