(a) A career enhancement program (CEP) with a biannual compensation incentive for educational attainment, participation in special assignments and fitness levels is authorized. It shall be developed and administered by the police department with the human resources director having program oversight and control. This oversight and control shall include approval of any competency and proficiency standards, educational standards and other such criteria. The human resources department shall verify that program requirements are met and/or maintained before any biannual compensation is made to anyone authorized to participate in the CEP.
(b) There shall be three (3) levels of graduated CEP pay based on points:
(1) Level One, 20 points . . . . . $150.00
(2) Level Two, 30 points . . . . . $250.00
(3) Level Three, 40 points . . . . . $350.00
(c) Commissioned police personnel through rank of captain participating in the CEP will receive CEP biannual incentive compensation dependent on CEP points attained. Compensation will be paid biannually on the second payday in March and September, except for the first payment after commencement of the program, which shall be paid on the second payday of June, 2005. To be eligible for the biannual payments, points must be attained prior to the cutoff date for submitting the form for processing payment. The form must be correctly submitted no later than February 28, for the March payment and August 31 for the September payment, except that the form for the first payment after commencement of the program must be submitted no later than April 1, of 2005.
(d) Annual compensation recommendations for CEP will be on a total compensation basis and not on top of or in excess of the salary/benefits budget and will be addressed through the normal budgeting process and is subject to annual re-adoption and reenactment by the mayor and council as part of the annual compensation plan.
(Ord. No. 10136, § 1, 3-22-05; Ord. No. 10165, § 2, 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)
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. 11558, § 2, adopted June 5, 2018, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2019. Ord. No. 11611, § 3, adopted December 18, 2018, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2019. 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.