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6.B. - Page 24 of 366 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN REDWOOD CITY AND REDWOOD CITY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION RE: 2018 SUCCESSOR MOU RCMEA members who are routinely and consistently assigned to positions requiring bilingual skills, as determined by the employee's Department Head, are eligible to receive a two and one-half percent (2.5%) pay differential for the use of bilingual skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. RCMEA members with advanced bilingual skills who are routinely and consistently assigned positions requiring advanced bilingual skills, as determined by the employee's Department Head, are eligible to receive a five percent (5%) pay differential for the use of these advanced skills in job duties arising during the normal course of work. Advanced bilingual skills, for the purpose of the five percent (5%) pay differential shall be defined as the ability to translate and communicate beyond conversational speaking and/or basic writing. Employees who receive the five percent (5%) advanced bilingual differential are required, when called upon, to utilize their skills citywide. Eligibility for the regular or advanced bilingual pay differential shall be determined by the Personnel Officer on the basis of an oral proficiency test and an oral and written proficiency test, respectively. Both tests will be developed and administered by the City. To retain the two and one-half percent f2.5%1 or five percent j5%1 differential, employees will be required to pass the City's proficiency test once every three years. 16.12 Temporary Upgrade An employee temporarily assigned by the supervisor to work in a higher paid classification shall receive a temporary upgrade to the lowest point of the range in the higher classification, or an increase of live percent (5%), whichever is greater. This temporary upgrade shall be effective on the 11th work day in the higher classification. In no event shall the employee so assigned receive more than the top of the range for the higher classification. In the event the temporary upgrade lasts longer than fifteen 15 work days, the temporary upgrade Pay shall be retroactive to the first day of the assignment. For the purpose of Government Code section 20480 an out -of -class appointment shall not exceed a total of nine hundred sixty 960 hours in a fiscal year. 16.13 Certification Pay for Parks, Recreation and Community Services Manager Parks, Recreation and Community Services Managers who hold a current State of California Qualified Pesticide Applicator Certification and are assigned by the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director to perform qualified applicator duties, shall receive certification pay of two and one half percent (2.5%1 of base salary. 16.14 Educational Expense Reimbursement 00059314-1 16.14.1 Management unit employees shall be eligible for reimbursement of costs of tuition, registration fees, books, calculators, and other related items and supplies that are incurred in connection with enrollment in and successful completion of an education development program or course of instruction related to the member's Dosition with the City or a higher position with the Cit including professional development workshops or seminars andpost-secondary courses offered at an accredited college or university., 16.14.2 An employee shall be eligible to receive reimbursement not to exceed ape -two thousand five dollars ($-�-,g92,000) per fiscal year, for reimbursement of tuition for courses taken as part of an accredited college or university degree program. Such courses must be approved in advance of enrollment by the Personnel Officer and the employee's department head, and the 19 43