(a) The Mayor or designee is hereby authorized and directed to grant to any officer and employee in the service of the City, who has been or shall hereafter be drafted into the armed forces of the United States during the period of such service a leave of absence from his position or employment with the City and for a period of ninety (90) days after receipt by such employee of his discharge from the armed forces.
(b) During the term or period of such leave of absence such officer or employee shall cease to be an officer or employee of the City until he is formally reinstated as such officer or employee as hereinafter provided.
(c) Such officer or employee shall, upon application be reinstated to his former position or employment in the service of the City, provided he makes application therefor within a period of ninety (90) days from and after the receipt by him of an honorable discharge from the armed forces, and provided that he is physically and mentally able to perform the duties of his position or employment from which leave of absence had been granted him as authorized by this section.
(d) The Civil Service Commission is hereby requested to cooperate for the protection of any employees who may thus be granted a leave of absence to the end that their civil service classification and status may not be lost by reason of the granting and acceptance of such leave of absence by any such employee.
(e) Any person employed or promoted by the City to fill a vacancy caused by the granting to an employee of a leave of absence as hereinabove provided shall be employed or promoted with the definite understanding that such employment or promotion shall be deemed temporary and subject to termination as and when the original employee who has been granted the leave of absence qualified for reinstatement.
(f) The Mayor or designee shall report to Council any leave of absence he has granted pursuant to the authorization contained in this section.
(Ord. 48-1942. Passed 12-21-42; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)