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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-053 - Repeal Ordinance 90-52604R; 01/16/90 Revised 08/01/95 BILL NO. /~ ~3 ORDINANCE NO. ~~~d AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 90-5 AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE IN LIEU THEREOF DECLARING THE GENERAL POLICY RELATIVE TO COMPENSATION OF FRINGE BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI. WHEREAS, it is not the intention of the Board of Aldermen to contract for any specific fringe benefits to any employee nor to provide for any specific contractual agreement relative to the granting of pay increases, and [n7HEREAS, i t i c tha intent1C77 Cf the Board Of Alderruell that all employees of the City of Riverside are considered employees at will as defined by Missouri case law, and WHEREAS, it is deemed in the interest of the City to specify the current policy for gratuitous fringe benefits and income which may be subject to change at any time by the Board of Aldermen. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l: Ordinance 90-5 repealed. Ordinance No. 90-5 is hereby repealed. SECTION 2: Lon eq vity Pay. Longevity pay may be granted by the City on the anniversary date of the employee. Longevity pay shall be a percentage of the employee base monthly pay. The percentage rate shall be 1o after three (3) years of continuous employment, 1/2% additional after the fourth (4) year of continuous employment and 1/2% after the fifth (5) year of continuous employment. No additional longevity pay will be granted. Longevity pay will begin to accrue at the time the employee is hired cull-time by the City. SECTION 3: Completion of Probation. An increase may be granted to full-time public safety officers at the time of completion of probation so that the public safety officer's salary increases to the base salary of a public safety officer. An increase may be granted to full-time public safety communications specialist at the completion of probation so that the specialist's salary will be equal to the base salary of a public safety communications specialist. The probation period shall be one (1) year from date of full-time employment. Normally the probation period shall not be applicable to other employees except public safety officers and public safety communications specialists. SECTION 4: Fringe Benefits. The City may also grant the following gratuitous fringe benefits to the full-time employees of the City: a. Paid Vacation. Each employee may receive five (5) days of vacation after one (1) full year of continuous full-time employment and ten (l0) days of vacation after two (2) years of continuous full-time employment and fifteen (15) days after ten (10) years of continuous full time employment. It is the general policy of the City to pay for the vacation time immediately prior to the employee's vacation. The Clerk is requested to continue to implement this policy. b. Sick Pay. Each full-time employee may be granted sick pay of twelve (12) days per year which may be accumulated to ninety (90) days, but in the event of termination or resignation, no compensation shall be paid to the employee for accumulated sick pay. Any employee requesting sick leave for longer than three (3) consecutive days shall be required to obtain a doctor's certificate verifying the employee's illness. During the first year of employment, the employee may receive one (1) day of sick pay per month of employment. c. Health Insurance. Health insurance may be provided for the employee and may be made available to employee's spouse and children at the employee's cost. d. Paid Holidays. The employee may be entitled to eight (8) paid holidays for which he shall receive compensation at his regular hourly rate if he works the holiday. The holidays shall be New Year's, Veteran's Day, Fourth of July, Christmas, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, i~iemoriai Day, President`s Day. e. Death in the Family. An employee may be entitled to three (3) days leave for death within the immediate family, (father, mother, husband or wife, brothers or sisters, grandmother or grandfather or children of the employee) and one (1) day's leave with pay for a death within the spouse's immediate family. SECTION 5: Worker's Compensation. The employee may be granted a supplement to worker's compensation benefits up to the employee's regular wages for a period up to one hundred twenty (120) days. SECTION 6: Pay Period. The City shall calculate wages on the basis of a forty (40) hour week which will begin at 12:00 a.m. each Sunday and shall terminate at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday provided, however, law enforcement employees shall calculate wages on the basis of 171 hours of work in a 28 consecutive day work period. In the case of such employees who have a work period of at least 7 days, but less than 28 consecutive days, their wages shall be calculated on a ratio basis as determined under the Fair Labor Standard Act, Title 29, U.S.C.A., Section 207. In the event the above figures are changed pursuant to Title 29, U.S.C.A., Section 207(k), the City of Riverside shall base their calculations on the present law without invalidating this ordinance. Payroll will be distributed biweekly. SECTION 7: Maternity Leave Policy. An expectant mother may have maternity leave consistent with benefits given to others for medical leave. The expectant mother may take leave without pay for the birth of a child for the period her physician certifies she is unable to return to work. SECTION 8: Military Leave. Any City employee who is or may become a member of the National Guard or of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States may be entitled to leave of absence from his or her respective duties, without loss of time, pay, regular leave or of any other rights or benefits to which the employee is otherwise entitled for all periods of military service during which he or she is engaged in the performance of duty or training in the service of this state at the call of the Governor and as ordered by Adjutant General without regard to length of time, and for all periods of military services during which the employee is engaged in the performance of duty in the service of the United States under competent orders for a period not to exceed a total of fifteen (15) calendar days in any federal fiscal year. Before any payment of salary or wages is made covering the period of the leave, ti-ie einpioyee s'r:aii file with the ;3oard of Aldermen an official order from the appropriate military authority as evidence of such duty for which military leave pay is granted, which order shall contain the certification of the employee's commanding officer of performance of duty in accordance with the terms of such order. SECTION 9: Training. No compensation will be paid to any City employee for training unless the head of the department to which the employee belongs has first obtained the express prior written consent of the Board of Aldermen for the employee to attend the training program. SECTION 10: City Vehicles. It is the policy of the City that public safety vehicles leave the City only on pertinent public safety business and it is the responsibility of the Director of Public Safety to monitor vehicle use. Other City vehicles will leave the City only on pertinent public business and it is the responsibility of the department head to whom the vehicle is assigned to monitor all other vehicle use. SECTION 11: Outside Employment. No full-time employee of the City shall accept or perform employment for another employer without the prior written approval of the Board of Aldermen. SECTION 12: Leaves of Absence. Leaves of absence in excess of any time an er,:ployee may be entitled to through accrued vacation time, military leave, paid sick leave or maternity leave may be granted at the discretion of the Board of Aldermen. Any leave so granted will be without pay and will not be considered "continuous employment" for the purpose of determining entitlement to pay increases, vacation, paid sick leave, or any other benefit set forth in this ordinance. SECTION 13: Annual Evaluations. The City will evaluate all full-time departmental heads and assistants and regular City consultants on or about February 1 of each year. SECTION 14: Reimbursement of Expenses. Expenses incurred by a City employee as a result of that employee's attendance of professional organization meetings and seminars and related activities will be made only if the employee obtained the prior consent of the Board of Aldermen to attend the professional organization meeting, seminar or similar activity. SECTION 15: Resignation Notices. The employees shall give the City written notice of resignation at least two (2) weeks prior to the effective date of the resignation. // Jl.~ r"' 19 9 5 . PASSED THIo ur_Y Oi' / MAYOR ATTJ~ST CITY CLERK ~-- APPROVED THIS ~ DAY OF 1995. MAYOR ,"