Benefits Summary

 

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Benefit Package Summary

Retirement (CalPERS)

Benefit Description Employee Group Benefit Contribution
City Share Sworn 22.341% (eff. 7-1-06)
Misc. 13.646% (eff. 7-1-06)
Employee Share Sworn 9%
Misc. 8% (eff. 10-28-02)
City Pick-up Sworn 9%
ATC/F&O 8% (eff. 7-4-05)
Confidential 8% (eff. 7-5-04)
P/T CalPERS Participants 0%
All Others 8% (eff. 10-28-02)
Retirement Formula Sworn 3% at age 50 (eff. 6-1-01)
Misc. 2.5% at age 55
(eff. 10-28-02)

 

Medical/Drug Plan (CalPERS Health)

The City's Contribution is based on the Kaiser rates; rates effective 1/1/07.

Plan Size
Maximum City Contribution
Employee $431.17
Employee + 1 $862.34
Employee + 2 $1,121.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dental Plan (Delta Dental)*

City pays total; rates effective 7/1/06

Plan Size
Maximum City Contribution
Employee
$42.65
Employee + 1
$82.31
Employee + 2
$133.43

*Maximum benefit $1,000 per member per calendar year. No deductible. 80/20 co-payment basis. Orthodontic coverage on 50/50 co-payment with $2,000 lifetime cap per member.

Dental Plan (Police Management)*

City pays total; rates effective 7/1/06

Plan Size
Maximum City Contribution
Employee
$44.18
Employee + 1
$86.97
Employee + 2
$152.84

*Maximum benefit $1,000 per member per calendar year. No deductible. 80/20 co-payment basis. Orthodontic coverage on 50/50 co-payment with $4,000 lifetime cap per member.

Dental Plan (Police Officers and Sergeants)*

City pays total; rates effective 7/1/06

Plan Size
Maximum City Contribution
Employee
$48.99
Employee + 1
$96.63
Employee + 2
$171.98

*Maximum benefit $1,000 per member per calendar year. No deductible. 100% coverage for preventive and diagnostic services; 80/20 co-pay for basic benefits, crowns and restorations; 50% coverage for prosthetics, subject to maximum allowance. 80/20 co-pay for orthodontic coverage with $5,000 lifetime cap per member.

Vision Care Plan (Sworn Police Officers Only)*

City pays total; rates effective 1/1/04

Plan Size
Maximum City Contribution
Employee
$10.50
Employee + 1
$15.23
Employee + 2
$27.31

*100% coverage for exams and lenses after $20 co-pay. Up to $120 plus 20% out-of-pocket expenses for frames. Up to $105, no CO-pay, for contacts in lieu of frames; 100% coverage if medically necessary.

Life Insurance (City pays total)

The level of benefit is based on 2 x annual salary up to $400,000 maximum.
The cost of the premium is $.17 per $1,000 of coverage.

Deferred Compensation

Optional participation programs for 401(k) and 457 plans through ICMA Retirement Corporation. City does not contribute.

Sick Leave

12 days per year. No limit to accrual. May be cashed out at retirement only on a 4:1 ratio basis (a maximum of 800 hours can be converted to 200 hours of cash), or used to extend service credit under the CalPERS system, or a combination thereof.

Holidays

11 days per year, plus an additional 8 hours of vacation per year awarded on September 9.

Sworn Police Officers and Sergeants only: Holidays calculated as 10 hours (instead of 8 hours).

Sworn Police Officers and Sergeants, and Sworn Police Management: Christmas Eve added as a holiday effective 12/24/03.

Vacation

Management: First year 15 workdays, increasing to 27 workdays a year.

Sworn Police Officers and Sergeants only: One additional day (10 hours) credited on January 1 of each year, eff. 1/5/04.

All others: First year 10 workdays, increasing to 22 workdays a year.

Management Benefits

Administrative Leave*

Employee Group
Level of Accrual
Management Max. 80 hours per year, as approved
Sworn Management Max. 110 hours per year, as approved

*Balances not carried over, no pay-out upon separation. 40 hours cash-out with City Manager approval.

Flexible Benefit Program

City pays $167 per month. May receive as cash or towards reimbursement for medical, dental and vision care expenses not covered by insurance plans or reimbursement for dependent care expenses.

Represented Sworn Benefits

Uniform Allowance (All Ranks)

$775 per year (effective 7/12/04)

Shift Differential

Qualifying Shift
Amount
Swing (4 p.m. – 2 a.m.)
5%
Swing 2
3%
Grave (9 p.m. – 7 a.m.)
8%

 

Differential Pay

Qualifying Employees
Amount
Officers Only
5%

*Field Training Officer, Squad Leader, 2nd in command of Patrol Squad, Acting as Sergeant, Directing and Training Functions.

Specialty Pay (Step E Only)

Detectives, Traffic, PIO, DARE, School Resource Officer, CSI, SET, Foot/Bike Patrol, Downtown Beat.

Over base, but included in PERS calculations. Applied to non-work time.

Qualifying Assignment
Amount
1st Technical Assignment
3%
2nd Technical Assignment
5%
SWAT
3%
Canine
$280.35 per month

 

Law Enforcement Professionalization Program

Qualifying Classification
 Amount
Officer 2.5% to 10%
Sergeant 2.5% to 7.5%
Lieutenant 2.5% to 7.5%
Captain 2.5% to 5%

 

Master Police Program

Qualifying Classification Amount Qualifying Criteria
Officer
10%
 15 years + completion of three specialty assignments
Sergeant 1
5%
 15 years as an Officer + completion of three specialty assignments + completion of Sergeant probationary period.
Sergeant 2
10%
 7 years as Sergeant + two specialty assignments as Sergeant + 1 year in Patrol as Sergeant

 

Note: This is a summary only and is not intended to be a source document. Please refer to the respective MOUs for specific benefit provisions.