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Vallejo, CA - The Vallejo City Council last night approved the new contract with the Vallejo Police Officer’s Association.
Key Terms of the MOU are:
Salary:
Wage increase:
● 10.16% effective the first full pay period following adoption
● 3% effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2024
● 3% effective the first full pay period following July 1, 2025
Compensatory Time:
● Reduction of the annual cap on compensatory time from 480 to 300 hours.
Vacation:
● Advanced notice requirements:
o Temporarily increased notice required to schedule vacation to require 14 days advance notice for time off requests until staffing levels within the department are above 100 sworn officers.
Supplemental Pay Allowances:
● Bilingual pay
o Specified the languages eligible for existing 1% bilingual pay. Specified languages are: Spanish, Filipino-Tagalog, American Sign Language (ASL), Korean, Chinese, Cantonese & Mandarin, Punjabi and Hindi.
Retiree Health Care:
● Retirement Health Savings Account
o Elimination of City paid retirement health savings account contributions
● Retiree Monthly Health Care Contribution
o Reduces City paid health care contribution for employees with less than 10 years of service at retirement from $300.00 per month to $149.00 per month, except for employees with an industrial disability retirement.
o Increases City paid health care contribution for employees with 10 or more years of service or with an industrial disability retirement (regardless of years of service) from $300.00 per month to $500.00 per month.
Holiday Leave:
● Juneteenth added as observable holiday
● Columbus Day renamed to Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Workers Compensation:
● Begin discussion about a potential carve-out plan if City and VPOA can mutually agree, to streamline process and reduce time off due to injuries
This is a major step forward and I appreciate the Council approving the new contract! We will move forward on our effort to retain our current officers and attract quality recruits and laterals to the Vallejo Police Department.
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