Item 18 - Resolution Amending the Classification and Compensation Plan for Classifications of Unrepresented Executive Management

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B. Hiring Pay Policy. A newly hired Executive Management (EM) employee may be appointed and compensated at any monthly salary rate within the assigned salary range for their job classification as authorized by the City Manager. C. Rates of Pay for Temporary Part -Time Work. When an employee is hired on a temporary part-time basis in an Executive Management (EM) classification, which is defined as employment of twenty (20) hours or less per work week not to exceed a period longer than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days or nine -hundred and sixty (960) hours in a fiscal year, the employee will be paid at a rate per hour as defined by law for actual time spent in the duties of their employment. Rate per hour will be computed to the nearest whole cent by dividing the monthly rate as defined by law by 173.33. A computation resulting in exactly one-half (1 /2) cent will fix the rate at the next higher whole cent. D. Temporary Upgrade to an Executive Management (EM) Classification. Regular employees of the City who are temporarily upgraded into a higher classification for a limited duration to an Executive Management (EM) classification due to a current incumbent's leave of absence or out -of -class temporary appointment as defined in Section 3.E below, shall receive a minimum five percent (5%) temporary upgrade pay as defined by CCR 571(a)(3) as "compensation to employees who are required by their employer or governing body to work in an upgraded position/classification of limited duration," and is intended to meet the definition of "Compensation Earnable" for Classic members of CalPERS as provided by the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL), and Government Code § 20636. E. Out -of -Class Appointment to an Executive Management (EM) Classification. Regular employees of the City who are appointed to an "out -of -class appointment" as defined in Government Code § 20480 of the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) as, "an appointment to an upgraded position or higher classification by an employer or governing body in a vacant position for a limited duration not to exceed nine -hundred sixty (960) hours in a fiscal year." A "vacant position" refers to "a position that is vacant during recruitment for a permanent appointment." A vacant position does not refer to a position that is temporarily available due to another employee's leave of absence. Executive Management (EM) classification shall receive a minimum five percent (5%) temporary upgrade premium as defined by CCR 571(a)(3) as "compensation to employees who are required by their employer or governing body to work in an upgraded position/classification of limited duration," and is intended to meet the definition of "Compensation Earnable" for Classic members of CalPERS as provided by the Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL), and Government Code § 20636. Section 4. Health and Welfare Benefits. The following optional insurance benefits available to Executive Management (EM) employees are provided through the City's Section 125 Cafeteria Plan adopted in accordance with the provisions of Internal Revenue Code §125. Under City Council Resolution No. 98-54, the City elected to be subject to the Public Employees' Medical & Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) to provide medical insurance through CalPERS for Executive Management classifications. The City's contribution for