Salary ranges and rates shall be established annually for officials
and employees of the City and shall be payable weekly. Such ranges
and rates are annexed to and made a part of this chapter without the
inclusion of the text, and copies shall be kept in the office of the
City Clerk for the use and examination of the public.
A.
Rate; generally. All work performed in excess of the standard workweek
shall be paid at the rate of time and a half for overtime. Time and
a half shall be paid for Saturday, when employees are called in to
work on nonscheduled days. Double time shall be paid for Sunday, provided
Sunday is a seventh day workday. Double time and a half of 20 hours
shall be paid for holidays to employees who must work.
B.
Employees subject to CWA contract.
(1)
Employees who shall be required to work on a nonscheduled Saturday,
which shall be the sixth consecutive day of work, shall be compensated
at the rate of 1 1/2 of the employee's regular hourly rate
for each hour of work performed on Saturday. Employees whose seventh
consecutive workday is a Sunday shall receive double time for each
hour of work performed on Sunday. All work performed in excess of
12 continuous hours shall be paid at twice the employee's regular
base rate of pay. An employee who shall work on a holiday shall be
compensated at double time and a half. An employee who shall work
in a higher paid classification than his/her own for four or more
hours per day shall be paid at the rate of the classification to which
he/she shall have been temporarily assigned.
(2)
If an employee is recalled to duty, either before the beginning or
after the completion of his/her normal workday within any twenty-four-hour
period, he/she shall receive a minimum guarantee of four hours compensation
at the overtime rate.
(3)
Employees called in to work after completing their normal workweek
shall be guaranteed a minimum of four hours compensation at the overtime
rate. The City shall have the right to retain the employee on duty
for the minimum time period.
C.
Police Department. A member of the Police Department may elect to
receive in lieu of overtime compensation compensatory time of 1 1/2
hours for each hour worked.
D.
Department heads. Department heads who shall not receive overtime
compensation shall be entitled to compensatory time at the rate of
1 1/2 hours for each hour of overtime.
E.
Accumulation of compensatory time. Compensatory time overtime must
be used in the calendar year in which it is earned and shall not be
available for less than four hours of accumulated overtime. However,
compensatory time of up to two days earned in the month of December
may be carried over into the next year.
Employees working on a continuous operation, after completing
10 straight hours, shall be granted a sum of $2 for lunch every 10
hours, provided they continue to work after the 10 hours.
An employee who performs work in a higher paid classification
than his/her own for four hours or more per day shall be paid the
rate of the classification to which he/she has been temporarily assigned.
A.
A longevity
bonus equal to 2 1/2% of base salary shall be paid for every
five years of consecutive service to each member of the Police Department,
to each department head and to each full-time employee.
B.
Nothing
in this chapter shall be construed to extend the longevity bonus to
the amount set forth above in the event that the administration and
any collective bargaining unit negotiate a longevity bonus or bonus
schedule less than 2.5% of the base salary, or for a term of service
greater than five years. Additionally, nothing shall be construed
to otherwise limit the Administration and any collective bargaining
unit's ability to negotiate the initial number of years required to
first receive an initial longevity bonus.
[Added 8-2-2012 by Ord. No. 11-2012]
A.
A police officer hired prior to January 1, 1990, shall be compensated
at the rate of $12 per college credit, not to exceed $300, until a
degree shall have been awarded. Upon receiving a degree, a police
officer shall be compensated according to the following table:
B.
Compensation will not be paid until a certified transcript shall
have been approved by the Chief of Police and submitted to the Chief
Financial Officer prior to the first of December.
