(a) Employees shall be eligible for the reimbursement of tuition costs resulting from the employee taking courses from an approved institution of higher learning, provided that:
(1) The courses are based on obtaining an associate, bachelor, masters, or doctorate degree approved by the Mayor and directly related to the employee's job description;
(2) The taking of the course(s) has been approved in advance by the Mayor;
(3) The employee earns a grade of "C" or better;
(4) The grade received and receipt for the tuition are submitted to the Mayor;
(5) The amount of tuition to be reimbursed by the Village shall be limited to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per year;
(6) An employee may only participate in this program once during their tenure as an employee.
(b) If an employee receives tuition reimbursement from the Village, and within three years of receiving any tuition reimbursement, the employee leaves his/her employment with the Village for any reason, the employee shall repay the Village for all tuition reimbursement benefits received from the Village. The Village may offset the tuition reimbursement by reducing the total amount of the money to be paid to the employee when he/she is no longer employed by the Village. Alternately the Village may exercise any other method it deems appropriate to obtain reimbursement from the employee.
(Ord. 2019-108. Passed 12-11-2019.)