151.04 MILITARY SERVICE.

   (a)   (1)   All full-time, permanent employees who are members of the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Organized Militia, or other reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, shall be entitled to military leave from their respective duties for such times as they are on mandatory field training for a cumulative period not to exceed one month in any calendar year, on when such employees are called to mandatory active duty.

      (2)   As used in this section, “calendar year” means the year beginning on the first day of January and ending on the last day of December, and “month” means twenty-two eight-hour work days or 176 hours within one calendar year or for twenty-four hour shift employees eleven twenty- four hour work-days or 264 hours within one calendar year.

   (b)   Such employees shall receive, in addition to military pay and allowances, full wages from the City during their period of absence due to military service provided, however, that a deduction will be made to the extent of any sums said employees receives as base pay for such military service. Reimbursed expenses, travel and subsistence pay and all other similar allowances shall not be considered in determining the amount of pay received for such service, training or active duty. The base daily rate of military pay to be received by the employee will be certified by their commanding officer and turned into the Payroll Officer prior to an employee leaving for said assignment. For employees on mandatory field training, said payments shall continue for the period of such service up to twenty-two eight-hour work days or 176 hours within one calendar year or for twenty-four hour shift employees eleven twenty- four hour work-days or 264 hours within one calendar year; for employees called to mandatory active duty, said payments shall continue for the period of such service up to one year.

   (c)   Should the base military compensation exceed the regular base compensation received from the City, no compensation from the City will be issued while said employee is on military leave.

   (d)   Any City employee, at the election of the employee, may credit all or any portion of such military leave against the employee’s regular annual vacation and for such period so charged the employee shall receive regular vacation pay without deduction for pay received for such service, training or active duty.

   (e)   The Finance Director is authorized to make such payment as are appropriate to continue the health care benefits for dependents of any City employee called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States of America in excess of one month. Said payment shall continue for the period of such service up to one year. (Ord 130-1999. Passed 9-13-99.)