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CityCouncil | 2021-09-07 | 29 | some point. Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether the benefit is offered to all employees of the City of Alameda, to which the Human Resources Director responded the benefit has been negotiated and offered to Public Safety employees. Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated that she has concerns about the proposal at the policy level; bringing outside people in for the highest level positions, which works for other agencies, chips away and somehow reduces the benefit of long-term employees; the lifetime medical benefit is only offered to public safety and is extremely expensive; there is a significant amount of other post-employment benefits (OPEB), which the medical coverage falls under; she will not be supporting the matter; most people do not receive lifetime medical benefits; continuing to lower the bar of who the benefit is offered to is a problem. Councilmember Daysog stated that he can understand making changes for the head positions; he is not convinced the changes should be for the Assistant or Deputy positions; the City should be encouraging people to grow through the ranks, rather than slotting people from outside into the higher positions; he understands why the packages are needed in order to recruit for top positions. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the matter is for the Fire Chief. The Human Resources Director responded in the affirmative; stated the matter provides service credit for someone being hired at the top position; the benefit only applies to someone coming from the outside to be the Fire or Police Chief in order to provide credit for time served in another agency as an Assistant or Deputy. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the position would need to be equivalent, not lateral and is a move up in position. The City Manager stated the resolution needs to be changed in order to reflect the recommendation of the credit only being provided if the employee had a similar type of benefits from another agency; the City Manager recommendation includes the employee only receiving credit if they had retiree health benefits in another organization. Councilmember Daysog expressed support for the matter due to the clarification provided by staff. Councilmember Knox White moved approval of adoption of the resolution. The motion failed due to a lack of second. Councilmember Daysog expressed support for approving the matter with a sunset after five years. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 7, 2021 21 | CityCouncil/2021-09-07.pdf |