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Section 18: Longevity {a) That, except as provided in paragraph (c) below, all full-time personnel listed <br />within this Ordinance who were hired by the City prior to January 1, 2005, having completed five (5) years of <br />full-time service as an employee of the City shalt be paid an additional four percent (4%} of their base annual <br />salary thereafter as longevity increments until completion of their tenth (10th) year of full-time service; after <br />completion of their tenth (10th) year of full-time service, such personnel shall receive five percent (5%) of <br />their base annual salary thereafter as longevity increments until completion of their fifteenth (15th) year offull- <br />time service; after completion of their fifteenth (15th) year of full-time service, such personnel shall receive <br />six percent (6%) of their base annual salary thereafter as longevity increments until completion of their <br />twentieth (20th) year of full-time service; and after completion of their twentieth (20th) year of full-time <br />service, such personnel shall receive seven percent (7%) of their base annual salary thereafter as longevity <br />increments for so long as they continue to be full-time employees of the City. <br />(b) Effective January 1, 2009, except as provided in paragraph (c) below, all full-time personnel listed within <br />this Ordinance, having completed five (5} years of full-time continuous service and are being compensated <br />longevity under the percent of base pay as of January 1, 2009, shall continue to receive the fixed amount on <br />the base rate of pay on January 1, 2009, until such time as the table below provides a greater benefit, then <br />the table will control. <br />All full-time personnel listed within this Ordinance having completed five (5) years of full-time continuous <br />service as an employee of the Ciiy after January 1, 2009, shall be paid an additional five hundred dollars <br />($500.00) as annual longevity increments thereafter until completion of their tenth (10th) year of full-time <br />service; after completion of their tenth (10th) year of full-time continuous service, such personnel shall <br />receive one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) as annual longevity increments thereafter until completion of their <br />fifteenth (15th) year of full-time continuous service; after completion of their fifteenth (15th) year of full-time <br />continous service, such personnel shall receive one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) as annual <br />longevity increments thereafter until completion of their twentieth (20th) year of full-time continuous service; <br />after completion of their twentieth (20th} year of full-time continous service, such personnel shall receive two <br />thousand dollars ($2,000.00} as annual longevity increments thereafter for so long as they continue to be full- <br />time employees of the City. <br />(c} Full-time personnel listed within this Ordinance hired after April 30, 2008 shall not be entitled to receive <br />longevity pay under wither paragraph (a) or (b) above. Full-time elected officials shall not be entitled to <br />receive longevity pay under either paragraph (a) or (b) above for terms of office that begin on the 1st day of <br />January 2010, or thereafter. <br />Section 19: liolidays and Personal Days That all full-time personnel listed within this Ordinance shall <br />and shall receive their regular rate of pay: New Year's Day; Presidents' Day; one-half (112} day on Good <br />Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; the day after Thanksgiving Day; <br />one-half (112) day on Christmas Eve Day; Christmas Day; and one-half (112} day on New Year's Eve Day. <br />Employees hired between January 1st and June 30th of any given year shall receive three (3) personal days <br />upon their date of hire. <br />Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, all employees shall have the following fixed holidays <br />unpaid: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor pay, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Additionally, all <br />employees shall take seven {7) undesignated furlough days. Furlough days shall be evenly scheduled <br />throughout the year with Employer approval. The Employer shall schedule such furlough days if they are not <br />taken off in the appropriate manner. Unscheduled furlough days shall be prorated based on length of time <br />worked in the calendar year. The provisions of this paragraph shall be and remain in effect for the period of <br />January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, whereupon as of January 1, 2011 they sha11 expire and be null, <br />void and of no effect. <br />All full-time personnel listed within this Ordinance hired between July 1st and December 31st of any given <br />year shall receive one and one-half (1'/z} personal days upon their date of hire. Personal days must be used <br />before the end of the year in which they were earned and are not eligible for sell back. Following the first <br />year of employment, these employees will earn their personal days on January 1 st of each subsequent year. <br />Page 7 of 8 <br />