Resolution 08575CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8575
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA PROVIDING RULES
AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA COVERED BY SALARY AND POSITION
RESOLUTION NUMBER 8552
BE 17 RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY CE ALAMEDA AS FOLLOWS;
1. VACATION RELIEF, SICK LEAVE RELIEF, PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Subject to the availability of budgeted funds, any of the classes listed ir Salary and Position
Resolution No, 8552 may be filbd on a temporary or part-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 he 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 appointment, 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-sworm uniformed personnel shall be
40 hours, The duty week for general clerical personnel shall be 37.5 hours,
B. Eire 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 41,
except under circumstances where overtime provisions would apply to the member whose place is
being taken,
The duty week for non-sworn personnel shall be 48 hours, For general clerical personnel it shall
be 37.5 hours,
C. Library, Public Works, Recreation, Par and Golf Department, 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 be computed at an hourly rate on the basis cf 40
hours, except as provided under (D) 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 interrelationship with other City Departments or personnel where
the duty week is 40 hours, Thfs determination shall 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 is 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 Training Incentive Program, shall receive, so long
as such qualifications are retained, an award in the amount of 590. 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 administrative directive entitled,
"Regulations Governing Fire Department Education Advancement Program," shall receive, so long as
such qualifications are retained, an award inthe amount of 550.00, 56000, 570,00 or $90.00 per
month, as determined by and in accordance with the qualification requirements of the program.
C, Each full-time employee below the position of Division Head, not included in subparagraphs
(A) and (B) above, who qualifies for educational reimbursement in accordance with the administrative
directive entitled, "Regulations Governing the Education Reimbursement Program," shall receive,
approved educational costs as tuition fees, laboratory fees, costs of textbooks, and mileage, in
a sum not to exceed $200 annually, unless any excess thereof has first been authorized in writing
by the City Manager.
4. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
A. Police Department. All sworn members of the Police Department, shall receive a sum of money
in the amount of $74ff.0p 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 5150.00 annually as allcwance therefor.
B. Fire Department, All uniformed members of the Fire Department, shall receive a sum of
money in the amount of 5240.00 annually as uniform allowance. Said allowance to members of the
Firel epartmert 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 in
the direct performance of duty,
The allowance provided for under 4-A and 4-3 shall be oaid Quarterly.
C. Crossin Guards. All regularly scheduled crossing guards with more than six months continuous
City employment shall receive a one-tine single payment of $46,00 as cost of a uniform. Replace-
ment of worn or damaged uniforms of such guards shall he at City cost upon the written authorization
of the Chief of Police.
0. Other Departments. Full-tine employees of all Departments except those enumerated in paragraphs
A and 3 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 cr 'rom
unusual wear and tear.
E. Equipment Allowance, Each new probationary Police Officer employed subsequent to July 1, 1974,
shall receive upon original 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
1. For sworn personnel at or below the rank of Police Sergeant, 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.
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.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 2, subparagraph C of Resolution 6232, and in
accordance with existing agreements, a sworn member at or below the rank of Police
Sergeant, or a Police Aide, who is called upon to perform work on a regular day off, or
on a regular work day, but not contiguous with their regular shift, shall be guaranteed
a minimum of four hours at the rate of time and one-half to their credit.
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 off
in accordance with existing policy and regulations.
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 discretion, 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.
B. Fire Department
1. 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 be 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.
M. Except as otherwise provided by Section 2, subparagraph C of Resolution 6232, a sworn
member at on 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 tlEduty shift shall not he credited
as overtime for the purposes of pay or time off.
C. Other Departments.
Except as otherwise provided by Mection 2, subparagraph C of Resolution 6232, each full-
time employee below the position of Division Head, not included in suboaragraphs A and
above, who is reouired to 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 two hours overtime
for such work at time and one-half,
5. STANDBY PAY
For sworn Police employees at or below the rank of Police Sergeant, such personnel shall be
credited with one-half of the eniployeeb regular hourly salary rate while on emergency on-call status,
status, that is, a non-duty status where an employee is required to be available and on call, and
may actually he called to duty by the Police Department during an emergency or an anticipated
emergency. Any monies received by employees from the implementation 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 teriminated because of lack of work or organizational changes which eliminate the
need for his job, andWno has completed at least five years of continuous regularenployment with
the City, severance pay as follows:
Length of Employment Working Day's Pay
0 through 5 years 0
6 through 15 years 5
16 or more years 10
8. MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND LIFE INSURANCE PLANS,
A, Health Insurance, The City shall pay, during the life of present agreements, the full
premium for the employee and all dependents under one agreed upon health plan provided by
either Blue Cross or Kaiser Foundation,
B. Dental Insurance, The City shall pay, during the life of present agreements, the full family
premium for an agreed upon dental plan provided by the California Dental Service,
C. Blood Plan. The City shall pay, during the life of present agreements, the full family
premium for an agreed upon plan for blood replacement provided by the BSP Blood plan.
D. Life Insurance, The City agrees to pay, during the life of present agreements, 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 A.D. & D) for all employees except sworn and unsworn
uniformed Police and Fire personnel, for whom the amount shall be $15,000 ($15,000 MM.),
E. Vision Care, The City agrees to pay, during the life of the present agreement, with an
implementation date as early as feasible, the employee only premium for vision care under Plan B,
55,00 deductible, provided by The California Vision Service Plan, for all employees except sworn
and unsworn uniformed Police and Fire Personnel below the rank of Police Captain or Fire Chief,
9. DEFERRED COMPENSATION
The City shall, as soon is practical and feasible, establish a Deferred Compensation Plan and make
such plan available to management employees. The management employees eligible to participate
in such Deferred Compensation Plan, and the type of details of such plan are to be determined by
the City Council.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
3rd day of August, 1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam. Diament, Hurwitz, Sherratt and President Corica. (5).
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 4th day of August, 1975.
(SEAL)
CELIA A. CONGER
Deputy City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alamed
Resolution No, 8575, RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY CF ALAMEDA PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA COVERED BY SALARY
AND POSITIONS RESOLUTION NUMBER 8552,$ introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda
on the 3rd day of August, 2976,
City Ck of the City of Alameda