(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all employees of the City may reside only within the geographical boundaries of the State of Ohio.
(b) In order to ensure adequate response times to emergencies and disasters, certain employees or classifications are designated as emergency responders who shall reside within Cuyahoga County or any one of the following adjacent counties: Lake, Geauga, Summit, Medina, Lorain or Portage, within the state of Ohio:
(1) All employees of the Department of Public Safety;
(2) All employees of the Department of Port Control, Divisions of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Burke Lakefront Airport and Harbor;
(3) All employees of the Department of Public Utilities, Divisions of Cleveland Public Power, Water, and Water Pollution Control;
(4) All employees of the Department of Public Works, Divisions of Park Maintenance and Properties, Property Management, Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Waste Collection, and Streets;
(5) All employees of the Mayor's Office of Capital Projects;
(6) In the Division of Information Technology and Services, Department of Finance, Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Managers, Assistant Managers, Telephone Operator, Citizens Information Representative; Telecommunications Technician, Telecommunications Analyst I, Budget Analyst, Supervisor of Systems and Tech Support, PC Technician, Supervisor of Hardware Evaluation, Systems Analyst, Data Base Coordinator, and Web Developer;
(7) In the Department of Aging, Administrative Managers;
(8) In the Department of Public Health, Program Coordinator for Emergency Preparedness, Public Information Officer, Lead Epidemiologist;
(9) All Chiefs, Executive Assistants, and Special Assistants of the Office of the Mayor;
(10) All Directors, Assistant Directors, Deputy Directors, and Commissioners, of all departments;
(11) Clerk of Council; and
(12) Such other positions in the several departments that are identified by the appointing authority and approved by the Civil Service Commission as requiring adequate response times to emergencies and disasters.
(c) No officer or employee of the City shall, in any way, falsify or misstate verbally or in writing on any application, paper, document or form, which relates to his or her employment with the City, that the officer or employee is a resident of the State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, or adjacent counties when in fact he or she is not a bona fide resident of the State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, or adjacent counties.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any officer or employee on the payroll of the City of Cleveland on the first effective date of this section who remains employed with the City of Cleveland.
(e) The Director of Human Resources is authorized and directed to adopt administrative regulations to implement the provisions of divisions (a) and (b). The regulations shall provide a transitional period of not more than 180 days following employment within which an employee must establish either Ohio residency or residency within Cuyahoga County or adjacent counties, as required by this section.
(f) The Director of Human Resources is further encouraged to consider additional administrative regulations, to the extent permitted by law, providing for employment incentives for any city employees who maintain or adopt city residency, and to present those regulations for council consideration.
(Ord. No. 545-12. Passed 3-4-13, eff. 3-5-13)