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   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 165.04 was repealed by Ordinance 1999-29, passed February 1, 1999.)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 (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 165.05 was repealed as part of the 1995 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because the subjects of sick, injury and bereavement leave are contained in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.)

165.08 REPORT TO COUNCIL OF INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY OUTSIDE ENTITIES INTO ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACTS.

   The Mayor shall report in writing to Council at the time an investigation into alleged criminal acts is conducted in any City Department by any outside law enforcement agencies within ten (10) days after the investigation has commenced.  Thereafter, the Mayor shall provide an update to Council periodically as to the status of the investigation or investigations but in no event shall the updates be provided less frequently than once every three (3) months.

(Ord. 2020-134.  Passed 12-7-20.)

165.09 NOTIFICATION TO COUNCIL REQUIRED FOR ANY PERSONNEL PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE PAID LEAVE.

   In the event any personnel is placed on administrative paid leave per applicable City Policy, and the administrative paid leave extends longer than three (3) months, the Mayor and/or his or her designee shall notify City Council in writing of this occurrence.  The Mayor shall notify City Council in writing every three (3) months, thereafter, for so long as said leave shall continue.  The reasons for the paid administrative leave shall also be explained to Council in the notification from the Mayor.  (Ord. 2020-134.  Passed 12-7-20.)