Annual Wage Increases
- 1.50% on 7/1/2024
- 1.50% on 1/4/2025
- 1.00% on COV 6/30/2025
Health
- MEA Health Benefits: The City provides management and unrepresented employees with numerous health benefits including flex credit earnings, which can be spent on the premium contributions for a variety of pre-tax and post-tax benefit options such as your medical and dental plans, disability insurance, additional life insurance and long-term care insurance, paid via payroll deduction.
- If the premium contributions for your benefit choices cost more than your flex credits, you pay the balance from salary (e.g., $237.24 per pay period if enrolled in employee-plus-two-or-more in Blue Shield Access+).
- If your benefit choices cost less than the flex credits, you will receive cash back as taxable, non-pensionable earnings in your pay or you can use this amount to purchase other benefit options (e.g., $335.06 per pay period if enrolled in employee-only in Blue Shield Access+). City-provided flex credit earnings are sufficient to cover 100% of the cost of employee-only enrollment for all five medical plans offered and to cover 100% of employee-plus-one enrollment in Blue Shield Trio, Kaiser and Health Net CanopyCare.
Flex Credits remaining after Medical enrollment (plan and coverage level)
| Level | Blue Shield Trio | Blue Shield Access+ | Kaiser | Blue Shield PPO | HealthNet CanopyCare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employee Only | $420.75 | $335.06 | $443.38 | $155.52 | $457.14 |
Employee + 1 | $84.14 | ($87.25) | $129.40 | ($407.54) | $160.29 |
Employee +2 or more | ($192.02) |
| ($185.13) | ($688.66) | ($176.88) |
- Life Insurance: $150,000 policy
Paid Leave
- Vacation: Ten (10) days accrued per year upon 1 year of service; fifteen (15) days accrued per year upon 5 years of service; twenty (20) days per year upon 15 years of service; and
- Sick Leave : Thirteen (13) days accrued per year; and
- Legal Holidays: Twelve (12) days per year; and
- Floating Holidays: Five (5) days allotted per year; and
- Management Leave: Five (5) days allotted per year.
Post-Employment Benefits
- Pension : 2.3%@65 miscellaneous benefit based on highest three year average limited to 85% of the IRC §401(a)(17) limit (i.e., $293,250 for 2024)
- Retiree Healthcare : Full coverage for retiree and half of one dependent upon 20 years of service
Employee Benefit Contributions
- A 2.0% mandatory contribution to the City’s Retiree Health Care Trust Fund ; and
- A 9.5% mandatory employee retirement contribution for FY 2024-25; and
- A 7.65% mandatory contribution to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).