(A) The City Controller be and is hereby authorized to make payment of any wages or benefits accrued at the time of the death of a city official or employee, to the widow, widower or other recognized beneficiary or estate of the official or employee.
(B) Accrued wages shall be any monies due an official or employee for services rendered the city up to the date of the employee’s death, and benefits shall be any unused vacation time accumulated up to the time of death and the prorated share of the employee’s clothing allowance if any allowance is due him or her.
(C) Payment of accrued wages and benefits will be made upon the filing of an affidavit by the widow, widower or other recognized beneficiary with the City Controller setting forth the recipient’s rights to the payment. The City Controller shall prescribe the form to be used. Or, payment is to be made to the estate of the deceased employee upon the filing of letters of administration with the City Controller.
(D) Payment from the Hammond Police Pension Fund to the widow of any police officer or fire fighter, who may die under the circumstances set forth in I.C. 36-8-6-9.7 et seq. and I.C. 36-8-7-12.3 et seq. shall be in a sum equal to 35% of the monthly pay of a first class patrolman or first class fire fighter and paid in accordance with the guidelines set by Indiana law.
(Prior Code, § 37.12) (Ord. 4558, passed 9-10-1979; Am. Ord. 8801, passed 11-13-2006)