(a) Career Incentive Committee. There is established a career incentive committee composed of the sheriff-coroner or his/her designated management representative, an employee who is a member of the San Luis Obispo sheriff’s department employees’ association, and the personnel director or his/her designated representative; which committee shall administer the payment of career incentive allowances authorized by the ordinance codified in this section in accordance with the criteria in that certain document entitled “Career Incentive Program” approved by resolution of the board of supervisors.
(b) Career Incentive Allowance.
(1) A career incentive allowance shall be paid to eligible permanent full-time employees in the classifications of sheriff’s correctional officer, senior sheriff’s correctional officer, deputy sheriff, sheriff’s senior deputy, identification technician, sergeant, lieutenant, sheriff’s chief deputy as follows:
(A) A career incentive allowance in the amount of twenty-three dollars and eight cents shall be paid biweekly for possession of a Peace Officers Standards and Training Intermediate Certificate or possession of an associate of arts or associate of science degree from an accredited two-year college in an approved field; or
(B) A career incentive allowance in the amount of forty-six dollars and sixteen cents shall be paid biweekly for possession of a Peace Officers Standards and Training Advanced Certificate or a bachelor of arts degree or a bachelor of science degree from an accredited four-year college in an approved field.
(2) Employees in the classes designated may establish an initial eligibility and then a continuing eligibility at either of the two allowance levels except that after January 1, 1975, no initial eligibility shall be based on any training or education or any certificate or degree which is a qualification for the position held. (3) The initial career incentive allowance shall be paid from January 1, 1975, to those persons determined by the career incentive committee to be qualified on that date and to other employees in the designated classes from the date eligibility is established to the end of the fiscal year in which eligibility is established. In no event shall an initial eligibility allowance extend beyond one fiscal year.
(4) In any fiscal year subsequent to the year in which the initial allowance is paid, an employee in the designated classes may establish continuing eligibility at either allowance level by completing the education or training approved by the career incentive committee in accordance with the resolution of the board of supervisors.
(5) Notice of intention to establish either an initial eligibility or a continuing eligibility shall be given to the career incentive committee no later than June 15th of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which eligibility will be established.
(6) Any employee whose eligibility for a career incentive allowance is disapproved by the career incentive committee may appeal the disapproval to the board of supervisors in accordance with the procedures set forth by resolution of the board of supervisors.
(7) The personnel director shall certify to the county auditor the names of those employees eligible to receive a career incentive allowance and of the dates of which the allowance is to begin and end.
(8) The career incentive allowance program shall end on January 1, 1991.
(c) Differential for Bilingual Employees.
(1) For all full-time employees in the district attorney’s office who are peace officers, excluding general management and operations and staff management employees, there is established a bilingual pay differential of twenty-five dollars per month payable when it has been determined by the personnel director that an employee’s use of bilingual skills is essential and critical for the successful performance of the functions of the department. Written policies and procedures for determining eligibility for a differential shall be formulated by the personnel director and shall be made available to all department heads.
(2) For all employees in the law enforcement and supervisory law enforcement units of representation who are safety employees, excluding general management and operations and staff management employees:
(A) Parties agree that an employee designated by their department head to perform bilingual duties shall receive a monthly stipend to compensate for the additional skill demands placed upon them.
(B) The stipend shall be either forty dollars per month for less than full-time use, or eighty dollars per month for intense use that is required for successful performance of their duties.
(i) The forty dollar rate shall be paid to county employees who use bilingual skills on a frequent but intermittent basis. This skill is secondary to the normal job function.
(ii) The eighty dollar rate shall be paid to a county employee who uses bilingual skills every work day as a regular and routine part of the job. The use of bilingual skills is a primary element of this employee’s job.
(C) In either case, the county must determine that bilingual skills are essential for the successful performance of that job. All current administrative rules shall continue to apply. Discretion for this differential remains with the department head.
(D) Notwithstanding Government Code Section 3300 et seq., the removal of any person from this assignment may be made without hearing, and shall not be considered a punitive act, as discretion for this assignment remains with the sheriff. (Ord. 2352 § 1, 1988: Ord. 2147 § 3, 1983; Ord. 2072 § 11, 1981: Ord. 2025 § 7, 1980: Ord. 1825 § 1, 1977: Ord. 1491 § 3 (part), 1975; Ord. 1484 § 2, 1975)