(a) City of Tucson employees who are certified as bilingual users of ASL or Spanish, who use ASL or Spanish a minimum of five (5) percent of the work week, or who occupy a position designated by the department appointing authority and approved by the city manager as regularly requiring a certified bilingual user of ASL or Spanish, will receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) per pay period.
(b) Designation of a position as regularly requiring the use of a certified bilingual user of ASL or Spanish by the appointing authority and if authorized by the city manager, shall be pursuant to procedures to be set forth in city administrative directives.
(c) Certified bilingual officers who are receiving compensation under this section are not eligible for language communication compensation under section 10-33.
(d) The director of the department of human resources is responsible for establishing and/or adopting certification standards to ensure that bilingual ASL or Spanish proficiency is at a speed and technical level necessary to accomplish all critical aspects of an employees’s duties in those languages. The department of human resources is also responsible for the administration of the certified ASL or Spanish proficiency program including but not limited to verification procedures for confirming five (5) percent usage and criteria to be utilized by appointing authorities when designating a position as requiring certified bilingual user proficiency in ASL or Spanish language.
(Ord. No. 10165, § 4, 6-14-05; Ord. No. 10426, § 2, 6-19-07; Ord. No. 10550, § 2, 6-17-08; Ord. No. 10675, § 2, 6-2-09, eff. 7-1-09; Ord. No. 10806, § 2, 6-15-10, eff. 7-1-10; Ord. No. 10900, § 2, 6-28-11, eff. 7-1-11; Ord. No. 10989, § 3, 6-5-12, eff. 7-1-12; Ord. No. 11075, § 5, 5-21-13, eff. 7-1-13; Ord. No. 11134, § 2, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 11180, § 2, 6-3-14, eff. 6-29-14; Ord. No. 11273, § 2, 6-9-15, eff. 6-28-15; Ord. No. 11373, § 2, 6-7-16, eff. 6-26-16; Ord. No. 11558, § 2, 6-5-18, eff. 6-24-18; Ord. No. 11611, § 3, 12-18-18; Ord. No. 11912, § 1, 2-23-22; Ord. No. 11969, § 1, 11-14-22)
Editor’s note – Ord. No. 11180, § 2, adopted June 3, 2014, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2015. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 29, 2014. Ord. No. 11273, § 2, adopted June 9, 2015, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2016. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 28, 2015. Ord. No. 11373, § 2, adopted June 7, 2016, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2017. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 26, 2016. Ord. No. 11464, § 2, adopted June 6, 2017, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2018. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 25, 2017. Ord. No. 11659, § 2, adopted June 18, 2019, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2020. Ord. No. 11848, § 2, adopted June 22, 2021, and Ord. No. 11910, § 3, adopted February 23, 2022, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2022. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 23, 2018. Ord. No. 11935, § 2, adopted June 7, 2022, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for fiscal year 2023. Ord. No. 12012, § 2, adopted June 6, 2023, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for fiscal year 2024. Ord. No. 12101, § 2, adopted June 4, 2024, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for fiscal year 2025.