A. Effective on January 1, 2020, and thereafter, the payment of wages as established in Appendix B in the annual budget to permanent full-time, permanent part-time and hourly exempt employees shall be upon a biweekly basis. Such payments shall be made on the Friday immediately following the close of each biweekly pay period. However, if such Friday falls on a federal (bank) holiday, the finance director may, with sole discretion, considering the then current workload requirements of the finance office and the availability of staffing therefor, make payments on the Thursday immediately preceding such Friday holiday. If the finance director determines that it is not possible to make said payments on the Thursday preceding the holiday, said payments shall then be made on the Monday immediately following said holiday. In either of the foregoing instances, the finance director shall give reasonable prior notice of the day upon which such payments are to be made to each city office and department.
B. The payment of all overtime, holiday and such other wages as may be in excess of the pay herein referred to in subsection A above shall be in the same manner and on the same dates as provided therein.
C. The phrase “biweekly pay period” is hereby defined to mean that period which begins on midnight of a Sunday and ends on midnight of the second Saturday following thereafter.
D. The city shall make payment of all wages to employees terminating by reason of resignation or end of temporary assignment in the same manner outlined in subsection A.
E. The city shall make payment of all wages due employees separating service by reason of layoff or discharge on the next business day immediately following their date of separation.
F. The city shall make payment of all remuneration due council members and all wages due call firefighters upon a monthly basis not later than the first payday of each month following the month in which it was earned.
G. The provisions of this section shall become effective on and after January 1, 2020.
(Res. No. 79 77-78 (part), Res. No. 133 95-96 §1, Res. No. 02 03-04, Res. No. 82-19)