CHAPTER 165
Employees Generally

   EDITOR'S NOTE: Because of the frequency of change, provisions relating to regular compensation, employment provisions and benefits are not codified. Such provisions are contained in comprehensive compensation and benefit ordinances enacted from time to time by Council and in contracts by and between the City and representatives of various classes of Municipal employees. Copies of the latest relevant legislation and of such contracts may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council. The provisions of this chapter apply only to those subjects and those employees not otherwise provided for in such ordinances or in such contracts.

165.01   Bonds.

165.02   Payment of compensation; waiver or delay.

165.021   Officer and employee expenses.

165.03   Affirmative action.

165.04   Deferred compensation.  (Repealed)

165.05   Sick leave; injury leave; bereavement leave. (Repealed)

165.06   Ohio Public Employees Retirement System contributions.

165.07   Direct deposit of wages.

165.08    Report to Council of investigations being conducted by outside entities into alleged criminal acts.

165.09    Notification to Council required for any personnel placed on administrative paid leave.

CROSS REFERENCES

         Welfare - see Ohio Const., Art. II, Sec. 34

         Worker's compensation - see Ohio Const., Art. II, Sec. 35;

            Ohio R.C. Ch. 4123

         Wages and hours on public works - see Ohio Const., Art. II,

            Sec. 37; Ohio R.C. Ch. 4115

         Salaries and bonds - see CHTR. Art. VIII, Sec. 3

         Deductions for labor dues and savings - see Ohio R.C.

            9.41, 9.43

         Deductions for municipal income tax - see Ohio R.C. 9.42

         Public Employees Retirement System - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 145

         Expenses for attendance at conference or convention - see Ohio

            R.C. 733.79

         Strikes by public employees - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4117

         Leave for military training - see Ohio R.C. 5923.05

         Volunteer Fire Department casualty insurance - see ADM. 147.05

165.01 BONDS.

   (a)   Except for those official required to give bond on an individual basis, the Mayor with the approval of Council, shall purchase a public official’s/employee blanket bond in an amount of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the term of which shall be not less than one year nor more than two years.

   Such blanket official’s/employee bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of duty of each individual.

   (b)   The Mayor shall furnish a faithful performance bond in an amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) written on an individual basis.

   (c)   The Finance Director shall furnish a faithful performance bond in an amount of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) written on an individual basis.

   (d)   The Tax Administrator shall furnish a faithful performance bond in an amount of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) written on an individual basis.

(Ord.  2000-57.  Passed 3-20-00.)

165.02 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION; WAIVER.

   (a)   The salaries of all officers and employees shall be paid in bi-weekly installments.

   (b)   Any elected or appointed official, with the approval of the Mayor, may waive compensation by writing a letter of request to the Finance Director. Any compensation so waived shall not be paid.

(Ord.  1999-29.  Passed 2-1-99.)

165.021 OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE EXPENSES.

   The Mayor is hereby authorized to approve all expenses, including expenses for travel and meals and other expenses necessary for the business of the City, incurred by any administrative officer or employee of the City. Council shall approve all expenses for the Mayor and Council. Such approval may be given before or after the expense is incurred. Expenses may include reasonable gratuities to persons providing services to the City under circumstances where such gratuities are customarily paid and where attendance by City personnel at a function furthers the business of the City. No request for such expense or the reimbursement thereof shall be approved unless the reason for the expense is submitted on a form to be prepared by the Finance Director, with receipts to be submitted. The Finance Director is responsible for keeping accurate records of such expenses with required receipts.

(Ord. 1995-135. Passed 10-16-95.)

165.03 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

   Evidenced by the Charter and the ordinances of the City, the City in committed to a policy of providing equal employment opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training and promoting in all job classifications on public contracts and prohibiting discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, national origin, age or handicap, and inasmuch as the population of the City consists of people of every race, color, religion and national origin, the City has a vital and compelling interest in initiating positive practices in the expenditures of public funds to promote the general welfare of the City and to make possible the achievement of these laudable purposes. Accordingly, the program attached to original Resolution 1977-11, passed January 17, 1977, is hereby approved and adopted by the City to establish an affirmative action equal opportunity plan. The same shall be enforced in the City in order to obtain its objectives.

(Res. 1977-11. Passed 1-17-77.)

165.04 DEFERRED COMPENSATION.

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 165.04 was repealed by Ordinance 1999-29, passed February 1, 1999.)

165.05 SICK LEAVE; INJURY LEAVE; BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 165.05 was repealed as part of the 1995 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because the subjects of sick, injury and bereavement leave are contained in comprehensive compensation and benefit ordinances enacted from time to time by Council or in contracts by and between the City and various classes of Municipal employees.)

165.06 OHIO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS.

   (a)   The contribution required to be made by each elected or appointed employee of the City to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (P.E.R.S.), including the members of AFSCME Ohio Council 8, Local 3572, but excluding the members of other collective bargaining units whose contract does not provide for this plan, shall be paid by the City on behalf of the employees in lieu of contributions by the employees, in accordance with this section.

   (b)   The gross wages payable by the City to each employee in any pay period shall be reduced by the amount payable by the City to P.E.R.S. on behalf of such employee under subsection (a) hereof.

   (c)   The Director of Finance is hereby directed to take all acts necessary and appropriate to initiate implementation of this section, including, but not limited to, making applications to the Internal Revenue Service for private letter rulings concerning federal tax treatment of the P.E.R.S.

   (d)   Subject to any requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service or the P.E.R.S. Board, this section shall apply to all payroll payments payable by the City to such employees effective with the pay period commencing as soon as approvals are received, provided that the same shall be effective only so long as they are approved by the P.E.R.S. Board and the Internal Revenue Service.

(Ord. 1989-115. Passed 8-21-89.)

165.07 DIRECT DEPOSIT OF WAGES.

   The Finance Department is authorized to require that all City employees participate in direct deposit of earned wages.

(Ord. 2017-24.  Passed 2-6-17.)