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4 <br />TERMINATION AND SEVERANCE PAY <br />The Chiefs of Police and Fire, as well as all Directors and the Assistant City Manager shall be offered <br />employment agreements which shall include an offer of severance pay. Said employment <br />agreements will be required for newly hired or promoted employees in these classifications and <br />optional for current employees in these classifications. The severance pay offered to the Chiefs of <br />Police and Fire, Directors, and Assistant City Managers is a one-time lump sum equal to six (6) full <br />months of monthly base salary plus the equivalent of six (6) months of 401(a) contributions and <br />City-sponsored health, dental and vision benefits premiums. Said employment agreements shall <br />be approved as to form by the City Attorney and may be amended from time to time as necessary. <br /> <br />Nothing in this Summary of Benefits shall be interpreted to be in conflict with, or to eliminate or <br />modify in any way, the at-will employment status of any employee. The at-will employment status <br />of an employee may be modified only in a writing expressly so stating signed by the City Manager <br />and approved by the City Council in open session at a public meeting. <br /> <br />Pursuant to California Government Code sections 3304, subdivision (c), and 3254, subdivision (c), <br />Police and Fire Chiefs shall not be removed without written notice and the reason(s) <br />therefortherefore and an opportunity for an administrative appeal. Such administrative appeal <br />must be filed in writing by the Police Chief with the City Manager or their designee within ten (10) <br />work days from the date of termination; and unless so filed, the right of appeal is lost. “Work day” <br />is defined as any day when City Hall is open for public business. The Fire Chief appeal process will <br />follow the appeal process in the Chief Officers’ Association (COA) MOU. <br /> <br />PRO-RATION FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES <br />City contributions to benefits and leave accruals will be pro-rated for regular, part-time employees <br />covered by this Summary. <br /> <br />III. LEAVES <br /> <br />a. Vacation – Vacation accruals will be set by the City Manager based on years of service with <br />City and total public sector years or years in the industry. <br /> <br />Full-time Executive Management employees will accrue vacation based on years of service <br />based on the following schedule: <br />• New Hire: Effective December 2, 2024, upon date of hire, each new hire from outside <br />the City into an executive management classification will be granted forty (40) hours <br />of vacation. <br />• Date of Hire through the fourth year of service – 3.077 hours per pay period, yields <br />80 hours of vacation per year). <br />• Fifth through the ninth year of service – 4.615 hours per pay period, yields 120 hours <br />of vacation per year. <br />• Tenth through the sixteenth year of service – 6.154 hours per pay period, yields 160 <br />hours of vacation per year. <br />ATTY/RESO.0129/CC RESO AMENDING CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE AND SALARY PLAN (EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT) - EXHIBIT A <br />REV: 12-17-25 MI