Pay Increase for Police on Monday’s City Council Consent Calendar

As part of Monday’s Consent Calendar the City Council will consider an Memorandum of Understanding with the Pasadena Police Officers Association (PPOA) that would provide a pay increase for the City’s police officers.

“The proposed agreement with the PPOA provides for cumulative base pay increases of 15.0% for each rank over the term of the 51-month contract as well as an incremental increase in the Advanced POST premium pay.”

Attainment of an Advanced POST certification requires completion of a combination of college level coursework, law enforcement training, and up to 12 years of sworn law enforcement experience. Attainment of an Advanced POST certification reflects an advanced level proficiency as a law enforcement professional.

The increase in the advance POST premium is designed to incentivize the retention of the Pasadena Police Department’s trained and experienced personnel.

Multiple law enforcement agencies in the Southern California region, including Beverly Hills, Culver City, Glendale, Inglewood, Irvine, and Santa Monica have provided substantial wage increases over the course of multi-year contracts to their sworn law enforcement personnel and offered lateral transfer bonuses of up to $40,000 in response to increasing difficulties with the recruitment of new officers and the retention of existing personnel.

According to a City staff report, Pasadena must maintain pace with the labor market in order to avert high vacancy rates and lose its experienced personnel to higher paying law enforcement agencies.

The salary increases will occur on the following schedule through June 30, 2026.

Effective October 10, 2022: 4.5%
Effective the pay period that includes July 1, 2023: 4.5%
Effective the pay period that includes July 1, 2024: 4.0%
Effective the pay period that includes July 1, 2025: 2.0%

Educational Incentive Pay: Increase Advanced POST Certificate Pay as follows:

Effective the pay period that includes July 1, 2023: 2.0% (from 12.5% of base pay to 14.5% of base pay)
Effective the pay period that includes July 1, 2025: 2.0% (from 14.5% of base pay to 16.5% of base pay)

Special Assignment Pay: Provide unit members assigned to the Special Investigations Section (SIS) special assignment pay in the amount of 5% of base pay.

Court Appearance/Court On-Call Subpoena Pay: Provide unit members the option to receive compensatory time off at the applicable rate in lieu of pay for time spent on-call for court or in court.

Stand-by/On-call Pay: Increase to 2 hours of base pay on regular days off (from 1 hour).

Benefits: a. Life Insurance: Increase coverage to $100,000 (from $50,000).

Dental Insurance: Increase coverage to 100% of family level PPO plan.

Sick Leave:

Provide option for Sergeants to buy back sick leave in excess of 1,200 hours at 50% of value.

Tuition Reimbursement: Increase to $2,000 annually (from $850 and $1,000) for all unit members.

Acting Assignment Pay: Modify MOU provision to exclude Advanced and Supervisory POST premium pays during the acting assignment period. Remuneration for those certifications will be included in the base acting rate of pay

Here are the other items on Monday’s Consent Calendar:

A $825,000 contract to Sierra Chevrolet of Monrovia for General Motors vehicle onsite services. The Department of Public Works, Building Systems and Fleet Management Division (BSFMD) repairs and maintains the City’s fleet of over 1,100 vehicles and equipment, of which approximately 270 are manufactured by General Motors. The City’s General Motors vehicle fleet includes service trucks, police cruisers, and many other vehicles that perform vital and diverse tasks in the field. While City employees continue to perform a range of maintenance and repairs on Cityowned vehicles, BSFMD outsources specialized and highly technical work to General Motors authorized vendors on an as-needed basis to ensure timeliness of repairs and to provide availability of the vehicles with minimal downtime for these safety vehicles and service trucks used to provide essential services to the community.

A five-year $1.6 million contract to Bodyworks Equipment for Heil refuse truck parts and supplies with onsite/offsitr services and repairs. The City operates and maintains a fleet of refuse collection vehicles, 17 of which are equipped with a Heil brand body. As such, it is necessary to stock original equipment manufacturer (OEM) replacement parts and supplies for use in repair and maintenance of refuse collection vehicles. Given the uniqueness of these specialized refuse trucks, the City also needs to enlist authorized Heil vendors to provide highly technical repair and warranty work.

A $2.5 million contract award to Southern Tire Mart for tires, tubes and related items with on site and and on-call mobile tire services. The Department of Public Works, Building Systems and Fleet Management Division (BSFMD) repairs and maintains the City’s fleet of over 1,100 vehicles and equipment. The City’s vehicle fleet includes service trucks, refuse collection vehicles, street sweepers, police cruisers, and many other vehicles that perform vital and diverse tasks in the field. As such, it is necessary for BSFMD to purchase and stock replacement automotive parts and supplies, such as tires, tubes, and related items for use in repair and maintenance of vehicles of all classes.

A $622,750 contract with Affordable Generator Services for generator maintenance and repair services. On December 14, 2020, the City Council authorized a contract with AGS in the amount of $437,750 for a five year contract as a result of competitive bidding process for inspection, maintenance, and repairs services for the twenty City-owned diesel powered generators ranging in size and power capacities. Most of these generators are over 1 O years old and are utilized to support back-up emergency and non-emergency power generation to City facilities and department buildings.

Adopt resolutions to authorize applications for Watersmart grants from the United States Bureau of Reclamation for fiscal year 2023 for Water and Power Department. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program provides a framework for Federal assistance to expand existing water supplies and secure. new supplies for future generations. Through WaterSMART, USBR leverages Federal and non-Federal funding to work cooperatively with states, Tribes, and local entities to increase water supply sustainability through investments in existing infrastructure and resolution of local water conflicts.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Pasadena (City) and the Pasadena Firefighters Association (PFFA), Local 809 for the term of January 1 through December 31, 2026. The Pasadena Firefighters Association represents 155 full-time employees in the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, and Fire Captain engaged in fire suppression, search and rescue, and emergency service delivery. The current Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the PFFA will expire on January 31, 2023. Negotiations for a successor MOU began on September 8, 2022. The parties reached a tentative agreement on term and b~se salary increases during the week of October 10, 2022 with the understanding that negotiations on contract provisions unrelated to base wage increases and contract term will continue until such time as the parties have reached agreement on these matters.

A $298.800 contract award to manage health network for employee assistance program behavioral wellness services. As part of the City employee wellness initiative, the City of Pasadena provides an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to eligible employees and their immediate family members. The EAP is a voluntary, confidential program that helps employees and their families work through various life challenges that may adversely affect health and personal well-being as well as overall job performance by providing services that include assessments, counseling, and referrals for additional services.

Approve that the new park located at 1410 Wierfield Drive be named “Annandale Canyon Preserve” and the associated trail be named “Yayaaytnga Trail.” In 2009, the City acquired the undeveloped properties known as Annandale Canyon Estates for the purpose of preserving it as open space. This open space includes 20.63 acres in Annandale Canyon located within the San Rafael Hills in the western portion of the City, and just north of the 134 freeway and the Annandale Golf Course. In February 2022, the Public Works Department completed construction of a trail in Annandale Canyon. Located at 1410 Wierfield Drive, new amenities include a ½-mile pedestrian trail leading to a beautiful scenic overlook, six parking spaces, one bench near the beginning of the trail, and one at the overlook.

A $376.000 contract awards to Carolina Caro, Cherryroad Technologies, CPS and Backstrom Leadership for management coaching, consulting and training services. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract, as a result of a competitive selection process specified by Section 4.08.047 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, with Cooperative Personnel Services (CPS) for Management Coaching, Consulting and Training Services for a total amount not-to-exceed $25,000 over a three-year term with the option to extend the contract by two optional one-year extension periods. The value of each optional one-year extension period is not-to-exceed $8,500.