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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2002-140 BY: Council Member Kasler AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16108 OF THE ADMINLSTRATIYE CODE, ENTITLED "MILITARYLEAVE BENEFITS, "IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD, DIIRING WHICH PERMANENT CITY EMPLOYEES CALLED UP TO MILITARY DDTY PURSUANT TO EXECIJTIVE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OR ACT OF CONGRESS ARE ENTITLED TO CONTIIWE TO RECEIVE Cl-T? 11 MMLO? BASE PAY DIFFEItEA1'IAL, AND HEALfiff eAR I E IN,SURAIVCE BENEFITS, FROM ONE (1) YEAR TO A 1lMMAI"?f' OF FIVL (S) YEARS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, this Council, on December 18, 2001, adopted Ordinance No. 2001-146, which created new Section 161.08 of the Administrative Code, errtitled "Military Leave Benefits, providing that permanent city employees who are called to active milita.ry duty pursuant to an executive order issued by the President af the United States or an act of Congress sha11 suffer no loss of pay or benefits for the period or periods of time they aze called to active duty pursuant to such order or act, which such period or periods shall not exceed a total of one year of active duty time; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to amend said Section 161.08 of the Administrative Code so as to extend the time period during which permanent city employees are entitled to receive seeh base pay differential asYd health care benefits from one (1) year to five (5) years; and _ _ _ WHEREAS, it is the intent af this City, exercising its home-rule powers of local self- government, to provide the military leave benefits set forth in this Ordinance to its permanent city employees in lieu of the benefits which axe provided for municipal employees in Section 5923.05 of the Ohio Revised Code; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 161.08 of the Administrative Code, entitled "Military Leave Benefits," which presently reads as follows: "161.08. MILITARY LEAVE BENEFITS. (A)(1) Permanetrt public employees of the City, as defined in Section 5903.01 of the Revised Code, who are members of the Ohio organized militia, or members of other reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, including the Ohio National Guard, are entitled to leave of absence from their respective City positions without loss of pay or benefits for the time they are performing service in the uniformed services because of an executive order