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her designee to a position requiring bilingual capability in both English and either <br />Spanish, Samoan, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian, Hmong, or other languages <br />designated by the City Manager, shall be paid an hourly assignment pay differential in <br />accordance with the criteria and amounts set forth below: <br />A. Certification by the Executive Director of Personriel Services, or his or her designee, <br />as having satisfactorily demonstrated conversational fluency in both languages for <br />any position requiring bilingual capability. <br />B. Positions where it has been determined by the Department Head that bilingual <br />proficiency is essential to carry out duties and responsibilities of a critical and /or <br />emergency nature without ready access to backup assistance, or positions where <br />bilingual public contact is a major, essential or integral element of the work being <br />performed, shall be designated as Primary Bilingual Assignments. A qualified <br />incumbent of such position shall be paid a differential of one dollar and one cent <br />($1.01) per hour above his or her base hourly rate effective first full pay period after <br />ratification and adoption by City Council. <br />C. Positions where it has been determined by a Department Head that regular and <br />frequent bilingual usage is necessary to the performance of duties, but not major, <br />essential, or integral element of the work, shall be designated as a Secondary <br />Bilingual Assignment. A qualified incumbent of such position shall be paid a <br />differential of twenty -three cents ($23) per hour above his or her base hourly rate. <br />D. The number of such Primary and /or Secondary Bilingual Assignments shall be no <br />larger than the requirements of the department as determined solely by the <br />Department Head and the City Manager. <br />E. There shall be periodic recertification of such bilingual capability. <br />4.6 Deferred Compensation. The City has adopted a qualified retirement plan for all Part <br />Time, Temporary and Emergency employees not covered by Ca1PERS to satisfy the <br />requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. This plan is a qualified <br />Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. The disbursement from the plan shall be <br />consistent with the law and the policies and procedures established by the City. <br />A. The City and the Union further agree that all such employees shall be required to <br />contribute 3.75% of their wages into the City - adopted qualified retirement plans, <br />such as Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. <br />B. The City agrees to contribute 3.75% of all such employees' wages into the <br />employees' retirement plan. <br />C. If, at any time in the future, the Internal Revenue Service rules that the adopted <br />retirement plan does not meet Federal requirements as a qualified alternative <br />retirement system to Social Security coverage, the City shall discontinue its <br />on <br />