(A) (1) When an employee of the city is indebted to the city, the city may withhold from the compensation of that employee the amount of the debt that is due and owing; provided, however, that, the maximum deduction for any work week shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) Fifteen percent of the gross amount paid for that week; or
(b) The amount by which disposable earnings for a weed exceed 45 times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)(1) as amended, in effect at the time the amounts are payable.
(2) No amounts required by law to be withheld may be taken for the amount collected by the creditor. The term disposable earnings means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.
(B) The city may deduct any amount from the salary or wage of an employee of this section. The employee shall be given an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing to the city. The hearing shall be conducted by the city’s Finance Director.
(1960 Code, § 3.36) (Ord. 6484, passed 11-18-2002)