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Regular City Council Meeting August 14, 2003 Page 7 but once they pass that they fall behind. He said that is correct. The hire-in pay is higher and after they go off probation that is when the civil service pay increase steps in. He advised that Civil Service is paid by rank and all officers are paid the same. Chief Louis said that Greenville's hire in-rate is $33,000.00 but their patrol officers make $44,000.00 and they continue to increase at a higher rate. Mr. Bell questioned the stability pay. Mr. Anderson explained that part of the process of analyzing and studying this software was to see why they were having problems. They made a change in that previously only a small number represented stability pay for non-civil service employees and in order to get the software to perform accurately they had to roll into that stability pay for civil service employees. The reason those numbers are different is the stability pay for non-civil service employees are only paid one time a year. The stability pay for the civil service employee is paid on each pay check. They treated those differently because they had to convert that stability pay for the civil service employees down to an hourly rate because they do not work the standard 40 hours a week. Mr. Anderson explained that stability pay is based on years of experience. He said the stability pay for civil service employees, Fire and Police, is based on $1.85 per pay period for every year with the city, because the civil service law says it has to be paid in this manner. Mr. Anderson said in order to make the software work, they pulled the stability pay out of the salary figure and placed it in the stability account. Councilman Guest questioned who had car allowances and Chief Louis advised that he and the Assistant Chief had a car allowance, and they have those in lieu of a city vehicle. He said he drives his own car which he uses both on and off duty. Chief Louis said if the city wanted to buy him a car that could be done also. Councilman Guest said you park a lot of cars at night, and he wonders why the city does not provide him with one of those cars. Chief Louis said it could be done if he was allowed to take that vehicle home. He said that if there was a policy change, he could take a look at that. Chief Louis indicated that he was always on duty and that many times that he is in his car, he handles traffic infractions and calls in DWI's all the time.