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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 19-026ORDINANCE NO. 19-026 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2.04, SECTION 2.04.003(C), SECTION 2.04.003(G) AND SECTION 2.04.003(L) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS TO MAKE CHANGES RELATING TO EMPLOYEE PAID TIME OFF (PTO) LEAVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Chapter 2, Article 2.04, Section 2.04.003(c) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) An employee may not carry more than twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours of paid time off leave into the next calendar year (1,792) hours - EMT/paramedic employees). Section 2. That Chapter 2, Article 2.04, Section 2.04.003(g) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: (g) Each regular full-time employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12) continuous months of service will be paid for all accumulated paid time off leave; however, if the accumulated paid time off leave exceeds twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours, the employee will not be .paid for any short term disability (sick leave) accumulated prior to October 1, 1991. Section 3. That Chapter 2, Article 2.04, Section 2.04.003(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) An employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12) month of continuous service and had accumulated short-term disability leave (sick leave) prior to October 1, 1991, shall be paid upon termination for such leave if such leave in combination with accumulated paid time off does not exceed a combined total of twelve hundred and eighty (1,280) hours. The pay for such unused accumulated hours of short-term disability leave (sick leave) shall be at the employee's rate of pay as of September 30, 1991. Section 4. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause of 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. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 6. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished, as provided in Section 1.01.009 of the Code or Ordinance of Beaumont, Texas. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 21st day of May, 2019. �A_ ­& Mlz4�:� or Becky Ames -