[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West
Springfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 3-7-2005 (Ch.
6, § 6-502, of the Codified Ordinances)]
This article shall be known and may be cited as "Compensation
of Public Employees Serving in the Armed Services of the USA."
This article is adopted under the authority granted to cities
and towns under Article 89 of the Amendments to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth, MGL c. 43B and the West Springfield Home Rule Charter.
The purpose of this article is to protect the salaries of certain
public employees who served in or are serving in the Armed Forces
by paying them the difference between their military compensation
and municipal compensation, provided that any payments hereunder shall
not exceed the regular base municipal salary.
[Amended 11-7-2005; 9-16-2008; 9-20-2011]
An employee in the service of the Town, including an employee
of a school district, who has been granted a military leave of absence
because the employee is a member of the Army National Guard, the Air
National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United
States called to active service in the Armed Forces of the United
States after September 11, 2002, shall be entitled to receive pay
at his regular base salary as such a public employee, and shall not
lose any seniority or any accrued vacation leave, sick leave, personal
leave, or compensatory municipal time; provided, however, such employee
shall accrue municipal vacation leave, sick leave or personal leave
while in the service of the military on active duty as set forth in
this section as if employed by the Town during the employee's time
on active service. An employee eligible under this section shall be
paid his regular base salary for each pay period of such military
leave of absence after September 11, 2001, and before September 11,
2014, reduced by any amount received from the United States as pay
or allowance for military service performed during the same pay period,
including overtime pay, shift differential pay, hazardous duty pay
or any other additional compensation, excluding travel pay. For the
purposes of this section, the words "active service" shall not include
active duty for training in the Army National Guard or Air National
Guard or as a reservist in the Armed Forces of the United States.
The Council hereby authorizes the Treasurer to expend in the
current fiscal year associated costs incurred in prior fiscal years
pursuant to this article.
In order to receive the compensation as set forth in § 63-4, the employee must, after his/her release from active duty, return to the employ of the Town and must provide satisfactory evidence, as determined by the Town Accountant, of the compensation paid to said employee as a result of his/her active service in the Armed Forces of the United States before any payment hereunder shall be made, unless he/she is physically or mentally unable to return to work due to said physical or mental condition and said condition was sustained as a direct result of active service.
This article shall become effective upon approval as required by Section 3-7 of the Home Rule Charter.
[Adopted as Ch. 6, § 6-600, of the Codified Ordinances]
[Amended 9-5-2006 by Ord.
No. 128; 4-5-2010; 12-15-2014; 12-19-2016; 11-2-2020]
Pursuant to Section 3-1 of the West Springfield Home Rule Charter, the annual salary of the Mayor shall be $130,000.
The salary of the Mayor shall be reviewed by the Town Council
in each year ending in a "0" and "6," but may be reviewed in other
even-numbered years by a majority vote of the Council, to determine
whether the compensation then being paid is appropriate.
