CONTRACT 6651A PERM AmendmentAgreement No. 6651A
POA Side Letter
Lateral Incentive Bonus
May 16, 2023
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AND THE EL
SEGUNDO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION
This Side Letter of Agreement ("Agreement") between the City of El Segundo ("City") and
the El Segundo Police Officers' Association ("PDX) (hereinafter referred to as the
"Parties") is entered into with respect to the following:
WHEREAS the Parties are currently parties to a Memorandum of Understanding
("MOU") with a term of April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025;
WHEREAS the current and operative Resolution No. 5095 adopted on June 25,
2018, provides that, a cash incentive to lateral police officers of $3,000 paid in two
payments, $1,500 at the time of hire and $1,500 at successful completion of probation,
while current ESPD officers who recruit a lateral entry police officer receive $1,500 in two
equal payments;
WHEREAS the current and operative MOU provides that, for the term of the MOU,
the City will pay an Employee Referral Bonus as outlined in Resolution 5095 above (2023-
2025 POA MOU, Art. 26.); and
WHEREAS, after the Parties ratified a successor MOU which was adopted at the
May 2, 2023 City Council meeting, the Parties are interested in expanding the Employee
Referral Bonus program eligibility to attract lateral police officers with the anticipation
of several retirements as well as continued competition in recruiting well -qualified
candidates.
In consideration of the recitals above and the Parties' obligations set forth
in the MOU, the Parties agree as follows:
Article 26 of the 2023-2025 MOU between the City and POA is hereby retitled
and amended to read, as follows:
Article 26 — Lateral Incentive and Employee Referral Bonus
Any Unit member who recruits a non -City employee to accept employment
for the Department in a sworn position shall be provided a recruitment bonus
of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), one-half to be paid upon the employee's
hire, one -quarter upon the employee's completion of their training program
and the other one -quarter upon the employee's successful completion of
probation. These payments are unconnected to performance and shall not
be reflected on any City pay or salary schedule, shall not be the basis for any
future negotiated salary increases, and shall not be reported as
compensation earnable.
Agreement No. 6651A
POA Side Letter
Lateral Incentive Bonus
May 16, 2023
Members of the City's recruitment team and any employee who works a
recruitment event shall be eligible for this bonus, but only for an employee he
or she recruits separate and apart from their duties as a member of the
recruitment team or participation in the recruitment event. Final
determinations for eligibility shall be made by the Police Chief.
2. Effective May 16, 2023, the provisions of Section (A)(1), above, are
suspended and all City employees are eligible for an employee referral bonus
of $10,000, for referring a lateral police officer.
Upon hire of the referred lateral police officer, the City employee shall
receive a payment of $5,000 following the first pay period worked.
ii. Upon successful completion of the lateral officer's probation, the City
employee shall receive a second payment of $5,000 in the pay period in
which probation is completed.
iii. Employees will be required to complete a written form providing the
name of the referred lateral police officer in order to receive the employee
referral bonus.
iv. No more than one City employee per hired lateral police officer will be
provided the employee referral bonus.
v. A lateral police officer for purposes of this provision is a current peace
officer with a California law enforcement agency who possesses a
California POST Basic Certificate.
vi. This provision will remain in effect until the City has expended a total of
$500,000 in combined payments for the lateral incentive bonus payments
and employee referral bonus, at which time the provisions of section
(A)(1), above, shall again become operative.
B. Lateral Incentive
1. A lateral police officer who accepts employment with the City on or after May
16, 2023, shall be paid a Lateral Incentive of forty thousand dollars
($40,000.00), paid in five increments as follows:
Upon hire, the lateral officer shall receive a payment of $10,000 following
the first full pay period worked.
Upon successful completion of probation, the lateral officer shall receive
another payment of $10,000 in the pay period in which probation is
completed.
iii. Upon completion of 24 months employment with the City, the lateral
officer shall receive a payment of $8,000.
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POA Side Letter
Lateral Incentive Bonus
May 16, 2023
iv. Upon completion of 36 months employment with the City, the lateral
officer shall receive a payment of $6,000.
v. Upon completion of 48 months employment with the City, the lateral
officer shall receive another payment of $6,000.
vi, This provision will remain in effect until the City has expended a total of
$500,000 in combined payments for the lateral incentive bonus
payments and employee referral bonus, at which time the provisions of
section (A)(1), above, shall again become operative.
FOR THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
Darrell George, City Manager
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Rebecca Redyk,
Director of Human Resources
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Agreement No. 6651A
POA Side Letter
Lateral Incentive Bonus
May 16, 2023
FOR THE EL SEGUNDO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION
Paul Saldana, Vice President
Brandon Br6caning, Bo ember
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Jos "Gilbert °' and Member
Steve Trujillo, Board Member
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