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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08127 ORD - 08/03/1966• • :, `. t I AN ORDINANCE w ADOPTING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPEN- SATION PLAN FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY SERVICE; REPEALING • ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS - CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. + BE If ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, } . TEXAS: • + ' • a • I ! !1 is Y } • SECTION I.I. DEFINITION AND ADOPTION OF COMPENSATION PLAN V,,* r (a) Salary Schedules. The pay of City employees shall be on the basis " of appropriate salary schedules prescribedaherein'for the•respective grades x of positions in the classified service as established by the Civfl Service Board and for the respective unclassified•positions as listed herein. Each • a - ~ a •- '•salary schedule shall consist of an entrance rate, intermediate rates,'merit , rates,'and two longevity rates, The schedule of salaries•as shown in the fol- lowing subsection shall comprise the compensation plan. A separate salary ' * jr , schedule is•shown for positions included in the Firefighting and Police Series ' •.'o? the Public Safety Group.* (Ord. 4827)., h f, • (b) Adoption of Compensation Plan_. The compensation plan is hereby adapted according to the following and as amended from time to time, except •+ that'the compensation ordinance in effect during 1965 -66 will remain in effect .• ,•for employees of the Health and Welfare Fund until such time as the Commis- ,'R4' ' f sioners' Court of Nueces County concurs in the adoption of the sAery schedule.', ; •provided in this ordinance, i �•� If ' r Job Class Code Class Title Grade ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE GROUP 055 Assistant Court Clerk Lj 005 Administrative Aide 1$ 047 Assistant Civil Defense Director 18 045 Administrative Assistant I 22 050 Civil Defense Director 22 044 Administrative Assistant II 26 039 Auditorium Manager 28 051 Recreation Superintendent 28 006 Administrative Assistant III 29 046 Safety Engineer 29 003 Corporation Court Clerk 29 007 Airport Manager 30 069 Sanitation Superintendent 30 039 Personnel Officer 31 049 General Superintendent, Maintenance Services 31 052 Commercial Office Manager 32 054 Museum Director 32 017 Purchasing Agent 33 056 Building Official 33 015 General Superintendent, Sewer System 33 008 Chief Accountant 34 010 City Secretary 34 018 Street Superintendent 34 009 Tax Assessor- Collector 34 020 Director of Public Safety 34 019 Director of Parks and Recreation 35 014 General Superintendent, Gas System 36 016 General Superintendent, Water System 36 013 City Engineer 36, 053 Director of Industrial Development 36 011 Fire Chief X. 012 Police Chief K 022 Director of Finance 37 004 Director of Traffic Engineering 37 040 Assistant City Manager 38 021, Director of City Planning 39 023 Director of Public Utilities 40 024 Director of Public Works 43 LIBRARY GROUP 026 Junior Library Aide 1 027 Library Aide 7 028 Senior Library Aide 10 029 Principal Library Aide 13 043 Library Assistant I 15 030 Library Assistant II 18 Job Class Code Class Title Crade_ LIBRARY GROUP (Con't) 057 Librarian I 21 058 Librarian II 24 059 Librarian III 26 032 Director of Libraries 30 LABOR GROUP 002 Temporary Laborer 6 002 Laborer 7 801 Semi - Skilled Laborer 9 PROFESSIONAL GROUP 034 Attorney I 27 042 Attorney II 29 033 Attorney III 31 035 Senior Attorney 32 048 Trial Attorney 34 036 City Physician 38 037 Corporation Court Judge Exempt ($10,500) 038 City Attorney 42 WELFARE GROUP 060 Social Work Technician 9 061 Assistant Cqttage Supervisor 9 062 Cottage Supervisor 13 063 Social Worker I 19 064 Social Worker II 23 065 Social Worker III 27 066 Social Work Supervisor 29 067 Chief Social Worker 31 068 Director of Welfare 35 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SALARY SCHEDULE August 1,_1966 After 10 After 20 Salary Starting After 6 After 18 After 30 yrs. and 1 yrs. and 1 Grade Salary lary Months Months Months _ yr. at D _ yr. at E _ A B C D DL E EL F F1 F2 Temporary and Seasonal 1 $173 $182 $190 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 2 182 190 199 ' 3 190 199 207 ' 4 199 207 216 5 207 216 225 6 216 225 234 'Regular Employees a 7 230 240 251 261 274 287 8 240 251 261 274 287 299 9 251 261 274 287 299 307 ' 314 10 261 274 287 299 314 329 11 274 287 -299 314• 329 " 333 339 356 12 287 299 314 329 339 356 360 369 13 299 314 329 339 348 356 360 369 0. 14 314 329 •339 356 360• 369 ' 377 386 15 329 339 356 369 386 394 402 412 16 339 356 • 369 386 402 412 >. 420 439• 17 356 369 386 402 420 431 439 18 ' 369 386' 402* 420 t 439 - 459 19 386 402 420 439 459 480 20 ' ' 402 420 439 459 480,, 502 21 420 439 459, 480 502 512 525 536 22 439 459 480 502 525 536 549 , 23 459 480 502 525 536 549 574 24 480 502 525 549 574 588 601 25 502 525 549 574 601 627 26 525 549 574 601 •, 627 640 657 27 549 574 601 627 657 688 ,t 28 574 601 627 657 688 720 29 601 627 657 688 720 755 30 627 '657 '688 720 755 789 31 657 688 720 755 , .789 808 828 32 688 720 755 789 828 864 33 720 755 789 828 ' 864 905 -, 34 755 789 '.828 1. 864 905 948 a �' 35 789 828 864 905 •. 948, 993 • , . 36 828 864 905 948 993 1035 + 37 864 905 948 : 993 1035 1085 38 905 948 993 1035 1085 1136 39 948 993 1035 1085 ^4 1136 1185 " 40 993 1035 .1085 1136 ' t 1185 1242 41 1035 ' 1085 1136 1185 1242 1300 42 1085 1136 1185 1242 1300 1360 43 1136 1185 1242'•. 1300 . 1360 1423` v CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SALARY ,SC'HEDUhE FIRE AND POLICE 8 -1 -66 Police Series Job Code Job Title 914 Police Trainee $400 Starting After After Pay 6 mos 18 mos 915 Patrolman $420 $435 $452 Base Pay 916 Police Sergeant $508 917 Identification Supervisor 558 918 Police Lieutenant 558 919 Detective Captain 617 920 Police Captain 617 921 Assistant Police Chief 681 012 Police Chief 889 ' Special Assignment - Patrolman Detective, Vice, Narcotics, Intelligence, Identification, and Dispatcher 485 Special Assignment - Sergeant . Detective, Vice, Narcotics, Intelligence, and Identification 532 Special Assignment - Lieutenant Vice and Narcotics 585 Fire Series Starting After Job Code Job Title Pay 6 mos 901 • Firefighter $410 $425 Base Pay 902 Fire Lieutenant $485 903 Fire Captain 532 904 Master Mechanic 617 905 District Fire Chief 617 906 District Fire Chief - Fire Prev. 617 907 Fire Drillmaster 617 908 Assistant Fire Chief 681 909 Assistant Fire Chief - Fire Prev. 681 Oil Fire Chief 889 Special Assignment - Firefighter Driver and Fire Inspector 452 Instructor and Fire Alarm Operator. 485 Mechanic 532 Special Assignment - Fire Lieutenant Instructor 508 * Police Trainee to be paid E $400 per month until appointment as Patrolman. a After 18 mos $439 SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN (a) Entrance Salary Rates (1) Starting Rate on Initial Employment. On original appointment to any position the salary shall be at the entrance or first step rate except as otherwise provided herein, and advancement from the entrance rate to the maximum rate within a salary range shall be by successive steps. The City Manager may approve initial compensation at the B or C step in the appropriate salary schedule when the experience, skill, training, or temporary conditions of the labor market justify the action. (2) Starting Rate on Return to Duty. When an employee returns to s duty in the same class of position after a separation from the City service of not more than one year, which separation was without prejudice to the employee, such employee may, at the discretion of the City Manager, receive the rate in the salary schedule corresponding to the step rate received at the time of separation and shall subsequently be paid such rate for at least such period as is normally required for advancement to the next higher salary rate. (3) Starting Rate on Return from Military Service. Any employee who leaves or has left the City service to enter the active service of the armed forces of the United States and who subsequently is reinstated to a position previously held by him shall be entitled to receive a salary at the step rate to which he would have'been entitled had his service with the City re not been interrupted by service in the armed forces, assuming his manner of performance to be that evidenced prior to his military service. (4) Starting Rate in New Position. Whenever an employee is assigned to duty in a position of a different class not previously held by him and such change is not in the nature of a promotion, he shall receive the entrance rate in the salary schedule established for the class or such other rate within the applicable salary schedule as he may be entitled to by reason of crediting him in his new position with such prior service that is found to meet the following conditions; The character and nature of the duties of the position to which the employee was assigned are similar to'those of the new position; the service in the former position provided experience which is valuable to the performance of the duties of the new position. (5) Rate of Pay on Promotion. In any case where an employee is promoted to a position of a class with a higher salary schedule, the entrance salary rate shall be at the lowest step in the higher salary schedule ' that ! r •.. will provide an increase over the salary received immediately prior'td•such I ' * promotion. Subsequent advancement to higher steps in grade will be on the same basis as described in paragraph (b) below! However, when an employee is promoted 1• from the classification of Semi - Skilled Laborer to the classification of Equip -, 41" ment Operator and the workweek of the individual in the Semi- Skilled position.~ regularly involved a minimum of four (4) hours overtime per week, the employee" shall be placed in the step of the higher salary grade which corresponds to the same salary, tyncluding overtime, as that earned in the lower salary grade. (b) Advancement of salary within a salary schedule. Advancement in the.: salary of an employee within a salary schedule shall be based on the achievement of minimum periods of service and satisfactory performance. (1) The minimum period of service required for the first salary advance after appointment to a position shall be six months. For each succeeding advance, at lease one year of service in the position shall be required. .t Y, (2) Advancement to the first longevity rate shall be made at the . x completion of at least one year of service in a position at D step and at ✓' �• least ten years of continuous service with the City. . .r (c) Full -Time Basis of Salary Schedules. The salary prescribed in the salary schedules are fixed on the basis of full -time service for 40 hours of work per week or as otherwise indicated for certain classes in the Civil Serv- ice rules; provided, however, that the Fire Chief shall prescribe the hours of duty and the number of hours comprising the workweek of Firefighters serv- ing the probation period while undergoing the period of training prior to being assigned to regular duty, but such workweek shall not exceed 72 hours nor be less than 40 hours and shall be administered uniformly. The Fire Chief shall also prescribe the hours of duty and the number of hours comprising the workweek of all firemen returning to limited service from an on- the -job injury. Salaries of part -time positions shall be determined as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. (d) Application of Compensation Plan to Positions in the Classified Serv- ice. The grades assigned to each of the salary schedules refer to the grades established for each class of positions in the classified service by the Civil Service Board and included in the classification plan as adopted and amended from time to time by the Board. Each employee shall be paid within the range for the grade of his position subject to the provisions of Section 2 of this ordinance on the administration of the Compensation Plan. (e) 'Application of the Compensation Plan to Positions in the Unclassi- fied Service. Each position in the unclassified service, as established below shall be paid according to the salary schedule for the respective grade indi- cated below and at the rate within the appropriate schedule to be determined by the City Manager on the basis of his evaluation of the experience, ability,' and length of service of the incumbent. (f) Wage rates on construction work designed by the City Council to be •x done as City force account work shall be established by the City Council as provided by law. ' (g) laborers required to work six days per week on garbage collection on a regular basis shall be compensated for a minimum of 44 hours with the hours over 40 being paid on a time and one -half basis. (3) Advancement to the second longevity step shall be made after completion of at least one year of service in a position at the first longevity rate and at least twenty years of continuous service with the City. '(4) No advancement of salary within a salary schedule shall ever be made to steps Dl, El Fl, or F2 of the salary schedule. The salary step of any employee who has attained step D1 of the salary schedule prior to the passage of this ordinance shall remain unchanged until he has completed ten years of continuous service with the City or has been promoted to a higher class. The salary step of any employee whb has attained step E1 of the salary schedule prior to the passage of this ordinance shall remain unchanged until he has completed twenty years of continuous service with the City or has attained step Fl or F2 of the salary schedule prior to the passage of this ordinance shall remain unchanged until such time that the employee is promoted to a higher class or until the salary schedules are changed by the City Council (5) Police and Fire personnel shall not be eligible for longevity pay as provided above. In lieu thereof, they shall receive longevity pay in addition to the base salary rates as prescribed above at the rate of $2.00 per month for each completed year of service, in accordance with state law. (c) Recommendations for Salary Advancement Within Grade. The department head and /or division head concerned shall recommend in writing to the City Manager the advancement in salary rate of each employee in his department and /or division who has met the requirements for salary advancement as enumer- ated above. This recommendation shall include a certification as to employee's manner of performance during the months immediately prior to the effective date of the recommended advancement in salary was satisfactory. (Ord. 5054) (d) Reappointment of Officer. Salaries for appointed officers having a definite term shall be subject to reduction or increase by amendment to this ordinance. Unless otherwise provided', reappointment shall have the same effect as a continuation of employment and the officer shall receive salary at the same step rate of which he would have been entitled had his employment been continuous. (Ord. 4210) (e) Laborers shall be placed in the appropriate step of the monthly rate schedule by allowing full credit for service performed as an hourly employee. For the purpose of future salary advancement, Laborers shall be given credit for service in the step of the monthly salary schedule to which they are hereby assigned on the basis of time accumulated in the corresponding step of the hourly schedule as though the time had been continuously served in the corresponding step of the monthly salary schedule. All future salary adjust- ments shall be in accordance with the minimum periods of time established for advancement to subsequent steps provided however, that no Laborer shall be eligible for advancement to steps D, E,'or F until a minimum period of 12 months in the monthly salary schedule has been served. SECTION 3. INITIAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN p (a) In order to bring all salary rates into conformity with those pro- vided in the Compensation Plan, the following rules shall be effective in fixing the rates of pay of incumbents of all classified positions, except positions in classes of the Police and Fire series, at the time of adoption of the Compensation Plan. (1) The rate of pay of an employee receiving less than the minimum rate of the salary schedule prescribed for the class to which his position is allocated shall be increased to the minimum rate, provided that the rate of pay of an employee having five years or more continuous service in his present position or in an exa ct similar position with the City, shall be advanced to the second step. (2) The rate of pay of an employee,receiving the same or more than the minimum of the salary schedule but less than the second step rate of the schedule prescribed for the class to which his position is allocated hall remain unchanged unless or until the employee has completed six months of satisfactory service in the position, when his salary shall be advanced to the second rate of the salary schedule. (3) The rate of pay of an employee receiving the same or more than the second rate but less than the third rate of the appropriate salary schedule shall remain unchanged unless or until he has satisfactorily served in his position 18 months when his salary shall be advanced to the third rate of the salary schedule. (4) The rate of pay of an employee receiving the same or more than the third rate but less than the maximum rate of the appropriate salary schedule shall remain unchanged unless or until he has satisfactorily served in his position 30 months, in which case he shall be advanced to the maximum salary rate of the salary schedule. (5) The rate of pay of an employee receiving the same or more than the maximum rate, but less than the first longevity rate, shall remain unchanged unless or until he has completed ten years of continuous service with the City, and has satisfactorily served 42 months in his present position. (6) The rate of pay of an employee receiving the same or more than the first longevity rate, but less than the second longevity rate, shall remain unchanged unless or until he has completed twenty years of continuous service with the City and has satisfactorily served 54 months in his present position. (7) In any case where the present salary of an employee is at or above the second longevity rate of the salary schedule, the salary of such employee shall remain unchanged until such employee is promoted to a higher class or until the salary schedules are changed by the City Council (b) The salaries of unclassified employees, except laborers, shall be adjusted to the rates of appropriate salary schedules specified herein at the step determined by the City Manager; provided that longevity rates shall not be used unless employee has met requirements for continuous service with the City. (c) According to the terms of the contract between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the City of Corpus Christi authorized by the City on November 18, 1959, all employees of the District employed in the Tax Office as of November 18, 1959, and desiring to become City employees as of December 1, 1959, July 31, 1960, or July 31, 1961, or July 31, 1962, will receive compensation according to subsection (a) - (b) above as though the date of transfer to the City and the date of adoption of the compensation plan were the same. Years of service with the District will be considered to be years of service with the City for longevity purposes. (d) Whenever any governmental unit consolidates with the City of Corpus Christi except as previously provided in subsection (c) above, the employees of the governmental unit so consolidating will receive compensation according to subsections (a) through (c) above as though the date of consolidation and the date of the adoption of the compensation plan were the same. Years of Ydrvice with the consolidating unit will be considered to be years of service with the City for longevity purposes. e�, r ECTION 4. -COMPENSATION OF PART- T]ME.EMVLOYEES (a) Compensation of•Part -Time Hourly Employees. A part -time employee shall be paid on an hourly rate equivalent to the appropriate monthly rate in the salary schedule for the class. Such hourly rate equivalent shall be computed by divid- ing the monthly salary by 4 -1/3 times the normal number of hours per week for the class as specified in the classified plan established in the Civil Service rules. (b) Advancement in Salary for Part -Time Employees. A part -time employee may be advanced in pay within a salary schedule in the same manner as other em- ployees, provided that only actual hours of work shall be considered in determin- ing such advancement. When the hourly equivalent of required periods of service has been attained, advancement to the higher step rate may be affected in accord- ance with Section 2 of this ordinance. . SECTION S. SPECIAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS (a) Compensation While Serving in a Higher Class. In any case when an em- ployee is qualified for and is temporarily required to regularly and continuously serve in and have the responsibility for work in a higher class of positions, such employee while so assigned, shall receive the entrance salary rate of that class or his present rate whichever is higher. (b) Compensation of Working Supervisors. In case an employee is working in a class and assigned in charge of one or more other persons in positions of the same class or grade, such employee shall be paid at the corresponding step rate in the next higher salary schedule. (c) Compensation Adjustments for Extended Workweeks. In those positions in classes of grade 22 or below where compensation is based on a 40 -hour workweek, em- ployees required to regularly and continuously work on a schedule of 44 or 48 hours per week shall be paid according to the following: 44 hours per week Next higher salary schedule over that prescribed for the class 48 hours per week Second higher salary schedule over that prescribed for the class (d) Specialist Pay. When assigned to certain special duties, members of the Police and Fire Departments shall be paid additional compensation in amounts as set forth in the Fire and Police Salary Schedule, Section I of this ordinance. Upon the'. termination of such special assignments by the chiefs of the respective departments,• the additional compensation shall be discontinued axd the basic salary of the position diall thereafter apply. SECTION 6. DEDUCTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE FURNISHED IN KIND The salary rates established in the compensation plan represent total com- pensation for full -time employment. In cases where quarters and /or subsistence are provided to an employee by the City as part of the compensation for the po- sition the value of such maintenance shall be deducted from the prescribed sal- ary rates before payment to such employee. The value of such quarters and sub- sistence shall be computed by the department head concerned based on the approx- imate cost of providing such maintenance and shall be approved by the City Manager. In no event shall quarters and subsistence be provided by the City for the sole convenience of the employee. SECTION 7. OVERTIME COMPENSATION (a) Authorized Overtime. In emergencies, a department head may prescribe reasonable periods of overtime work to meet operational needs. Overtime work shall not be established as a regular continuing extension of the normal work- week. Compensation for a position requiring an extended workweek shall be in accordance with paragraph(c), Section 5 of this ordinance and such workweek shall be considered a regular condition of employment for the position. Overtime work shall be considered to include all work required and authorized in excess of the normal hours of work per week established for the position, all periods of work in excess of 10 hours in one day, and all call -back time after regular working day has concluded. Overtime work of less than 1/2 hour shall not be considered for compensation except that the minimum working hours to be reported as call- back time shall be 2 hours regardless of the actual time required. With the preceding exceptions, all authorized overtime work shall be reported to the near- est half hour. (b) Overtime Compensation. Full -time hourly paid employees, employees in positions of classes in grade 22 and below in the labor and trades group and all positions in the Police and Fire series except Police and Fire Chiefs, shall be paid for authorized overtime work at the rate of one and one -half times the regu- lar rate except that compensatory time off equal to the actual hours of overtime may be granted by the department head concerned at the request of the employee and provided that such rate for positions in the Fire series shall be computed on the basis of 208 hours per month. All other employees in positions of classes in grade 22 and below shall be compensated for authorized overtime work by being granted equal time off; provided that the City Manager may authorize payment at the regular salary rate for overtime in cases when the granting of equal time off is not practical. Other salaried officers and employees in positions of grade 23 or above shall not be eligible for regular overtime compensation as provided above, but may be granted compensatory time off in unusual cases when authorized by the City Manager, except upon authorization of the City Manager overtime may be paid on a straight time basis for work performed under contracts with the Federal government for civil defense purposes. (c) Overtime Administration. Where the need for overtime work to be com- pensated in cash can be anticipated, authority to grant such overtime shall be requested by the department head concerned and approved in advance by the City Manager. In unforseen emergencies, the department head may authorize overtime work to be compensated in cash when he deems it essential to the proper conduct of the department operations. In all such cases, proper report with justifica- tion shall be made to the City Manager as prescribed in administrative instruc- tions of the City Manager. The allocation of funds to a department or unit in anticipation of emergency overtime payments shall not constitute authority for overtime work per se. Department or division heads may authorize overtime work to be compensated by equal time off without approval of or report to the City Manager. In the case of employees who are compensated for overtime work by equal time off, detailed records shall be maintained by each department of overtime work and compensatory time off granted each employee. Accrual for time off purposes shall not exceed fifteen (15) working days at any time. In the event of termination, compensation for time accrued compensatory time shall not exceed fifteen (15) days. SECTION 8. PERSONALLY OWNED AUTOMOBILE AND MOTORCYCLE ALLOWANCE An officer or employee of the City who is required and specifically authorized by the City Manager to have available and to regularly operate' his personally owned automobile or motorcycle in the conduct of City business shall be paid monthly according to the following schedule for such travel: Less than 100 miles per month $15.00 100 to 200 miles per month 22.50 201 to 300 miles per month 30.00 301 to 400 miles per month 35.00 401 to 500 miles per month 40.00 501 to 600 miles per month 45.00 601 to 700 miles per month 50.00 701 to 800 miles per month 55.00 801 to 900 miles per month 60.00 901 Co 1000 miles per month 65.00 1001 to 1100 miles per month 70.00 0 Over 11� miles per month 75.00 In case of irregular or occasional need for travel with the use of a personally owned automobile in the conduct of City business, the City Manager shall, in lieu of the above, authorize a mileage allowance of eight ($.08) cents per mile for such travel. SECTION 9. HOLIDAYS (a) The following days, or parts of days, are hereby declared holidays for all City officers and employees with the exception of Police and Fire- fighting personnel: The first day of January (New Year's Day) The thirty -first day of May (Memorial Day) The fourth day of July (Independence Day) The first Monday of September (Labor Day) The fourth Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day) The twenty -fifth day of December (Christmas Day): provided, however, that whenever Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, that December 24th shall be a holiday instead of December 25th. (Ord. 3966) (b) When any holiday listed above falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a holiday. When any holiday listed above falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a holiday. In addition to the above, any day may be designated as a holiday by proclam- ation of the Mayor, upon approval of the City Council. (c) No full time employee shall lose pay as a result of authorized absence on a prescribed holiday. Monthly salaried employees in the labor and trades group shall be compensated for,time worked on a holiday at the regular rate. of pay, or, at the discretion of the division or department head, such employee may be granted compensatory time off at such a time as the head may designate for required work on a holiday. All other employees in position in grade 22 or below shall be granted compensatory time off for required work on a holiday. (Ord. 4302) Part time employees and all employees below grade 7 shall not be compensated for holidays, except for time actually worked. Compensation for such part time holiday work will be on a straight time basis. (d) Any employee who for any reason is absent without pay on a work day immediately preceding or following a holiday shall not be paid for the holiday unless worked, in which case he shall be paid only at his regular rate of pay. (e) One day shall be added to the vacation allowance of each employee in a position of the Fire or Police series for each designated holiday worked and such employee shall be required to work on holidays falling within their y assigned workweeks. If a declared holiday falls upon the employee's normal day off, an extra day Shall be added to his vacation allowance. When a holiday for all regular City officers and employees falls upon the normal day off of any employee in the labor and trades group required to work on a rotating shift, the employee shall be granted equal time off at a m (d) Military Leave. Any full time employee who presents official orders requiring his attendance for a period of training or other active duty as a member of the United States armed forces, the Texas State Reserve Corps, or the Texas State Guard, shall be entitled to military leave with pay for a period or periods not exceeding a total of fifteen calendar days in any one year. Such leave to a maximum of fifteen calendar days shall also be granted to employees who have at least five years of continuous service with the City and are called to or volunteer for extended active service with the United States armed forces. Military leave shall be in addition to and may not be concurrent with authorized vacation leave. (e) Special Leave. (1) In addition to leaves authorized above, a department head may authorize an employee to be absent without pay for personal reasons in accor- dance with the provisions of the Civil Service rules. (2) The City Manager may authorize special leaves of absence with pay for any period or periods not to exceed three calendar months in any one calendar year for the following purposes: attendance at college, university, or business school for the purpose of training in subjects relating to the work of the employee and which will benefit the employee and the City service; serving on a jury or attending a court as a witness; and for purposes other than the above that are deemed beneficial to the City service. (3) The City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager, may grant leaves of absence with or without pay in excess of the limitations above for the purposes of attending extended courses of training at a recog- nized university or college and for other purposes that are deemed beneficial to the City service. (f) Absence Without Leave. An employee who is absent from duty shall report the reason therefor to his supervisor prior to the date of absence when possible and in no case later than noon on the first day of absence. Any unauthorized and unreported absence shall be considered absence without time designated by the head of the division or department. SECTION 10. LEAVES OF ABSENCE (a) Vacation Leave. Every officer or employee in the City service except part time, temporary, and seasonal employees, all positions below Grade 7, and Police and Firefighting personnel shall accrue and be allowed vacation leave with pay on the number of regular hours worked per week according to the following schedule: 40 hours per week 12 working days vacation per year 44 hours per week 13 working days vacation per year 48 hours per week 14 working days vacation per year Employees who are regularly required to work more or less hours per week than set forth in the above schedule shall accrue and be allowed vacation leave in the same ratio as 12 working days bears to 40 hours. A working day of vaca- tion is defined as 8 working hours. Employees who have completed 15 years of continuous service with the City shall accrue and be allowed 5 working days of vacation leave with pay in addi- tion to the allowance in the above schedule. Vacation leave credit may be accumulated to a maximum of 25 working days at any one time and such leave may be granted in periods of not less than one day and not more than 25 days; however, employees who regularly work � day on a sixth working day of a week may take vacation in the amount of � day pro- viding it is taken concurrently with other days of authorized vacation leave. Accrued vacation leave shall be reviewed annually on an employee's anniversary date of employment and any vacation leave credit in excess of 25 working days to which an employee may have otherwise been entitled shall be permanently withdrawn on that date. Exceptions to this rule may be permitted for the con- venience of the City upon written approval of the City Manager. Vacation leave credit previously accrued on a calendar day basis shall be converted to a working day basis effective October 21, 1963. Absence on account of sickness, injury or disability in excess of that ereinafter authorized for such purposes may, at the request of the employee and within the discretion of the department head, be charged against vacation leave allowance. No vacation credit shall be granted or paid at termination unless the employee has been employed for a period of time in excess of six months. An employee, or his beneficiary in the event of death, shall be paid for accrued vacation leave credit upon separation from the service at the rate of his last monthly salary or hourly rate for an equivalent period. No more than 25 working days of vacation shall be paid an employee upon termination. Official City holidays occurring during an employee's vacation shall not be considered or charged as a part of the employee's vacation. Each department shall keep necessary records of vacation leave allowance and shall schedule vacation leaves with particular regard to seniority of the employees, in accord with the operating requirements, and, insofar as possible, with the requests of employees. (b), Sick Leave. Every employee in the City service, except Policemen and Firemen, part time, temporary, and seasonal employees may be granted one working day sick leave allowance for each completed month of service upon 3 recommendation of the division and department head. Such sick leave allowance may be used only by an employee when incapacitated to perform his duties due to sickness or non - service - connected injury, when quarantined, or in the event of a serious illness or death in the employee's immediate family. All fore- seeable leaves for such purposes shall require specific prior approval of the department head. In the event of sick leave for any purpose, the department head may require a certificate of a medical doctor or other competent pro- fessional individual giving information as to the circumstances involved. The immediate family for these purposes shall be regarded to include the parents, spouse, children, brothers, and sisters in any case, and also shall include grandparants, grandchildren, and immediate in -laws when living in the household of the employee. Policemen and Firemen shall be provided sick leave benefits ave and a deduction of pay shall be made for such period of absence. Such absence may be made the ground for disciplinary action. SECTION 11. REQUIREMENTS AS TO CONTINUITY OF SERVICE Service requirements for advancement within compensation schedules and for other purposes as specified in this ordinance, shall have the implication of continuous service, which means employment in the City service without break or interruption. Leaves without pay of less than thirty days and leaves of absence with pay shall not interrupt continuous service and shall not be deducted therefrom. Absences on leave without pay in excess of thirty days except for disability leave and extended service with the armed 'forces of the United States shall be deducted in computing total service but shall not serve to interrupt continuous service. All absences without leave in excess of one day shall be deducted from and shall interrupt continuity of service. In case of repeated one day absences without leave the City Manager may consider the service of the employee interrupted and shall have the personnel record of the employee show the same. For the purpose of establishing an initial basic record on continuous service for all employees, no leaves of absence or absences without leave shall be considered to have interrupted service nor shall they be deducted from total service. The date thus recorded shall be referred to as contin- uous service date and shall be adjusted forward in the amount of any deductible time occurring in the future in accordance with the preceding paragraph. Upon interruption of service followed by reinstatement or return to duty, the continuous service date shall be the effective date of rein- .-t statement or return to duty. prescribed in state law. (c) Disability Leave. Firemen and Policemen will be paid according to state law for injuries occurring while in the course of employment. All other employees of the City will be compensated in cases of injury while occurring in the course of employment necessitating the employee's absence from work as follows: (1) All cases of injury occurring while in the course of employment necessitating the employee's absence from work shall be 'compensated for under the provisions of voluntary Workmen's Compensation agreement concerning the particular class of employment, and the employee shall be considered absent i without pay from and after the time of injury as provided by said Workmen's Compensation policy. (2) Every employee except under circumstances provided in sub- paragraph (3), upon his request, shall be entitled to use accrued sick leave credit to the extent of such credit, or a portion thereof, during which such incapacity to perform his duties exists, and upon recommendation of the division A head and the department head of such employee such sick leave shall be available to the employee, provided that the rate of pay during such sick leave shall be reduced from the regular rate of pay by the amount of Workmen's Compensation being paid to said employee for the same period of timer. (3) In the event the employee is not hospitalized for the injury, he shall not be entitled to begin the use of accrued sick leave until after one week from the date of injury. However, in the absence of such hospital- . v ization any employee who suffers an injury occurring while in the course of employment necessitating his absence from work may elect to use accrued vacation leave credit, upon approval of the department head concerned, in order to draw compensation prior to the beginning of the second week.' (4) The recommendation of the department head or division head may by them or the City Manager or the City Council be limited, extended within the maximum herein provided, or terminated at any time. v SECTION 12. ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPENSATION PLAN, AND OVERALL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION. (a) Responsiblities of the City Manager. The City Manager shall be res- ponsible for but may delegate the work of administering the compensation plan including, but not limited to, the processing of salary advancements, the determination of proper salary rates within the existing ordinance provisions, and the preparation of recommendations and initiation of approved revisions to the compensation plan on the basis of changes in cost of living and prevailing rates of pay for comparable positions outside the City service. Any changes } recommended by the City Manager shall be considered by the City Council and the changes in the salary schedule deemed appropriate shall be effective upon favor- able action by the City Council. The City Manager also shall have responsibility for and may delegate the work of administering all personnel matters in connection with unclassified personnel including, but not limited to, the recruitment and screening of such personnel and the preparation of class specifipations including job descriptions and desirable qualification requirements for the unclassified position. The City Manager also shall, with the assistance of others designated by him, develop a program of overall personnel administration including, but not limited to, in- service training and career development, organization and staffing studies, long -range recruitment activities, employee and vehicular safety pro- grams, and a management - employee relations plan for furthering the cooperation of employees and supervisors on personnel matters. (b) Employee Requests for Compensation Adjustments. Any employee shall have the right to the consideration of any request he may have with respect to changes in the application of the compensation plan to his position. The employee shall initially make his request to the department head who shall promptly seek to arrive at a solution which is consistent with the compensation plan and acceptable to the employee. Where the department head is unable'to resolve such a request, the matter shall then be submitted to the City Manager or his authorized representative for consideration and final decision by the City Manager. SECTION 13. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 14. SAVING 'CLAUSE. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance shall be held, for any reason, to be inoperative, void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby, it being the intention of the City Council in adopting this ordinance, that no portion thereof, or provision herein, shall become inoperative or fail by reason of invalidity of any other portion or provision and the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, does hereby declare that it would have severally passed and adopted the provisions contained herein, separately and apart one from the other. SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take effect as of August 1, 1966. SECTION 16, This ordinance shall be deemed a continuance in effect of the provisions of '.s ordinance No. 3656 and the amendments thereto, except as herein changed and amended, t% SECTION 17. The fact that there is an immediate need to create certain new position t classes and a need to maintain an efficient administration of City affairs creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the sus- pension of the Charter Rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said Charter Rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the day of August, 1966. ATTEST: < fMAORHE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS r City Secretary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE 1� DAY OF AUGUST, 1966: LUA City Attbrney CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OFD 191 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR ,THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCEDP AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO - DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MA J -IP 1 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: DR. MCIVER FURMANj / -�,f JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DUNNE u Q DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. KEN MCDANIEL RONNIE SIZEMORE Ct t WM. H. WALLACE t 4 THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: DR. MCIVER FURMAN �•� JACK BLACKMON PATRICK J. DUNNE DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. Cl u L ! KEN MCDANIEL RONNIE SIZEMORE a /) Wm.- H. WALLACE ' r