For City Council Meeting [December 11, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ahmad Ansari, Interim City Administrator
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Request City Council's Approval of the Terms of an Employment Agreement between the City of Rialto and Mark Kling, Police Chief.
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BACKGROUND:
The Police Chief is a key Executive position responsible for the overall administration of the Rialto Police Department, including the divisions of Command Staff, Professional Standards, Support and Operations. The position reports to the City Administrator and coordinates highly responsible and complex administrative and law enforcement services on behalf of the City, including crime prevention and crime suppression.
The City of Rialto has been recruiting for a Police Chief since November 2017. In the interim, Mark Kling (a CalPERS retired annuitant and former Police Chief for the City) has been providing oversight and leadership to the Police Department and support to the City Administrator's Office. Mr. Kling's services as a retired annuitant will conclude in December 2018, per his retiree cap of 960 hours in a fiscal year.
Interim Chief Kling has expressed interest in reinstating from retirement for the purposes of providing continuous service to the Rialto Police Department. The City is also interested in hiring him as its Police Chief due to his years of prior experience as a Police Chief and familiarity with the needs of the City. As a reinstated employee, he becomes eligible for CalPERS membership again; can retire later; and will resume earning retirement service credit He can't, however, be both an active permanent employee and a retired annuitant at the same time; hence, a start date with the City of Rialto must be "after" his retirement end date.
Interim Chief Kling retired from the City of Rialto as Police Chief on December 29, 2011; thus, he retains classic PERS member benefits, including single highest year with a retirement formula of 3% at...
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