49-01 Amend 149 Employment Provisions

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'(c) For the purposes of this section, "employee" means appointed, elected or under contract, providing se'rvices for ~hney person whether compensation is paid. City for which (d) The deferred compensation program established by this section shall exist and serve in addition to retirement, pension or benefit systems established for the benefit of employees of the City and no deferral of income under the deferred compensation program shall effect a reduction of any retirement, pension or other benefit provided by law. However, any sum d~erred under the deferred compensation program shall not be included for the purpOses of computation of any taxes withheld on behalf of any such employee, except munic pal income tax or as otherwise permitted by law. 149.19 TUt'T[ON RE:[MBURSEHENT FOR ANNUAL SALARZED EM PLOYEES. (a) With the approval of the Mayor, DePartment Director and the Personnel Administrator, annual salaried emploYees who have been employed by the City for a minimum of one year, excludingmembers of the Divisions of Police and Fire, may take accredited college courses whic~h have a direct relaUonship to the employees currently assigned position. Employees shall be reimbursed tuition expenses by the City in accordance with the following schedule: Grade Received Tuition Reimbursement (Percent) A 100 B 75 C 50 D or lower No reimbursement (b) The Director of Finance is authorized to pay the tuition expenses in accordance with the above schedule upon completion of the course by the employee, provided such employee agrees, in writing, to refund the. reimbursement to the City Should the employee terminate his or her employment within one year subsequent to the date of reimbursement. 149.20 ZNCENTIVE AWARDS. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to establish an Incentive Awards Program for all employees of the City, including first line supervisors such as 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, such Program to be established within the following guidelines: (a) SuggestiOns to be of two types, those which have a definite monetary va!ue and thosewhere value cannot be stated in monetary terms although some intangible value to the Oty results; (b} For those §uggestions adopted which result in monetary savings to the City an..awa..rd or up. t.o ..ten p~e_rc_e_n_t, (10%) of su. ch savings but not to exceeo ~vo mousano oo,ars [$z,uuu) may De made to the employee; (c) 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' hundreddollars ($100.00) may be made to the employee; (d) There shall be established specific time limits for acknowledgemerit Of recei pt of suggestions and investigation by the department concerned; (e) Anonymity and confidenUality of every employee submitting a suggestion shall be maintained during the investigative stage by the department involved; (f) There shall be established a final review committee consisting of the Director of Public Works of the City, the City Engineer, a member of Council as designated by Council and the department head of the department involved; and (g) Any monetary award recommended by the review committee shall be approved by the Mayor and authorized by resolution of Council. 149,21 3URY DUTY. An emplOyee of the.City, while serving upon a jury in any court, shall be paid at his or her regular salary rate for each of his or her work days during the period of time so served. 'Rme so served shall be deemed active and continuous service for all purposes. In addition to the compensation provided for herein, any jury fees paid to the employee/juror for service in any court except the Lakewood Municipal Court shall be retained by the employee to compensate for the expenses of jury service. 2O