Unless expressly so stated otherwise, this article shall apply to all employees in the service of the city except firemen and policemen.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; 1978 Code, sec. 21-1)
(a) 
The following holidays shall be declared official holidays for city employees to be observed in accordance with regulations established by the city manager:
(1) 
New Year’s Day;
(2) 
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (3rd Monday in January);
(3) 
Good Friday;
(4) 
Memorial Day;
(5) 
Juneteenth;
(6) 
Independence Day;
(7) 
Labor Day;
(8) 
Veterans Day;
(9) 
Thanksgiving Day;
(10) 
Day after Thanksgiving Day;
(11) 
Christmas Day;
(12) 
A special day taken at any time.
(b) 
Each emergency medical services employee shall earn one half (1/2) shift time for each holiday.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; Ordinance 00-92, sec. 1, adopted 10/24/00; Ordinance 01-091, sec. 1, adopted 10/30/01; 1978 Code, sec. 21-5; Ordinance 07-053, sec. 2, adopted 5/1/07; Ordinance 21-066 adopted 9/28/21)
(a) 
Regular full-time civilian employees regularly assigned to work forty (40) hours (average 56 hours - EMT/paramedic employees) per week shall earn paid time off on a biweekly basis in accordance with the following schedules:
(1) 
Paid time off.
Full Years of Service
Hours Per Pay Period
Hours Per Year
Weeks Per Year
0–5
4.62
120
3
5–10
6.16
160
4
10–20
7.69
200
5
20+
9.23
240
6
Each regular full-time civilian employee shall earn paid time off leave only when he/she is paid for forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT/paramedic employees) each week of the pay period except for regular full-time civilian employees working 12-hour shifts who will earn paid time off leave only when paid for 80 hours each pay period.
(2) 
Paid time off - EMT/paramedic employees.
Full Years of Service
Hours Per Pay Period
Hours Per Year
Weeks Per Year
0–5
6.47
168
3
5–10
8.61
224
4
10–20
10.77
280
5
20+
12.92
336
6
(b) 
An employee who is regularly assigned to work more than forty (40) hours per week shall have paid time off and short-term disability accrual amended to reflect the percentage that their expanded work schedule exceeds forty (40) hours per week.
(c) 
An employee may not carry more than twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours of paid time off leave into the next calendar year (1,792) hours - EMT/paramedic employees).
(d) 
Employees who are separated from employment before completing twelve (12) months of continuous service shall not be entitled to payment for unused paid time off leave.
(e) 
An employee who is on leave of absence without pay shall not earn paid time off leave during that period of time.
(f) 
Each regular full-time employee shall earn paid time off leave which may be available for use for any purpose upon employment with the supervisor’s approval.
(g) 
Each regular full-time employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12) continuous months of service will be paid for all accumulated paid time off leave; however, if the accumulated paid time off leave exceeds twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours, the employee will not be paid for any short term disability (sick leave) accumulated prior to October 1, 1991.
(h) 
Short-term disability.
Each regular full-time employee regularly assigned to work forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT/paramedic employees) per week shall earn a maximum of ninety-six (96) hours of short-term disability per year (134.4 hours - EMT/paramedic employees). Such employee shall earn short-term disability leave only when he/she is paid for forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT/paramedic employees) each week of the pay period except for regular full-time civilian employees working 12-hour shifts who will earn short-term disability only when paid for 80 hours each pay period.
(i) 
An employee may use his/her earned paid time off, compensatory time or leave without pay to satisfy the forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT/paramedic employees) condition of absence for the same non-job related illness, injury or disability as a requirement to using short-term disability.
(j) 
Each regular full-time employee may accumulate up to seven hundred and twenty (720) hours of short-term disability leave (1,008 hours - EMT/paramedic employees).
(k) 
Upon termination, an employee shall not be paid for any short-term disability hours which the employee has on the date of termination in excess of the number of hours existing as of September 30, 1991.
(l) 
An employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12) month of continuous service and had accumulated short-term disability leave (sick leave) prior to October 1, 1991, shall be paid upon termination for such leave if such leave in combination with accumulated paid time off does not exceed a combined total of twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours. The pay for such unused accumulated hours of short-term disability leave (sick leave) shall be at the employee's rate of pay as of September 30, 1991.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; Ordinance 88-71, sec. 1, adopted 8/2/88; Ordinance 91-73, sec. 1, adopted 9/17/91; Ordinance 96-65, sec. 1, adopted 10/29/96; Ordinance 05-013, sec. 1, adopted 1/31/05; Ordinance 05-014, sec. 1, adopted 1/31/05; 1978 Code, sec. 21-6; Ordinance 07-053, sec. 3, adopted 5/1/07; Ordinance 09-071, sec. 1, adopted 12/8/09; Ordinance 14-068, sec. 1, adopted 12/9/14; Ordinance 19-026, secs. 1–3, adopted 5/21/19; Ordinance 21-014 adopted 3/30/21)
An employee injured in the course of employment shall receive benefits as provided by the worker’s compensation program adopted by the city and by any other applicable regulations and directives. An employee shall not be eligible to use leave in conjunction with short-term disability and worker’s compensation benefits to exceed his/her regular base salary.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; 1978 Code, sec. 21-7)
Each regular full-time employee with five (5) or more years of service will be paid longevity pay at the rate of four dollars ($4.00) per month for each year of service up to and including twenty-five (25) years. Such pay shall be computed only on the basis of continuous, unbroken service. Longevity pay will not be paid to civilian employees hired on or after March 2, 2010.
(Ordinance 07-053, sec. 4, adopted 5/1/07; Ordinance 10-016, sec. 1, adopted 3/2/10)
The city manager shall be responsible for administering the classification and compensation plans for all positions. He shall be responsible for working out arrangements which will insure the administration of the plan for all employees on an equitable basis. He may assign other officials or employees to assist him in this activity.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; 1978 Code, sec. 21-13)
The city manager shall be responsible for interpreting the application of the plan to pay problems which are not specifically covered by this article using the principles expressed herein as a policy guide.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; 1978 Code, sec. 21-14)
(a) 
Whenever it is necessary to reduce the workforce in any city department or division, temporary, part-time and probationary employees shall be considered for layoff first. The city shall attempt to transfer full-time employees to other departments. The city manager shall define the process that will be used in determining which employees will be laid off for overall consistency and fairness.
(b) 
The salary for each employee rehired in his previous classification shall be commensurate with his pay rate prior to the layoff. The salary of each employee rehired in a lower grade shall be adjusted to a salary comparable to other employees with the same seniority in the new classification.
(c) 
Other such benefits shall be defined in accordance with the established rules as promulgated by the city manager.
(Ordinance 88-56, sec. 1, adopted 5/24/88; 1978 Code, sec. 21-24)