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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
Honorable City Council
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Deborah S. Traffenstedt, Administrative Services Director *'D15-1
October 11, 2006 (CC Meeting of 10/18/06)
SUBJECT: Consider Approval of Resolution Adopting a Revised Benefit Program
for Management Employees and Rescinding Resolution No. 2006 -2500
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Attached is a draft resolution that revises the City's management benefits resolution to add
new management employee position titles (in Section 2) and a car allowance for the new
Parks and Landscape Manager position (in Section 12). The proposed revisions to
Sections 2 and 12 are shown through the use of legislative format in the attached draft
resolution.
If approved, the final resolution will be printed with the legislative format deleted.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2006 -
Attachment: Draft Management Benefits Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A REVISED
BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006 -2500
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the management employees of the
City are required to perform additional services to the City within the scope of their
assignments; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the additional time management employees devote
in their service to the City without additional compensation, the City Council finds that it
is appropriate to provide management employees benefits in addition to those provided
to the competitive service employees of the City; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2006 -2500 adopted on July 19, 2006, previously
established a benefit program for management employees and is now proposed to be
rescinded and a revised benefit program adopted to add new Management Employee
position titles and a car allowance for the Parks and Landscape Manager position.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT HEAD DEFINITION. When used in this Resolution,
the term "Department Head" shall include the classification positions of Administrative
Services Director; Assistant City Manager; Assistant to City Manager /City Clerk; City
Engineer /Public Works Director; Community Development Director; Parks, Recreation
and Community Services Director; Deputy City Manager; Finance Director; Public
Works Director; and such other classifications as the City Council may from time to time
designate by resolution as being department head positions.
SECTION 2. MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE DEFINITION. When used in this
Resolution, the term "Management Employee" shall include the classification positions
of Accountant I and II, Active Adult Center Supervisor, Assistant City Clerk, Assistant
City Engineer, Administrative Services Manager, Budget and Finance Manager,
Finance /Accounting Manager, Information Systems Manager, Information Systems
Supervisor, Landscape /Parks Maintenance Superintendent Management Analyst,
s--- and---- F-acides- Supefintende Parks and Facilities Supervisor, Parks and
Landscape Manager Planning Manager, Principal Planner, Public Works
Superintendent, Public Works Supervisor, Recreation /Community Services Manager,
Redevelopment Manager, Senior Management Analyst, and such other classifications
as the City Council may from time to time designate by resolution as being management
positions.
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SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. The Department Heads and the
Management Employees of the City shall be entitled to the following Administrative
Leave benefits:
Department Heads: Department Heads shall be granted Administrative Leave at the
rate of ninety -six (96) hours per fiscal year, accrued at the rate of 3.6923 hours per pay
period. On June 1 of each year following completion of one full year of service, the
Department Head may, at his /her option, convert forty (40) hours of the annual
Administrative Leave to cash, if a rating of "commendable" or higher was received on
the most recent performance evaluation in the fiscal year. Any unused Administrative
Leave balance at the end of a fiscal year may be approved by the City Manager to be
converted to cash per the above provision; may be converted to Annual Leave or
Vacation Leave, if the Department Head has used at least forty (40) hours of paid leave
time in the prior fiscal year and if the maximum accumulated Annual Leave or Vacation
Leave balance will not be exceeded; or the Administrative Leave may be extended for a
period of up to four (4) months. Department Heads who terminate employment shall be
paid for accumulated Administrative Leave based upon their then regular rate of pay.
Management Employees: Management Employees shall be granted Administrative
Leave at the rate of forty -eight (48) hours per fiscal year, accrued at the rate of 1.8461
hours per pay period. The amount of Administrative Leave earned will be prorated if
service is less than one year. Administrative Leave must be taken by the end of the
fiscal year. It is the responsibility of the Management Employee to not permit the
accumulated leave to remain after June 30 of any fiscal year. Any unused
Administrative Leave balance at the end of a fiscal year may be approved by the City
Manager to be converted to Annual Leave or Vacation Leave, if the Management
Employee has used at least forty (40) hours of paid leave time in the prior fiscal year
and if the maximum accumulated Annual Leave or Vacation Leave balance will not be
exceeded; or the Administrative Leave may be extended for a period of up to four (4)
months. Management Employees who terminate employment shall be paid for
accumulated Administrative Leave based upon their then regular rate of pay.
On July 1 of each year, following completion of one full year of service, the
Management Employee may be granted up to an additional twenty -four (24) hours of
Administrative Leave based on the most recent performance evaluation by his /her
Department Head if he /she received a rating of "commendable" or higher and the
employee's Department Head has indicated that the employee has spent an inordinate
amount of additional work hours in performance of service to the City during the prior
fiscal year.
SECTION 4. ANNUAL LEAVE. All new Department Heads and Management
Employees will accrue Annual Leave versus separate Vacation and Sick Leave
accruals.
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Department Heads: Annual Leave accrual rates for Department Heads shall be as
follows:
1 to 60 Months — 7.0769 hours per pay period (equivalent to 23 eight -hour days
per year);
61 to 72 Months — 7.3846 hours per pay period (equivalent to 24 eight -hour days
per year);
73 to 84 Months — 7.6923 hours per pay period (equivalent to 25 eight -hour days
per year);
85 to 96 Months — 8.0000 hours per pay period (equivalent to 26 eight -hour days
per year);
97 to 108 Months — 8.3076 hours per pay period (equivalent to 27 eight -hour
days per year);
109 to 120 Months - 8.6153 hours per pay period (equivalent to 28 eight -hour
days per year);
121 to 132 Months — 8.9230 hours per pay period (equivalent to 29 eight -hour
days per year);
133 and above Months — 9.2307 hours per pay period (equivalent to 30 eight -
hour days per year, the maximum accrual rate).
In the event a Department Head was employed by another public agency (city, county,
or special district) at the time or within one year of his /her appointment with the City, the
Department Head may be offered at the time of appointment an Annual Leave accrual
rate that is subject to the following restrictions: The Annual Leave rate must be at
generally the same rate he /she was accruing Annual Leave at the other agency, or will
be based on annual Vacation Leave accrual combined with 60 percent (60 %) of annual
Sick Leave accrual at the time he /she left that prior position, not to exceed the accrual
rates listed herein above, and not to exceed a maximum of 8.6153 hours per pay period
(equivalent to 28 eight -hour days per year), but in no event less than 7.0769 hours per
pay period (equivalent to 23 eight -hour days per year). He /she will continue to accrue
Annual Leave at that rate until such time as he /she would be eligible for the next
increase in accrual rate based on cumulative years of service with the City of Moorpark,
consistent with rates listed herein above. All accrual rates shall be calculated based on
an eight -hour day.
Department Heads receiving Annual Leave may accrue up to a maximum of five
hundred twenty (520) hours of Annual Leave. When a Department Head's accumulated
Annual Leave balance reaches the maximum of 520 hours, accrual of Annual Leave
shall cease. The Department Head shall not accrue further Annual Leave until such
time as their accumulated Annual Leave balance again falls below the maximum. The
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City Manager may approve in writing the accrual of an additional one hundred twenty
(120) hours of Annual Leave based on City needs.
At any time during the period of January 1 through June 15 of each year, the
Department Head may cash out up to eighty (80) hours of accumulated Annual Leave, if
the Department Head has taken ten (10) days of paid leave time within the prior twelve
(12) -month period.
The City Council may unilaterally restrict the lump -sum cash out for any single fiscal
year. In such case, the maximum accumulated Annual Leave for the Department Heads
shall be increased by the eighty (80) hours until such time as said restriction is lifted.
Unless the restriction is retroactively lifted, the maximum accumulated Annual Leave for
the Department Heads shall remain at the new maximum accumulated rate. If the
restriction is retroactively lifted, the maximum accumulated balance shall revert to the
520 hours. Should the Council impose a restriction for more than one consecutive year,
and less than the full term of the restriction is lifted, the maximum accumulated leave
balance shall be reduced only by that amount of time for which the restriction is lifted.
Management Employees: Annual Leave accrual rates for Management Employees shall
be as follows:
1 to 60 Months — 6.1538 hours per pay period (equivalent to 20 eight -hour days
per year);
61 to 72 Months — 7.3846 hours per pay period (equivalent to 24 eight -hour days
per year);
73 to 84 Months — 7.6923 hours per pay period (equivalent to 25 eight -hour days
per year);
85 to 96 Months — 8.0000 hours per pay period (equivalent to 26 eight -hour days
per year);
97 to 108 Months — 8.3076 hours per pay period (equivalent to 27 eight -hour
days per year);
109 to 120 Months - 8.6153 hours per pay period (equivalent to 28 eight -hour
days per year);
121 to 132 Months — 8.9230 hours per pay period (equivalent to 29 eight -hour
days per year);
133 and above Months - 9.2307 hours per pay period (equivalent to 30 eight -
hour days per year, the maximum accrual rate).
In the event a Management Employee was employed by another public agency (city,
county, or special district) at the time or within one year of his /her appointment with the
City, the Management Employee may be offered at the time of appointment an Annual
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Leave accrual rate that is subject to the following restrictions: The Annual Leave rate
must be at generally the same rate he /she was accruing Annual Leave at the other
agency, or will be based on annual Vacation Leave accrual combined with 60 percent
(60 %) of annual Sick Leave accrual at the time he /she left that prior position, not to
exceed a maximum of 7.0769 hours per pay period (equivalent to 23 eight -hour days
per year), but in no event less than 6.1538 hours per pay period (equivalent to 20 eight -
hour days per year). He /she will continue to accrue Annual Leave at that rate until such
time as he /she would be eligible for the next increase in accrual rate based on
cumulative years of service with the City of Moorpark, consistent with rates listed herein
above. All accrual rates shall be calculated based on an eight -hour day.
Management Employees may accrue up to a maximum of four hundred (400) hours.
When a Management Employee's accumulated Annual Leave balance reaches the
maximum of 400 hours, accrual of Annual Leave shall cease. The Management
Employee shall not accrue further Annual Leave until such time as their accumulated
Annual Leave balance again falls below the maximum. The City Manager may approve
in writing the accrual of an additional eighty (80) hours of Annual Leave based on City
needs.
SECTION 5. VACATION LEAVE AND SICK LEAVE. For those Department
Heads and Management Employees that continue to receive separate vacation and
Sick Leave accruals in lieu of Annual Leave, based on grandfathered benefits, the
following Vacation Leave and Sick Leave accrual rates and provisions shall be
applicable:
Vacation Leave
Department Heads: Eligible Department Heads shall accrue Vacation Leave with pay
as follows:
133 and above Months — 7.3846 hours per pay period (equivalent to 24 eight -
hour days per year, the maximum accrual rate).
Eligible Department Heads may accrue up to a maximum of five hundred and four (504)
hours of Vacation Leave before accruals cease. The City Manager may approve a
Department Head to accrue an additional one hundred twenty (120) hours of Vacation
Leave based on City needs. Additional Vacation Leave accrual beyond 504 hours shall
require the written approval of the City Manager. At any time during the period of
January 1 through June 15 of each year, the Department Head may cash out up to
eighty (80) hours of accumulated Vacation Leave, if the Department Head has taken ten
(10) days of paid leave time within the prior twelve (12) -month period.
The City Council may unilaterally restrict the cash out for any single fiscal year. In such
case, the maximum accumulated Vacation Leave for the Department Heads shall be
increased by the eighty (80) hours until such time as said restriction is lifted. Unless the
restriction is retroactively lifted, the maximum accumulated leave for the Department
Heads shall remain at the new maximum accumulated leave rate. If the restriction is
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retroactively lifted, the maximum accumulated leave shall revert to the 504 hours
maximum. Should the Council impose a restriction for more than one consecutive year,
and less than the full term of the restriction is lifted, the maximum accumulated leave
shall be reduced only by that amount of time for which the restriction is lifted.
Management Employees: Eligible Management Employees shall accrue Vacation
Leave as follows:
109 and above Months - 6.7692 hours per pay period (equivalent to 22 eight -
hour days per year, the maximum accrual rate).
Eligible Management Employees may accrue up to a maximum of three hundred eighty -
four (384) hours of Vacation Leave before accruals cease. The City Manager may
permit a Management Employee to accrue an additional eighty (80) hours of Vacation
Leave based on City needs. Additional vacation accrual beyond 384 hours shall not be
permitted unless written approval is received from the City Manager.
Sick Leave
Eligible Department Heads and Management Employees shall accrue Sick Leave in
accordance with the program approved by the City Council for Competitive Service
employees, and shall be subject to such other rules and regulations pertaining to Sick
Leave use and accrual as approved for Competitive Service employees in Section
13.6.2 of the Personnel Rules. Each eligible Department Head and Management
employee shall accrue sick leave at the rate of 3.0769 hours per pay period, equivalent
to ten (10) eight (8) -hour days per year.
SECTION 6. SALARY. The Department Heads and the Management Employees
of the City shall be entitled to the following Salary Adjustment benefits:
Department Heads and Management Employees shall be subject to the Salary Plan
adopted by the City Council resolution for Competitive Service and Non - Competitive
Service employees. Department Heads and Management Employees shall be eligible
for the same "cost -of- living" adjustments as may be granted from time to time by the
City Council to Competitive Service employees. Nothing herein shall preclude the City
Council from granting Department Heads and Management Employees adjustments
above those granted to the Competitive Service employees.
SECTION 7. INSURANCE AND HEALTH BENEFITS. Department Heads and
Management Employees of the City shall be entitled to the following insurance and
health benefits:
A. Dental and Vision Insurance:
City shall continue to pay one hundred percent (100 %) of premiums for
Department Head and Management Employees and eligible dependents'
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coverage for the dental and vision insurance programs, consistent with that
coverage provided to Competitive Service employees.
B. Medical Insurance and Health Benefits:
The City's obligation for medical insurance and health benefits for Department
Heads shall be as follows:
Department Heads:
Medical Insurance Cafeteria Plan: The City shall continue a cafeteria plan
(Section 125 Premium -Only Plan) for medical insurance. Beginning with the first
full pay period of July 2006, the City's contribution for each employee shall
consist of a medical insurance allowance of up to a maximum of the PIERS Care
insurance Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan family rate, and such
contribution shall be inclusive of the minimum CalPERS medical insurance
payment amount as specified in Section 22892 et seq. of the Government Code.
The medical insurance cafeteria plan contribution, as specified above, is
intended to pay for medical insurance for the employee and eligible dependents.
For the time period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, an employee may
convert up to a maximum of $275.00 of the medical insurance cafeteria plan
allowance to cash or a deferred compensation payment each month, if not used
for payment of CalPERS medical insurance costs for employee and /or eligible
dependents (hereinafter referred to as in -lieu payment). Beginning July 1, 2007,
an employee may receive a maximum in -lieu payment of $300.00 per month.
For employees electing to waive medical insurance coverage for themselves,
proof of alternative medical insurance coverage shall be provided at the time of
open enrollment each year, and the employee shall certify he /she will continue
such alternative coverage so long as he /she receives an in -lieu payment. City
agrees to provide this in -lieu payment option only so long as provider does not
object and this action is consistent with applicable federal and state laws. Once
the employee has selected an option for insurance coverage and /or in -lieu
payment that would begin January 1 of the calendar year, he /she may not change
his /her selected option until the next open enrollment date of the medical
insurance plan, except as is permitted by law. All medical insurance costs that
exceed the City's maximum allowance for the calendar year shall be paid by the
employee through payroll deduction.
After completion of the first year of service with the City, Department Heads are
eligible for a City -paid comprehensive physical examination every two (2) years,
with a maximum, cumulative City contribution of seven hundred and fifty dollars
($750.00) for each pre- approved comprehensive physical examination, as a
supplement for costs not covered or funded by medical insurance (including any
specialized examinations, tests, and laboratory costs). To be eligible for the
benefit, the Department Head shall obtain the prior written approval of the City
Manager.
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Those Department Heads and /or City Manager hired prior to April 1, 1986, that
were exempted from payment of the Medicare portion of Social Security, shall
have the option of either enrolling in the Medicare Program (if allowed by the
Social Security Administration) with the City paying the employer's share of such
costs, or the eligible employee may choose not to enroll in Medicare and the City
shall pay the equivalent amount of the employer's share as deferred
compensation.
Management Employees: Management Employees shall be eligible to participate
in the same medical programs as are made available to Competitive Service
employees with the same contributions from the City toward the program
premiums as provided to Competitive Service employees.
C. Life Insurance:
Department Heads: Department Heads shall be provided term life insurance
policies at one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) face value, with the exception
that Department Heads hired prior to July 1, 2004, who were issued life
insurance policies totaling $125,000, shall retain such coverage until termination
of employment with the City of Moorpark or Council action to revise this benefit.
Department Heads hired on or after July 1, 2004, shall receive a $100,000 face
value life insurance policy. Life insurance coverage for dependents of
Department Heads shall be the same as that provided for Competitive Service
employees.
Management Employees: Life insurance coverage for Management Employees
and their dependents shall be the same as that provided for Competitive Service
employees.
SECTION 8. SEPARATION BENEFITS. The Department Heads and the
Management Employees of the City shall be entitled to the following Separation
benefits:
Department Heads: Department Heads shall be eligible to receive the following paid
severance benefits at his /her then current salary rate, for cumulative months of service
with the City of Moorpark (unpaid leave of absence time shall be deducted), if
involuntarily separated from service with the City of Moorpark for any reason other than
if separated from service due to conviction of any misdemeanor concerning an act
related to their official duties or moral turpitude or convicted of any felony:
1 to 36 Months of service —
37 to 48 Months of service —
49 to 60 Months of service —
61 to 72 Months of service —
73 to 84 Months of service —
85 or more Months of service —
480 hours of paid severance
560 hours of paid severance
640 hours of paid severance
720 hours of paid severance
880 hours of paid severance
960 hours of paid severance
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If employed as a Department Head with the City of Moorpark for 61 -180 cumulative
months of service (unpaid leave of absence time shall be deducted), an eligible
Department Head that accrues Sick Leave shall also be eligible to receive in cash
payment twenty -five percent (25 %) of his /her Sick Leave balance, accumulated as of
the effective date of the separation. The cash payment shall also be paid to any
qualified beneficiaries, if the separation is due to the death of the employee.
In cases of voluntary separation from service with the City, including retirement under
the City's retirement system ( "Service Retirement "), or death of the employee,
Department Heads shall not be eligible for the involuntary separation severance pay
described in the preceding paragraphs of this section; however, Department Heads that
accrue Sick Leave shall be eligible for a cash payment for accumulated Sick Leave as
described in the following paragraph.
If employed by the City of Moorpark for more than 180 cumulative months of service
(unpaid leave of absence time shall be deducted), the Department Head shall be
eligible to receive in cash payment seventy -five percent (75 %) of his /her Sick Leave
balance, accumulated as of the effective date of the voluntary or involuntary separation
for any reason other than if separated from service due to conviction of any
misdemeanor concerning an act related to their official duties or moral turpitude or
convicted of any felony. The cash payment shall also be paid to any qualified
beneficiaries, if the separation is due to the death of the employee.
In the case of voluntary separation for retirement under the City's retirement system
( "Service Retirement "), and after no less than ten (10) years ((120 months) of
cumulative service with the City of Moorpark, the City shall pay $75.00 for each full
month of service into the Department Head's Retirement Health Savings Plan (RHSP),
and after no less than fifteen (15) years (180 months) of cumulative service with the City
of Moorpark, the City shall pay $100.00 for each full month of service into the
Employee's RHSP.
Management Employees: Management Employees that accrue Sick Leave shall be
eligible to receive the following benefits if voluntarily or involuntarily separated from
service with the City of Moorpark for any reason other than if separated from service
due to conviction of any misdemeanor concerning an act related to their official duties or
moral turpitude or convicted of any felony. If employed by the City of Moorpark for more
than 180 cumulative months of service (unpaid leave of absence time shall be
deducted), the Management Employee shall be eligible to receive in cash payment fifty
percent (50 %) of his /her Sick Leave balance, accumulated as of the effective date of the
separation. The cash payment shall also be paid to any qualified beneficiaries, if the
separation is due to the death of the employee.
In the case of voluntary separation for retirement under the City's retirement system
( "Service Retirement "), and after no less than fifteen (15) years (180 months) of
cumulative service with the City of Moorpark, the City shall pay $75.00 for each full
month of service into the Department Head's Retirement Health Savings Plan (RHSP),
and after no less than twenty (20) years (240 months) of cumulative service with the
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City of Moorpark, the City shall pay $100.00 for each full month of service into the
Employee's RHSP.
SECTION 9. TUITION REIMBURSEMENT. The Department Heads and the
Management Employees of the City shall be entitled to the following Tuition
Reimbursement benefits:
Department Heads and Management Employees shall be eligible to receive tuition
reimbursement for courses pre- approved by the City Manager and consistent with the
rules, including tuition reimbursement rates, approved by the City Council for
Competitive Service employees.
SECTION 10. LONGEVITY PAY. After completion of sixty (60) cumulative
months of service, Department Heads and Management Employees shall be entitled to
longevity pay benefits to be paid each pay period based on the gross base salary for
that pay period, so long as the employee's performance evaluation is at least at a
commendable level (7.0 or higher score) and the employee is not on unpaid leave.
Longevity pay shall be calculated based on cumulative months of service as follows
(and unpaid leave of absence time shall be deducted):
Department Heads:
61 to 120 Months of service — one percent (1.0 %)
121 to 180 Months of service — one and one -half percent (1.5 %)
181 to 240 Months of service — two percent (2.0 %)
241 to 300 Months of service — two and one -half percent (2.5 %)
301 or more Months of service — three percent (3.0 %)
Management Employees:
121 to 180 Months of service — one percent (1.0 %)
181 to 240 Months of service — one and one -half percent (1.5 %)
241 to 300 Months of service — two percent (2.0 %)
301 or more Months of service — two and one -half percent (2.5 %)
SECTION 11. SUPPLEMENTAL LEAVE. Within the first 36 months of
employment with the City, a Department Head may receive thirty (30) days of
supplemental leave, which may be used only for a catastrophic illness or injury to the
employee. The leave provided by this Section shall have no cash value at the time of
separation of service from the City. Use of this leave shall be at the City Manager's sole
discretion and only after exhaustion of all accumulated Sick Leave, Administrative
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Leave, Annual Leave, and Vacation Leave and until the Department Head is eligible for
the City's long -term disability benefits or is terminated from City employment, whichever
comes first.
SECTION 12. CAR ALLOWANCE. A monthly car allowance shall be provided
for the positions listed and for the amount listed as follows:
Assistant City Manager
$310.00
City Engineer /Public Works Director
$310.00
City Manager
$515.00
Community Development Director
$310.00
Parks, Recreation & Community Services Director
$310.00
Deputy City Manager
$310.00
Public Works Director
$310.00
Parks and Landscape Manager
$200 00
The monthly car allowance shall be continued through any approved and paid leave of
absence.
SECTION 13. DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT. The City
Manager, Department Heads and Management Employees shall be entitled to the
following deferred compensation payment:
The City Manager, Department Heads, and Management Employees shall be entitled to
a deferred compensation contribution made by the City into an approved deferred
compensation program, as follows: City Manager — Three percent (3.0 %) of gross base
salary, Department Head positions — Two and one -half percent (2.5 %) of gross base
salary, and Management Employees — Two percent (2.0 %) of gross base salary.
Prior to the end of the first pay period in a calendar year, a Department Head with at
least 24 months of service with the City and 240 hours of accumulated Annual Leave or
Vacation Leave may elect, with the concurrence of the City Manager and consistent
with Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Resolution, to have the Administrative Leave, Annual
Leave, and /or Vacation Leave cash -outs, as described in this Resolution, prorated over
26 pay periods in lieu of a one -time payment. If such option is selected, the Department
Head may designate all or a portion to be contributed to his /her 401A deferred
compensation plan and such payment shall be considered as an additional employer
contribution to such 401 A account. Once this option is selected, it may not be changed
until the next calendar year.
Effective with CalPERS Compensation Review Unit approval, and beginning no earlier
than the first full pay period in July 2006, the City will report the value of Employer Paid
Member Contributions (EPMC) to CalPERS as additional compensation for all City
Department and Management employees that receive PERS retirement, pursuant to
Government Code Section 20636(c) and California Code of Regulations Section
571(a) (1)
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SECTION 14. CELLULAR TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE. A monthly cellular
telephone (cell phone) allowance of $70.00 shall be provided for the City Manager and
for each Department Head position. The City Manager may approve a monthly cell
phone allowance of $45.00 for a Management Employee whose duties, as determined
by the City Manager, necessitate access to a cell phone. Employees receiving a cell
phone allowance shall be subject to compliance with cell phone standards to be
approved by the City Manager. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, the
cell phone company to be used, the service area, and voice mail and paging
capabilities. In addition to the monthly allowance, the City shall reimburse the City
Manager, Department Heads, and designated Management Employees up to a
maximum of $125.00 every two years upon submittal of an invoice showing proof of
payment for a new cell phone that is in compliance with the established cell phone
standards. City Manager approval is required prior to an employee receiving the
monthly allowance and the cell phone acquisition reimbursement. The monthly cell
phone allowance shall be continued through any approved and paid leave of absence.
SECTION 15. INCONSISTENT ACTIVITIES AND OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.
Department Head and Management employees shall not engage in regular outside
employment, activity or enterprise for compensation ( "outside employment ") without the
express written approval of the City Manager. In making a determination as to the
consistency or inconsistency of outside employment, activity, or compensation ( "outside
employment "), the City Manager shall consider the provisions of Government Code
Section 1126, including whether the employment involves:
A. The use for private gain or advantage of City time, facilities, equipment
and supplies, or
B. Receipt or acceptance by the employee of any money or other
consideration from anyone other than the City for the performance of an
act which the employee, if not performing such act, would be required or
expected to render in the regular course or hours of his /her employment
with the City or as a part of his /her duties as a City employee, or
C. The performance of an act in other than his /her capacity as a City
employee which act may later subject directly or indirectly to the control,
inspection, review, audit, or enforcement of any other officer or employee
of the City, or
D. Such time demand as would render performance of his /her duties as a
City employee less efficient.
Employees may be allowed to engage in outside employment if such secondary
employment meets the following standards, as determined by the City Manager at
his /her sole discretion:
A. The outside employment is not inconsistent with the employee's
employment with the City;
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B. The employee certifies that they will not contract with nor perform any
services directly or indirectly with a developer, property owner, firm,
partnership, and /or public agency(ies) owning property and /or processing
an entitlement application for property in the City or its Area of Interest
while employed by the City of Moorpark unless written consent is obtained
from the City Manager;
C. The employee certifies that he /she will not provide any services whether
for remuneration or not to any person or organization for any land use
entitlement or public or private improvement to real property including civil
and structural engineering services, or appear before any elected body or
appointed commission, committee or board of a general purpose
government (city or county) or special district located within the County of
Ventura, on behalf of any person or entity except the City of Moorpark.
D. The outside employment will not be demanding on the employee or carry
over into his /her regular duties;
E. The outside employment is such that no problem will arise as to the City's
responsibility for injury incurred on the outside job;
F. The outside employment will never be allowed to interfere with the policy
that the employee is always readily accessible in case of emergencies;
G. Employee would be required to notify the outside employer that he /she
may need to return to his /her regular duties immediately upon call;
H. The basis for approval by the City Manager is:
The employee is required to sign a waiver in regard to injuries
occurring in outside employment. This waiver shall specifically
waive any rights he /she would have against the City or any
retirement system which the City might adopt as to disability which
would be caused from, or arising out of, the outside employment for
which the request is made. The employee shall also waive any
rights to Worker's Compensation benefits or sick leave because of
injury or sickness caused by, or arising out of, his /her outside
employment.
2. An employee whose leave record indicates excessive absenteeism
or excessive tardiness, as determined by the City Manager at
his /her sole discretion, will not be allowed to continue outside
employment.
The City Manager shall notify the employee of either the approval of the
outside employment request or denial based on a determination not to
allow the requested outside employment and the grounds therefore. The
decision of the City Manager shall be final.
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SECTION 16. CITY MANAGER. In addition to applicable provisions of the
Municipal Code, or other Council policy, the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and
10 of this resolution pertaining to Department Heads and Sections 12, 13, and 14 shall
also apply to the position of City Manager, with the following exceptions: In Section 3,
Administrative Leave shall be accrued at the rate of one hundred and twenty (120)
hours per fiscal year, accrued at the rate of 4.6154 hours per pay period and 48 hours
may be converted to cash. In Section 4, accrual rates for Annual Leave shall be added,
and 145 -156 Months (year 13) of City employment shall be 9.5384 hours per pay period
(equivalent to 31 eight -hour days per year), the accrual rate for 157 to 168 Months (year
14) of City employment shall be 9.8461 hours per pay period (equivalent to 32 eight -
hour days per year), the accrual rate for 169 to 180 Months (year 15) of City
employment shall be 10.1538 hours per pay period (equivalent to 33 eight -hour days
per year), the accrual rate for 181 to 192 Months (year 16) of City employment shall be
10.4615 hours per pay period (equivalent to 34 eight -hour days per year), and the
accrual rate for 193 and above Months (year 17 and above) of City employment shall be
10.7692 hours per pay period (equivalent to 35 eight -hour days per year); and the
maximum accumulated Annual Leave shall be seven hundred and eighty -four (784)
hours. In Section 5, accrual rates for Vacation Leave shall be added, and 145 -156
Months (year 13) of City employment shall be 7.6923 hours per pay period (equivalent
to 25 eight -hour days per year), the accrual rate for 157 to 168 Months (year 14) of City
employment shall be 8.0000 hours per pay period (equivalent to 26 eight -hour days per
year), the accrual rate for 169 to 180 Months (year 15) of City employment shall be
8.3077 hours per pay period (equivalent to 27 eight -hour days per year), the accrual
rate for 181 to 192 Months (year 16) of City employment shall be 8.6154 hours per pay
period (equivalent to 28 eight -hour days per year), and the accrual rate for 193 and
above Months (year 17 and above) of City employment shall be 8.9231 hours per pay
period (equivalent to 29 eight -hour days per year); and the maximum accumulated
Vacation Leave shall be seven hundred and sixty (760) hours. He /she may cash out up
to one hundred twenty (120) hours of accumulated leave (Annual Leave or Vacation
Leave) so long as he /she has taken ten (10) days of paid leave in the prior twelve (12)-
month period; as long as at least two hundred forty (240) hours of Vacation Leave (or
360 hours of Annual Leave) are accumulated, forty (40) hours of such accrual may be
cashed out as deferred compensation in January of each year; and in Section 7, herein,
the amount of the term life insurance policy shall be two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000), with the exception that a City Manager hired prior to July 1, 2004, who was
issued life insurance totaling $225,000, shall retain such coverage until termination of
employment with the City of Moorpark or Council action to revise this benefit. In
addition, if the City Manager has been employed with the City of Moorpark for more
than 180 months (unpaid leave of absence shall be deducted), he /she shall be eligible
to receive in cash payment seventy -five percent (75 %) of his /her Sick Leave balance
accumulated as of the effective date of his /her voluntary or involuntary separation from
City service or upon his /her death. The cash payment shall also be paid to any qualified
beneficiaries, if the separation is due to the death of the employee.
In the case of voluntary separation for retirement under the City's retirement system
( "Service Retirement "), and after no less than ten (10) years ((120 months) of
cumulative service with the City of Moorpark, the City shall pay $75.00 for each full
month of service into the City Manager's Retirement Health Savings Plan (RHSP), and
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after no less than fifteen (15) years (180 months) of cumulative service with the City of
Moorpark, the City shall pay $100.00 for each full month of service into the City
Manager's RHSP.
SECTION 17. RESCIND PRIOR RESOLUTION. Resolution No. 2006 -2500 is
hereby rescinded, and the implementation of this new resolution for payroll purposes,
shall be applicable beginning with the paycheck dated November 3, 2006.
SECTION 18. CERTIFICATION. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original
resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 2006.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk