Except as otherwise provided by law, the salaries of all officers and employees of the City shall be fixed from time to time by the City Council, and the wages of all other employees shall be fixed in such manner as the City Council determines.
A. 
Any employee of the City who is required to work in excess of his regular number of maximum hours per week as regulated by law, ordinance or rule shall be compensated for such additional hours of service at a rate of 1 1/2 times his regular hourly compensation.
B. 
This section shall not apply to policemen, firemen, school teachers, or incumbents of offices specifically established by or under the authority of any general or special act or to employees for whom provision for overtime pay is provided under a collective bargaining agreement with the City, or to department heads, their deputies, associates or assistants or such other classes or groups of employees as from time to time may be specifically exempted therefrom by vote of the City Council, subject to the provisions of its Charter. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the wastewater treatment plant engineer (Job Code Number 1450).
A. 
The City Treasurer shall deduct from the salary of any employee of the City such amount as such employee, in a written authorization to such City Treasurer, may specify for purchasing shares of, or making deposits in, or repaying any loan from the Springfield, Massachusetts Municipal Employees' Credit Union, a credit union operated by employees of such City.
B. 
Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by filing a written notice of such withdrawal with the City Treasurer and a copy thereof with the treasurer of the Springfield, Massachusetts, Municipal Employees' Credit Union.
C. 
The City Treasurer, after making deductions under this section, shall transmit the amount so deducted to the treasurer of the credit union for the purpose specified by the employee; provided that the City Treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that the treasurer of the credit union has given bond as required by law for the faithful performance of his duties.
D. 
Moneys so deducted shall not be attached or taken upon execution or other process while in the custody of the City Treasurer.
A. 
The City Treasurer shall deduct from the salary of any teacher of the City such amount as such employee, in a written authorization to such City Treasurer, may specify for purchasing shares of, or making deposits in, or repaying any loan from the Springfield, Massachusetts Teachers' Credit Union, a credit union operated by employees of such City.
B. 
Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by filing a written notice of such withdrawal with the City Treasurer and a copy thereof with the treasurer of the Springfield, Massachusetts Teachers' Credit Union.
C. 
The City Treasurer, after making deductions under this section, shall transmit the amount so deducted to the treasurer of the credit union for the purpose specified by the employee; provided that the City Treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that the treasurer of the credit union has given bond as required by law for the faithful performance of his duties.
D. 
Moneys so deducted shall not be attached or taken upon execution or other process while in the custody of the City Treasurer.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no board, committee, department head, superintendent or other person having the power to hire or promote any employees on behalf of the City shall employ any persons or promote or advance in grade any employees of the City unless first authorized to do so by the annual budget, a supplementary budget, or other appropriation order passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 3.12.060, Increase in salary for contemplated retirement in certain cases, which immediately followed this section, was repealed FCB 9-30-2008. This enactment provided that the repeal shall be effective in respect to any employee whose retirement occurs after 10-1-2008, but shall not be applicable to any employee who has notified, in writing, his department head and the retirement board of his intention to retire prior to 10-1-2008.