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6.B. - Page 115 of 366 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND REDWOOD CITY POLICE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION (RCPSA) RE: 2018 SUCCESSOR MOU NEGOTIATIONS 7.10 Bilingual BayPremium Employees who are routinely and consistently assigned to ' iesRgsjtions requiring bilingual sidlscommunication in languages other than English are eligible, with Department Head approval, to receive a two and one-half percent (2.5%) base pay differential for the use of these skills in j ob duties arising during the normal course of work as first responders. Employees with advanced bilingual skills who are routinely and consistently assigned to positions requiring communication in languages other than En lg ish are eligible, with Department Head approval, to receive a five percent (5%) base pay differential for the use of these advanced skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. Advanced bilingual skills, for purposes of the five percent (5%) pay differential, are defined as the ability to translate and communicate beyond conversational speaking and/or basic writing including the ability to translate Spanish well enough to conduct intense suspect and victim interviews at a Ievel that will hold up in court. Employees that accept the five percent (5%) pay would be required to agree, when called upon, to translate citywide and be a spokesperson for the police department when communications between the Spanish press and the police department are needed. Eligibility for the first responder or advanced bilingual pay differential shall be determined by the Personnel Officer on the basis of an oral proficiency test or an oral and written proficiency test respectively. To retain the two and one half percent (2.5%no or five percent (5%% differential, employees will be required to pass the City's proficiency test every three (3) years. Bilingual skills shall not be a condition of employment except for employees who are hired specifically with that requirement. If an employee is hired under this provision, that requirement shall be included in the initial appointment letter. The City has the right to discontinue the bilingual differential at any time based on changes to the business needs, provided that the City gives the exclusive representative ten (10) days notice prior to such revocation, in order to allow the opportunity for the parties to meet and confer. 7.11 Temporary Upgrade Pay A Police Sergeant temporarily assigned to Police Lieutenant or a Police Lieutenant temporarily assigned to Police Captain for forty (40) hours or more shall receive acting assignment pay of five percent (5%) of regular (adjusted) pay for hours worked in that assignment. After thirty (30) consecutive calendar days of temporary assignment, the employee's paid time off shall be compensated at a pay rate that includes the five percent (5%). 7.11.1 Temporary Duty Assignments 14 W`