A. Minimum Wage: From and after the effective date hereof, there shall be paid to each duly confirmed member of the police department a minimum wage for a daily service of eight (8) consecutive hours' work, of at least two hundred eighty dollars ($280.00) per month for the first year of service, and thereafter, at least two hundred eighty dollars ($280.00) per month plus one dollar ($1.00) per month for each additional year of service up to and including the tenth year of such additional service.
B. Compensation For Sickness Or Injury: Whenever any member of the police department of the city shall, on account of sickness or disability suffered or sustained while an officer and not caused or brought on by dissipation or abuse, be confined to any hospital or his home, and shall require medical attention and care, such officer shall be, by the city council, allowed his salary as such police officer, during his absence, and an amount equal to his expenses while confined for such injury or sickness. (Ord. 2.20; amd. 2006 Code)