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Adoption of Resolution Approving Revisions to the Executive Management Employees Compensation Plan, Modifying the Public Safety Retiree Medical Benefit Eligibility for the Police and Fire Chiefs to Provide Up to Five Years of Service Credit to External Hires with a Vested Retiree Medical Benefit with Their Prior Agency, and Making Other Minor Revisions. (Human Resources 10025060)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) seeks to attract a diverse pool of highly qualified candidates for executive management positions. Currently, eligibility for Public Safety Retiree Medical benefits for the Police and Fire Chiefs is limited to those serving with the City for ten years. External hires may be credited up to five years toward the ten-year requirement for time serving as Fire/Public Safety Chief at their previous agencies. This restriction can be a barrier to recruitment for many qualified candidates, particularly those from larger organizations with more diverse management groups.
Staff now recommends an adjustment to Section 5.2 of the Executive compensation plan to provide five years of service credit to Fire/Public Safety Chief external hires who had a similar vested benefit at their prior agency, regardless of time serving as a Fire/Public Safety Chief with their prior agency.
In addition, staff recommends two minor additional changes to the compensation plan: adding the Base Reuse & Economic Development Director classification throughout and updating the Transportation Allowance section to provide the City Manager authority to determine which classifications to provide with exclusive use vehicles in lieu of allowance.
BACKGROUND
Most of the City's at-will senior executive management employees, including the Public Safety Chiefs, are covered by the Executive Management Compensation Plan. The exceptions are 1) the City Manager and the City Attorney ...
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