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<br />6.10 <br />Page 22 <br /> <br />7.9.3 After a position has been temporarily vacant for fifteen (15) <br />consecutive shifts, the City shall make a temporary appointment to <br />fill such vacancy. Temporary appointment may continue for a <br />period of one hundred eighty (180) days and may be extended by <br />the Human Resources Director for an additional period of ninety <br />(90) days. <br /> <br />7.9.4 For purposes of this Section (7) a "vacancy" is defined as either an <br />unfilled budgeted position whose incumbent is on paid or unpaid <br />authorized leave, either one of which continues for fifteen (15) or. <br />more consecutive shifts. <br /> <br />7.10 Special Assignment <br /> <br />Each employee in the classification of Fire Fighter/Engineer or Fire Captain who <br />is assigned by the Are Chief to a forty 40-hour workweek while working on a <br />spedal department assignment shall continue to receive compensation as <br />outlined in Section 8.5. Limited-duty due to an industrial disability shall be <br />considered a special assignment. <br /> <br />In accordance with Section 9.3, special assignments shall not exceed ninety <br />(90) calendar days, except by mutual agreement between the City and the <br />Union. <br /> <br />7.11 Service Incentive <br /> <br />Effective January 1, 1988, employees with fifteen (15) or more years of service <br />shall be paid a service incentive. The Service Incentive provision is considered a <br />progressive "grandfather provision" and applies only to those employees who <br />are currently employed in the Redwood City Fire Department in the following <br />way: <br /> <br />Employees with fifteen (15) but less than twenty (20) years of service will <br />receive an additional two and one-half percent (2-1/2%) of pay. <br /> <br />Employees with twenty (20) but less than twenty-five (25) years of service, will <br />receive an additional two and one-half percent (2-1/2%) of pay (five percent <br />(5%) total). <br /> <br />Employees with twenty-five (25) or more years of service will receive an <br />additional two and one-half percent (2-1/2%) of pay (seven and one-half <br />percent (7-1/2%) total). <br /> <br />The Service Incentive shall be considered wages for the purpose of computing <br />overtime, holiday pay, and PERS retirement benefits. <br /> <br />It is understood that the same employee will not receive both Educational and <br />Service Incentive benefits. <br /> <br />15 <br />