Agda Pkt 2024.11.25. Joint SA PFA

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Page 4 of 7 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org BILINGUAL PAY PREMIUM The Tentative Agreement eliminates eligibility for Bilingual Pay Premium for proficiency or fluency in the languages of Vietnamese and Russian. There is a very small population in Redwood City who speak those languages, and no City employees currently receive Bilingual Pay for speaking Vietnamese or Russian in the course of their job duties. EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE: Currently, Police Officers who obtain a P.O.S.T. Intermediate Certificate receive Educational Incentive pay equal to 2.5% of base pay. Police Officers who obtain a P.O.S.T. Advanced Certificate, receive additional Education Incentive pay equal to either 3.5% of base pay (if hired on or after January 23, 2023) or 5% of base pay (if hired before January 23, 2023). Police Officers hired on or after January 23, 2023, who possess a Bachelor’s degree, receive an additional 1.5% of base pay as educational incentive pay. Total Education Incentive pay available for Police Officers is currently 7.5%. The Tentative Agreement includes that effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of a successor MOU in 2024, for Police Officers who obtain a P.O.S.T. Advanced Certificate, the current additional Educative Incentive pay will increase from equal to 3.5% of base pay to equal to 5% of base pay for those hired on or after January 23, 2023 with no change to the 1.5% of base pay for possession of a Bachelor’s degree, and will increase from 5% of base pay to 6.5% of base pay for those hired before January 23, 2023. For all Police Officers, total Educational Incentive pay available will increase from 7.5% to 9% of base pay. K-9 MAINTENANCE COMPENSATION: Effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of a successor MOU in 2024, Caine Officers who are required to keep available a privately owned vehicle for canine transportation during their working days as a condition of employment shall be provided an auto allowance in the amount of $200.00 per month. The auto allowance will be in lieu of mileage reimbursement provided under Section 7.18 of the Tentative Agreement where applicable. NEW HIRE LATERALS: Currently, new hire lateral Police Officers will assume, at hire, a vacation accrual rate based upon their total of years of full-time sworn law enforcement experience. The Tentative Agreement provides, as a recruitment incentive, that the City shall provide a supplemental grant of 40 vacation hours to be immediately available to a new hire lateral. 4/10 AND 3/12½ SCHEDULES: Employees are scheduled to work either 4 days per week, 10 hours per day (40 hours per week), or 3 days per week, 12½ hours per day (37½ hours per week). The Tentative Agreement clarifies that those employees scheduled to work a 3-day per week, 12½ hours per day schedule (37½ hours per week) for a full year, will also be required to work a total of 12 additional make-up days within the fiscal year (five 12 hour make-up days and seven 10 hour make-up days), consisting of one make-up day each month. SICK LEAVE Currently an employee who has been absent more than 3 consecutive work days or duty shifts must file with the City a statement by a licensed medical practitioner that the employee was under said doctor’s care while absent. The Tentative Agreement increases the consecutive days off requiring a licensed medical practitioner statement from 3 days to 5 days, and adds that the City may require certification 6.I. - Page 4 of 84 234