Salary and Benefits

Benefits

Retirement

CalPERS Retirement System

Sworn Safety Employees:

	HIRE DATE	RETIREMENT FORMULA	EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION	FINAL COMPENSATION FORMULA
TIER 1	Hired on or before January 20, 2011	3% @ 50	9%	1 Year
TIER 2	Hired on January 21, 2011 through December 31, 2012	3% @ 55	9%	1 Year
TIER 3	Hired on or after January 1, 2013*	2.7% @ 57	12.25%	3 Years

Non-Sworn Safety Employees:

	HIRE DATE	RETIREMENT FORMULA	EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION	FINAL COMPENSATION FORMULA
TIER 1	Hired on or before January 20, 2011	3% @ 60	8%	1 Year
TIER 2	Hired on January 21, 2011 through December 31, 2012	2.5% @ 55	8%	1 Year
TIER 3	Hired on or after January 1, 2013*	2% @ 62	6.25%	3 Years

*CalPERS Classic Members hired on or after January 1, 2013 will be enrolled in the Tier 2 retirement formula.

P.O.S.T. Incentive Program

(Sworn only) 5% for Intermediate POST Certificate and 10% for Advanced POST Certificate.

Vacation

After six months of continuous employment, vacation is available to employees as accumulated. Employees earn paid vacation as follows:

MONTHS OF SERVICE	VACATION HOURS AUTHORIZED PER YEAR	ACCRUAL RATE PER PAY PERIOD
0 - 6 Months	92	3.538
61 - 120 Months	144	5.538
Over 120 Months	196	7.538

Sick Leave

3.692 hours per pay period (96 hours per year).

Sick Leave Conversion

Employees may convert a portion of accumulated sick leave to pay or vacation time per year. The employee is notified by Human Resources if they are eligible for this conversion.

Unused Sick Leave Reimbursement (Sworn only)

Option to convert unused sick time into added years of service.

Holiday Leave Pay

150 hours of holiday time off per year

Out-Of-Class Pay

5% additional pay for working out-of-class.

Longevity Pay

$30/month for at least 5 years but less than 10 years of service
$40/month for at least 10 years but less than 15 years of service
$45/month for at least 15 years but less than 20 years of service
$50/month for 20 or more years of service

Physical Fitness Program

Voluntary program where employees can earn up to 40 hours of compensatory time off per year.

Cafeteria Style Benefits Plan

No City Health Care - $115.00
Employee Only - $684.72
Employee + 1 - $1,189.32
Employee + 2 or more - $1,554.58

Life Insurance City

Paid life insurance equal to employees' annual salary. Employees may purchase more life insurance at a cost of $0.95 per $10,000.00 of coverage (Maximum of $500,000.00).

Employee Assistance Program

Six sessions for the employee and their family at no cost.

Deferred Compensation

457 deferred compensation plan option.

Tuition Reimbursement

Maximum of $1,000.00 per fiscal year.

Bilingual Pay

Additional $60.00 per month.

Uniform Allowance

Police Officer, Trainee and Sergeant - $800.00
Community Services Officer - $650.00
Police Dispatcher and Police Services Technician - $600.00

Computer Loan Program

$2,500.00 interest free loan for computer and related equipment.