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Resolution Amending The Pay Classification Plan and Authorizing Other Pay Enhancements In The Police Department
Summary
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The police department has several requests to address critical recruitment and retention issues for police officers. 1. To amend the pay classification plan for police officers in order to better recruit and compete for the limited candidates that are applying and also assist with retention of our current officers. This will modify the job grade of Police Officers from a grade 150 to a two tiered grade of 160 and 180, Police Officer I and Police Officer II. It also has the effect of raising the base pay that we have for recruitment from $52,577 to $55,206 or $60,865 depending upon the new grade. The grades are structured to both expand our ability to hire inexperienced officers at a higher grade/pay (grade 160) while also bumping the grade/pay for recruiting experienced officers further (grade 180). It also creates an automatic promotion from PO1 (grade 160) to PO2 (grade 180) at the point that new officers reach 3 years of service with the city. 2. There are modifications to address the number of corporals and sergeants to allow for two corporals per shift, and to accommodate an overall restructure to standardize the title protocol through the ranks. 3. A request to allow the Police Chief to offer a hiring bonus of up to $5,000 to police officers for specialized skills at his discretion. 4. A request to initiate longevity bonuses of $5,000 to current ranking officers starting at the completion of their 10th year of city service, and continuing in 5 year increments thereafter, which would start with the effective date of this resolution and then would be approved annually in the fiscal year budget. These actions are budget neutral for this fiscal year due to a surplus in personnel accounts from vacancies.
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