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Section 6.07. Bilingual Pay. The City makes available a bilingual pay program with a stipend of $50 per month, not to exceed $600 per fiscal year, for qualifying employees. To qualify, employees must pass probation and an oral examination and meet all the terms and conditions as established under separate policies and procedures established by the City. The examination shall be administered by the City or a third party selected by the City to administer the examination. The City may establish an in-house testing site, or require an employee to test on his/her own time. The City agrees to pay the cost of testing for all successful applicants. Incidental costs such as travel time and mileage to the third-party test site shall be borne by each applicant. An employee's continuation in the bilingual program is subject to periodic evaluation and retesting. Periodic evaluations shall be conducted no sooner than 1 year after each employee's original anniversary date in the program, or no sooner than 1 year after the last date of evaluation. An employee receiving bilingual pay who, at any time, fails to cooperate in providing the bilingual service required by the City Manager or his/her department head, shall be subject to suspension or elimination from the bilingual program. Evaluations are based on the City's bilingual requirements, including need for an employee's bilingual skill, changing skill level requirements, changing demographic needs, the employee's cooperation in providing bilingual service, and ability of the employee to periodically demonstrate skill level through the retesting program. Each employee participating in the bilingual program shall receive a copy of the bilingual policy and any program guidelines, including evaluation guidelines. Retesting may be conducted at the discretion of the department head or bilingual program administrator. The bilingual program administrator shall be the City Manager or his/her designee. The purpose of retesting is to evaluate skill maintenance by the employee receiving the bilingual stipend. The City will pay the administrative cost for retesting participating employees (excluding mileage and travel time). At the discretion of the City, retesting shall be conducted on City premises or at the administrative office of the third- party test administrator. Employees who received their bilingual education through a City-sponsored grant program shall be ineligible to receive bilingual pay until the grant is reimbursed. An employee can reimburse t...
