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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN
ORDINANCE NO. 106M
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 9626 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO PERTAINING TO
PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS BY DELETING CERTAIN SECTIONS
AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 9626 and all amendments thereto
pertaining to Personnel Rules and Regulations are amended by delet-
ing Sections 11.1(b), 12.1(a) , 12.2, 13.1, 13.3. 16.2, and 18.1(b)(2) ,
and enacting in lieu thereof eight (8) new sections to the Personnel
Rules and Regulations which shall read as follow:
Section 11.1(b). Fire service personnel assigned to fire suppres-
sion duty and Police Personnel assigned to shift work shall receive
holiday pay for authorized holidays and shall work on holidays as
scheduled. Holiday pay for Police personnel assigned to shift work
shall consist of pay for eight hours.
Section 12.1 (a). Each full-time regular employee shall receive
vacation leave credit annually as follows:
after 6 months of service
and completion of probation period 40 hours
after 1 year of service 80 hours
after 6 years of service 88 hours
after 7 years of service 96 hours
after 8 years of service 104 hours
after 9 years of service 112 hours
after 10 years of service 120 hours
after 15 years of service 160 hours
Section 12.2. ACCRUAL. Employees may accrue vacation leave to
a maximum of 24 ours, and members of the Fire Department
accruing vacation in shifts may accrue a maximum of fourteen (14)
shifts. It is the general policy not to reimburse individuals for
accrual of vacation time beyond their eligible amount. In the event
an individual has exceeded the accrual limit as of the beginning of
a fiscal year, arrangements for reducing the vacation accrual shall
be made immediately. Employees shall not be allowed to cash in
accruals of vacation time which are not in excess of the accrual
limit, except at time of separation from service, and payment for
excessive accruals which cannot be taken as time off may only be
paid with substantive reason at the request of the department head
and approval of the City Administrator. Vacation leave shall not be
accrued when an employee in in any non-pay status. For example,
vacation leave shall not be accrued when an employee is receiving
LAGERS disability payments, long term disability payments, or
Workers Compensation payments.
Section 13.1. Each regular employee in the municipal service
shall earn twelve (12) hours of sick leave with pay credit monthly.
Uniformed members of the fire service assigned to fire suppression
duty shall earn twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave with pay credit
monthly.
Section 13.3. Regular employees may accumulate sick leave with
pay credit to a maximum of eight hundred hours. Uniformed members
of the fire service may accumulate sick leave with pay credit to a
maximum of one thousand, four hundred and forty (1440) hours. Sick
leave does not accrue while the employee is receiving benefits from
Workers Compensation, long term disability insurance, or LAGERS.
Section 16.2(a). Employees may be discharged for cause or
because of a lay-off. The City will not pay severance pay for
termination with cause. The City will provide two weeks notice or
equivalent compensation to persons being laid off and holding
positions in classes assigned to pay ranges one (1) through nineteen
(19) . For persons laid off and holding positions in classes in pay
ranges twenty and above, the City will provide four weeks notice or
equivalent compensation.
Section 16.2(b). City Administrator and Department Directors.
1. The city administrator and department directors may be
dismissed with or without cause. If the city administrator or a
department director is dismissed, that person shall be given thirty
days written notice of the termination, thirty days severance pay, or
a combination thereof equaling thirty days compensation. No severance
pay or notice is required for persons dismissed in these positions who
have not completed one year's service with the City.
2. If the reason for termination of the city administrator or
a department director is embezzelment, fraud, or dereliction of
duties, the individual will not be eligible for the notice period or
compensation set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Section 18.1(b)(2). WRITTEN REPORT: If the oral grievance
presentation fails to settle the grievance, the employee may within
six (6) working days submit a written grievance report of the action
or incident in question to his immediate supervisor. Within three (3)
working days after receiving such grievance, the immediate supervisor
shall furnish the employee with a written reply to the grievance. If
the immediate supervisor is a part of the grievance or does not have
the authority to resolve the grievance, the employee may present his
grievance in writing according to subparagraph 3 below. Such an
appeal must be submitted within five working days of the determina-
tion that the immediate supervisor is to be bypassed.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 9626 and all amendments thereto are
amended by Ming seven (7) new sections to the Personnel Rules and
Regulations, which shall read as follows:
Section 10.1(c). Exceptions referred to in subparagraph b may
include the Police Department and may involve schedules other than
the traditional eight hour work day.
Section 12.2 (add second paragraph). If an employee leaves City
employment then returns after a period of ninety days, vacation is
considered as for any new employee.
Section 13.2 (add paragraph 8). If an employee is disabled for
a period of one year or more and recovers sufficiently to return to
work (medically cleared) , he shall return to work at the same pay,
as a minimum, that he left. He is not guaranteed the same position
when he returns, but shall be given a position for which he is
reasonably trained and has relevant experience.
Adhk Section 13.2 (add paragraph 9). There shall be no compensation
made for sick leave accrued when an employee leaves the employment
of the City.
Section 14.2 (add second paragraph) . Probationary employees
shall not be eligible to receive paid bereavement leave.
Section 14.3 (add second paragraph). Probationary employees
are not eligible to receive paid court leave.
Section 18.1(e). TERMINATION APPEALS. All appeals of termina-
tions shall be made to the City Administrator within five working
days of the effective date of the termination.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 9626 and all amendments thereto are
amended by r fettering subsection v of Section 16.4 of the Personnel
Rules and Regulations to be subsection w, and by adding one new
subsection v, which shall read as follows:
V. Employee's drivers license being suspended or revoked if
possession of such a license is a condition of employment.
w. Any other violations of these rules and regulations.
SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 9626 and all amendments thereto are
amendeUy�relettering subsection f of Section 16.5 of the Personnel
Rules and Regulations to be subsection g, and by adding one new
subsection f, which shall read as follows:
f. At any step of the disciplinary process the employee's
supervisor is strongly recommended to refer the employee
to Family Mental Health Services if in the supervisor's
judgment such a referral may be of assistance to the
employee.
g. Copies of all disciplinary actions will be placed in the
employee's personnel file. After a period of three years
such copies will be removed from the files and destroyed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and approval.
Passed ?- / �- Approved 7- ,25- ,85
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ity Clerk