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POLICY <br />1. The City of Colton shall endeavor to provide municipal <br />services to its non -English-speaking residents, and to others <br />as required by law. <br />2. Each department head shall be responsible for providing <br />written translation of necessary departmental policies and <br />procedures into the languages) which the non -English-speaking <br />community commonly uses in order to facilitate their dealings <br />with that department. Such procedures shall be made available <br />to the public upon their request. <br />3. All job descriptions for positions where bilingual abilities <br />in Spanish are desirable shall be amended to state under <br />"Minimum Standards thatbilin <br />l ability in <br />highly desirable. 11 This statement shalll be added Spanish is <br />next recruitment for that classification. Prior to the <br />4. City employees who are recommended by their department <br />approved by the City Manager, and successfully p head, <br />ass an ral <br />test conducted by the Personnel Department, shall1 be eligible <br />for bilingual pay. <br />S. Only employees granted bilingual pay shall be required to <br />speak the designated second language. <br />6. If a department head's bilingual employees are not available <br />(eg: on vacation, sick leave, vacancy, etc.) and a bilingual <br />need occurs, that department head may request that another <br />department head "loan" a bilingual employee to that department <br />to handle the bilingual need. If approved, that bilingual <br />employee shall be required to report to the other department <br />for the duration of the assignment. <br />ated <br />that such assignments would last more than 110ni5 minutes).ot <br />-1- <br />