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A-2000-1 32
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND
THE SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2000-01 THRU 2002-03
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECOGNITION
NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE
ATTENDANCE, WORKDAY AND WORKWEEK
SALARIES
ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER SPECIAL PAY ADDITIVES
CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
OVERTIME
HOLIDAYS
VACATION
OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE
EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
RETIREMENT
RELEASE TIME FOR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE
SAFETY
RESIDENCY
DISCIPLINE
GRIEVANCE REVIEW PROCEDURE
DUES DEDUCTION AND INDEMNIFICATION
CITY RIGHTS
STRIKES AND WORK STOPPAGES
LAYOFFS
SOLE AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT
WAIVER OF BARGAINING DURING THE TERM OF THIS
AGREEMENT
SEPARABILITY PROVISION
TERM OF AGREEMENT
RATIFICATION AND EXECUTION
BASIC SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE
ASSIGNMENT OF CLASSES TO SALARY RATE RANGES
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ARTICLE I
1.0 RECOGNITION
1.1 Pursuant to the provision of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act,
Government Code Section 3500, et seq., the City of Santa Ana
(hereinafter called the "City") has recognized the Santa Ana
Police Officers Association (herein called the "Association")
as the recognized representative of the bargaining unit which
includes police department employees in the sworn, "safety-
member" classifications and assignments of Police Officer,
Senior Police Officer, Police Sergeant, Senior Police Sergeant
and in the non-sworn, "miscellaneous-member" classifications
and assignments of Animal Control Officer I and II, Background
Investigator, Communications Services Officer, Dare Officer,
Darkroom Technician, Detention Officer, Firearms Examiner,
Forensic Specialist I and II, Forensic Services Supervisor,
Parking Control Officer, Police Communications Supervisor,
Police Community Services Specialist, Police Investigative
Specialist, Police Property and Evidence Specialist, Police
Property and Evidence Supervisor, Police Recruit, Police
Service Assistant, Police Service Officer, Police Services
Dispatcher, Rangemaster, Detention Supervisor, Senior Parking
Control Officer, and Traffic Services Specialist and excludes
all other employees of the Police Department.
ARTICLE II
2.0 NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE
2.1 The City and Association agree that they shall not
discriminate against any employee in violation of State or
Federal law. The City and the Association shall reopen any
provision of this Agreement for the purpose of complying with
any order of a Federal or State agency or court of competent
jurisdiction requiring a modification or change in any
provisions of this Agreement in compliance with State or
Federal anti-discrimination laws.
2.2 Whenever reference is made to the masculine gender it shall be
understood to include the feminine gender, unless expressly
stated otherwise.
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ARTICLE III
3.0 ATTENDANCE, WORK PERIOD, WORK SCHEDULE & WORKDAY
3.1 Attendance. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be in
attendance at their work location during hours prescribed by
the Police Chief or his designee (s) and shall not absent
themselves during prescribed hours without approval of the
Police Chief or his designee(s).
3.2 Definitions.
A. Standard Work Period. The Standard Work Period shall
apply to all members of the Association who are not peace
officers, detention officers or detention supervisors.
The Standard Work Period shall consist of a consecutive
seven (7) day, 168 hour period.
B. Alternative Work Period--207(k) Employees. The
Alternative Work Period shall apply to all members of the
Association who are peace officers, detention officers or
detention supervisors who are exempt from the overtime
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
pursuant to Section 207(k) The 207(k) employees' Work
Period shall consist of a consecutive 14 day, 336 hour
time period. In conformance with the FLSA, members who
are peace officers, detention officers, or detention
supervisors shall not be eligible for FLSA overtime, as
defined under the FLSA for employees assigned to the
Alternate Work Period until they have worked in excess of
86 hours in the Alternate Work Period. Nothing in this
section shall prevent a peace officer, detention officer
or detention supervisor from earning overtime and being
compensated for overtime based on the overtime provisions
of this Agreement as stated in Article VI I I of this
Agreement. All such overtime shall be paid at one and
one-half (1 1/2) times the regular rate of pay.
C. Work Hours. Work hours are the regularly scheduled hours
of work as determined by the Police Chief or his
designee. A "day" is defined as any consecutive 24-hour
period.
D. Work Schedule. At this time, the Police Chief has
established the following work schedules. These
schedules may be changed by the Police Chief subject to
the provisions of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Unless
exigent circumstances exist, the Police Chief, or his
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designee, shall inform the Association prior to the
changing of the below designated Work Schedules.
1. Standard Work Period Schedules.
a. 5/40 Work Schedule. Employees shall work five
(5) eight-hour workdays per seven (7)
consecutive day, 168 hour Standard Work
Period. Each workday shall consist of eight
(8) hours of work and thirty minutes (30) of
unpaid mealtime.
b. 4/40 Work Schedule. Employees shall work four
(4) 10-hour days per seven (7) consecutive
day, 168 hour Standard Work Period. Each
workday shall consist of 10 hours of work, and
either thirty (30) minutes or one (1) hour of
unpaid mealtime. The determination as to a
thirty (30) minute or one (1) hour mealtime
shall be made by the Police Chief or his
designee.
c. 9/80 Work Schedule. Employees shall work four
(4) nine-hour days and one (1) four-hour day
in each seven (7) consecutive day, 168 hour
Standard Work Period. Each nine (9) hour
workday shall consist of nine (9) hours of
work and thirty (30) minutes of unpaid
mealtime. The eight-hour workday shall
consist of four (4) hours applied to the first
seven (7) day period and four (4) hours
applied to the second seven (7) day period
divided by a 30 minute unpaid meal period.
d. 12/40 Work Schedule. Employees shall work
three (3) 12 hour workdays and one (1) four-
hour workday in each seven (7) consecuti ve
day, 168 hour Standard Work Period. The 12-
hour workday shall consist of 12 hours of work
and thirty (30) minutes of unpaid mealtime.
The four (4) hour workday shall consist of
four (4) hours of work.
2. Alternate Work Period--207(k) Exempt Emplovees.
a. 207(k) 7/12 Work Schedule. Employees assigned
to the 207 (k) 7/12 Work Schedule shall work
three (3) eleven hour and 30 minute workdays
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ln one (1) seven day period and four (4)
eleven hour and 30 minute workdays in the next
seven (7) day period, or alternately, four (4)
eleven hour and 30 minute workdays in the
first seven (7) day period and three (3)
eleven hour and 30 minute workdays in the
following seven (7) day period. The workday
for 207(k) 7/12 Work Schedule employees shall
be eleven (11) hours and 30 minutes of work
and thirty (30) minutes of unpaid mealtime.
During each work period, employees assigned to
the 207 (k) 7/12 Work Schedule shall earn an
additional 30 minutes of vacation time if they
do not take leave without pay during that Work
Period.
b. 207(k) 7/12.5 Work Schedule. Employees
assigned to the 207 (k) 7/12.5 Work Schedule
shall work three (3) twelve-hour and 30 minute
workdays in one (1) seven day period and four
(4) twelve hour and 30 minute workdays in the
next seven (7) day period, or alternately,
four (4) twelve hour and 30 minute workdays in
the first seven (7) day period and three (3)
twel ve hour and 30 minute workdays in the
following seven day period. The workday for
207(k) 7/12.5 Work Schedule employees shall be
twelve (12) hours of work and 30 minutes of
unpaid mealtime. During each work period,
employees assigned to the 207(k) 7/12.5 Work
Schedule shall earn three (3) hours and 30
minutes of straight time and an additional 30
minutes of vacation time if they do not take
leave without pay during that Work Period.
c. 207 (k) 10/80 Work Schedule. Employees
assigned to the 207 (k) 10/80 Work Schedule
shall work four (4) ten hour workdays in the
first seven (7) days and four (4) ten hour
workdays in the second seven days. Each
workday shall consist of 10 hours of work and
either a thirty minute or one hour of unpaid
mealtime. The determination as to a thirty
(30) minute or one (1) hour mealtime shall be
made by the Police Chief or his designee.
d. 207(k) 9/80 Work Schedule. Employees assigned
to the 207 (k) 9/80 Work Schedule shall work
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five (5) nine-hour workdays in one (1) seven
(7) day span and three (3) nine-hour and one
(1) eight-hour workdays in the second seven
(7) day span, or alternatively three (3) nine
hour days and one (1) eight hour day in the
first seven (7) day span and five (5) nine
hour days in the second span. Each nine (9)
hour workday shall consist of nine (9) hours
of work and thirty (30) minutes unpaid
mealtime. The eight (8) hour day shall
consist of eight (8) hours of work and thirty
(30) minutes of unpaid mealtime.
e. 9/81 Work Schedule. Employees assigned to the
9/81 schedule shall work 81 hours in a
consecutive fourteen (14) day, 336 hour
period. Employees shall work five (5) nine-
hour workdays in one (1) seven (7) day span
and four (4) nine-hour workdays in the second
seven (7) day span. An officer's nine-hour
workday shall consist of nine (9) hours of
work. While assigned to the 9/81 schedule, an
officer shall earn one (1) hour of cash
overtime during each fourteen day period,
unless he or she takes leave without pay
during the fourteen day, 336 hour period.
3.3 Part Time Employment. During the term of this Agreement, no
presently existing full-time positions will be eliminated as
the result of the use of part-time employee(s) and, to the
extent possible, when the workload of anyone or more part-
time employee(s) would justify the addition of a full-time
position or positions, the parties will meet and confer
regarding the addition of a full-time position or positions,
subject to City Council approval.
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ARTICLE IV
4.0 SALARIES
4.1 Basic Compensation Plan. There is hereby established a basic
compensation plan for all members of the Santa Ana Police
Officers Association who are now employed or will in the
future be employed in any of the designated classifications of
employment listed in this Agreement and its attachments.
4.2 Salary Schedule. The basic salary schedule, attached hereto in
a matrix format as Exhibit A, and made a part hereof as though
set forth in full herein, provides numerous salary rate
ranges, each comprised of five (5) steps or rates of pay.
The respective rate ranges are identified by a three (3) digit
number. The steps within each range are identified by the
letters "A" through "E" inclusive, with the "A" step being the
lowest step in the range. The purpose of each step and the
length of service required for advancement to the next higher
step within a particular salary rate range are set forth in
Section 4.7 below.
4.3 Salaries.
A. Effective July 1, 2000, the base salaries of employees
covered by this Agreement shall be increased by five (5)
salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%).
B. Effective July 1, 2001, the base salaries of employees
covered by this Agreement shall be increased by nine (9)
salary rate ranges (approximately 4.5%).
C. Effective July 1, 2002, the base salaries of employees
covered by this Agreement shall be increased by nine (9)
salary rate ranges (approximately 4.5%).
D. The assignment of classes to salary rate ranges is listed
in Exhibit B, which is attached and made a part hereof as
though set forth herein.
E. Prior to this Agreement, employees designated as CalPERS
miscellaneous were required to contribute one percent
(1%) of their salary towards the 2% at 55 retirement
benefit by taking a deduction in pay of two (2) salary
rate ranges. This deduction is eliminated and the pay of
these employees is increased approximately 1%, effective
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the first day of the first full month following Council
approval of this Agreement.
F. Effective July 1, 2001, and in the event the City incurs
an employer cost, safety employees covered by this
Agreement will contribute up to 1.42% of their salary
toward the 3% at 50 retirement benefit.
G. Effective July 1, 1998, employees will contribute one-
half percent (.5%) of their base salary plus pay
additives through payroll deduction to a fund maintained
by the Santa Ana Police Officers Association for the
purpose of providing retiree health insurance premium
reduction assistance.
Effective July 1, 1999, employees will contribute an
additional one-half percent (.5%) for a total of one
percent (1%) of their base salary plus pay addi ti ves
through payroll deduction to a fund maintained by the
Santa Ana Police Officers Association for the purpose of
providing retiree health insurance premium reduction
assistance. This payroll deduction for retiree health
insurance premium reduction assistance will continue
until such time as the parties may mutually agree to end
said deduction.
4.4 Application of Basic Compensation Plan. The salary rate
ranges and steps contained in Exhibit A are monthly salary
rates. All officers and employees working in classifications
of employment covered by this Agreement shall be compensated
at a monthly rate, except that an employee hired for temporary
work in a position which has an anticipated duration of less
than six (6) months shall be paid at a rate per hour for
actual time spent in the performance of the duties of his or
her employment. Any hourly rate of pay, defined as the regular
hourly rate of pay, shall be computed by dividing the monthly
salary rate plus pay additives by 173.33. In determining the
hourly rate as herein provided, computation shall be made to
the nearest whole cent and a computation resulting in exactly
one-half cent or higher shall fix the rate at the next higher
whole cent.
4.5 Beqinning Rates. A new employee of the City of Santa Ana
shall be paid the rate shown as Step "A" in the salary rate
range allocated to the class of employment for which he or she
has been hired. In special instances where such new employee
possesses unique and exceptional education, training and/or
experience qualifications, the department head under whom the
employee will serve, may submit a written request and
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justification to the City Manager for authorization to place
such new employee on Step "B" or Step "C" within the allocated
salary rate range, provided that such employee shall be
assigned such salary step upon the commencement of his or her
service in the classification of employment to which the
salary rate range applies and such assignment having once been
made shall remain in effect until the said employee shall be
entitled to advance to the next salary step in accordance with
the further provisions of this Article.
4 . 6 Service. The word "service" as used in this Agreement shall be
deemed to mean continuous, full-time service in the
classification in which the officer or employee is being
considered for salary advancement, service in the higher
classification or service in a classification allocated to the
same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and
requirements. Employees hired after the first (1st) working
day of the month shall not be credited with "time-in-service"
for that month when determining the length of service required
for salary step advancement. A lapse of service by an officer
or employee for a period of time longer than thirty (30)
calendar days by reason of resignation, quit, or discharge,
shall serve to eliminate the accumulated length of service
time of such officer or employee for the purpose of this
Agreement and any such officer or employee reentering the
service of the City shall be considered as a new officer or
employee, except that he or she may be reappointed within one
(1) year and may be placed in the same salary step in the
appropriate salary range as he or she was at the time of
termination of employment.
4.7 Advancement Within Ranqes. The following regulations shall
govern salary advancement within rate ranges:
A. Lenqth of Service Advancements. After the salary of an
officer or employee has been first established and fixed
under this plan, such officer or employee shall be
advanced from Step "A" to Step "B" or from Step "B" to
Step "C" or from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever is the
next higher step to that on which the officer or employee
has been previously paid, effective the first day of the
month following the date of completion of the length of
service for such advancement as provided in Exhibit B of
this Agreement.
B. Merit Advance. An officer or employee shall be
considered for advancement from Step "D" to Step "E" upon
the completion of the required length of service as
provided in Section 4.2 and Exhibit A of this Agreement.
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The effective date of such merit increase, if granted,
shall be on the first day of the month following the
completion of such required length of service.
Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only for continued
meritorious and efficient service and continued
improvement by the officer or employee in the effective
performance of the duties of his or her position. Such
merit advancement shall require the following:
1. There shall be on file in the office of the chief
personnel officer a copy of each periodic
efficiency or performance report required to be
made on the officer or employee by the Santa Ana
Municipal Code and/or the City Manager during the
period of service time of such officer or employee
subsequent to this last salary advancement.
2. The Police Chief, at least twenty (20) calendar
days prior to the anticipated completion of such
officer's or employee's required length of service,
shall file with the City Manager a statement
recommending the granting or denial for the merit
increase and supporting such recommendations with
specific reasons therefore.
3. No advancement in salary above Step "D" shall
become effective until approved by the City
Manager, except when placement on a salary step
above Step "D" results from promotion under the
provisions of Section 4.9 of this Article.
C. LenGth of Service Required When Advancement Denied. When
an officer or employee has not been approved for
advancement to the merit step E, he or she may be
reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of
three (3) months of additional service and shall be
reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of
six (6) months of additional service. This
reconsideration shall follow the same steps and shall be
subject to the same actions as provided in Subparagraphs
B (2) and B (3) of this Section.
4.8 Reduction in Salary Ste~s. Any officer or employee who is
being paid on merit step E may be reduced to Step "D" of the
appropriate salary range, upon the recommendation of the
Police Chief, and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure
for such reduction shall follow the same procedure as outlined
for merit advancements in Section 4.7 above, and such officer
or employee may be considered for readvancement under the same
provisions as contained in Subsection C of Section 4.7.
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4.9 Promotional Salary Advancement. When an officer or employee
is promoted to a position in a higher classification from a
position in a lower classification in the same occupational
career ladder, he or she shall be reassigned to Step "A" in
the appropriate salary rate range for the higher
classification; provided however, that if the base salary step
currently being paid such officer or employee is already equal
to or higher than said Step "A," he or she will be placed in
the lowest step in the appropriate salary rate range as will
grant that officer or employee an increase of at least one (1)
salary step over his or her current base salary step including
any additive or additives such as career development or
educational incentive pay, but excluding shift differential,
assignment pay and bilingual pay.
4.10 Demotion. When an officer or employee is demoted to a position
in a lower classification, his or her salary rate shall be
fixed in the appropriate salary rate range for the lower
classification in accordance with the following provisions:
A. The salary rate shall be reduced by at least one (1)
step.
B. The new salary rate must be within the appropriate salary
rate range.
C. The new salary rate shall not be higher than the salary
step to which the officer or employee would have been
entitled had his or her service time in the higher
classification been spent in the lower classification.
D. If the salary rate recommended by the Police Chief is
lower than the maximum step permissible under Subsection
C above, such recommendation shall be considered a
reduction in pay in addition to the demotion and shall be
handled in accordance with the provisions for salary
reductions (Section 4.8, above)
4.11 Reallocation of Salary Rate Ranqes. Any officer or employee
who is employed in a classification which is reallocated to a
different salary rate range from that previously assigned
shall be retained in the same salary step in the new salary
rate range as he or she had previously held in the prior rate
range and shall retain credit for length of service in such
step towards advancement to the next higher step.
4.12 Direct Paycheck Deposit. The City and Association agree to
form a Citywide task force to determine the feasibility of
implementing a direct paycheck deposit system. If agreed to
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by all parties, the new system will be implemented by January
1, 2001, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
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ARTICLE V
5.0 ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER SPECIAL PAY ADDITIVES
5.1 Assignment Pay Differentials.
Effective the first day of the first full month following
Council approval of this Agreement, assignment pay
differentials, as listed herein and throughout the contract,
will, in each case, be added individually and separately to
the employee's base salary. In no event shall one assignment
pay differential be added to the employee's base salary as a
basis for the calculation of an additional pay differential.
A. An incumbent in the class of Police Services Dispatcher
who is continuously and regularly assigned to and
actually performing in a lead supervisory and trainer
capacity over an assigned shift of Police Services
Dispatchers will be paid at a rate set ten (10) salary
rate ranges (approximately 5.0%) above his or her then
current base monthly salary step.
B. Personnel in the class of Forensic Specialist I, who are
regularly and continuously assigned to and actually
performing duties in a "lead supervisory" capacity over
a prlmary functional unit of Forensic Specialist I
employees, will be paid at a rate set ten (10) salary
rate ranges (approximately 5.0%) above their then current
base monthly salary step.
C. An incumbent ln the class of Police Officer who is
continuously and regularly assigned to and actually
performing duties of a Corporal will be paid at a rate
set five (5) salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%)
above his or her then current base monthly salary step.
D. An incumbent in the class of Detention Officer who is
regularly assigned to and actually performing duties of
a Senior Detention Officer will be paid at a rate set
five (5) salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%) above
his or her then current base monthly salary step.
E. The Police Chief at his discretion and based on the
department's need may assign sworn officers to standby
status for Saturday and Sunday, holidays, or other days
as determined by the Police Chief. Officers thus
assigned will be compensated at the rate of two (2) hours
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of straight time per day of standby duty.
F. An employee who is continuously and regularly assigned as
a Training Officer assigned to Field Operations or the
Detention facility will be paid at a rate set five (5)
salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%) above his or her
then current base monthly salary step.
G. An employee who is continuously and regularly assigned as
an Internal Affairs Officer will be paid at a rate set
five (5) salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%) above
his or her then current base monthly salary step.
5.2 Shift Differential, Non-Sworn Personnel. Each employee in the
classes of Animal Control Officer I, Animal Control Officer
I I, Forensic Specialist I, Forensic Specialist I I, Police
Communications Supervisor, Police Investigative Specialist,
Police Property & Evidence Specialist, Police Service Officer,
Police Services Dispatcher, Communications Services Officer,
Detention Officer, and Detention Supervisor who is
continuously and regularly assigned to a schedule of work
which requires that he or she actually work a minimum of four
and one-half (4 1/2) hours between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and
7:00 A.M. will be paid a shift differential at a rate set ten
(10) salary rate ranges (5.0%) above his or her then current
base monthly salary step.
5.3 Bilingual Pay. Qualified employees who meet the following
criteria will be paid a monthly pay differential, above his or
her base monthly salary step, as follows:
A. Assignment by the Police Chief or his designee to a
position requiring bilingual capability in both English
and one of the following languages: Spanish, Samoan,
Vietnamese, Cambodian, Korean, Hmong or other language
designated by the City Manager; and
B. Certified by the chief personnel officer as having
satisfactorily demonstrated the required level of fluency
in both languages.
C. Street Level Proficiency In Spanish. A Police Officer or
Police Sergeant who successfully meets the "Street Level
Proficiency" requirements set out in the departmental
Spanish training program shall be paid a bilingual pay
differential in an amount equal to the product obtained
by multiplying the base salary rate being paid to an
employee in the rank of Police Officer at Step "E" by two
and one-half percent (2.5%) (five [5J salary rate
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ranges) .
Employees receiving "Street Level Proficiency" incentive
pay may be required, as a condition of continued
eligibility to receive such incentive pay, to
successfully complete an eight (8) hour refresher course
once every twelve months from the date of initial
certification.
D. Complex Level Proficiency In Spanish. All employees in
the classifications of Police Officer and Police Sergeant
who successfully meet the "Complex Level Proficiency"
requirements set out in the departmental Spanish training
program shall be paid a bilingual pay differential in an
amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the
Step "E" base salary rate of Police Officer by ten (10)
salary rate ranges (5.0%).
E. All non-sworn employees in classifications represented by
this Agreement shall be paid a bilingual pay differential
of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month after
successfully meeting the requirements for "complex level
prof iciency. "
5.4 All assignments to positions set forth in Sections 1, 2, 3
above of sworn and non-sworn personnel shall be made or
revoked in a fair manner at the discretion of the Police
Chief.
5.5 Temporary Upqrade Assignment Pay. Effective the first day of
the first full month following Council approval of this
Agreement, Temporary Upgrade Assignments will be provided in
order to create an equitable method of compensating employees
who are assigned temporarily to a vacant, full-time, budgeted,
higher-level position.
A. Eligiblity.
1. Full-time employees shall receive Temporary Upgrade
Assignment Pay if the following criteria are met:
a. The work assumed encompasses the majority of
the typical duties and responsibilities of the
vacated position.
b. The employee must serve two (2) consecutive
calendar weeks in an acting capacity to
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qualify for assignment pay. A permitted
absence of two (2) days or less during such
two (2) consecutive calendar week period shall
not be deemed to void such consecutive
service; however, the days of absence shall
not be counted in the computation of such two
(2) week requirement.
c. In computing qualifying service or temporary
upgrade assignment pay, only full days of
actual duty shall be included, and partial
days shall not be combined to make full days
unless they are normally granted holiday
hours. Normally granted holidays will be
included in computing actual duty days.
2. Whenever practicable, the Police Chief shall rotate
Temporary Upgrade Assignments among all qualified
employees.
3. Employees in the following categories shall not be
assigned to Temporary Upgrade work unless
specifically authorized by the City Manager:
a. Non-permanent employees (Probationary, Part-
time, Seasonal, etc.).
b. Employees performing work above their regular
class in a training capacity.
B. Payment.
1. The employee serving in a Temporary Upgrade
Assignment shall receive the beginning rate (Step
"AA" or "A") assigned to the higher classification
or the lowest rate in that range which is at least
ten (10) salary rate ranges (approximately 5%)
higher than the current base salary rate he or she
normally receives, whichever is greater, for all
time that he or she serves.
If an employee has worked two (2) consecutive
calendar weeks during the term of this Agreement in
a higher classification, the employee shall
thereafter receive upgrade pay for each full day
the employee is assigned to work in the higher
classification during the term of this Agreement.
Employees must requalify for an upgrade (Temporary
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Assignment) if the employee has not worked in this
specific upgrade assignment for a period of 18
consecutive months. The employee shall only be
considered to work in a higher classification if
such work is duly and specifically authorized by
the Police Chief.
2. Special pay differentials, such as shift
differential, bilingual pay, special skill pay,
etc., being paid to an employee prior to becoming
eligible for Temporary Upgrade Assignment Pay, will
not be considered in computing the amount of higher
pay to which or she is entitled in Subparagraph
5.4B1 above, unless the special circumstances upon
which said additive is based are also applicable to
the Temporary Upgrade Assignment and the employee
otherwise meets the criteria established for such
pay differential.
3. Temporary Upgrade Assignments which entail moving
an employee into a classification represented by an
employee unit other than that which represents his
or her permanent classification shall not include
any change in fringe benefits for the affected
employee.
4. While working in a Temporary Upgrade Assignment, an
employee will continue to accrue, and have
recorded, general, special or normal salary step
increases in the employee's permanent position;
however, such salary increases will be paid only to
maintain the minimum five percent (5%) differential
above the salary to which an employee is entitled
in his or her permanent position.
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ARTICLE VI
6.0 CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
6.1 Definitions. For the purpose of clarifying the criteria for
the Police Career Development Program designations set forth
in Sections 6.2 through 6.8 of this Article, the following
definitions apply:
A. Educational Units. One (1) completed "semester" unit in
an academic course of instruction approved by the Police
Chief and in an accredited college or university shall
equal one (1) educational unit. One (1) "quarter" unit
achieved in an educational institution as above shall
equal two-thirds (2/3) of an educational unit.
"Trimester" units or other standards of measurement used
as a basis in awarding scholastic credits will be
accorded the same evaluation and weight as provided by
the respective accredited college or university. Only
completed coursework credited with a letter grade "C" or
better or a grade of "Pass" when evaluated by the
"Pass/Fail" method will be accepted. If such ratings are
not rendered for a specific course, then a certificate of
successful completion must be submitted.
B. Training Units. Twenty (20) classroom hours or its
equivalent of approved police training shall equal one
unit.
Regular, periodic, on-the- j ob training programs shall not
be considered as fulfilling this requirement. Neither
shall the special training required for Crime Scene
Investigators and Advanced Officers or other similar
mandatory training (e.g., First Aid, C.P.R.
Recertification, etc.) nor the basic introductory
training or similar training given an employee during his
or her probationary period be given credit for the
awarding of training units.
1. When college credit is awarded for special training
in police work, such units of credit may be counted
for either training units or educational units as
the officer may select.
2. Training units may be earned by the assignment to
and performance of sworn police officer duties
(other than uniformed field patrol work in Field
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Operations Division) with one (1) full and
continuous month of such assignment equal to one
(1) training unit. Credit for experience in
assignments other than patrol work in Field
Operations shall not be given, unless at least
three (3) full and continuous months of such
assignment have been completed. Not more than six
(6) units of training through assignment to non-
patrol duties may be earned in anyone (1) year and
not more than fifteen (15) such training units by
assignment shall be used in meeting the criteria
for the Police Career Development Program
designations as set out in this Article.
6.2 Crime Scene Investiqator (C.S.I.). Any sworn, safety-member
Police Officer who attains the following educational and
experience requirements and the approval as set out below
shall be paid an additional five (5) salary rate ranges (2.5%)
above his or her then current base monthly salary step. The
criteria for such designation shall be as follows:
A. Completion of two (2) years of experience as a sworn
Police Officer, at least one of which shall be in the
Santa Ana Police Department.
B.
Completion (acquisition) of at
educational and/or training units.
least
thirty (30)
C. Assignment to and actual performance of the duties and
responsibilities of a C.S.I.
D. Completion of a special training course for Crime Scene
Investigators as developed and administered by the Santa
Ana Police Department or such alternative course as
designated for such purpose by the Police Chief.
E.
Approval of
designations
requirements
Police Chief.
the Police Chief.
as C.S.I. shall be
of the department as
The number of such
no larger than the
determined by the
6.3 Senior Police Officer I. Any sworn, safety-member Police
Officer, regardless of duty assignment, who fulfills the
requirements established in this section shall be designated
as a Senior Police Officer I and shall be paid at a rate set
fifteen (15) salary rate ranges (7.5%) above his or her then
current base monthly salary step. The criteria for such
designation shall be as follows:
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A. Completion of five (5) years of municipal police
experience in the Police Officer classification.
B.
Completion (acquisition) of at
educational and/or training units.
least
sixty (60)
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.4 Senior Police Officer II. Any sworn, safety-member Police
Officer who fulfills the requirements established in this
section shall be designated as a Senior Police Officer II and
shall be paid at a rate set twenty-five (25) salary rate
ranges (12.5%) above his or her then current base monthly
salary step in the Police Officer classification. The
criteria for such designation shall be as follows:
A. Completion of seven (7) years of municipal police
experience in the Police Officer classification.
B. Completion (acquisition) of at least ninety (90)
educational/training units; or possession of an Associate
of Arts degree from an accredited college with an
additional thirty (30) or more educational/training
units.
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.5 Senior Police Officer III. Any sworn, safety-member Police
Officer who fulfills the requirements established in this
section shall be designated as a Senior Police Officer III and
shall be paid at a rate set thirty (30) salary rate ranges
(15%) above his or her then current base monthly salary step
in the Police Officer classification. The criteria for such
designation shall be as follows:
A. Completion of nine (9) years of municipal police
experience in the Police Officer classification.
B. Completion (acquisition) of at least one hundred twenty
(120) educational/training units; or possession of an
Associate of Arts degree from an accredited college with
an additional sixty (60) or more educational/training
units.
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.6 Senior Police Sergeant~. Any officer holding the rank of
Police Sergeant in the Santa Ana Police Department, regardless
of duty assignment, who fulfills the requirements established
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in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police
Sergeant I and shall be paid at a rate set fifteen (15) salary
rate ranges (7.5%) above his or her then current base monthly
salary step. The criteria for such designation shall be as
follows:
A.
Completion of five
experience.
(5 )
years of municipal police
B.
Completion (acquisition) of at
educational and/or training units.
least
sixty (60)
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.7 Senior Police Serqeant II. Any officer holding the rank of
Police Sergeant in the Santa Ana Police Department, regardless
of duty assignment, who fulfills the requirements established
in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police
Sergeant II and shall be paid at a rate set twenty (20) salary
rate ranges (10%) above his or her then current base monthly
salary step in the Police Sergeant class. The criteria for
such designation shall be as follows:
A. Completion of seven (7) years of municipal police
experience.
B. Completion (acquisition) of at least ninety (90)
educational and/or training units; or possession of an
Associate of Arts academic degree from an accredited
college with an additional thirty (30) or more education
or training units.
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.8 Senior Police Serqeant III. Any officer holding the rank of
Police Sergeant in the Santa Ana Police Department, regardless
of duty assignment, who fulfills the requirements established
in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police
Sergeant III and shall be paid at a rate set twenty-five (25)
salary rate ranges (12.5%) above his or her then current base
monthly salary step in the Police Sergeant class. The criteria
for such designation shall be as follows:
A.
Completion of nlne
experience.
(9 )
years of municipal police
B. Completion (acquisition) of at least one hundred twenty
(120) educational/training units; or possession of an
Associate of Arts academic degree from an accredited
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college with an additional
educational/training units.
sixty
(60)
or
more
C. Approval of the Police Chief.
6.9 Career Development Proqram - Non-Sworn. Effective the first
day of the first full month following Council approval of this
Agreement, an incumbent in one of the classes designated as
"non-sworn" covered by this Agreement shall earn an additional
amount as follows:
A. Upon attainment of an Associate in Arts Degree and five
(5) years' experience with the City of Santa Ana, said
employee will be paid at a rate set five (5) salary rate
ranges (approximately 2.5%) above his or her then current
base monthly salary step.
B. Upon attainment of a Bachelor of Arts or Science Degree
and with five (5) years' experience with the City of
Santa Ana, said employee will be paid at a rate set an
additional (5) salary rate ranges (approximately 2.5%)
for a total of 10 salary rate ranges (approximately 5%)
above his or her then current base monthly salary step.
If said employee obtains a Bachelor I s Degree without
attaining an Associate in Arts Degree, he or she will be
paid at a rate set ten (10) salary rate ranges
(approximately 5%) above his or her then current base
monthly salary step.
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ARTICLE VII
7.0 TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
7.1 Purpose.
A. To encourage the employees of the City of Santa Ana to
take college courses and special training courses which
will better enable them to perform their present duties
and prepare them for increased responsibilities.
B. To provide financial assistance to eligible employees for
education and training.
C. To establish eligibility requirements, conditions and
procedures whereby such assistance may be provided.
7.2 Eliqibility.
A. Applications for tuition reimbursement will be considered
only from full-time, permanent City employees who have
completed probation.
B. Reimbursement is not authorized for courses for which the
employee is receiving financial assistance from other
sources such as G.I. Bill, scholarships, etc.
C. Applications will be approved only for courses directly
related to the employee's job or directly related to a
promotional position in the employee's occupational
specialty.
D. Courses not ostensibly related to the employee's job, but
which are required to qualify for a degree that is
directly related to his or her job may be reimbursable
only after all required occupationally related courses
have been completed.
E. Prior to receiving tuition reimbursement, employees must
submit documentary proof of having received a grade of
not less than "C" for the course. If objective ratings
are not rendered for a specific course, then a
certificate of successful completion must be submitted.
F. Approval will be limited to courses given by accredited
colleges and universities, city colleges or adult
education courses under the sponsorship of the various
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Boards of Education. Workshops, seminars, conferences and
similar activities not identifiable as a formal course of
instruction within the curriculum of a recognized
educational institution, do not fall within the purview
of this program but may be authorized and funded by the
interested department without coordination with the
Personnel Services Department.
G. When an employee is required by the Police Chief to
attend a particular course or seminar, the expense shall
be borne entirely by the City.
7.3 Reimbursement.
A. Reimbursement will be based on the cost of tuition or
registration fees and all required texts and related
material for each course. Additional expenses such as
meals and parking fees are not reimbursable.
B. Costs for required texts are eligible for one hundred
percent (100%) reimbursement subject to the following
conditions:
1. That a duplicate of the required text(s) was
unavailable for loan from the departmental
libraries prior to the commencement of coursework;
2. That any textbook(s) purchased by the City shall be
submitted to the employee's respective departmental
library in order that such text (s) may be made
available to all employees.
C. Tuition or registration costs of one hundred dollars
($100.00) or less are eligible for one hundred percent
(100%) reimbursement. Tuition costs in excess of one
hundred dollars ($100.00) are eligible for seventy-five
percent (75%) reimbursement. Maximum tuition
reimbursement per semester is five hundred dollars
($500.00) with a maximum of $1,500 a year. NOTE: Summer
and winter sessions shall be counted as separate
"semesters" for purposes of the program.
D. Employees shall be limited, for purposes of tuition
reimbursement, to a maximum of two (2) collegiate level
courses of not more than a total number of units which is
equivalent to six (6) "semester" units per semester. One
(1) "quarter" unit shall equal two-thirds (2/3) of one
(1) "semester" unit.
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7.4 Procedures.
A. An employee who desires to seek tuition reimbursement
under the provisions of this Article must complete an
Application for Training and Educational Assistance form
and submit it to the Police Chief.
B. The Police Chief will recommend approval or disapproval
and forward the application to the Personnel Services
Department. It is advisable that the applicant
accomplish the procedures so far described prior to the
inception of the course or disbursement of personal funds
in order to ascertain the eligibility of the intended
course of instruction for reimbursement under the
provisions of this policy.
C. wi thin three months after he/she has completed the course
and received his/her final grade, the employee must
include official verification of his/her final grade with
appropriate receipts for tuition and textbook costs to
the Personnel Services Department. These will be returned
to the employee upon request. Applications not submitted
to the Personnel Services Department within three months
following completion of the course become void.
D. Upon receipt of the required documentation, the Personnel
Services Department will determine whether the completed
course of instruction is compatible with the provisions
of Sections 2 and 3 of this Article. If found to be
compatible, the Personnel Services Department will
compute the amount of reimbursement, authenticate the
application and forward it to the Police Chief.
E. The Police Chief will then authorize the Finance and
Management Services Department to reimburse the employee
the approved amount out of the budget of the Police
Department.
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ARTICLE VIII
8.0 OVERTIME
8.1 General Policy for Overtime Work. Whenever it shall be
determined to be in the public interest for employees to
perform overtime work, or in an emergency situation, the City
Manager, the Police Chief, or an authorized representative of
the City Manager or Police Chief, may require an employee to
perform overtime work.
8.2 Definition.
A. Standard Work Period Overtime. Overtime for those
employees assigned to the Standard Work Period shall be
authorized or required time worked in excess of those
hours assigned to their particular Standard Work Period
Schedule workday or hours in excess of 40 hours per Work
Period.
B. Alternative Work Period Overtime. Pursuant to this
Memorandum of Understanding, employees assigned to the
Alternate Work Period shall earn overtime for authorized
or required time worked in excess of those hours assigned
to their particular Alternative Work Period Schedule
workday or hours in excess of his or her Alternative Work
Period Schedule hours in a consecutive fourteen day, 336
hour period.
8.3 Computation of a Workdav and Work Period. Paid leave for
holidays, sickness, vacation, and other time off with pay
shall be credited towards the total time worked in computing
a regular workday, and/or a work period, as defined herein.
Work amounting to less than six (6) minutes shall not be
considered time worked. Overtime worked for six (6) or more
minutes shall be calculated in six (6) minute intervals.
Leave without pay shall not be credited towards the total time
worked in computing a regular workday, and/or a work period,
as defined herein.
8.4 Compensation for Overtime.
A. The preferable method by which overtime shall be
compensated is by monetary payment, at one and one-half
(1 1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay.
B. Should the Police Chief determine that the best interests
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of the City will be served thereby, he or his designee
may permit an employee to be compensated for overtime
work by taking paid compensatory time off at the rate of
one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee1s regular
rate of pay. The employee will be credited with time off
at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) hours of time for
each hour of overtime worked. This time, hereinafter
identified as "comp time" will be accrued in a comp time
bank for each employee. The hours in this bank shall
reflect the converted time value of each hour worked.
1. Employees are limited to the accumulation of 80
hours of comp time.
C. Use of Comp Time:
1. Employees shall be allowed to use accrued comp time
within a "reasonable period" after making the
request if it does not "unduly disrupt" Department
operations. All requests for the use of comp time
shall be submitted in writing.
2. Twice during each calendar year, on March 15th and
November 15th, each affected employee having accrued
comp time credits, may elect to convert up to forty
(40) hours of such accrued time to the cash
equivalent thereof, to a maximum of eighty (80)
hours per calendar year.
3. As stated previously ln Section 8.4B of this
Memorandum of Understanding, the Police Chief
maintains the sole authority to determine whether
employees shall be allowed to choose to accumulate
comp time in lieu of cash payment for overtime for
overtime worked.
8.5 Incremental Usage. Time off with pay to compensate for
overtime worked may be taken in increments as small as one-
half (1/2) hour.
8.6 Excess Usaoe. If compensatory time off is used in excess of
that available, such excess compensatory time off will first
be deducted from any available vacation benefits and finally,
deducted from the next scheduled wage or salary payment.
8.7 No Effect on Other Benefits. Overtime work shall not apply to
the earning of employee benefits (retirement, holidays,
vacation accrual, sick leave accrual and employee insurance
benefits), toward the completion of probationary period or to
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progression within a salary rate range.
8.8 Overtime Work to be Apportioned. To the extent that he lS
reasonably able to do so, the Police Chief shall arrange work
programs to minimize overtime work; necessary overtime work
shall be apportioned among employees of like classification
and assignment.
8.9 Advance Compensation for Overtime. Time off with pay as
compensation for overtime may not be granted or taken in
advance of the overtime work for which the time off
compensates. Before compensatory time off with pay may be
taken, as herein provided, the overtime worked must have been
recorded on official payroll records at or about the time the
overtime work was performed. In the absence of such recording,
no compensatory time off with pay will be permitted.
8.10 Compensation for Overtime: Exclusions. No overtime payor
comp time shall be allowed an employee for attendance at
conventions, conferences, seminars or the like, unless such
employee is ordered to attend. Overtime payor comp time
shall be permitted only for attendance which is ordered on
such employee's normal days off or for time beyond a normal
workday1s duration. Overtime payor comp time shall not be
allowed for travel time to and from conventions, association
meetings, conferences, seminars or the like, should such time
occur outside the employee's normal work schedule, without the
prior approval of the Bureau Commander.
8.11 Compensation for Overtime: Other Exclusions.
A. For employees on 7/12 - 7/12.5 Work Schedule, training or
attendance at conventions, conferences, seminars for the
duration of the day, or the like, held outside the City
limits, in lieu of an employee's regularly scheduled 11
hour 30 minutes shift or the 12 hour shift, will count as
10 hours worked, including travel time, and thus the
employee will be left with a 1 hour, 30 minute or two (2)
hour balance. This time will be reimbursed from the
employee's "Time Off Bank" or from the employee's comp
time. Training held within the City limits for less than
eight (8) hours or outside the City will be accounted for
on an hour-to-hour basis except employees attending
training outside the City limits may be eligible for two
(2) hours of travel time. However, it is the City1s
intent to minimize the chargeback to paid time by the
employee through effective planning of training programs.
B. For employees on a 4/10 work schedule, training or
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attendance at conventions, conferences, or seminars for
the duration of the day, or the like, held outside the
City limits, in lieu of an employee I s regularly scheduled
10-hour shift, will count as 10 hours worked, including
travel time. Training held within the City limits for
less than eight (8) hours or outside the City will be
accounted for on an hour-to-hour basis, except employees
attending training outside the City limits may be
eligible for two (2) hours of travel time. Employees
at tending training of less than eight (8) hours will
return to their duty assignments or, with the approval of
their immediate supervisor, take time off from their time
bank.
8.12 Call-Back-Duty. Any employee covered by this Agreement who is
recalled to active duty from off-duty, shall be entitled to
overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the
regular rate of pay for such employee for time actually worked
from the time that the employee is recalled until the employee
is released to return home or his next work day commences or
two (2) hours pay at the regular rate of pay, whichever is
greater. If such call back is at the employee1s discretion,
then only time worked shall be compensated.
8.13 Accrued Overtime Paid Upon Promotions or Upon Se~aration.
Upon an employee's appointment to a position in which overtime
may not be earned or upon an employee's separation from
employment with the City by resignation, retirement, layoff or
otherwise, he or she shall forthwith be compensated for any
overtime accumulated to the time immediately preceding such
promotion or separation.
8.14 Court A-ppearance. Compensation for court appearance by
personnel covered by this Agreement shall be as follows:
A. For each required court appearance made by an employee
during his or her off-duty time in regard to City
business, employees shall be paid overtime for the period
of time from their arrival at court until they are
released from court or the court session closes for that
day. However, in no case, shall an employee receive less
than two (2) hours overtime for a court appearance. If
court appearances are made both in the morning and
afternoon of a particular day, two (2) hours overtime
will be allowed for each session attended. If the
employee is not released and must remain available for
afternoon court, the employee shall be paid overtime for
all hours the court is in session that day.
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The employee
requiring his
procedures.
must provide a copy
or her attendance to
of the
initiate
subpoena
payroll
B. A subpoenaed employee scheduled to appear in court on
City business during off -duty time may be placed on
stand-by status by the Police Chief or his authorized
representative if the employee can respond to the court,
if called, within 60 minutes of the employee1s
notification. In the event such off-duty employee is on
stand-by status during any court session and is not
required to appear in court, such employees shall be
compensated two (2) hours on a straight time basis, for
each court session. Such employee may elect, in lieu of
paid time, two (2) hours of comp time off for standby
time and not appearing in court, with the approval of the
Police Chief. If such off -duty employee on stand-by
actually appears in court, he or she shall be compensated
as provided in Subsection A, supra.
C. Employees assigned to the 7/12 or 7/12.5 Work Schedule
who appear in court during their regularly scheduled
workweek, and as a result do not receive adequate rest,
will be allowed to flex their scheduled shift start time
up to four hours, with the approval of the employee's
immediate supervisor and watch commander, or immediate
supervisor and section commander. Alternatively, the
employee may be allowed to use up to four hours from
his/her "Time Off Bank" or from compensatory time off at
the beginning of their scheduled shift to ensure adequate
rest.
1. An employee whose work shift ends or starts within
thirty minutes of a mandatory court appearance
shall be compensated for those thirty minutes at an
overtime rate.
8.15 Creation of Association Comp Time Bank.
A.
Any member of the Association who works overtime, or
accrued but unused holidays, can designate that he or
will contribute the value of such time to a bank for
by members of the Association for the purposes
subject to the restrictions provided herein.
has
she
use
and
B. Any member of the Association may receive time off for
the welfare of officers, community service and any lawful
activity of the Association with pay drawn from the bank
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described in Subsection A of this Section, provided that
said employee first gains approval for said use by the
executive board of the Association in the manner
specified by its rules as adopted from time to time, and
subject to the approval or disapproval of the Police
Chief consistent with the operational needs of the Police
Department.
C. No withdrawal or use of such bank may be made by or on
behalf of an employee ordered to take time off without
pay for discipline imposed by the Police Chief or his
designee.
8.16 Declaration of State of Emerqency. Emergencies shall be
governed by the provisions of Santa Ana Municipal Code Section
9-194.
8.17 Compensation of Voluntary Contract Overtime. Exclusive of
other provisions of this Article, except Section 8.7 (No
Effect on Other Benefits) supra, Police Officers and Police
Sergeants who voluntarily agree to perform contract security
services at games, parades, dances and similar public events
shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2)
times the employee's regular rate of pay.
The Police Chief shall determine how many off-duty police
officers should serve as security officers at each event.
Police Officers and Sergeants represented by the Association
shall be given first opportunity to volunteer for said off-
duty assignments. If, after a reasonable period of time, an
insufficient number of police officers have volunteered to
work such assignments, the Police Chief may offer the
remaining "openings" to any person (s) he deems capable of
performing the work at whatever straight-time pay rate the
City considers to be appropriate.
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ARTICLE IX
9.0 HOLIDAYS
9.1
Legal holidays observed by
probationary employees covered
follows:
full-time permanent
by this Agreement are
and
as
o January 1st - New Year1s Day.
o Third (3rd) Monday in January - In observance
of Martin Luther King Jr. IS Birthday.
o Third (3rd) Monday in February In memory of
George Washington's Birthday.
o Last Monday in May - In commemoration of Memorial
Day.
o July 4th - In observance of Independence Day.
o First (1st) Monday in September - In observance of
Labor Day.
o November 11th - In observance of Veteran's Day.
o Fourth (4th) Thursday in November - In observance
of Thanksgiving Day.
o The Friday immediately following Thanksgiving Day.
o December 25th - In observance of Christmas Day.
o Last working day before Christmas Day, unless
Christmas falls on a Thursday, in which instance,
the day following Christmas Day shall be observed
in lieu thereof.
o One (1) Floating Holiday - Any workday selected by
the employee with prior permission of the
employee's supervisor.
o Every day proclaimed by the Mayor of the City
as a holiday for City employees.
Any holiday which falls on a Sunday will be observed on the
following Monday. Any holiday which falls on a Saturday will
be observed on the Friday preceding the Holiday.
9.2 Full-time, permanent and probationary employees covered by
this agreement shall be entitled to receive 96 hours off
during the calendar year in lieu of the twelve (12) holidays
specified in Section 9.1, supra. The 96 hours will be added
to the employee1s "Time Off Bank," as described in Article X,
Section 10.6 at the beginning of the calendar year. Said
employee required to work on a City observed "legal" holiday
shall be paid at his or her straight time rate.
Said "time off" may be taken at any time during the calendar
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year with prior permission of the employee's supervisor and
subject to the operational needs of the department. However,
if an employee who separated from the service of the City has
taken time off for holidays in advance of the date or day the
holiday actually occurred, he or she must pay the City the
cash value for such used but unearned holiday time off
benefits prior to or at the time of separation.
9.3 A newly-appointed employee must actually work at least one day
preceding the day a holiday listed in Section 9.1, supra,
actually occurs in order to receive credit for such holiday.
The employee will then be credited with all remaining holidays
in the year occurring after the appointment.
An employee separating
actually work at least
listed in Section 9.1,
receive credit for that
from the service of the City must
one day following the day a holiday
supra, actually occurs in order to
holiday.
A newly-appointed employee must complete SlX (6) months of
continuous, full-time service in order to receive credit for
the Floating Holiday listed in Section 9.1 above.
9.4 This "time off," as defined in Article X, Section 10.6, may be
taken in increments as small as one half (1/2) hour, with
fractional usage rounded upward to the next higher multiple of
one half (1/2) hour.
9.5 Holiday benefits may not be carried over from one calendar
year to the next.
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ARTICLE X
10.0 VACATION
10.1 Purpose. It is the policy of the City to grant employees
vacation leave in order to provide them with a break in their
regular work schedule, and this purpose will be used as a
guide in the administration of the provisions of this Article.
10.2 Reqular Vacation Period.
A. Full time employees shall be granted regular vacation at
the rate of 80 hours for each of his or her first and
second completed year of service, accrued on a monthly
basis at the rate of 6 2/3 hours for each completed month
of service. Thereafter, all such employees shall be
granted regular vacation at the rate of 120 hours for
each completed year of service, accrued at the rate of 10
hours for each completed month of service.
B. An employee who has completed less than one year's
service during the calendar year shall receive a
proportionate fraction in accordance with the amount of
service to his or her credit during the yearj provided,
however, no employee shall be entitled to, or receive
payment for, any vacation until he or she has completed
six (6) months of continuous service.
C. On or after the first (1st) day of the month following
completion of six (6) months of continuous full-time
service, an employee may be allowed to take all or a
proportionate fraction of his or her earned vacation,
subject to scheduling approval of the employeels
supervisor.
D. Absence on sick leave for a period in excess of fifteen
(15) consecutive calendar days shall not be considered as
service for vacation accrual purposes.
E. Computation of Regular Vacation:
1. In computing regular vacation, each municipal
holiday that occurs during the vacation, and that
falls on a day which the employee would have worked
had he or she not been on vacation, shall be
deducted from the computation so that ten (10)
additional hours of regular vacation shall be
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allowed to the employee unless departmental
practice provides some other manner of compensating
for municipal holidays. Should an employee be
confined to a hospital for sickness or injury while
on authorized vacation, each full day of such
confinement, when confirmed by a physician's
statement and approval of the Police Chief, may be
deducted from the computation of vacation expended
and charged against the employee's accumulated sick
leave.
2. No employee may carryover from one calendar year
to the next, more than the equivalent of two (2)
regular vacation periods from the previous two (2)
years, and vacation not taken beyond that amount is
forfeited. A regular vacation period is defined as
the maximum amount of vacation earned in a calendar
year as provided in Subsection A, supra.
3. No employee shall have a right to accumulate or
split his or her vacation, but the same may be
allowed or required by the Police Chief.
10.3 Lonqevity Vacation.
A. Each permanent employee is granted additional hours of
vacation leave with pay for each computed year of full-
time, continuous city service as set forth in the
following table. This additional vacation shall be
designated longevity vacation.
Completed
Years
Hourly Equivalent
of Additional Days
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
48
56
64
72
80
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B. No employee becomes eligible for longevity vacation until
completion of the sixth year of continuous service, and
each employee continues to earn the maximum of 80 hours
of longevity vacation for each completed year of service
in excess of 20 years.
C. A period of earlier service does not apply toward
longevity vacation accumulation when an employee has had
a break in continuous service, unless the break in
service is concluded by reappointment, as provided in
Section 9-114 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code or by
reemployment from layoff within one (1) year.
D. Leave of absence without pay, as provided in Article XI,
Section lE (Sick Leave-Extended) and Section 10.8
(Authorized Absence Without Pay - Long Term) herein, does
not constitute a break in continuous service as used in
this sectionj however, the leave of absence period shall
not be applied toward the accumulation of longevity
vacation. Absence on military leave followed by
reinstatement, as provided in Section 9-143 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code does not constitute a break in
service, and the period of absence on such military leave
shall be applied toward the accumulation of longevity
vacation.
10.4 Limitation on Vacation. With the exception of a retiring
employee, no employee is granted, and no employee shall be
allowed to take, any vacation leave with pay in excess of 400
hours in anyone year by any combination of the vacations
granted in this Agreement. Further, no employee may carryover
from one calendar year to the next more than the equivalent of
one longevity vacation period and the equivalent of one
regular vacation period from the previous two (2) years, and
vacation not taken beyond that amount is forfeited. Therefore,
the maximum vacation that an employee with less than six (6)
years service could accumulate is 240 hours and only an
employee with more than 20 years of service could carryover
and take the authorized maximum of 400 hours in anyone year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any affected employee who
is in jeopardy of losing vacation because of department
staffing needs, the Police Chief may provide for a 30 -day
extension beyond the normal cut off date so that such employee
will not lose vacation time.
10.5 Excess Usaqe. If vacation time off is used in excess of that
available, such excess vacation time off will be, first,
deducted from any available compensatory time off accrualj
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finally, deducted from the next scheduled wage or salary
payment.
10.6 Time Off Bank. An Employee Time Off Bank exists for each
employee in the unit. Time off will be computed on an annual
basis and will be composed of allowable vacation, holidays,
and compensatory time based on existing policies. The time
off from this bank may be taken in increments as small as one
half (1/2) hour, with fractional usage rounded upward to the
next higher multiple of one half (1/2) hour.
Each affected employee shall be afforded the opportunity to
submit time off selection (s) and the Police Chief or his
designee shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the
employee's preference(s). The time at which an employee shall
take his or her leave time shall be determined by the Police
Chief, with due regard for the wishes of the employee and
particular regard for the needs of the service.
NOTE: All other policies and procedures described in Article VIII,
"Overtime", Article IX, "Holidays", and Article X, "Vacation" will
apply to the Time Off Bank. However, no employee will be allowed
to carry a negative balance in the Time Off Bank.
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ARTICLE XI
11.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE
11.1 Sick Leave.
A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick
leave shall be deemed to mean absence from duty of an
employee because of non-industrial illness or injury that
prevents the employee from performing the duties of his
or her position, and shall be deemed to include time in
quarantine resulting from non-duty related exposure to a
contagious disease.
B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall
earn, eight (8) hours of sick leave for each full
calendar month of service in which he or she is employed
by the City with full paYj provided, however, any absence
on sick leave for a period of time greater than fifteen
(15) consecutive calendar days in anyone (1) calendar
month shall not be considered to be service entitling an
employee to earn sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the
other provisions in this Article, sick leave shall accrue
to the credit of each employee to the extent that it is
not used. Notwithstanding the foregoing, employees on
leave of absence for service-connected illness or injury
who are covered by the provisions of Labor Code Section
4850, shall continue to accumulate eight (8) hours of
sick leave for each full calendar month of service for
which he or she is employed by the City with full pay
during said absence for service-connected illness or
injury.
C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by
City employees shall be authorized as follows:
1. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use
at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only
in cases of necessity and actual sickness or
disability, or as authorized in Subsection J below.
2. With respect to "miscellaneous-member" employees
covered by this Agreement, when such an employee's
absence is caused by an industrial illness or
injury, for which benefits are required to be
provided under the State Workers' Compensation
Insurance and Safety Act, the City shall pay 100%
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of salary for the first three (3) days of such
absence and sick leave shall not be debited.
D. Limit. The maximum total accumulation of sick leave with
pay shall be 1600 hours. Sick leave usage of less than a
full day shall be charged in minimum increments of one-
half (1/2) hour, with fractional usage rounded upward to
the next higher multiple of one-half (1/2).
E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six
months without pay to an employee who has exhausted all
of his or her accrued sick leave if the City physician or
a licensed physician designated by the City Manager
indicates that the employee will be sufficiently
recovered to return to his or her employment within a six
(6) months period. Prior to the expiration of the
additional time, the employee may return to his or her
position provided that he or she has a certificate from
one of the above mentioned physicians stating that the
employee is able to perform all the duties of his or her
position without qualification. In addition to the above,
the City Manager may grant a further extension not to
exceed a total of one (1) year without pay.
F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick
leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted
permission to take any earned vacation he or she may have
accrued.
G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his
or her immediate supervisor riot less than one (1) hour
prior to the time he or she is scheduled to report for
duty. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive
working days, the employee must present to the Police
Chief a physician's certificate stating the cause of
illness and that, in the physician's opinion, the
employee could not report to work because of such illness
or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered
to safely return to work. Such certificate shall be
transmitted to the chief personnel officer with the
report of the return of the employee to work.
A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written
evidence of actual illness or injury may be required
after an absence of any duration of less than three (3)
days.
H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with
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pay while absent from duty because of sickness or injury
purposely self - inflicted or caused by willful misconduct;
or sickness or disability sustained while engaged in
employment other than employment by the City, for
monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason of
engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or
other compensation.
I. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due
and available to an employee, such excess sick leave,
will first, be deducted from any available compensatory
time off benefit; second, from any available vacation
leave benefit; finally, deducted from the next scheduled
wage or salary payment.
J. Personal Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be
afforded the opportunity to use up to 48 hours of sick
leave per calendar year, on a non-cumulative basis, as
personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity
leave may be used to attend to an illness of a child,
parent, or spouse of the employee. As used in this
section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted
child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person
standing in loco parentis; and "parent" means a
biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a
legal guardian.
Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may
be used: (a) to attend to a serious accident to members
of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; (c)
to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or
other valuable property; or (d) when the existence of
external circumstances beyond the employee's control make
it impractical for him or her to report for duty. For
the purposes of this section only, a "day" shall be
defined as the number of hours of work that an employee
is required to work according to his or her specific
workday schedule.
K. Payment for Unused sick Leave.
Definition. All employees, except for those involved in
disciplinary termination, shall be entitled to payment
under the following provisions:
1. After ten (10) years of cumulative full-time
service with the City, each qualified employee
shall be entitled to payment for one-third (1/3) of
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the total sick leave benefit credited to his or her
account upon the effective date of such
termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 427
hours, at the rate of pay in effect on the date of
such termination.
a. At his or her option, an employee may convert
the above lump sum payment option into health
insurance or long term care insurance premiums
to the extent necessary to provide the
employee and his or her designated eligible
dependents, if any, with benefits under the
heal th insurance program maintained by the
Association. The City I s obligation to pay
such premiums shall be terminated when the sum
of premiums paid equals one-hundred fifty
percent (150%) of the amount of the lump sum
payment that the employee would have received
for unused sick leave benefits had this option
not been elected, not to exceed a maximum of
640 hours.
2. After 15 years of cumulative full-time service with
the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled
to credit for two-thirds (2/3) of the total sick
leave benefit credited to his or her account upon
the effective date of such termination, not to
exceed a maximum limit of 1,066 hours, calculated
at the rate of pay in effect on the date of such
termination. This credit shall be applied toward
monthly health insurance premiums or toward long-
term care insurance premiums, beginning on the
effective date of termination. The Cityl s
obligation to pay such premiums to the Association
on behalf of the employee shall be terminated when
the total credit as described above has been
exhausted.
3. After 20 years of cumulative full-time service with
the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled
to one of two options: (a) payment for 1/3 of the
total sick leave benefit credited to his or her
account upon the effective date of such
termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 533
hours, at the rate of pay in effect on the date of
such termination, or (b) credit for 2/3 of the
total sick leave benefit credited to his or her
account upon the effective date of such
termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 1,066
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11. 2
hours, as defined in "2" above.
4. After 25 years of cumulative full-time service with
the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled
to one of two options: (a) payment for 2/3 of the
total sick leave benefit credited to his or her
account upon the effective date of such
termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 1,066
hours, at the rate of pay in effect on the date of
such termination, or (b) credit for 2/3 of the
total sick leave benefit credited to his or her
account upon the effective date of such
termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 1,066
hours, as defined in "2" above.
5. At the employee's election, payment for unused sick
leave in the above provisions may be received in
either a lump sum of money, or in equal monthly
payments for a period of up to five (5) years.
6. A lump sum payment shall be made to the
beneficiaries of any eligible employee whose death
occurs while such employee is an active employee of
the City, such payment to be in the amount of 1/3
of the total sick leave benefit credited to the
employee1s account at the time of his or her death,
and at the rate of pay effective on the date of
death.
7.
Upon the
benefit
continue
employee
death of any retired employee receiving a
under this provision said benefit will
to be provided on behalf of said retired
to his or her beneficiary.
Bereavement Leave. An employee shall be granted up to
three (3) days leave without loss of pay in case of death
of a member of the employee's immediate family. For
purposes of this Section only, a "day" shall be defined
as the number of hours of work that an employee is
required to work according to his/her specific workday
schedule. Such leave is designated as bereavement leave.
"Immediate family" as used in this section is limited to:
A. Any relative by blood or marriage who is a member
of the employeels household;
B. A parent, parent-in-law, spouse, child, brother,
sister, grandparent or grandchild of the employee,
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11. 3
11.4
11. 5
regardless of residence;
C. Any other relative of the employee by blood or
marriage where it can be established by the
employee that as a result of such relative's
death, the employee's presence is required.
Military Leave.
A. Proof of Orders and Reinstatements. An employee
shall be granted military leave if he or she
furnishes the Chief Personnel Officer satisfactory
proof of his or her orders to report for duty.
Upon return and upon showing proof of actual
service pursuant to such orders, he or she will be
reinstated as provided in Section 9 -143 of the
Santa Ana Municipal Code.
B. Temporary. Members of the reserve forces of the
Uni ted States, or the National Guard, granted
temporary leave when ordered to duty, in
accordance with the Military and Veterans Code and
Section 9 -144 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code,
will be granted leave with pay not to exceed
thirty (30) calendar days in each calendar year
after one yearls service with the City upon
presenting satisfactory proof of orders to and
from such temporary active duties.
Jury and Witness Leave. When an on-duty employee is
called to serve as a juror or a non-party witness in any
court action he or she shall be allowed leave for the
time actually required for such service, without loss of
pay. Each on-duty employee called for such service shall
present to the Police Chief for examination the subpoena
calling him or her to such service and shall pay into the
City Treasury the fees collected for such service, with
the exception of reimbursement for transportation
expenses, if any. Refer to Departmental Order 396 - Jury
Duty for specifics.
Examination Leave. Employees participating in
examinations conducted during their normal working hours
for positions in the competitive service of the City of
Santa Ana will be granted leave with pay for the time
actually required, without loss of any accrued vacation
or compensatory time off benefits.
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11. 6
11. 7
11. 8
Unauthorized Absence. Unauthorized absence from duty for
any duration of time may be considered cause for
dismissal. Absence from duty without leave for five (5)
consecutive working days shall be deemed a resignation
from the service; provided, however, if upon return to
duty the person so absenting himself makes an explanation
satisfactory to the Police Chief of the cause of his
absence, the Police Chief may restore him to his
position, with the City Manager's approval.
Authorized Absence Without Pay. Absence without pay not
to exceed five (5) consecutive working days, may be
authorized by the Police Chief. Absence without pay not
to exceed fifteen (15) calendar days may be authorized by
the department with the approval of the City Manager.
Such absences may be authorized only if in the judgment
of the Police Chief they serve the best interest of the
City.
Authorized Absence Without Pay - Lonq Term. Upon receipt
of a written request from an employee having permanent
status plus action by the Police Chief recommending
approval of the request, the City Manager may grant a
leave of absence for up to six (6) months.
An employee returning to duty with the City shall inform
the Police Chief and chief personnel officer of his or
her intention at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to
the expiration of the six (6) months period or shorter
period if the full six (6) months is not taken. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Police Chief will take steps
necessary to restore the employee to his or her former
position.
11.9 Administrative Leave. The City Manager is authorized to
grant, at his discretion, administrative leave with or
without pay for permanent employees if, in his opinion,
such a leave is in the interests of the City.
11.10 Industrial Leave.
A. Each" safety member" employee covered by the
provisions of Labor Code Section 4850 who is
compelled to be absent from duty because of an
illness or injury covered by the State of
California Workers I Compensation Insurance and
Safety Act shall, in lieu of temporary disability
compensation payable under the aforementioned Act,
continue to be paid his or her normal salary and
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11.11
accrue other benefits in accordance with the
provisions of Labor Code Section 4850.
B. Any period of time during which an employee lS
required to be absent from his or her position by
reason of an industrial injury or industrial
illness for which he or she is entitled to receive
compensation shall not be considered a break in
continuous service for the purpose of his or her
right to salary adjustment or to the accrual of
vacation and seniority.
Catastrophic Leave Donation.
employees otherwise granted leave
by the City Manager because of
industrial medical condition or
Association agree to implement
Donation Program.
In order to assist
of absence without pay
a catastrophic, non-
injury, the City and
a Catastrophic Leave
A. Guidelines. It shall be understood that all
donations under this procedure are voluntary and
subject to taxation for the recipient.
1. Employees may donate vacation or
compensatory time or one in-lieu holiday to
the eligible employee. In no event shall
sick leave be donated.
2. Employees shall be provided a two-week
period to submit donations. Donations
received after this two-week period shall
not be processed. The two-week period for
each case shall be designated by the Police
Chief or his designee as provided herein
below.
3. Donations shall be for a minimum of two (2)
hours and a maximum of eight (8) hours per
donor. All donations must be made in two-
hour increments, except in lieu holidays
must be for eight (8) hours.
4. Any authorization of donations not made in
accordance with the procedures outlined ln
Section C, subparagraph 2 below, will not be
processed.
5. All donations shall be irrevocable.
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6. In the event the recipient returns to work
before leave donations have been exhausted,
any balance on the books shall be accrued by
the recipient and designated as sick leave
and may be used pursuant to Article XI,
Sections 11.lA through 11.lK above.
B. Eliqibility. Full-time employees shall be
eligible for catastrophic leave donations if the
following criteria are met:
1. When it is reasonably foreseeable that all
accrued time on the books, such as sick
leave, compensatory time, vacation, and in
lieu holidays, will be exhausted and the
employee's illness will continue past the
time when the employee will be on paid
status.
2. The Police Chief or his designee has
approved a written request for donations
accompanied by a medical statement from the
employee1s attending physician. The
attending physicianls statement must verify
the employee's need for an extended medical
leave and an estimate of the time the
employee will be unable to work.
C. Procedure.
1. Upon receipt of a valid request for
donations from an eligible employee, the
Police Chief or his designee shall post a
notice of the eligible employee's need for
donations on bulletin boards accessible to
employees. No confidential medical
information shall be included in the posted
notice.
2. Employees wishing to donate time to an
eligible employee must sign his or her
authorization of the transfer of such
donated time and provide:
a. His or her name, department name, and
employee number;
b. The number of hours of compensatory or
vacation time of the donation within
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the limitations of
subparagraph 3 above;
Section
A,
c. The name, department, and employee
number of the recipient;
d. A statement indicating that the donor
understands such donation of time is
irrevocable.
3. At the close of the two-week donation
period, the department shall verify that
each donating employee has accrued vacation
and/or comp time balances sufficient to
cover the designated donation.
4. The department shall submit all approved
donation authorizations for an eligible
employee at one time for processing. No
donation authorizations for the eligible
employee will be processed after this
period. However, employees who receive
donations under this procedure and who
exhaust all donated hours may request an
additional donation period subject to the
provisions of Section A, herein.
5. The City shall add the donated time to the
recipientls sick leave account.
D. Effective as soon as practicable following
implementation of this Agreement, the City agrees
to pay any unused Catastrophic Leave Donations
remaining on the books to the surviving
beneficiary of each of the three (3) designated
deceased members covered by this Agreement.
E. For those current employees with unused
catastrophic leave on the books, the City agrees
to convert said unused catastrophic leave to sick
leave for use in accordance with the provisions of
Article XI, Sections 11.lA through 11.lK above.
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12.1
ARTICLE XII
12.0 EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
During the term of this Agreement the City will
contribute toward the payment of premiums for health,
dental and long-term disability insurance plans
administered by the Association for the benefit of the
employees represented by the Association as follows:
A. Medical Insurance. During the term of this
Agreement, the City will contribute the following
amounts to the Santa Ana Police Officers
Association Medical Insurance Trust Fund for each
affected employee enrolled in medical insurance
plans provided by the Association for its
bargaining unit members and their eligible
dependents:
Effective 7-1-00-6-30-01 $430/month per employee
Effective 7-1-01-6-30-02 $470/month per employee
Effective 7-1-02-6-30-03 $490/month per employee
Any contributions necessary to maintain benefits
under said medical plans in excess of these
amounts per month shall be borne entirely by the
Association and/or the enrollees.
B. Dental Insurance. During the term of this
Agreement, the City will contribute the following
amounts to the Santa Ana Police Officers
Association Medical Insurance Trust Fund for each
affected employee enrolled in dental insurance
plans provided by the Association for its
bargaining unit members and their eligible
dependents:
Effective 7-1-00-6-30-01 $40/month per employee
Effective 7-1-01-6-30-02 $50/month per employee
Effective 7-1-02-6-30-03 $60/month per employee
Any contributions necessary to maintain benefits
under said dental plans in excess of these amounts
per month shall be borne entirely by the
Association and/or the enrollees.
C. Lonq-Term Disability (L.T.D.) Insurance. The
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12.2
12.3
City shall continue to contribute to the Santa
Ana Police Officer Medical Insurance Trust Fund
an amount toward the payment of premiums for
each employee who is enrolled in the long-term
disability insurance plan provided by the
Association for employees covered by this
Agreement in accordance with the following
schedule:
1.
With respect to sworn,
police personnel, up to a
eight dollars ($68.00)
enrollee.
"safety-member"
maximum of sixty-
per month per
2 .
with respect to non-sworn,
member" personnel, up to a
four dollars ($64.00)
enrollee.
"miscellaneous-
maximum of sixty-
per month per
Any contribution necessary to maintain benefits
under such long-term disability insurance plan
provided by the Association for covered employees
in excess of the amounts set forth as above shall
be borne by the Association and/or the enrollees.
D. Life Insurance. The City shall maintain in effect
for the term of this Agreement its existing life
insurance plan for employees covered by this
Agreement on the same basis as said plan was
offered to employees as of December 31, 1988
except the term life insurance coverage for each
affected employee will be in the amount of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,OOO), plus twenty thousand
dollars ($20,OOO) accidental death and
dismemberment (AD + D) coverage, at no cost to the
employee. .
Retiree Health Insurance Plan. Members retiring on or
after July 1, 1997, will be provided health insurance
premium reduction assistance.
All bargaining unit employees and the Association shall
hold the City harmless, defend and indemnify the City for
any claims regarding the administration of, or the
payment of, claims under any Association designed retiree
health insurance benefit plan.
Employees on unpaid leave of more than 15 calendar days
shall not receive the Cityl s contribution toward any
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insurance coverage. The Police Department will notify
the Association of all employees on unpaid leave or who
separate from City employment within three (3) working
days. The City will continue the payment of contribution
for insurance coverage until the end of the month in
which the Association had received notice from the City
of the employee's separation from employment.
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13.1
13.2
ARTICLE XIII
13.0 RETIREMENT
General. The City shall continue to make contributions to
the California Public Employees I Retirement System
(CalPERS) in accordance with its contract with CalPERS
for employees covered by said contract as amended on
January 1, 1990 and to be amended to provide for the 3%
at 50 benefit effective July 1, 2001.
Deferred Retirement. The City shall continue to make
payment to CalPERS on behalf of each employee covered by
this Agreement in accordance with the following schedule:
A. with respect to "safety-member" employees, the City
shall pay an amount equal to nine-ninths (9/9ths)
of his or her individual employee retirement
contribution.
B. With respect to "miscellaneous-member" employees
covered by this Agreement, the City shall pay an
amount equal to seven-sevenths (7/7ths) of his or
her individual employee retirement contribution.
Such payments shall be credited to the individual
employee1s CalPERS account.
Such payments are not increases ln base salary and
no salary rate range applicable to any of the
employees covered by this Agreement shall be changed
or deemed to have been changed by reason thereof. As
a result, the City will not treat these payments as
ordinary income and thus, will not withhold federal
or state income tax from said payments. The City has
received an opinion or ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service confirming that these payments are
deferred compensation, not ordinary income.
In the event that the City receives a subsequent
ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that such
payments are ordinary income of the employees
instead of deferred compensation, the City's
obligation to make such payments shall discontinue
and in place thereof the base salary of each
affected employee shall forthwith be increased by
eighteen (18) salary rate ranges (9.0%) for "safety-
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13.3
member" and fourteen (14) salary rate ranges (7.0%)
for all "miscellaneous-member" employees covered by
this Agreement.
For the purpose of reporting an employee's compensation
to CalPERS, the City shall include these payments as if
they were a part of the employee's base salary.
C. If the City's actuarial valuation from CalPERS
indicates an employer contribution rate of 0%,
then the City will provide, as soon as
practicable, CalPERS fourth level of 1959
Survivors Benefit to all eligible employees in the
unit. If, however, this CalPERS valuation
indicates an employer contribution rate of more
than 0%, the City and Association agree to reopen
this Article of the MOU for further discussion.
D. Effective June 5, 2000, the City will provide the
CalPERS Pre-Retirement Optional Settlement 2 Death
Benefit to all eligible employees in the unit.
3% at 50 Service Retirement Benefit for Safety Members.
The City agrees to amend its contract with CalPERS to
provide Safety employees represented by this bargaining
unit with the new 3% at 50 Service Retirement benefit
effective July 1, 2001.
Payment of New 3% at 50 Service Retirement Benefit. The
actual cost for the benefit shall be determined upon
receipt of the annual actuarial valuation setting forth
employer rates for the 2001-02 fiscal year and every
subsequent year thereafter. In order to provide this
benefit to its current safety members, the City and
Association agree that eligible employees will pay 50% of
the total additional normal cost to provide this benefit,
not to exceed 1.42% of safety payroll at such time as the
City of Santa Ana incurs such cost.
Yearlv Actuarial Valuation Fluctuations. CalPERS
provides the City with a yearly actuarial valuation
informing it of its new employer contribution rate to be
in effect July 1st of each year. The City and Association
agree that current excess assets have reduced the City's
current employer contribution rate for its Safety Plans
to 0% and that the City's employer contribution rate will
fluctuate from year to year based on the investment
returns earned by the retirement system. The City agrees
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that current eligible safety employees paying to receive
this benefit should also benefit from this yearly
fluctuation in the City's annual actuarial valuation. As
such, current eligible Safety employees will contribute
50% of any yearly City employer contribution rate to a
maximum of 1.42%. For example, if in year two, the
City's employer contribution rate is 2.5%, then employees
covered by this Agreement will pay 1.25%. However, if
the City I S rate increases to 3.50% in the subsequent
year, the employees covered by this Agreement will pay
1.42%.
Military Service Credit as Public Service. Effective
January 1, 2001, or as soon as practicable thereafter, an
employee covered by this Agreement may elect to purchase
up to four (4) years of service credit for any continuous
active military or merchant marine service prior to
employment. The employee must contribute an amount equal
to the contribution for current and prior service that
the employee and the employer would have made with
respect to that period of service.
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14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
ARTICLE XIV
14.0 RELEASE TIME FOR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE
During the term of this Agreement, the City agrees to
grant full-time release from duty for one (1) Association
representative for the conduct of Association affairs
subject to the following:
The Association shall reimburse the City for one hundred
percent (100%) of salary (including any salary additives,
such as career incentive pay) and benefit costs. Such
reimbursement may be from the bank established pursuant
to Section 8.15 of Article VIII of this Agreement.
The Association shall provide an lnsurance policy or
policies, or certificate of such insurance, naming the
City of Santa Ana, its officers, employees and agents as
insured or additional insured, which provides coverage
against liability for any and all claims and/or suits for
damages or injuries to persons or property resulting from
or arising out of any act or omission of said Association
representative. Said policy or policies of insurance
shall provide coverage for both bodily injury and
property damage in not less than the following minimum
amounts: One million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined
single limit or its equivalent. Said policy or policies
shall also contain a provision that no termination,
cancellation or change of coverage of insured or
additional insured shall be effective until thirty (30)
days notice thereof has been given in writing to the City
of Santa Ana.
The Association shall provide the City of Santa Ana with
an insurance certificate from a workers I compensation
insurance carrier certifying that it carries primary
workers' compensation insurance on behalf of said
Association representative and the policy shall not be
cancelled nor the coverage reduced except upon ten (10)
days' prior notice to the City of Santa Ana.
The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the
City of Santa Ana, its officers and employees, from and
against any and all damage to property or injuries to or
death of any person or persons, including property and
employees or agents of the City of Santa Ana, and shall
defend, indemnify and save harmless the City of Santa
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14.5
14.6
Ana, its officers and employees, from any and all claims,
demands, suits, actions or proceedings of any kind or
nature, including, but not by way of limitation, workers I
compensation claims, resulting from or arising out of the
negligent acts, errors, or omissions, or arising out of
the intentional or malicious acts of Association's
representative.
The Association and the City of Santa Ana agree that the
Association I s representative will not be required to
carry out any peace officer's duties during such time
that the Association's representative is on such full-
time release from duty. The Association1s representative
will be required to comply with the Rules and Regulations
of the Santa Ana Police Department as they apply to off-
duty employees, except such representative will not be
required to report for duty for any purpose.
Upon return to duty from such full- time release, the
Association' s representative shall be restored to the
same position without loss of any benefits as he or she
would have occupied or accrued if there had been no
disruption in duty status.
The Association agrees that since the Association
representative does not report for duty or account to the
City for his or her sick leave or vacation time, that
vacation and sick leave accruals shall be treated as
follows:
A. The Association representative shall accrue eight
(8) hours of sick leave each month until the
accrued sick leave total reaches a maximum of 1600
hours.
B. Vacation shall be accrued consistent with existing
POA MOU provisions. The Association
representati ve may not carryover from one (1)
calendar year to the next more than the equivalent
of one (1) longevity vacation period and the
equivalent of one (1) regular vacation period from
the previous two (2) years. Regular vacation in
excess of that accrued during the previous two (2)
year period will be forfeited.
C. The Association representative may not donate
his/her accrued vacation or holiday time.
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15.1
ARTICLE XV
15.0 SAFETY
The City and the employees of the City agree to comply
with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and
City of Santa Ana regulations, which relate to health and
safety.
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16.1
ARTICLE XVI
16.0 RESIDENCY
Effective as soon as practicable following the execution
of this Agreement, the City shall perform any and all
acts that are necessary so as to remove appropriate
limitations upon where employees may reside who are
covered by this Agreement.
At the discretion of the Police Chief, selected special
duty assignments may be designated as rapid response
assignments. In those instances, the Police Chief may
apply specific residency requirements upon members
assigned to those positions.
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17.1
17.2
ARTICLE XVII
17.0 DISCIPLINE
Any permanent employee covered by this Agreement may only
be disciplined in accordance with the standards and
procedures and subject to all rights of appeal set forth
in Santa Ana Municipal Code Sections 9-9, 9-10, 9-118.1,
et seq. Any probationary employee covered by this
Agreement may be disciplined in accordance with the
standards and procedures set forth in Santa Ana Municipal
Code Sections 9-90, 9-91, 9-118, and subject to review in
accordance with the grievance review procedure contained
in this Agreement.
In addition, a new section shall be added to the
Municipal Code to provide as follows:
A. In the event an employee lS ordered to absent
himself from the job based on probable cause and
it is subsequently determined by the Police Chief,
the City Manager, Personnel Board or a court of
competent jurisdiction, that cause did not exist
for the ordered absence, the employee shall have
restored to him any paid leaves of absence against
which such absence may have been charged, and he
shall be granted a retroactive leave of absence
with pay for the time during which he was
prohibited from performing the duties of his
position, less any compensation paid to him by the
City during such ordered absence unless such
employee waives his/her rights to retroactive pay.
B. In the event an employee is reduced, suspended
and/or discharged, and upon appeal the City
Manager, Personnel Board or a court of competent
jurisdiction does not sustain such reduction,
suspension, and/or discharge, the employee shall
be entitled to his base rate or salary including
all additives, vacation, and sick leave as if such
unsustained reduction, suspension, or discharge
had not been invoked. However, in no event shall
an employee be entitled to any salary or credit
for vacation and sick leave for any period of time
covered by a suspension sustained on appeal or for
any period of time waived by the employee as a
condition to the granting of a continuance of any
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hearing on appeal.
C. If, during an absence for which an employee is
paid pursuant to this Section, he earned any money
which he would not have earned had he continued to
perform the duties of his position, such sum shall
be deducted from the salary otherwise payable to
him pursuant to this Section.
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18.1
18.2
ARTICLE XVIII
18.0 GRIEVANCE REVIEW PROCEDURE
Definition of Grievance. A grievance shall be defined as
a timely complaint by an employee or group of employees
or the Association concerning the interpretation or
application of specific provisions of this Agreement, or
of the rules and regulations governing personnel
practices or working conditions of the City; except,
however, those matters specifically assigned to the
jurisdiction of the City Personnel Board by provision of
the City Charter and the Civil Service Rules and
Regulations.
No employee shall suffer any reprisal because of filing
or processing of a grievance or participating in the
Grievance Review Procedure.
Informal Process.
A. An employee must first attempt to resolve the
grievance on an informal basis through discussion
with his or her immediate supervisor without undue
delay, but in no case, beyond a period of ten (10)
calendar days after the occurrence of the alleged
incident giving rise to the grievance, or when the
grievant knew or should have reasonably become
aware of the facts giving rise to the grievance.
If the employee's grievance is directed against
the actions of his or her immediate supervisor,
the employee may initiate his or her grievance
wi th his or her Division Commander. In such
cases, the employee shall file his or her
grievance directly with the Division Commander
within ten (10) calendar days of the event.
Response time lines will continue as designated
for Division Commander and above. If the
grievance is directed toward the Division
Commander, the employee may file directly with the
Bureau Commander.
B. The Supervisor will respond to the grievance
within seven (7) calendar days of receiving the
grievance.
C. If the grievance is not resolved at the immediate
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18.3
supervisor level, the employee, within ten (10)
calendar days of the supervisor's response, will
attempt to resolve the grievance on an informal
basis through discussion with his or her Division
Commander. The Division Commander will respond to
the grievance within seven (7) calendar days of
receiving the employee grievance.
D. Every effort shall be made to find an acceptable
solution to the grievance through this informal
process.
E. If the grievance is not resolved at the informal
level, the employee shall then set forth the
grievance in writing, indicate the nature of the
action desired, sign it, and submit it in
duplicate to his or her Bureau Commander. At this
point, the grievance review process becomes
formal. Should the grievant fail to file a
written grievance, and in the manner specified
above, within ten (10) calendar days after
receiving the response from his or her Bureau
Commander, the grievance shall be barred and
waived.
Formal Process.
A. If the grievance is not resolved through the
informal process, and a written grievance is filed
within the time limits set forth above, the
grievant1s immediate supervisor and Division
Commander will add their comments and any
justification they consider proper, sign it, and
forward it to their Bureau Commander without undue
delay, or in no case, more than seven (7) calendar
days after receiving the formal grievance. A copy
shall be provided to the employee.
B. The Bureau Commander, after study of the case,
shall attach his or her decision and reasons
therefore, and return them to the employee within
seven (7) calendar days after receipt of the
written grievance.
C. If no satisfactory settlement has been reached at
the division level, the employee may, wi thin seven
(7) calendar days after receipt of the Bureau
Commander1s decision may, in writing, request a
meeting with the Police Chief to pursue the
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employee's grievance. Failure of the grievant to
take this action will constitute a waiver and bar
to the grievance, and the grievance will be
considered settled on the basis of the Bureau
Commander's response.
D. If the grievant files a written grievance to the
Police Chief in the matter and within the time
limits specified in "C" above, then a conference
shall be held at the request of the employee or
the Police Chief.
E. The Police Chief shall inform the employee of his
action within fourteen (14) calendar days of the
filing of the written grievance with the Police
Chief or the date the conference is held between
the employee and the Police Chief.
F. If no satisfactory settlement has been reached at
the departmental level, the employee may, within
seven (7) calendar days after being informed by
the Police Chief of his decision on the matter,
and the reasons thereof, submit the grievance in
writing to the City Manager, or his duly
authorized representative, for determination.
Failure of the grievant to take this action will
constitute a waiver and bar to the grievance, and
the grievance will be considered settled on the
basis of the Police Chief's response.
The City Manager, or his representative, after
careful review, shall render a final decision on
the merits of the grievance, in writing, and
return it to the grievant within twenty-one (21)
calendar days after receiving the grievance. A
copy of the written grievance to the City Manager,
and of the City Manager's decision, shall be filed
in the Personnel Records of the department and the
grievant's personnel jacket maintained ln the
Personnel Services Department.
G. After the procedure set forth in this Article has
been exhausted, the grievant, the Association, and
the City shall have all rights and remedies to
pursue said grievance under the law.
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19.1
19.2
ARTICLE XIX
19.0 DUES DEDUCTION AND IDEMNIFICATION
Dues Deduction. The City shall deduct dues, on a regular
basis, from the pay of all employees recognized to be
represented by the Association, who voluntarily authorize
such deduction, in writing, on a form to be provided for
this purpose by the City. The City shall remit such funds
to the Association within thirty (30) days following
their deduction.
Indemnification. The Association agrees to hold the City
harmless and indemnify the City against any claims,
causes of actions, or lawsuits instituted by a member or
members of the Association arising out of the deductions
or transmittal or such funds to the Association, except
the intentional failure of the City to transmit, to the
Association, monies deducted from the employees pursuant
to this Article.
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20.1
ARTICLE XX
20.0 CITY RIGHTS
The City reserves, retains, and is vested with, solely
and exclusively, all rights of Management which have not
been expressly abridged by specific provision of this
Agreement or by law to manage the City, as such rights
existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. The
sole and exclusive rights of Management, as they are not
abridged by this Agreement or by law, shall include but
not be limited to the following rights:
A. To manage the City generally and to determine the
issues of policy.
B.
To determine the
facts which are
decision.
or non-existence of
of the Management
existence
the basis
C. To determine the necessity of organization of any
service or activity conducted by the City and
expand or diminish services.
D. To determine the nature, manner, means, and
technology, and extent of services to be provided
to the public.
E. To determine methods of financing.
F. To determine types of equipment or technology to
be used.
G. To determine and/or change the facilities,
methods, technology, means, and size of the work
force by which the City operations are to be
conducted.
H. To determine and change the number of locations,
relocations, and types of operations, processes,
and materials to be used in carrying out all City
functions including, but not limited to, the right
to contract for or subcontract any work or
operation of the City.
I. To assign work to and schedule employees in
accordance with requirements as determined by the
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20.2
City, and to establish and change work schedules
and assignments.
J. To relieve employees from duties for lack of work
or similar non-disciplinary reason, subj ect to the
provisions of the City Charter, Municipal Code,
federal and state law and this Agreement.
K. To establish and modify productivity and
performance programs and standards.
L. To discharge, suspend, demote, or otherwise
discipline employees for proper cause in
accordance with the provisions and procedures set
forth in the City Charter and Santa Ana Municipal
Code.
M. To determine job classifications and to reclassify
employees.
N. To hire, transfer, promote, and demote employees
for non-disciplinary reasons in accordance with
this Agreement.
o.
To determine policies, procedures,
for selection, training, and
employees.
and standards
promot ion of
P. To establish employee performance standards
including, but not limited to, quality and
quantity standards and to require compliance
therewith.
Q. To maintain order and efficiency in its facilities
and operations.
R. To establish and promulgate and/or modify rules
and regulations to maintain order and safety in
the City which are not in contravention with this
Agreement.
S. To take any and all necessary action to carry out
the mission of the City in emergencies.
Except in emergencies, or where the City is required to
make changes in its operations because of the
requirements of law, whenever the contemplated exercise
of Management's rights shall impact on a significant
number of employees of the bargaining unit, the City
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agrees to meet and confer in good faith with
representatives of the Association regarding the impact
of the contemplated exercise of such rights prior to
exercising such rights, unless the matter of the exercise
of such rights is provided for in the Agreement.
The City and Association agree that upon the expiration
of this contract and during the good faith negotiations
for a subsequent contract, salary and benefits shall
continue at the then current rate.
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21.1
21.2
ARTICLE XXI
21.0 STRIKES AND WORK STOPPAGES
Prohibited Conduct.
A. The Association, its officers, agents,
representatives, and/or members agree that during
the term of this Agreement, they will not cause or
condone any unlawful strike, walkout, slowdown,
sick-out or any other unlawful job action by
withholding or refusing to perform services.
B. Any employee who participates in any conduct
prohibited in Subsection A above shall be subject
to suspension, demotion or dismissal by the
appointing authority.
C. In addition to any other lawful remedies or
disciplinary actions available to the City, if the
Association fails, in good faith, to perform all
responsibilities listed below in Section 21.2,
Association Responsibility, the City may suspend
any and all rights and privileges, accorded to the
Association in this Agreement, including but not
limited to suspension of the Grievance Review
Procedure and dues deduction.
Association Responsibility. In the event that the
Association, its officers, agents , representatives, or
members engage in any of the conduct prohibited ln
Section 21.1A of this Article, Prohibited Conduct, the
Association shall immediately instruct any persons
engaging in such conduct that their conduct is in
violation of this Agreement and unlawful, and they must
immediately cease engaging in conduct prohibited in said
Section 21.1A, and return to work.
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22.1
ARTICLE XXII
22 . 0 LAYOFFS
A.
All layoffs within the competitive service
occasioned by abolishment of a position, the
combination of duties of two (2) or more
positions, or the reduction in numbers of
employees in a given class, shall be governed by
seniority in the class. Reemployment shall be in
reverse order of layoff.
B. Any promotional probationary employee laid off
under these procedures, who held permanent status
in a lower class shall retain seniority rights in
the previously held classification provided that
it is still listed in the City's current basic
classification and compensation plan.
C. Any permanent, full-time employee laid off under
the above provisions may request a demotion to a
position in a lower class provided he/she meets
reasonably related qualifications required for
placement in the class and the position is vacant.
D. Notice of Service. On request, a laid off
employee shall receive a statement certifying that
his/her services have been satisfactory. Layoff
shall not be used in lieu of a disciplinary
dismissal.
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23.1
23.2
ARTICLE XXIII
23.0 SOLE AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT
It lS the intent of the parties hereto that the
provisions of this Agreement shall supersede all prior
agreements and memoranda of agreement, or memoranda of
understanding, or contrary salary and/or personnel rules
and regulations or administrative codes, provisions of
the City, oral and written, expressed or implied, between
the parties, and shall govern the entire relationship and
shall be the sole source of any and all rights which may
be asserted hereunder. This Agreement is not intended to
conflict with federal or state law or the City Charter.
The City will continue to administer its employee
relations and its personnel policies and procedures in
accordance with duly-adopted ordinances and resolutions,
and the affected employees will continue to be governed
thereby during the term of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE XXIV
24.0 WAIVER OF BARGAINING DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT
24.1
During the term of this Agreement, the parties mutually
agree that they will not seek to negotiate or bargain
with regard to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of
employment, whether or not covered by the Agreement or in
the negotiations leading thereto, unless required by
specific provisions of this Agreement, and irrespective
of whether or not such matters were discussed or were
even within the contemplation of the parties hereto
during the negotiations leading to this Agreement.
Regardless of the waiver contained in this Article, the
parties may, however, by mutual agreement, in writing,
agree to meet and confer about any matter during the term
of this Agreement.
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25.1
ARTICLE XXV
25.0 SEPARABILITY PROVISION
Should any provision of this Agreement be found to be
inoperative, void, or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, all other provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of
this Agreement, provided that if any such affected
provisions invalidate or void any benefits of employees
covered hereunder, the parties shall forthwith commence
negotiations to replace the invalidated benefits with
benefits of comparable value.
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26.1
ARTICLE XXVI
26.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT
The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2000
through June 30, 2003.
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27.1
Dated:
Dated:
Dated:
ARTICLE XXVII
27.0 RATIFICATION AND EXECUTION
The City and the Association have reached an
understanding as to certain recommendations to be made to
the City Council for the City of Santa Ana and have
agreed that the parties hereto will jointly urge said
Council to adopt a new wage and salary resolution which
will provide for the changes contained in said joint
recommendations. The City and the Association acknowledge
that this Agreement shall not be in full force and effect
until ratified by the membership of the Association and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement is hereby
executed by the authorized representatives of the City
and the Association and entered into this 21st day of
August, 2000.
CITY OF SANTA ANA, a
Municipal Corporation of
the .Sta.tB"/ of Calif rnia
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This Agreement has been ratified by the membership of the Santa Ana
Police Officers Association.
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EXHIBIT A
BASIC SALARY AND WAGE SCHEDULE
The City's basic salary and wage schedule provides for a number of ranges of pay rates
(salary rate ranges) each comprised of five pay steps or rates. The salary rate ranges
are identified by a three-digit number and the steps by the letters A to E inclusive.
For non-management employees, the purpose of each step and the length of service
required for advancement within the rate range are summarized as follows:
A Step Normal beginning pay rate.
B Step Automatic Increase - After 6 months service in next lower
step. Also optional hiring rate.
C Step Automatic Increase - After 12 months service in next lower
step. Also maximum hiring rate.
D Step Automatic Increase - After 12 months service in next lower
step.
E Step Merit Rate - After 18 months service in next lower step.
In the following salary schedule matrix, each salary range is identified by a three-
digit number. The first two digits are listed in the first vertical column on the left
and the third digit is listed horizontally across the top and identifies the
appropriate column. This three-digit range number locates "A" step of the range steps
B, C, D and E are found in the column directly below "A" step. For example, "A" step
of Range No. 401 is found to be $1476 by moving down the left column (Range No.) to the
number 40 (the first two digits of the Range No.), then horizontally to column 1 (the
third digit of the Range No.). The "A" step of $1476 has the remaining steps shown
directly below, thus the full, five-step range is 1476-1549-1627-1708-1793. In the
same manner, Range No. 455 is found to be 1921-2017-2118-2223-2334.
SALARY SCHEDULE MATRIX
234 5
1483 1491 1498 1506
1557 1565 1573 1580
1635 1643 1651 1659
1717 1725 1734 1742
1802 1811 1820 1830
1892 1902 1911 1921
1987 1997 2007 2017
2086 2097 2107 2118
2190 2201 2212 2223
2299 2311 2322 2334
2414 2427 2439 2451
2536 2548 2561 2574
2663 2676 2690 2703
2796 2810 2824 2838
2936 2950 2965 2980
3082 3098 3113 3129
3237 3253 3269 3285
3398 3415 3432 3449
3568 3586 3604 3622
3747 3765 3784 3803
3935 3954 3974 3994
4132 4152 4173 4194
4339 4360 4382 4404
4556 4579 4601 4624
4787 4810 4834 4858
5026 5051 5076 5101
5278 5304 5330 5356
5542 5569 5596 5623
5818 5847 5876 5905
6110 6140 6170 6200
6415 6446 6478 6510
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
o
1469
1542
1619
1700
1785
1874
1968
2066
2169
2277
2391
2511
2637
2769
2907
3052
3205
3365
3533
3710
3896
4091
4296
4511
4741
4978
5226
5488
5762
6050
6353
1
1476
1549
1627
1708
1793
1883
1977
2076
2179
2288
2402
2523
2650
2782
2921
3067
3221
3381
3550
3728
3915
4111
4317
4533
4764
5002
5252
5515
5790
6080
6384
76
6
1513
1588
1668
1751
1839
1930
2027
2128
2234
2346
2463
2587
2717
2853
2995
3144
3302
3467
3640
3822
4014
4215
4426
4648
4882
5126
5382
5650
5934
6230
6542
7
1521
1596
1676
1760
1848
1940
2037
2139
2246
2357
2475
2600
2730
2867
3010
3160
3318
3484
3658
3841
4034
4236
4448
4671
4906
5151
5408
5678
5963
6260
6574
8
1528
1604
1684
1769
1857
1950
2048
2150
2257
2369
2488
2613
2744
2881
3025
3176
3335
3501
3676
3861
4054
4257
4470
4694
4930
5176
5434
5706
5992
6291
6606
9
1536
1612
1693
1778
1866
1960
2058
2160
2268
2381
2500
2626
2758
2896
3040
3192
3352
3519
3695
3880
4074
4278
4493
4718
4954
5201
5461
5734
6021
6322
6638
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