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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 84-65 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 21 , SECTION 21-8( 3 ) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DEALING WITH BONUS VACATION LEAVE; AMENDING SECTION 21-9(A) AND ( C) DEALING WITH PERSONAL LEAVE AND SHORT-TERM DISABILITY LEAVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. Section 1 . That Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended by repealing Section 21-8( 3 ) . Section 2. That Chapter 21, Section 21-9(A) is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 21-9(A) (A) Each regular full-time employee of the city shall earn personal leave which may be used for illness or, upon the supervisor' s approval, for any purpose. Each eligible employee shall earn 2. 15 hours of personal leave each biweekly pay period. No employee who is paid for fewer than 80 hours in a biweekly pay period shall earn personal leave for that pay period. Unused personal leave may be accumulated based upon length of service. The maximum accumulation of personal leave provided for herein will not apply until after October 1 , 1984. After such date, hours in excess of the maximum accumulation may not be carried past any anniversary of the employee' s date of employment by the City of Beaumont. Subject to the above, an employee with fewer than eleven ( 11) years' service may accumulate a maximum of 160 hours personal leave. An employee with eleven ( 11) or more years' service may accumulate an additional 32 hours personal leave for each year of service over ten ( 10) An employee with more than one year of service who leaves employment in good standing shall be paid for all accumulated personal leave upon termination. a - - c/o s= / JY-/ i Section 3 . That Chapter 21, Section 21-9( C) is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 21-9( C) (C) Employees who have accumulated sick leave under Section 21-9 of the Code of Ordinances as it existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall retain such accumulated sick leave. All such accumulated sick leave, not to exceed 120 hours, shall be credited to personal leave pursuant to Section 21-9(A) of this ordinance. All such accumulated sick leave in excess of 120 hours, but not to exceed 360 hours, shall be credited to short-term disability leave pursuant to Section 21-9( B) of this ordinance. All such accumulated sick leave in excess of 480 hours shall be credited as follows: 25% to personal leave pursuant to Section 21-9( A) of this ordinance and 75% to short-term disability leave pursuant to Section 21-9( B) of this ordinance; provided that the total amount of such accumulated sick leave credited to personal leave shall not exceed the total amount of personal leave which may be accumulated pursuant to Section 21-9(A) of this ordinance. If the amount of such accumulated sick leave to be credited to personal leave exceeds the amount of personal leave which may be accumulated, the balance shall be credited to short-term disability leave pursuant to Section 21-9( B) of this ordinance. City employees with five ( 5 ) or more years of creditable service who are sixty-two (62) years of age or older, or who retire under the Texas Municipal Retirement System or the Beaumont Firemen' s Pension Fund, shall be paid upon termination for all accumulated personal leave and for all sick leave accumulated prior to April 1 , 1984, that is credited to short-term disability leave pursuant to this section; provided that the total payment shall not exceed 720 hours. 2 - Section 4 . That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of , 1984. Mayor - 3 -