(a) Eligibility. An exempt employee (other than the city manager, the first assistant city manager, an assistant city manager, a department director, an assistant department director, other managerial personnel designated by the city council, or an exempt employee of the city attorney's office or the city auditor's office) who works overtime one full hour or more in a pay period may earn compensatory leave. A nonexempt employee (other than a sworn employee of the police or fire department) may not accrue compensatory leave but will be paid overtime for any overtime hours worked.
(b) Accrual. Compensatory leave is accrued in half hour increments for each half hour worked over 80 hours in a pay period, up to a maximum balance of 80 hours.
(c) Reportingandrecords. Compensatory leave must be reported biweekly. As with any payroll transaction, the recording of compensatory time may be subject to audit.
(d) Maximum balance. An employee’s compensatory leave balance may not exceed 80 hours at any time. Hours accrued in excess of this maximum amount will be immediately forfeited. An exempt employee may not be paid for accrued compensatory hours.
(e) This section does not apply to an exempt sworn employee of the fire department below the rank of deputy chief. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 20075; 22195; 24873; 24930; 29480; 31745)