Editor's Note — Ord. no. 455 §1, adopted March 7,
2000, repealed this chapter and enacted the new provisions set out
herein. Former ch. 135 derived from ord. no. 207 §§1 —
18, 3-13-1984; ord. no. 221 §1, 7-17-1984; ord. no. 223 §§1
— 2, 9-4-1984; ord. no. 231 §1, 2-12-1985; ord. no. 239
§1, 9-10-1985; ord. no. 255 §§1 — 2, 12-9-1986;
ord. no. 269 §1, 5-12-1987; ord. no. 324 §§1 —
2, 7-9-1991; ord. no. 330 §1, 10-8-1991; ord. no. 402 §1,
8-13-1996. Subsequently, ord. no. 498 §1, adopted January 8,
2002, repealed this chapter and enacted the new provisions set out
herein. Former ch. 135 derived from ord. no. 455 §1, 3-7-2000.
Subsequently, ord. no. 603 §1, adopted February 3, 2009, repealed
ch. 135 "personnel" and enacted new provisions set out herein. Former
ch. 135 derived from ord. no. 498 §1, 1-8-2002.
[Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
The City Council of the City of Normandy hereby adopts the City
of Normandy Personnel Policy Manual attached hereto in Exhibit A.
[R.O. 2012 §135.010; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
The Council of the City of Normandy declares and reaffirms to
its employees and to the public that it is committed to a policy of
equal employment based upon qualifications and merit, without discrimination
because of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age,
ancestry, handicap, sexual orientation, or status in any other classification
whose consideration is prohibited by law.
[R.O. 2012 §135.020; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
The City of Normandy is a Third Class City under Missouri law.
Consistent with that status, all employees, except Police Officers
as hereinafter provided, are employees at will who serve at the pleasure
of the City. Nothing in these personnel regulations or any ordinance,
rule or policy of the City shall be interpreted or applied in any
way that is not consistent with at will employment. Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 85.541, RSMo., the City adopts a Merit System
Police Department with respect to employment of Police Officers of
the City of Normandy other than the Chief of Police.
[R.O. 2012 §135.030; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
A.
There is hereby established a Personnel
Board for the City of Normandy to perform the duties prescribed herein
and in Section 85.541, RSMo.
The Personnel Board is to be utilized within the scope of this
Code and shall be as follows:
A. The Personnel Board shall be composed of four (4) members. Members
of the Personnel Board shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent
of the majority of the members of the City Council. Of the initial
four (4) members, two (2) shall be appointed for a term of one (1)
year, and two (2) for a term of two (2) years. The Mayor, with the
consent of the majority of the members of the Council, shall fill
vacancies for any unfinished term. A member of the Personnel Board
may be removed from office for cause in the same manner as prescribed
by City Code for the removal of appointed officers. Members of the
Personnel Board shall serve until their successors shall have been
appointed and qualified.
B. Each member of the Personnel Board shall be at least twenty-one (21)
years of age and shall have been a resident of the City of Normandy
for at least one (1) year prior to appointment and shall be a resident
of the City during the term of office.
C. The Personnel Board at its first meeting of each calendar year shall
elect one (1) of its members as Chairman who shall serve during that
calendar year. The Personnel Board shall adopt rules governing its
operation and file a copy of the same with the Mayor and City Council
for approval.
D. The Personnel Board shall meet at least annually during the month
of January and as necessary thereafter at the call of the Chairman.
All meetings of the Personnel Board shall be open to the public except
when an employee appealing a personnel action shall request that an
appeal hearing be closed, pursuant to Chapter 610, RSMo.
E. The Personnel Board or their designee is required to give examinations
to candidates for appointment or promotion and to certify lists of
eligible candidates to the Mayor or other appointing authority. The
Mayor or other appointing authority shall be required to appoint or
promote from a list so certified.
B. Any
non-probationary Police Officer below the rank of Chief, subjected
to disciplinary action involving dismissal, disciplinary demotion
or suspension that results in a reduction or withholding of salary
or compensatory time shall have the right to review of such action
by the Personnel Board and the City Council by submitting to the City
Administrator a written request for review within two (2) business
days, clearly stating all reasons known to the officer as to wherein
and why the disciplinary action was in error or otherwise improper.
Said notice shall be immediately forwarded to the Chairman of the
Personnel Board and the Mayor of the City of Normandy. No disciplinary
action may be brought to the Personnel Board for review unless all
preliminary avenues of review have been exhausted. Upon conclusion
of any such review the Personnel Board shall file its report and recommendations
with the City Council for consideration and disposition by the Council.
[R.O. 2012 §135.040; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 754, 2-1-2022; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
A. The
standard work week for all general employees, except exempt employees
and part-time employees, shall be eight (8) hours per day, five (5)
days per week. The City, in accord with the provisions of 29 U.S.C.
§ 207(k), hereby adopts the following work week for the
Police Department:
1. Commissioned Police Officers' work week shall be defined as a 14-day
period. Department supervisors are responsible for determining the
length of shift for officers. A normal work week will be based on
the shift length as follows:
a. Eight (8) hour shift = eighty (80) hours.
b. Ten (10) hour shift = eighty (80) hours.
c. Twelve (12) hour shift = eighty-four (84) hours.
2. Department heads in all departments are empowered to work employees
for shorter periods of time when conditions warrant.
[Ord. No. 754, 2-1-2022; Ord.
No. 779, 5-9-2023]
A. When employees, other than exempt employees or part-time employees,
are required to work extra or prolonged shifts, the Department head
shall authorize overtime pay or compensatory time off in accordance
with the following:
1.
Payment at a rate of one and one-half (1.5) times the employee's
regular rate of pay for each additional hour worked in excess of forty
(40) hours in a week. Commissioned non-exempt status Police Officer
compensatory time (or overtime) rate will be paid as follows:
a.
Eight (8) hour shift: hours worked in excess of eighty (80)
hours.
b.
Ten (10) hour shift: hours worked in excess of eighty (80) hours.
c.
Twelve (12) hour shift: hours worked in excess of eighty-four
(84) hours.
2.
Your base work week will be calculated based on your actual
hours worked as well as the use of holiday time. All other types of
accruals shall not count towards reaching the overtime/compensatory
time threshold.
3.
Accrual of compensatory time will be limited to a maximum of
two hundred forty (240) hours for Police Officers and eighty (80)
hours for all other employees.
[R.O. 2012 §135.050; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
A. It
is hereby declared the policy and purpose of the City to extend to
eligible employees and officials of the City who are not excluded
by law and provide such methods of administration of such plan and
agreement as may be required by all applicable State and Federal laws,
rules and regulations, now and hereafter in effect with respect to
the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old Age and Survivors
Insurance system to the employees and officials of the City. For the
purpose of administering such plan and agreement, the City Administrator
shall be the official who shall make all required reports, keep all
records, and be responsible for the administration of the plan and
agreement on behalf of the City, and any notices and communications
from the state agency to this City with respect to the plan and agreement
shall be addressed to "City of Normandy, Missouri."
B. The Mayor and City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City, to prepare, execute and submit to the Division of Budget and Comptroller of the State of Missouri as State Agency, a plan and agreement for extending such benefits to the eligible employees and officials of the City, in a form prepared by the State Agency and hereby approved and adopted by the City Council, which plan and agreements are to become effective upon approval thereof by the State Agency, and are further authorized to execute modifications and amendments thereof with the State Agency, providing for the extension of such benefits to employees and officials as set forth in the plan and agreement, as provided for in Subsection
(A) of this Section.
C. There
shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of
the City to whom the benefits of the system of Federal Old Age and
Survivors Insurance are extended, by virtue of the plan and employee's
and official's contributions, as determined by the applicable State
and Federal laws and by the plan and agreement, the amount of each
employee's and official's contributions, as determined by the applicable
State and Federal laws and by the plan and agreement, the aggregate
amount of such deductions to be paid into the contributions fund as
provided for in Section 105.307, RSMo.
D. There
is hereby authorized and directed to be appropriated from the General
Fund of the City, and there shall be appropriated, the sums of money
necessary to pay the contribution of the City which shall from time
to time become due and payable by virtue of the extension of the benefits
of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance system to the eligible
employees and officials of the City, as provided in Section 105.370,
RSMo.
E. The
City shall fully comply with the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance
system.
[R.O. 2012 §135.060; Ord. No. 603 §1, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 779, 5-9-2023]
A. This
City, being a "political subdivision" as defined in Subsection 19
of Section 70.600, RSMo., hereby elects to have covered by the Missouri
Local Government Employees Retirement System (hereinafter referred
to as "LAGERS") all its eligible employees in the following classes:
present and future general employees and present and future Police
Officers. Elected officials shall not be eligible to participate.
B. The
City hereby elects that one hundred percent (100%) of prior employment
be considered for prior service credit in computing benefits and contributions
to the system.
C. The
City provides long-term disability coverage through LAGERS for all
full-time employees. This coverage provides compensation should an
employee become so sick or disabled that he/she is unable to perform
his/her duties for a period of over ninety (90) days and extending
no longer than two (2) years. That period of time may be extended
if the employee is totally and permanently disabled. The City reserves
the right to cancel coverage, change carriers, modify or limit coverage
or make any other changes or modifications whenever the City considers
such changes or modifications are in the best interest of the City
and its employees.