Resolution 082522 E. 6
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8252
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 8233 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 2 THERETO,
RELATING TO WORKING HOURS, OVERTIME, UNIFORM ALLOWANCES, EDUCATIONAL
INCENTIVE AWARD PROGRAM, MEDICAL, DENTAL AND LIFE INSURANCE
PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that Resolution No. 8233, adopted
August 1, 1974, is hereby amended by adding Section 2, to read:
SECTION 2
VACATION RELIEF, SICK LEAVE RELIEF, PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Subject to the availability of budgeted funds, any of the classes listed in Section 1
may be filled on a temporary or oart-time basis for vacation relief, sick leave relief,
and authorized part-time employment.
Also, subject to the availability of budgeted funds, when a permanent position is to
be vacated and it is necessary to train a replacement, or for other valid reason, one
additional position in any of the above classes may be filled by Civil Service appoint-
ment, subject to the approval of the City Manager.
2. SCHEDULE OF DUTY HOURS PER WEEK.
A. Police Department. The duty week for all sworn and non-sworn uniformed personnel
shall be 40 hours. The duty week for miscellaneous clerical personnel shall be
37.5 hours.
B. Fire Department. The duty week for all sworn uniformed members whose normal tour of
duty is for 24 consecutive hours shall average 56 hours per week, as shall be scheduled
by the Chief of the Department. The duty week for sworn members on regular assignment
to the Fire Prevention Bureau shall be 5 consecutive days of 8 hours each, or 40 hours
per week. In case such a member is serving in an acting capacity for a member in a
higher rank whose duty week is 56 hours, and such member is qualifying for or eligible
to receive acting pay, as provided for elsewhere, such member shall not be entitled
to overtime in addition to acting pay for hours in excess of 40, except under circa"-
starces where overtime provisions would apply to the member whose place is being
taken.
The duty week far non-sworn uniformed personnel shall be 40 hours. For miscellaneous
clerical personnel it shall be 37.5 hours<
C. Library, Public Works, Recreation, Park and Golf Departments. The normal duty week
for full-time employees in the Public Works, Recreation, Park and Golf Departments
and for part-time employees in the Library shall be, or shall he computed at an
hourly rate on the basis of 40 hours, except as provided under (0), below.
D. City Hall, Administrative, Library and Related. The duty week for personnel, except
as provided Under (A) and (C) above, whose normal base of operations is the City Hall
or the Library, shall be 37.5 hours, except where the nature of the duties is such
that a 40 hour duty week is required because of the inter-relationships with other
City Departments or Personnel where the duty week is 40 hours. This determination
shell be made by the City Manager upon the recommendation of the Department Head
involved. In no case is it intended that any employee, regardless of Department or
location, whose duty week 15 currently 37.5 hours, shall have it extended beyond this
figure.
3. EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
A. Each sworn member of the Police Department at or below the rank of Police Captain who
qualifies for a Training Incentive Award in accordance with the administrative
directive entitled, "Regulations Governing the Police Department Incentive Training
Program," shall receive, so long as such qualifications are retained, an award in
the amount of $90.00 per month.
B. Each sworn member of the Fire Department, at or below the rank of Assistant Fire
Chief, who qualifies for a Training Incentive Award in accordance with the administra-
tive directive entitled, "Regulations Governing the Fire Department Education Advance-
ment Program," shall receive, so long as such qualifications are retained, an award
in the amount of $40.00, $60.00, or 580.00 per month, as determined by and in accor-
dance with the qualification requirements of the program.
C. Each full-time employee below the position of Division Head, not included in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) above, who qualifies for educational reimbursement in accordance
with the administrative directive entitled, "Regulations Governing the Education
Reimbursement Program," shall receive, so long as such qualifications are retained,
reimbursement for certain approved educational costs as tuition fees, laboratory
fees, costs of textbooks, and mileage, in a sum not to exceed $200.00 annually, unless
any excess thereof has first been authorized in writing by the City Manager.
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4. A. Police Department. All sworn members of the Police Department, shall receive a sum
of money in the amount of $240.00 annually as uniform allowance. Non-sworn personnel
employed in the Police Department who are required to wear a distinctive uniform shall
receive a sum of money in the amount of $150.00 annually as allowance therefor.
B. Fire Department. 411 uniformed members of the Fire Department, shall receive a sum
of money in the amount of $220.00 annually as uniform allowance. Said allowance to
members of the Fire Department shall be in lieu, and take the place of, the uniform
damage replacement program heretofore in effect in said Department, except as to
necessary non-uniform items damaged ir the direct performance of duty.
The allowances provided for under 44 and 4B above shall be paid quarterly, commencing
July 1, 1974.
C. Crossing Guards. All regularly scheduled Crossing Guards with more than six months
continuous City employment shall receive a one-time single payment of $46.00 as cost
of a uniform. Replacement of worn or damaged uniforms of such Guards shall be at
City cost upon the written authorization of the Chief of Police.
D. Other Departments. Full-time employees of all Departments except those enumerated
in paragraphs A and B above, shall be eligible for special protective clothing at
City cost upon the written authorization of the affected Department Head and approval
of the City Manager. "Special protective clothing shall be only those garments or
clothing articles necessary to protect the usual work clothing which the employee
normally wears to and on the job, from unusual hazards or from unusual wear and tear.
E. Equipment Allowance, Each new probationary Police Officer employed subsequent to
July 1, 1974, shall receive upon employment, a one-time equipment allowance in the
amount of $200 to apply toward the purchase of non-uniform items of equipment.
5. OVERTIME PAY
A. Police Department.
i. For sworn personnel at or below the rank of Police Sargeant, or a Police Aide,
time and one-half shall be paid for all overtime worked subsequent to July 1,
1973, which exceeds an accumulation for each member of 40 hours. For each
employee who has already accumulated more than 40 hours of overtime prior to
July 1, 1973, he shall be compensated only for overtime in excess of his current
overtime accumulation.
ii. Effective May 1, 1974, for Police Aides, and January 1, 1975 for sworn personnel,
the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act with respect to overtime and compen-
satory time off shall be applicable. Where such provisions conflict with current
or previous practice or agreement, the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
shall prevail.
With the approval of the Chief of Police, a sworn member may choose compensatory
time off, at time and one-half, in lieu of overtime pay, for overtime worked
which does not exceed the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 2, subparagraph C, of Resolution 6232, a
sworn member at or below the rank of Police Sergeant who is called upon to perform
work on his regular day off, or on a regular work day but not contiguous with his
regular shift, shall be guaranteed a minimum of 4 hours overtime to his credit.
iii. When a sworn officer at or below the rank of Sergeant, or a Police Aide, is required
by the Department or by State law to attend a training class on his regular day
off, or on his regular duty day but not contiguous with his regular shift, he shall
be guaranteed a minimum of two hours overtime at time and one-half which shall be
paid or taken as time off in accordance with existing policy and regulations, as
modified by the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
When a sworn officer at or below the rank of Sergeant, or a Police Aide, is required
by the Department or by State law to attend a Training class contiguous with his
regular duty shift, he shall be guaranteed a minimum of one hour overtime at time
and one-half, with the understanding that there may be, at the Department's discre-
tion, a break of less than 15 minutes between the beginning or end of the duty
shift and the beginning or end of the one-hour training period. Such overtime shall
be paid or taken as time off in accordance with existing policy and regulations,
as modified by the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
B. Fire Department
i. For sworn personnel at or below the rank of Fire Captain, time and one-half shall
be paid for all overtime worked subsequent to July 1, 1972.
ii. Required attendance at educational or training courses during a member's off-duty
period shall he compensated for as overtime. A member who becomes eligible for
overtime under this section shall not in addition, be eligible for benefits under
the Educational Advancement Program for required in-service training courses.
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iii. Except as otherwise provided by Section 2, subparagraph C ef Resolution 6232, a
sworn member at or below the rank of Fire Captain who is required to be on duty
on his regular day off, or on a regular duty day contiguous with his regular
duty shift, shall be guaranteed a minimum of two hours overtime to his credit,
with the provision that less than 15 minutes overtime at the beginning or end of
the duty shift shall not be credited as overtime for the purpose of pay or time
off,
C. Other Departments.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 2, subparagraph C of Reoslution 6232, each
full-time City employee below the position of Division Head, not included in subpara-
graphs A and B above, who is required to work on his regular day off, or on a regular
Krk day, but not contiguous with his regular shift, shall be guaranteed a minimum of
two hours overtime for such work at time and one-half.
6. STANDBY PAY
For sworn Police employees at or below the rank of Police Sergeant, such personnel shall
be credited with one-half of the employee's regular hourly salary rate while on emergency
on-call status, that is, a non-duty status where an employee is required to be available
and on call, and may actually be called to duty by the Police Department during an
emergency or an anticipated emergency. Any monies received by employees from the implemen-
tation of this policy shall not be considered pay, salary, or compensation for the purpose
of calculating present or future pension benefits.
7. SEVERANCE PAY.
The City agrees to pay any employee represented by the Alameda City Employee's Association
whose services are terminated because cf lack of work or organizational channes which
eliminate the need for his job, and who has completed at lease five years of continuous
regular employment with the City, severance pay as follows:
Length of Employment Working Day's Py
0 through 5 years 0
6 through 15 years 5
16 or more years 10
B. MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND LIFE INSURANCE PLANS.
A. Health Insurance, The City shall continue to pay the full premium for the employee
and one dependent under one agreed upon health plan provided by either Blue Cross
or Kaiser Foundation,
B. Dental Insurance. The City shall continue to pay the full family premium for an
agreed upon dental plan provided by the California Dental Service.
C. Blood Plan. The City shall pay the full family premium for an agreed upon plan for
blood replacement provided by the BSP Blood plan. This plan is approved for a one-
year period, with extension for a second year contingent on satisfactory plan perfor-
mance, and continuance cf the agreed upon rate structure.
D. Life Insurance. The City agrees to continue to pay the employee only premium for
term life insurance, under a plan provided by the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
in the amount of $7,000 ($7,000 AD & 0) for all employees except sworn and unsworn
Police personnel, for whom the amount shall be $15,000 ($15,000 AD & 0).
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City cf Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
3rd day of September, 1974, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Hurwitz, McCall and Vice President Corica, (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: President La Croix, dr., (1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 4th day of September, 1974.
(SEAL) ETHEL M. PITT
City Clerk of the City of Alamede
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No. 8252, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 8233 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 2 THERETO, RELATING TO
WORKING HOURS, OVERTIME, UNIFORM ALLOWANCES, EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE AWARD PROGRAM, MEDICAL, DENTAL
AND LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES", introduced and adopted by the Council of the City cf
Alameda on the 3rd day of September, 1974.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda