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? .ook Revised ? CITY OF NORTH OLMS'IED ORDINANCE NO. 69-34 BY WEST AN ORDINANCE LIMITING THE ACCUMULATION OF OVERTIME, AND VACATION AND/OR HOLIDAY TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMEIV"T AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS, Council desires to control the number of hours and days that may be accumulated by members of the Police Department and Fire Department ; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of Council that any such member accumulating more than eighty ( 80 ) hours of overtime shall be paid for such time ;and WHEREAS, it is also the opinion of this Council that the members of such departments should be required to use the days granted to them for vacation period and holidays within a specified time. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, State of Ohio : Section 1. That on January 15, April 15, July 15 , and October 15, of each year, each member of the Police Department and/or Fire Department, of the City of North Olmsted, shall be paid for all overtime hours accumulated in excess of 80 hours for the overtime accumulated for the 3 calendar xr?onth period immediately prior to the above dates of january 15, April 15, July 15 , and October 15. Any payment,as set forth above, shall be paid at the rate of pay for the classification that it was earned at after applying the longevity increment applicable to the particular employee of the Police and /or Fire Department ,and payments shall include accumulated overtime and longevity earned. Section 2. That any member of the Police Department or Fire Department being changed in rank shall be paicl immediately for all over- time that he has accumulated and he shall commence the tenure of his new rank with no accumulated overtime hours. Such pay shall be based upon the classification that the member was in prior to his promotion. Section 3. That the existing accumulated overtime will be paid to the members of the Police Department and/or Fire Department over a 3 year period effective April 1, 1969. Upon termination of the employment or death of any member of the Police and / or Fire Department the accumulated overtime hours shall be paid to the employee terminating his employment, or in the case of death, to the beneficiaries of the deceased employee as ..desig- nated by law. Section 4. A member of the Police Department or Fire Department shall become eligible for his authorized vacation leave on the anniversary date of his appointment to the Department and shall take such vacation leave before the next anniversary date unless written permission is obtained from the Director of Safety to carry over the vacation to the following year, in the event of such written permission being granted by the Director, such member may not carry such accumulated vacation leave past his next anniversary date. Vacation leave not used within two ( 2) years of the anniversary date on which it is earned will be lost to the credit of such member.