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Page 2 of 3 <br />For the period of time that Public Safety Dispatchers, Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, and <br />Public Safety Dispatcher Supervisors are assigned to work in a training capacity, they shall <br />receive an additional seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per day differential. <br />*NEW* POST Certification Pay <br />Public Safety Dispatchers, Senior Public Safety Dispatchers, and Public Safety Dispatcher <br />Supervisors shall be eligible for POST certification pay as follows: <br />•POST Dispatcher Intermediate Certificate: 2.5% of current base pay <br />•POST Dispatcher Advanced Certificate: 5% of current base pay <br />Employees may only receive compensation for one certificate in an amount not to exceed <br />5% of current base pay. Payment shall be included in the employee’s biweekly paycheck. <br />Section 41. Standby Pay <br />A. Compensation <br />All employees (except Civilian Police Employees – see C. below) who are assigned to standby <br />duty to respond to emergencies, service calls, shift coverage or lone operator support during <br />their off shift hours, will be paid at the rate of two (2) hours pay at the employee’s straight time <br />hourly rate for each normal workday (commencing with the end of the regular scheduled shift). <br />Employees who are required to standby on regularly scheduled days off (i.e. a twenty-four <br />(24) hour consecutive period) shall receive a total of three (3) hours pay at the employee’s <br />regular hourly rate for each day. Employees who are required to standby on a City holiday <br />(i.e. a twenty-four (24) hour consecutive period) shall receive a total of three (3) hours pay at <br />the employee’s regular hourly rate for each holiday. With the exception of Public Works <br />(below) each department will establish its own rules for standby assignments. <br />[Section B. Public Works remains unchanged.] <br />C. Civilian Police Employees <br />Upon notification, the dispatcher will call the communications center as soon as possible, <br />within a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes. The standby dispatcher will be advised of the <br />shift and time they are to report for duty. Standby dispatchers are to remain in a condition and <br />location that will allow them to respond in a timely manner to the Police Department, fit for <br />duty. A timely manner is defined as being at their duty station within one and one-half (11/2) <br />hours. Failure to respond to the notification may result in disciplinary action. <br />When it is determined that a shift needs to be filled, dispatch or the on-duty supervisor will do <br />the following in sequential order. <br />1.Determine if on-duty personnel can cover the shift. <br />2.Call the remainder of the available personnel in order of seniority. <br />3.If no dispatcher is found to work the vacant shift, the standby dispatcher will be called.