[Added 7-25-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-13]
A.
This article shall apply to the class of exempt public safety managers
appointed to the position of Police Chief, Assistant Police Chief,
Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief as authorized from time to time
by the City Council and as may be appointed by the Mayor. The class
shall be referred to collectively as "Public Safety Managers."
B.
The City Council, by ordinance, shall establish and prescribe a uniform
base salary and salary adjustment schedule for all positions within
the class of Public Safety Managers, with incremental salary adjustments
based on length of City service. Application of the salary schedule
and salary increases within that schedule shall be based on length
of service with the Schenectady Police Department and shall conform
to the salary schedule prescribed by the Council.
C.
The salary schedule shall be adjusted from time to time in a sum
proportional to the salary adjustments granted to the highest ranking
member of the collective bargaining unit representing full-time public
safety officers within the manager's department and in active service
as a result of negotiation or compulsory arbitration. The adjustments
shall be applied automatically absent legislation by the City Council.
D.
A uniform allowance of $450 per year shall be paid in a separate
payroll check, the first check date in February, and shall be considered
and treated as additional compensation subject to federal, state,
FICA and Medicare withholding and taxes. The uniform allowance shall
not be considered salary for purposes of determining retirement benefits.
E.
Public Safety Managers shall not be entitled to receive longevity
payments, holiday pay, overtime compensation or compensatory time.
F.
The City will provide life insurance coverage for each Public Safety
Manager and his or her family consistent with the provisions of the
collective bargaining agreement between the City and the negotiating
unit or union representing City police officers.
A.
Each Public Safety Manager shall be provided with medical and dental
insurance coverage provided by the City to full-time police officers
consistent with the provisions of the respective collective bargaining
agreements with the employees of the department to which the manager
is appointed and shall, upon retirement, be entitled to the continuation
of benefits consistent with the benefits provided by the City to union
members of that department to which the manager is appointed with
the same service date and length of service to the City.
B.
The City shall provide each Public Safety Manager with fully paid
short-term disability insurance, consistent with the disability benefits
provided to members of the Civil Service Employees Association members
employed by the City.
C.
Vision care shall be provided to each Public Safety Manager as provided
under the collective bargaining agreement between the Civil Service
Employees Association and the City.
B.
Vacation. Public Safety Managers shall be entitled to up to four
weeks of paid vacation each year. No more than two weeks of vacation
in any year may be carried over to the next year. Payout of accumulated
unused vacation will be made upon termination for any reason, but
in no event shall more than two weeks of carried-forward vacation
be eligible for payment.
C.
Personal leave. Each Public Safety Manager shall be entitled to up
to three days of personal leave, which may be used for any purpose.
Personal leave will not be eligible for carry forward, nor shall personal
leave be eligible for payout upon termination from employment.
D.
Sick leave. Public Safety Managers who, at the time of appointment,
have a bank of catastrophic illness shall be entitled to maintain
that existing bank of catastrophic leave, without cash value, and
continue to accrue 1.5 days per month of sick leave, with a maximum
of 240 days to carry forward from year to year. Public Safety Managers
appointed following the effective date of this article who do not
already have a catastrophic illness bank will receive a catastrophic
illness bank of 240 days and shall thereafter accrue sick leave at
the rate of 1.5 days per month to a maximum of 240 days, which shall
carry forward from year to year. No member of the class shall be eligible
for payment of accumulated sick leave, unless the member of the class
became a Public Safety Manager after April 13, 2009, in which case
they shall be eligible for a payment of accumulated sick leave in
whatever manner is offered to t other management employees, as set
out in the Management Benefits document which is revised by the City
Council from time to time. Catastrophic sick leave may be used by
the class member for illness of any eligible family member (according
to Family Medical Leave Act standards) if out for over five days and
with proper medical documentation.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-16]
E.
Bereavement leave. Each Public Safety Manager shall be entitled to
leave upon the death of an immediate family member of up to five continuous
working days, with pay, to arrange for or attend the funeral and burial.
Immediate family includes spouse, child, parents of employee or spouse,
brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
