[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 1; as amended by Ord. 647,
1/30/1976, § 1; and by Ord. 830, 3/18/1992]
For the purpose of interpreting the provisions of this Part,
the following words will have the meaning or meanings hereby ascribed
to them, viz:
Any disability which renders an employee unable to perform
his duties and which on the basis of reliable medical opinion is permanent
or which has rendered an employee unable to perform his duties for
an uninterrupted period of 12 calendar months from the first day of
disability.
Any absence caused by nonoccupational illness or injury suffered
by an employee or pregnancy rendering the employee unable to perform
his/her duties.
Any absence caused by occupational illness or injury including,
but not limited to, injuries caused by accident within the meaning
of the Workmen's Compensation Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
illness caused by diseases within the scope of the Occupational Disease
Act and, as to policemen, disabilities or incapacity incurred in the
performance of duties and subject to § 1 of the Act of June
28, 1935, P.L. 477 as amended.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1911, § 2; as amended by Ord. 753,
1/16/1985; and by Ord. 775, 2/19/1986]
Sick leave shall be earned at the rate of one working day for
each full calendar month of service performed by an employee. Any
sick leave not actually used during any period of such employee's
service may be carried forward and accumulated as a credit for future
use, subject to a limitation of 132 days maximum for policemen and
124 days maximum for other Borough employees. During the calendar
year 1987, the maximum accumulated sick leave that may be carried
forward by Borough employees shall be 128 days. For the calendar year
1988, the maximum accumulated sick leave that may be carried forward
by Borough employees shall be 132 days. Sick leave may be advanced,
subject to a maximum limitation of five days. If an employee leaves
the service of the Borough after having sick leave advanced to him
or her and before accruing credit sufficient to offset the advance,
any excess of sick leave advanced to him or her shall be deducted
from his or her terminal paycheck. Employees who were in the Borough
service on June 9, 1971, shall be entitled to credit for service prior
to June 9, 1971, for accrued sick leave, on the basis of six days
for each year of past service, up to an aggregate of 60 days accrued
sick leave. The increased maximum number of accumulated sick days
for police officers from 120 days to 132 days, authorized as of January
1, 1985, may only be accumulated based upon service subsequent to
January 1, 1985.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 3]
The Borough may require any evidence reasonable under the circumstances
to validate claimed sick leave and also to establish the fitness of
an employee to return to duty. Such evidence may include a certification
by a physician and also as to fitness to return to duty, an examination
by a physician selected by the Borough.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 4; as amended by Ord. No. 1093, 7/21/2021]
1.
Temporary Disability for Policemen and Firemen. Temporary disability
suffered by a policeman or fireman coming with the scope of the Act
of 1935, June 28, P.L. 477, as amended shall entitle such temporarily
disabled policeman or fireman to the benefits provided for in said
Act.
2.
Workmen's Compensation Benefits. If any such temporarily disabled
employee is entitled to benefits under the Workmen's Compensation
Act or the Occupational Disease Act as they are in force, such benefits
shall be deducted from any salary or disability compensation to which
such employee shall otherwise be entitled.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 6]
1.
Any employee who becomes permanently disabled and is entitled to
pension benefits either as a disability pension or for age and service
shall be retired on such pension as affords him the larger benefits.
The pension shall become payable as of the day following the day for
which he last receives salary or wages from the Borough after becoming
eligible for such pension benefits.
2.
Any employee who becomes permanently disabled and is entitled to
no pension benefits either for age and service or for disability shall
be discharged forthwith from the service of the Borough.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 4]
1.
The Manager is empowered hereby to promulgate by executive order
suitable regulations for the administration and supplementation of
this Part as it affects all employees except policemen, and by and
with the concurrence of the Mayor to promulgate suitable regulations
for such administration and implementation as it affects policemen.
Such regulations shall cover, inter alia, the following:
A.
Disciplinary measures to be taken in the event of abuse by an employee
of the sick leave privilege provided for by this Part.
B.
Forms and procedures for processing claims for sick leave, temporary
disability, and permanent disability benefits as provided for or contemplated
by this Part.
C.
Procedures for the furnishing of physician costs, physical examinations
and medical opinions required hereby or which facilitate the administration
and enforcement hereof.
D.
Such other regulations governing the implementation and administration
of the provisions of this Part and not inconsistent herewith as he
shall determine.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 8]
For the purpose of construing this Part, the use of the singular
shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. Words used
in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter.
Words used in the present or past tense shall include the future.
[Ord. 576, 6/21/1971, § 9]
If the provisions of this Part become inconsistent or in conflict
with the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement hereafter
entered into applying to some or all of the municipal employees of
the Borough, which collective bargaining agreement is duly authorized
by an ordinance, such ordinance authorizing such collective bargaining
agreement shall be deemed to amend this Part to the extent of such
conflict or inconsistency.
[Ord. 978, 7/16/2008, § 1]
The appropriate officials of the Borough are authorized and
directed to establish and maintain a pension plan for the nonuniformed
employees of the Borough which shall comply with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the United States of America.
