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Executive Management (EM) salary range, whichever is higher, in accordance with <br />current upgrade provisions. <br />I. Reallocation of Salary Rate Ranges. When an employee is in an Executive <br />Management (EM) classification which is reallocated from the current salary rate range <br />to a different salary rate range, the employee will retain the same salary step he or she <br />held prior to the reallocation. The employee will retain credit for length of service in <br />such salary step towards advancement to the next higher salary step. <br />J. Y- Rating. In special circumstances the City Manager may approve <br />compensating an employee in excess of the salary range of the classification to which <br />he or she is assigned by "freezing" the employee's salary at the current rate. In such <br />cases, incumbents will not receive step increases or current and future general "across - <br />the- board" salary adjustments scheduled for other classes until the salary level is equal <br />to or greater than the "frozen" salary for the assigned classification. <br />K. Z- Rating. A Z -Rate is a special salary rate established by the City Manager <br />which allows an employee who has been reclassified to a classification at a lower salary <br />rate range to be paid at a rate of pay higher than that assigned to his or her reclassified <br />position title for a specified transition time period. <br />Section 4. Health and Welfare Benefits. <br />The following optional insurance benefits available to Executive Management (EM) <br />employees are provided through a cafeteria plan adopted in accordance with the <br />provisions of Internal Revenue Code § 125. <br />The City will contribute to the cafeteria plan in the highest amount as available to <br />represented management employees. Since the City contracts with CalPERS for <br />medical insurance, the amount described above will include the CalPERS statutory <br />minimum paid by the City. <br />A. Medical insurance. Eligible Executive Management (EM) employees may select <br />any of the medical insurance plan options offered by CalPERS. <br />B. Dental insurance. Eligible Executive Management (EM) employees will have the <br />ability to select either an HMO or PPO dental insurance plan. <br />C. Vision insurance. Eligible Executive Management (EM) employees will have the <br />ability to select vision insurance coverage through the City's insurance provider. <br />D. Cash -in -Lieu of Benefits. Executive Management (EM) employees will be eligible <br />to receive cash (subject to taxation as wages) through the cafeteria plan if they either <br />opt -out of receiving one of the optional benefits provided through the plan or if they <br />choose optional benefits that do not cost as much as the maximum dollar amount they <br />receive through the plan. <br />E. Employee Contributions for Benefits. If an Executive Management (EM) <br />employee chooses optional benefits whose aggregate premium cost exceeds the <br />