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33.2.1.2 Effective October 1, 2013, employees shall commence paying 3% of the employee <br />contribution and the City shall contribute 4%. Effective July 1, 2014, employees shall <br />commence paying 6% of the employee contribution and the City shall contribute 1% <br />Effective July 1, 2015, employees shall commence paying 7% of the employee <br />contribution and the City shall contribute 0%. Pursuant to IRS Code Section 414 (h) <br />(2), these payments shall be made on a pre-tax basis. <br /> <br />33.3 Tier Three: For employees hired on or after January 1, 2013 and classified as β€œnew” members <br />of CalPERS as defined by Public Employees Pension Reform Act (PEPRA), the City shall <br />maintain a contract with CalPERS for the provision of a 2% @ 62 (highest 36 months) <br />retirement benefit formula. Also pursuant to PEPRA, these employees are responsible for <br />paying one-half of the normal cost of this retirement plan. Employee will not pay more than <br />8%. <br /> <br />Section 34. Transfer <br /> <br /> For the purpose of employee transfers as defined in Personnel Rules, the classifications of <br />Refuse Collector, Street Maintenance Worker, Building Maintenance Worker and Park <br />Maintenance Worker shall be interpreted as comparable classifications. An employee so <br />transferred shall be paid in accordance with classification to which such employee is <br />transferred. <br /> <br />Section 35. Tools - Equipment Section <br /> <br /> The City shall provide tool insurance to cover the reasonable value of the hand tools furnished <br />by employees in the Automotive Mechanic and Equipment Mechanic classifications against <br />loss in excess of sixty dollars ($60.00) per occurrence arising from theft or catastrophic damage. <br />It is understood that the City may institute reasonable rules for the purpose of limiting claims <br />under this tool insurance. <br /> <br /> These rules shall provide for, but not be limited to, tool inventories, audit of tool inventories, <br />restrictions on removal of tools from the automotive shop and requirements for the proper <br />safeguarding of tools by the employees, which includes securement and lock-up of tools at the <br />end of each working period. <br /> <br /> For the period of this Memorandum of Understanding, employees regularly assigned to the <br />Public Works Equipment Section, who are required to provide and use their own tools shall be <br />reimbursed by the City for broken, worn out, and/or technologically obsolete tools, to a <br />maximum of three hundred and fifty-five ($355.00) per fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall <br />be paid once each fiscal year only upon submission of acceptable justification and receipts to <br />the Public Works Services Director. <br /> <br />Section 36. Catastrophic Illness Leave <br /> <br /> The objective of this section is to complement the City's wellness program for employees by <br />improving health benefits in instances of catastrophic illness, and thereby aid employees to do <br />better work. <br /> <br /> An employee holding a full-time position with permanent status who has completed two (2) full <br />years of continuous service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness leave benefit upon <br />28