Agmt99 Redwood City Police Officers Association (POA) MOU 1999-2002

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SECTION 7. PAY 7.1 Salary Increases 7.1.1 Effective with the first full pay period beginning on or after September 1, 1999, September 1, 2000, and September 1, 2001, salaries shall be calculated by comparing the total compensation rates of Police Officers in Redwood City to the average total compensation of Police Officers in the following listed cities: Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Union City, Milpitas and Santa Clara. 7.1.2 The comparative calculation shall include top step base salary, employee PERS payments, educational incentives, and health and welfare contributions. 7.1.3 The total compensation comparison shall be effective September 1, 1999, and annually thereafter on September 1, during the term of the MOU. 7.1.4 In the event one or more of the above listed comparative cities is in labor negotiations due to the expiration of their labor MOU and does not have salary data available as of September 1, 1999, September 1, 2000, or September 1, 2001, the total compensation factor for those cities shall be equal to the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the San Francisco/San Jose area for the preceding fiscal year. This factor shall be no less than 4% nor greater than 7% should the C.P.I. fall below or exceed these percentages. 7.1.5 Initial appointments shall normally be made at the lowest step or rate of pay. Upon approval of the Council, such appointments may be made at the second or third step, justified by consideration of the difficulty of locating qualified personnel and an appointee's experience, education, knowledge of particular duties required, personal fitness for the position, and such other criteria as may be reasonably related to such preferential consideration on the basis of merit. 7.1.6 Increases within the salary range established for the classification of Police Officer or Police Officer Trainee shall be administered as follows: Initial appointments shall normally be made at the first step in the salary range. With continued satisfactory performance, an employee in the classification of Police Officer may be eligible for a salary increase at twelve (12) month intervals between salary steps two, three, four and five and at a six (6) month interval, between salary steps one and two for an employee in the classification of Police Officer or Police Officer Trainee. 7.2 Salary Increase on Promotion Promotional appointments shall be made at the salary step in the new salary range which results in a one-step increase in salary. In the event the promotional