60A - AGREEMENT WITH THE FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

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Agreement with the Firemen's Benevolent Association February 21, 2012 Page 3 when combined with the converted holiday leave hours above, will be cashed out. City vacation hours which transfer to the OCFA will not be combined with vacation hours earned while at the OCFA, and therefore will not be counted towards the maximum cap of OCFA vacation accrual. Compensatory Time Off (CTO): At the employee's option, all CTO will be cashed out, or CTO time will be converted to vacation and transferred to OCFA, up to a limit of 350 hours of total vacation time transferred, and the remaining CTO time will be cashed out. Sick Leave: Employees will be cashed out for 50% of the accrued sick leave to which they are entitled to a cash-out based on years of service per the current SAFBA Memorandum of Understanding. The remaining 50% of sick leave subject to cash-out will transfer to OCFA but will not be combined with the sick leave earned while at the OCFA and shall not be counted towards any maximum sick leave accrual cap that may be established by OCFA. Any accrued, unused sick leave that is not subject to cash out per the current SAFBA Memorandum of Understanding will be forfeited. Sick Leave for Employees with Less Than 10 Years of Service: Employees with less than ten years of service will be provided with 48 hours of sick leave to be used within the first three years of the contract with OCFA if the employee has no sick leave available. Order of usage: Following transfer to OCFA, members will be required to use accrued OCFA vacation and sick leave prior to using the vacation and sick leave transferred from the City. In five years, or earlier if the member separates from service, all remaining vacation and sick leave which transferred to OCFA will be paid off by the City at the member's rate of pay upon separation from the City. 9) Retiree Health Savings Account (Fund 84): The Fund 84 balance (approximately $995,000) and FBA Loan (approximately $1,490,000 in principal and interest) shall be disbursed to individual retiree health savings accounts by July 16, 2012, by which time subsidy payments to retirees will also cease. 10)Bilingual Pay: Members assigned to a work location within Santa Ana will be paid $135 per month for Spanish language proficiency in lieu of the bilingual compensation provided in the OCFA MOU. 11)Disciplinary Suspensions: Employees on probation and employees who have been suspended in the one year prior to the initial date of the contract may have to serve a probationary period with OCFA. 60A-3