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Council reviews draft incentives for employee grant-seeking, certification pay
Summary
Staff presented draft policies to reward employees who secure competitive grants or obtain job-related professional certifications. Council offered feedback on eligibility, scoring and edge cases and asked staff to return with examples and clarifying language.
City staff proposed two related personnel policies: a grant-incentive policy to reward employees who secure external funding and a differential-pay policy to recognize job-related certifications.
Under the draft grant-incentive proposal, employees who lead successful grant applications (generally for awards above $500) could receive a modest cash award based on a points matrix that weights factors such as competitiveness of the grant, dollar amount awarded, time invested and whether the award is a new funding source for the city. Staff said awards would be paid after execution of the grant…
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