21 - Ordinance Amending Police Assignment Pay

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Item. No. 21 011,111, 71110, Eff VIM V 'Id TO: City Council John Godwin, City Manager FROM: Bob Hundley, Chief of Police SUBJECT: ORDINANCE 26-6, POLICE ASSIGNMENT PAY DATE: January 2, 2018 BACKGROUND: Ordinance 26-6 provides for 'assignment pay' for positions in the police department in accordance with Civil Service law. The department provides this additional compensation for duties which are above and beyond the job description for the position assigned. Ordinance 26-6 provides additional compensation for Field Training Officers, Dispatch Trainers, ("anine (K-9) Officer, assistant commander, Drug Task Force and the Crime Prevention Unit. STAT .JS OF ISSUE: The police department has two teams of officers who respond to very. specific ]Incidents which require additional training, skills and certification. Those being the SWAT / Hostage Negotiation Unit and the Accident Reconstruction Unit. When fully staffed, these units will have a maximum ot'20 positions. Presently, we have 15 officers participating in these teams with openings in both, I I he assignment pay for the canine officer along with the drug task force coininander portions of the ordinance should be deleted. The canine officer is compensated by work schedule allowances and the assistant commander of the drug task force no longer exists. BUDGET: We are asking that each officer on these teams be afforded an additional $87.50 per month ($1050.00 per year) for participation. The cost of implementing the additional pay for the remainder of the current fiscal year is $10,500.00. There is no cost to the budget for deletion of the canine officer position and the drug task force commander position, RECOMMENDATION: Approve the amended ordinance.