HomeMy WebLinkAboutFresno City Employees Association (FCEA) - Side letter of Agrmnt - 07-22-2022DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CEC2BE7-B2A5-463D-B383-4D5876303AEB
Side Letter of Agreement
Between
City of Fresno
And
Fresno City Employees Association (FCEA)
Lateral Emergency Services Dispatcher 11/111 Hire Incentives
The City of Fresno and the Fresno City Employees Association (FCEA), representing Unit 3,
have met and conferred, and have agreed to renew the following incentive plan for Fiscal Year
2023:
• To be eligible for the below hiring incentives, a qualified lateral Emergency Services
Dispatcher ("ESD") 11/111 candidate ("Eligible Lateral Hire") must, at the time of filing the
employment application, have been employed for at least two consecutive (2) years
during the past three (3) years with a law enforcement agency in a classification
equivalent to an Emergency Dispatcher II with th~ City of Fresno Police Department.
Lateral ESD hires with prior full-time Fresno Police Department experience are not eligible
under the terms of this Agreement unless they have a minimum of two years separation
from the Fresno Police Department as a permanent full-time ESD and have met the
requirements described above for Eligible Lateral Hires, in which case they will be
deemed an Eligible Lateral Hire for purposes of this hiring incentive plan .
• Upon hire, an Eligible Lateral Hire will be provided with forty (40) hours of vacation time
into their vacation leave bank and forty (40) hours of sick leave time into their sick leave
bank, to be used as outlined in the FCEA MOU and City policy. The 40 hours of vacation
and sick leave provided at the time of hire are immediately available for use.
• Upon hire and commencement of work as an ESD II or Ill with the Fresno Police
Department, an Eligible Lateral Hire from another law enforcement agency will receive a
one thousand dollar ($1,000) hiring incentive payment. This incentive is not compensable
for retirement purposes.
• Upon successful completion of the ESD training program, as determined by Police
Administration, the Eligible Lateral Hire will receive one thousand dollars ($1,000) hiring
incentive payment. This incentive is not compensable for retirement purposes.
• Upon successful completion of the probationary period as an ESD II or Ill, the Eligible
Lateral Hire will receive a one thousand dollar ($1,000) hiring incentive payment. This
incentive is not compensable for retirement purposes.
• Upon successful completion of an additional twelve months of City service following the
successful completion of the probation period, the Eligible Lateral Hire will receive a one
thousand dollar ($1,000) hiring incentive payment. This incentive is not compensable for
retirement purposes.
• Eligible Lateral Hires will be hired at no less than "C" Step of the ESD II or Ill salary range.
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Side Letter Agreement: ESD Lateral Hire Incentives
FCEA
• The City retains the right and exclusive authority to offer step placement above C Step of
ESD II or Ill salary range based on the Eligible Lateral Hire's qualifications and other
factors such as experience, training and certifications. The salary range placement shall
be included in the conditional employment offer letter provided to the Eligible Lateral Hire.
• Current City of Fresno ESDs who refer an Eligible Lateral Hire will receive an incentive of
up to a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for hired and retained Eligible Lateral Hires
in increments of two hundred fifty ($250) at the time the Eligible Lateral Hire receives the
particular hiring incentive{s) outlined above. The referral incentive for current City of
Fresno ESDs is not compensable for retirement purposes.
• Only one current City of Fresno ESD can be identified as the referring ESD for each
Eligible Lateral Hire for purposes of the referral incentive outlined above. The current City
of Fresno ESD referring the Eligible Lateral Hire must be identified in writing by the Eligible
Lateral Hire at the time the application for employment is submitted to obtain the referral
incentive. Referring City of Fresno ESDs may not receive more than five (5) referral
incentives per fiscal year.
This Agreement will be effective July 1, 2022 and will expire June 30, 2023, unless the City and
FCEA mutually agree to extend this Agreement in writing and upon Council approval.
FOR THE FRESNO CITY FOR THE CITY OF FRESNO :
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION :
MA~(§2§'$,"§:a:NCHEZ
Director of Personnel Services
P te'c1'l3}{:CtJ ERRAMA
Police Chief
July 22, 2022a e : _________ _D t
APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE