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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, OHIO
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
TITLE TWO - General Provisions
TITLE FOUR - Legislation
TITLE SIX - Administration
CHAPTER 230 Mayor
CHAPTER 232 Solicitor
CHAPTER 233 Law Director
CHAPTER 234 Chief Fiscal Officer
CHAPTER 235 Village Prosecutor
CHAPTER 236 Treasurer
CHAPTER 237 Clerk
CHAPTER 238 Building Commissioner
CHAPTER 240 Engineer
CHAPTER 242 Police Department
CHAPTER 244 Fire Department
CHAPTER 246 Police and Fire Appointments and Promotions
CHAPTER 248 Service Department
CHAPTER 250 Health Services
CHAPTER 252 Miscellaneous Positions
CHAPTER 254 Employment Provisions
CHAPTER 256 Compensation
TITLE EIGHT - Boards, Commissions and Councils
TITLE TEN - Judiciary
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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254.09 PAYMENT FOR ACCUMULATED SICK LEAVE.
   (a)   When an employee of the Village retires, he or she shall be paid a lump sum for his or her accumulated and unused sick leave as allowed under Section 254.07 in accordance with the following schedule:
      (1)   First 175 eight-hour days @ $60.00 per day -   $10,500
      (2)   Next 100 eight-hour days @ $50.00 per day -   5,000
      (3)   Remaining eight-hour days @ $40.00 per day -   No limit
   (b)   An employee shall be deemed retired within the meaning of this section when he or she applies for and obtains a disability or retirement pension under any pension plan afforded such employee as a result of his or her employment with the Village. In the event of the death of an employee, the foregoing lump sum payment shall be paid to his or her surviving spouse. If there is no surviving spouse, such payment shall be paid to whomever the employee designates as the beneficiary thereof in writing with the Village Clerk. In the absence of such written designation, such lump sum payment shall be made to his or her estate.
(Ord. 2000-59. Passed 4-12-00; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17.)
254.10 LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR VACATION TIME UPON RETIREMENT.
   In the event of termination with the Village for any reason, except for disciplinary discharge, each Village employee who is entitled to a vacation shall be paid on a lump sum basis for the balance of his or her entitled but unused vacation time for the calendar year in which the employee retires. In the event of the death of the employee, the foregoing lump sum payment shall be paid to his or her lawfully designated beneficiary or his or her estate.
(Ord. 1993-37. Passed 3-10-93; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17.)
254.11 COMPENSATION FOR ABSENCE DUE TO DEATH IN FAMILY.
   (a)   Each employee shall be entitled to be paid his or her regular rate of compensation for an absence due to the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. For the purpose of this section, members of an employee's immediate family include only the employee's mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, children (biological, adopted, or otherwise), mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents and spouse's grandparents, or any other person who clearly stands in the same relationship with the employee, whether or not such persons live in the same residence as the employee.
   (b)   In the event that the funeral is 100 miles or less away from the boundaries of the Village, the employee shall be compensated for no more than three scheduled days or one scheduled tour of duty in the Fire Department. In the event that the funeral is in excess of 100 miles away from the Village, the employee shall be compensated for no more than five scheduled days or two scheduled tours of duty in the Fire Department. The employee shall provide his or her department head with a work release or equivalent from the funeral director before compensation will be given.
   (c)   Any time off for funeral leave in excess of the time off as described in this section may be charged to the employee's accumulated sick leave, but in no event shall the total time off from work exceed two weeks of scheduled working time.
   (d)   Permission to attend any funeral service for individuals not defined herein may be requested by an employee to the department head, who may grant such permission after approval by the employee’s department head. Department heads seeking permission for such leave are required to obtain the approval of the Mayor. The time off will be charged to the employee’s sick leave.
(Ord. 1996-58. Passed 4-10-96; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17; Ord. 2024-26. Passed 3- 13-24.)
254.12 HOLIDAYS AND PERSONAL DAYS.
   (a)   The employees named in subsections (e) and (f) hereof shall be allowed additional pay, calculated on base pay, inclusive of longevity, during any calendar year for either two personal days and/or the following twelve holidays:
 
Presidents' Day
Veterans' Day
Good Friday
Thanksgiving Day
Easter Sunday
The day after Thanksgiving
Memorial Day
Christmas Eve
Fourth of July
Christmas Day
Labor Day
New Year's Day
 
   The entitlement to either holidays or personal days shall be as specified in subsection (e) or (f) hereof.
   (b)   The holidays and/or personal days to be taken by an employee shall be determined by the head of the department in which the employee is employed. In the event that any such employee, other than a member of the Police and Fire Departments listed in paragraphs (e)(7) and (e)(8) hereof, is required to work on any of the foregoing holidays or on personal days, he or she may be allowed equivalent time off by his or her department head for each such holiday or personal day that he or she is required to work. However, no more than three such days off shall be added to the regular vacation period allowed such employee. If such employee listed in subsection (e) hereof is required to work on any of the aforesaid holidays or personal days and is not given equivalent time off, he or she shall be paid his or her base pay, inclusive of longevity, for such holidays or personal days in addition to the holiday or personal day pay provided for in this section.
   (c)   Members of the Police and Fire Department will be paid according to the union contract.
   (d)   The Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, the Administrative Assistant to Village Hall, the Administrative Assistant to the Chief and Police Services, and the Administrative Accounting Assistant shall have the option to choose either the time off from work on the Friday before or the Monday following a weekend holiday or the holiday paid at the employee's overtime rate of pay.
   (e)   The foregoing holiday benefits shall be paid to the following employees:
      (1)   The Administrative Assistant to the Mayor;
      (2)   The Administrative Accounting Assistant;
      (3)   The Administrative Assistant to the Chief and Police Services;
      (4)   The full-time and part-time Clerk/Dispatchers hired prior to May 11, 2005;
      (5)   Full-time members of the Service Department, excluding the Service Director and Assistant Service Director;
      (6)   Full-time members of the Police and Fire Union as agreed upon in the union contracts;
      (7)   The Administrative Assistant to Village Hall.
   (f)   The foregoing personal day benefits shall be paid to the following employees:
      (1)   Members of the Police Department, including the Police Chief, and the Deputy Police Chief;
      (2)   The Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Inspector;
      (3)   The Administrative Assistant to the Mayor;
      (4)   The Administrative Accounting Assistant;
      (5)   The Administrative Assistant to the Chief and Police Services;
      (6)   The full-time Clerk/Dispatchers and part-time Clerk/Dispatchers hired prior to May 11, 2005; and
      (7)   All full-time members of the Service Department, including the Service Director and the Assistant Service Director;
      (8)   Chief Fiscal Officer; and
      (9)   Administrative Assistant to Village Hall.
   (g)   The following employees shall be entitled to time off only on the foregoing holidays, provided that the holiday falls on a regularly scheduled work day:
      (1)   The Police Chief;
      (2)   The Fire Chief;
      (3)   The Service Director and Assistant Service Director;
      (4)   The Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Inspector;
      (5)   The Deputy Police Chief; and
      (6)   Chief Fiscal Officer.
   (h)   Holiday and personal day benefits shall not be paid to seasonal or part-time employees (less than forty hours per week) who are paid on an hourly basis and who are not included in subsection (e) hereof.
(Ord. 2000-57. Passed 4-12-00; Ord. 2005-79. Passed 5-11-05; Ord. 2005-102. Passed 6-8-05; Ord. 2008-116. Passed 6-11-08; Ord. 2009-179. Passed 12-9-09; Ord. 2010-30. Passed 3-10-10; Ord. 2010-32. Passed 3-10-10; Ord. 2010-43. Passed 4-14-10; Ord. 2010-71. Passed 7-14-10; Ord. 2013-18. Passed 2-13-13; Ord. 2014-24. Passed 2-12-14; Ord. 2014-50. Passed 4-9-14; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17; Ord. 2018-99. Passed 11- 14-18.)
254.13 USE OF VILLAGE AUTOMOBILE BY MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF, AND POLICE DETECTIVE.
   The Mayor, Police Chief, Fire Chief, and Police Detective shall be provided with an automobile at Village expense and maintenance. Because the nature of their positions requires such officers to be on call and available for Village business twenty-four hours a day, such officers are authorized to use the automobile in driving to and from their place of employment. Such officers are further authorized to use the automobile in driving on miscellaneous minor personal matters, as long as such officers reimburse the Village at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per year in the month subsequent to the month in which the vehicle was so utilized. The Chief Fiscal Officer is authorized to enter into appropriate financial arrangements to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2010-32. Passed 3-10-10; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17; Ord. 2018-32. Passed 3-14-18; Ord. 2023-72. Passed 9-13-23.)
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