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M CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 78- 82 PAGE 4. 0. In the event that a full time sworn employee of the Police Department of the City of North Olmsted should be injured while in the line of duty due to a sudden and accidental occurrence and such injury has so incapacitated said member of the Police Department that he is temporarily unable to work, then the Director of Public Safety, after determining that said injury is work related and is of a temporary nature, may authorize full payment of the employee's regular salary for a period of not more than ninety days. If, after said ninety day period, said employee is still temporarily incapacitated, then the Director of Public Safety shall recommend to Council whether or not to continue said salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by majority vote determine whether the employee shall continue to receive his full salary during recuperation. For the purposes of this Paragraph, a sudden and accidental injury shall include such incidents as an automobile accident, assault and battery, gun shot would and the like. It shall not be considered as sudden and accidental if injury or incapacity results from the lifting of objects, slipping, tripping or falling, heart failure or heart attack. Any full time sworn employee of the Department who qualifies for benefits under Paragraph 0 hereof shall be required to pay over to the City any amounts received from the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation as supplemental wages. Further, if at any time the City determines, on the basis of inedical evidence, that an employee is permanently disabled and will no longer be able to carry on his duties then the City may terminate payments and insist that the employee go on a pension program. Any employee who qualifies for the benefits under this paragraph shall not have his accumulated sick time reduced because of a qualified accidental injury which occurred while in the line of duty. SECTION 3. That the employees of the Police Department of the City of North Olmsted be reimbursed, not to exceed three dollars ($3.00) per day, for per diem expenses while in attendance at the Police Training School established by the Cuyahoga County Commissioners at Case Western Reserve University, which school is for a two-week period with ten days class attendance. SECTION 4: That the Rules and Regulations established by virtue of the adoption of Ordinance No. 76-157 on November 3, 1976, shall remain in full force and effect and said Rules and Regulations shall be adopted with this Ordinance and the same are made a part hereof by reference. SECTION 5: Except as otherwise provided herein, all other Ordinances or Resolutions, or parts of Ordinances or Resolutions, or parts of Ordinances or Resolutions inconsistent therewith to the provisions of this Ordinance, and expecially Ordinance No. 77-192, are hereby repealed. SECTION 6: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the further reason that it is immediately necessary for the continuity of services of the safety forces of the City, and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. PASSED: ATTEST: ? NORA T. HILL, CLERK OF COUNCIL 7.1-TED. : 5 ? r _ --? ei 121?_ DWEY . PER , PRE D OF COU CIL ERT W. S 6-7-7f 3n-1 • ? ?- ??