Re: Letter of Understanding – Holiday Day Pay
December 7, 2025
Foster City Police Officers Association
1030 E. Hillsdale Boulevard
Foster City, CA 94404
Re: Letter of Understanding – Holiday Pay
Dear Mr. Parham:
This letter of understanding confirms the following agreement that the City of Foster City (“CITY”) and the Foster City Police Officers Association (“FCPOA”) have reached. The agreement is as follows:
Article 1, Section 5, Holiday Pay, of the current memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) states the following:
5.1 Sworn Peace Officers shall receive holiday in-lieu pay in the amount of 5.85% of their base pay in-lieu of thirteen (13) City/District recognized holidays. Officers wishing to take a holiday off will need to use available leaves.
5.2 Recruit Officers attending the police academy shall not receive holiday in-lieu pay and will not be required to work on the holidays. When a recruit officer begins the field-training program they shall be eligible for holiday in-lieu pay.
5.3 Dispatch Supervisor, Lead Police Dispatcher and Police Dispatchers, whose regular schedule requires them to work on a holiday shall receive holiday premium pay in the amount of one additional day of pay (8, 10, or 12 hours determined by the assigned shift) at time and one half for each holiday worked. If the holiday falls on a scheduled day off, the employee shall have the choice to be paid for one additional day of pay (8, 10, 12 hours determined by the assigned shift) of straight time at the regular rate, or can accrue comp time in lieu of straight time pay. Dispatch Supervisor, Lead Police Dispatcher and Police/Fire Dispatchers who work a holiday that is not part of their regular schedule shall receive overtime pay for the hours worked, in addition to holiday off pay as defined above.
Dispatch Supervisor, Lead Police Dispatcher and Police/Fire Dispatchers who request and are approved the day off on a regularly scheduled holiday may do so without use of accrued leave.
For purposes of determining eligibility for premium pay for work on a holiday, the authorized holiday shall be defined as the actual day of the holiday, they are as follows:
New Year's Day, January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, third Monday in January
Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
Memorial Day, last Monday in May
Re: Letter of Understanding – Holiday Day Pay
Juneteenth, June 19
Independence Day, July 4
Labor Day, first Monday in September
Veteran's Day, November 11
Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
Day after Thanksgiving, fourth Friday in November
Christmas Eve, December 24
Christmas Day December 25
New Year’s Eve, December 31
Within thirty (30) days of finalizing this agreement, employees within classifications represented by FCPOA shall be retroactively compensated for the Juneteenth holiday, June 19, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the MOU. Dispatchers that worked Juneteenth will receive the premium pay or comp time and Sworn Peace Officers shall have their holiday in-lieu percentage revised to 5.85% retroactive to January 1, 2025. However, the parties agree to settle the retroactive payment by paying each actively employed sworn employee, as of August 1, 2025, $100 for each month the employee was in a paid status and eligible for the holiday in-lieu pay. Such payment will be made minus regular and customary withholdings.
This Agreement memorializes and constitutes the entire understanding between the parties as to all matters referred to or included herein and supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, proposed discussion, whether written or oral.
The agreement in this case does not establish a precedent, nor does it interpret any employee rights under the language of the Agreement, the Rules and Regulations of the city or any applicable policies and procedures of the Police Department, Administrative Services Department, or the City of Foster City.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate by dating and signing below.
Staff Representatives of the Representatives of the
City of Foster City/ Foster City Police Officers Association Estero Municipal Improvement District
Stefan Chatwin Date Isaac Parham Date
Cory CallDate Vuong Phan Date
Diane PitmanDate Jenna Grimaldi Date