(a) The Mayor may declare the City to be in limited operations mode for general business purposes due to weather, special events, or the general health, safety and welfare of City employees. When the City is in limited operations mode, essential public safety services will continue uninterrupted, but some non-essential services may be curtailed.
(b) All City employees shall be designated by their department heads as either "essential" or "non-essential" based on their job position. Such designations may change from time to time, depending upon the particular circumstances of each situation. The designation of a job position as "essential" or "non-essential" bears no relationship to the value to the City of that job position or of the individual who holds it. It is strictly a function of whether the job position involves tasks that directly or substantially impact public health or safety, which tasks must be performed regardless of circumstances.
(c) Whenever the Mayor declares the City to be in limited operations mode for general business purposes due to weather, special events or the general health, safety and welfare of City employees, "essential" employees are expected to report for duty at their regularly scheduled time, or as requested by their supervisors. Failure to do so mayresult in disciplinary action. They will receive their regular rate of pay, including overtime, if applicable.
(d) A "non-essential" civilian employee who is not specifically called in to work is expected to use his or her best judgment as to whether it is safe to report to work on a day the City is in limited operations mode. An employee who elects not to report to work shall not be penalized in any way, but shall be charged PTO time for the day, or for any part of the day not worked as scheduled. If the employee has no time in his PTO bank, the day shall be unpaid.
(`91 Code, § 2-53) (Ord. D-1346-97, 1-5-98; Ord. D-1900-08, 8-4-08; Ord. D-1975-09, 12-7-09; Ord. D-2037-11, 5-16-11; Ord. D- 2067-11, 11-7-11; Ord. D-2138-13, As Amended, 5-20-13)