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OI~INANC E NO. 11-72 BY: <br /> <br />Messrs. Magnotto, McBride, Usher, <br />Wendling, Brockman, Graber, Kelley <br /> <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Section 137.11 of the Administrative Code <br />of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood providing for payment <br />of overtime services for members of the Division of Fire other than Chief <br />of the Division of Fire, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this Council recognizes that inherent in the duties of fire fighting', <br />emergency situations may exist whereby members of the Division of Fire may be <br />called back to duty while off duty or required to remain on duty beyond their <br />regular scheduled working hours, and <br /> <br />WHEP~S, This Council determines it to be appropriate that members of the Divison <br />of Fire other than the Chief of the Division of Fire should be paid for such <br />required additional duty, and ' <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the <br />usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD,, STATE OF OHIO: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the <br />City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by amending Section <br />137.11 to read as follows: : ... <br /> <br />137'.11 Overtime Compensation, <br /> <br />In the event it is necessary to call back to duty a member of the <br />Division of Fire while he is off duty or it is necessary for a member <br />of the Division of Fire to remain on duty beyond his regular working <br />hours, such member of the Division of Fire, other than the Chief of <br />the Division of Fire, shall be entitled to compensation for such over- <br />time services, as hereinafter provided. <br /> <br />For each instance of such overtime service of one (1) hour or more, <br />such member shall receive additional compensation at his hourly rate <br />.based upon a 56 hour work week. In the event such call back to duty <br />is necessitated by special emergency or disaster conditions the addi- <br />tional compensation shall be computed at one and one-half times the <br />regular hourly rate; provided, however, that the payment of such <br />additional compensation shall be subject to the approval of the <br />Director of Public Safety. <br /> <br />Section 2. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for <br />the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirma- <br />tive vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect <br />and be in formce immediately upon its adoption and approval by the ~ayor. <br /> <br />Clerk <br /> <br />Mayor <br /> <br /> <br />