92-83 Establish incentive awards program

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ORDINANCE NO. 92-83 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor to establish an Incentive Awards Program for all employees of the City of Lakewood, including foremen but excluding all other managerial staff. WHEREAS, this Council is of the opinion that a properly run Incentive Awards Program for City employees would stimulate such employees and encourage them to propose solutions to City problems and/or past practice which may not be cost effective, and WHEREAS, this Council determines that an Incentive Awards Program would not only save taxpayers dollars, but would improve the overall effective- ness of the City's service to the tax payer, and WHEREAS, this Council determines that it is in the best interest of the City and the residents of the Lakewood community that an Incentive Awards Program be established for the City, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to establish an Incentive Awards Program to be retroactive to September l, 1978, for all employees of the City of Lakewood, including first line supervisors (i.e., foremen in the Department of Public Works, Sergeants in the Division of Police, and Captains in the Division of Fire of the Department of Public Safety), but excluding all other managerial personnel and elected officials, said Program to be established within the following guidelines: (1) Suggestions to be of two types, to wit, those which have a defin ite monetary value and those where value cannot be stated in monetary terms although some intangible value to the City results; (2) (3) For those suggestions adopted which result in monetary savings to the City an award of up to ten percent of such savings but not to exceed $2,000 may be made to the employee; For those suggestions adopted which do not result in monetary savings, but do have some intangible value to the City, an award of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) may be made to the employee. (4) There shall be established specific time limits for acknowledg- ment of receipt of suggestions and investigation by the Depart- ment concerned; (5) Anonymity and confidentiality of every employee submitting a suggestion shall be maintained during the investigative stage by the Department involved, and (6) There shall be established a final review committee consisting of the Director of Public Works of the City of Lakewood, the City Engineer, a member of Council as designated by Council, and the Department head of the Department involved. (7) Any monetary award recommended by the review committee must be approved by the Mayor and authorized by resolution of Council. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Coun- cil and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements includ- ing Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.