Columbia Temporary assignment pay and educational incentives ordinance (§ 19-99)

(a) Temporary assignment pay. Employees in the following temporary assignments are eligible for assignment pay or reimbursement as follows:

(1)

Police field training officers shall be paid five (5) percent above the employee's present base rate only for the hours while so assigned. All police field training officers shall be qualified for the temporary assignment (as determined by proficiency examination or by the judgment of the department head, considering such characteristics as the individual's training, experience, education, reliability and total work performance record). The assignment may be ended at any time.

(2) Commercial Driver's License (CDL) examiners. Certified CDL examiners shall be paid two and one-half (2.5) percent above the employee's present base rate while serving as an examiner for the city. Any certified CDL examiner designated to serve as examiner coordinator of the city's third-party examiner program shall be paid an additional two and one-half (2.5) percent while serving as the examiner coordinator. These assignments may be ended at any time.

(3) Commercial Driver's License (CDL) behind-the-wheel trainers as designated by their department director and approved by the director shall be paid two and one-half (2.5) percent above the employee's present base rate only for the hours while serving as a behind-the-wheel CDL trainer for the city.

(b) Educational incentives. All educational incentives that affect employee pay shall be approved in advance by the city manager and director. The following have been approved:

(1) The fire chief, contingent upon appropriate budgetary allocations, may pay fire department emergency service employees two and one-half (2.5) percent above the employee's present base rate of pay as long as the employee is a certified paramedic meeting all the requirements of the fire chief.

(2) The public works director, contingent upon appropriate budgetary allocations, may pay designated permanent classified employees assigned to the street division an additional fifty cents ($0.50) per hour above the employee's base rate as long as the employee has a commercial driver's license and a hazardous materials endorsement.

(3) The city utilities director, contingent upon appropriate budgetary allocations, may pay permanent employees in the water distribution operator I classification, assigned to water distribution, an additional seventy-five cents ($0.75) per hour above the employee's base rate as long as the employee has a water distribution system operator III certification.