Benefits & Time Off
Health Plan choices
City contributes 75% of employee or employee plus family premiums
Access to the Police Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan and other city plans.
Dental and Vision insurance
City contributes 50% of employee or employee plus family premiums
Life Insurance: $50,000.00
Disability Coverage: $100,000 as governed by the Illinois State Statute
Vacation
| Years of Service |
Vacation Time |
| Date of hire |
2 weeks |
| 1-4 years of service & Lateral Hires |
3 weeks |
| 5-15 years of service |
4 weeks |
| 16 years of service |
4 weeks + 1 Day |
| 17 years of service |
4 weeks + 2 Days |
| 18 years of service |
4 weeks + 3 Days |
| 19 years of service |
4 weeks + 4 Days |
| 20 or more years of service |
5 weeks |
Additional Leave Time
Personal Days:
16 hours per fiscal year (May 1 - Apr 30)
Court Exchange Days:
32 hours per fiscal year (May 1 - Apr 30)
Compensatory Time:
Up to 120 hours of overtime may be used for paid time off per year
Parental Leave:
Up to 10 workdays per child
Sick leave:
Accumulative up to 607 hours
Tuition Reimbursement:
Up to 100% reimbursement for tuition, fees, and books
Retirement:
If you started when you were 21 and worked until you were 55, you would make $92,332.59 per year for the rest of your life (using the pay scale from the current contract).
Tier 2 Article 3 Police Pension Plan (All new hires start at Tier 2)
A Tier 2 officer is eligible for retirement benefits at age 55 upon attainment of 10 years of service.
The pension is equal to 2.5% of his or her “final average salary” for each year of service. The “final average salary” is your average monthly salary during the last eight years of service (technically, the highest 96 consecutive months within your last 120 months of service).
The highest allowable pension is 75% of your final average salary. If an officer with sufficient credit wishes to draw his or her pension prior to age 55, the pension may be started any time after age 50, but with a resulting decrease in the monthly amount. The decrease is 6% for each year the officer receives pension prior to age 55 (proportioned monthly).
Minimum: 10 years of service = 25% of "final average salary" for last 8 years of service
20 years of service = 50% of "final average salary" for last 8 years of service
Maximum: 30 years of service = 75% of "final average salary" for last 8 years of service
Minimum age to collect pension: 50 years of age*
*If an officer with sufficient credit wishes to draw his or her pension prior to age 55, the pension may be started any time after age 50, but with a resulting decrease in the monthly amount. The decrease is 6% for each year the officer receives pension prior to age 55 (proportioned monthly).*
Minimum age to not be penalized: 55 years of age.
The Bloomington Police Article 3 Pension Fund is governed by Illinois State Statute. For more information about Article 3 Police Pension fund Tier 2 go here.
Retirement Health Savings (RHS)
Monthly contributions equivalent to 1.33 hours of sick leave are made to an account for future use as a retirement health savings account. Additionally, any sick time accumulated over a maximum of 607 hours will be added to the RHS at a rate of 70% of the officer’s current hourly rate of pay. Upon retirement the officer can use their RHS for health care or insurance premium costs.
Optional 457 B (deferred compensation) retirement