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6.B. - Page 364 of 366 <br />Professional development requires approval by both the Department Head and City <br />Manager. <br />Taxability of this benefit allowance is governed by the provisions of the Internal <br />Revenue Code and State and local regulations. Upon separation of employment, <br />the employee retains ownership of any devices purchased with Professional <br />Development funds. <br />C. Auto Allowance - Executive Management employees who are required to keep <br />available a privately -owned vehicle for use in traveling on City business during <br />his/her working days as a condition of employment shall receive an amount equal <br />to estimated actual costs, including costs of fuel, maintenance, repairs insurance <br />and depreciation, which amount shall not exceed $400.00 per month for <br />Department Heads and $300.00 for all other Executive Management employees. <br />Executive Management employees may receive additional compensation based on <br />the current prescribed IRS mileage reimbursement rate per mile for work-related <br />travel outside the Bay Area, where the total round-trip exceeds 150 miles from the <br />employee's regular work location. Mileage records shall be maintained for <br />establishing such payment. <br />For travel where the total round-trip exceeds three hundred (300) miles, additional <br />compensation shall not exceed actual coach air fare when such fare is less than <br />the amount computed at the aforesaid rates. For the purposes of this subsection, <br />the actual cost of fuel, maintenance, repairs, insurance and depreciation, shall be <br />deemed equal to the maximum allowance provided. <br />Executive Management employees may be eligible to receive a city vehicle in -lieu <br />of auto allowance upon authorization from the City Manager. <br />d. Uniform Allowance — Effective July 1, 2018, Fire Chief, Police Chief, Deputy Police <br />Chief and Police Captains shall be paid an annual uniform allowance of eight hundred <br />dollars ($800.00). Uniform allowance will be paid on a pay period basis at twenty <br />eight dollars and forty-six cents ($28.46) per pay period as part of their regular <br />paychecks. For classic CalPERS members as defined by PEPRA, the City will report <br />to CalPERS the monetary value of this uniform allowance on a per pay period basis. <br />e. Cellular Phone Stipend — Employees required to use a cell phone for City business <br />shall receive a cellular phone stipend of thirty-four dollars and sixty-two cents ($34.62) <br />per pay period. Employees who are issued a City -owned cellular phone for City <br />business are ineligible for the cellular phone stipend. <br />f. Other Expenses - Upon approval of the City Manager and department head, the City <br />will reimburse employees for expenses incurred in performance of their assigned job <br />16 <br />383 <br />