CC RESOLUTION 4157RESOLUTION NO. 4157
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
LATERAL ENTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM
FOR THE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS OF
DISPATCHER II AND SENIOR DISPATCHER
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
Section 1. LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM
The City shall allow lateral entry of qualified Public Safety Dispatchers from other agencies who desire
employment in the El Segundo Police Department in the positions of Dispatcher Il and Senior Dispatcher in
an advanced status, in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. LATERAL ENTRY - Compensation
Subject to the approval of the City Manager, Public Safety Dispatchers entering the service of the El Segundo
Police Department as a Dispatcher II or Senior Dispatcher under the Lateral Entry Program shall receive
compensation under the Basic Salary Schedule at the salary step to which they are entitled by their total
number of years of Public Safety Dispatching experience.
Section 3. LATERAL ENTRY - Sick Leave Transferrable
Public Safety Dispatchers who enter the service of the El Segundo Police Department under the Lateral Entry
Program shall be allowed to transfer their accumulated sick leave balance from the preceding employing
agency up to a maximum of 504 hours. Appropriate documentation verifying the amount of the Public Safety
Dispatchers final unreimbursed sick leave balance must be submitted to the Assistant City Manager for
approval. Sick leave transferred to the City is available for use by the Lateral Dispatcher but only after
exhaustion of all sick leave accumulated subsequent to appointment. The initial bank of transferred sick leave
may not be converted to cash at the time of separation from service.
Section 4. LATERAL ENTRY - Vacation Leave
Public Safety Dispatchers who enter the El Segundo Police Department under the Lateral Entry Program shall
be allowed to accrue vacation leave based on their total number of years of Public Safety Dispatching
experience. Vacation leave is accrued at the applicable rate immediately upon appointment but is not
available for use until successful completion of the twelve -month probationary period.
Section 5. LATERAL ENTRY - Transfer and Relocation Bonus
Public Safety Dispatchers who enter the service of the El Segundo Police Department under the Lateral
Entry Program shall be provided a $1000 transfer and relocation bonus upon appointment and a $1000 bonus
upon successful completion of the initial Dispatcher II or Senior Dispatcher probationary period.
Lateral Entry Public Safety Dispatchers who voluntarily separate from service within three years of the date
of appointment shall be required to reimburse the City for the entire amount of the transfer and relocation
bonus.
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LATERAL ENTRY INCENTIVE - DISPATCHER
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Section 6. LATERAL ENTRY - Recruiting Bonus
Current employees of the El Segundo Police and Fire Departments shall be provided a bonus for the
successful recruiting of a Lateral Entry Public Safety Dispatcher. Such employees shall be paid a $500
recruiting bonus upon the appointment of the Lateral Entry Public Safety Dispatcher and a $500 recruiting
bonus upon the Public Safety Dispatcher's successful completion of the initial Dispatcher II and Senior
Dispatcher twelve -month probationary period. Sworn personnel directly involved in the Police Department
recruiting function, as identified by the Chief of Police, are not eligible for this bonus. Additionally, the Chief
of Police, Police Captains, Fire Chief and Battalion Chiefs are not eligible for this recruiting bonus.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the
same in the book of original resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption
thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21 st day of Marc 2000.
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Mike Gordon, Mayor of the
City of El Segundo, California
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 4157 was duly passed
and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 215` day of March, 2000, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, Gaines, McDowell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wernick
ABSTAIN: None
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RESOLUTION NO. 4157
LATERAL ENTRY INCENTIVE - DISPATCHER
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