157.04 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL.

   All new members of the Police and Fire Departments are hereby required to undergo a complete physical examination to be given once every two years, the cost of which shall be paid by the City. The examination is to be conducted by a registered and qualified physician who is to be specified and appointed by a majority of the members elected to Council. The physician appointed to conduct the regular physical examination shall not be a resident of the City and shall not maintain an office for the practice of medicine within the City.

(Ord. 1972-17. Passed 1-16-73.)

157.05 USE OF CITY VEHICLES BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.

   Employees of the Service Department shall not drive or utilize City vehicles outside of the City limits for personal transportation to their homes or for any other purpose which is not official City business. (Ord. 1972-48. Passed 6-13-72.)

157.06 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FOR CREDIT UNIONS.

   (a)   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 9.43, the Finance Director is hereby authorized to deduct from the monthly salary or wages of any employee of the City such amounts as the employee voluntarily subscribes in a written authorization filed with the Director requesting such deductions. (Ord. 1980-14. Passed 3-11-80.)

   (b)   The Director shall promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this voluntary savings account deduction, including, but not limited to, the preparation of necessary forms and the time for filing a cancellation of a deduction.

(Ord. 1979-48. Passed 11-13-79.)

   (c)   The Director is hereby authorized to draw his or her warrant on the City Treasury in favor of either the Garfield Heights Employees Credit Union, Inc., or the Independence School Employees Credit Union, Inc., for all of the amounts deducted under the authority granted herein. (Ord. 1980-14. Passed 3-11-80.)

157.07 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. (REPEALED)

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 157.07 was repealed by Ordinance 1990-8, passed February 13, 1990.)

157.08 PENSION PICK-UP PLAN.

   Council hereby authorizes and directs the Law Director to secure approval from P.E.R.S. and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund Board to implement a salary reduction pick-up plan for the exempt and non-exempt full-time employees of the City. The plan is to begin in January, 1988, and is mandatory for all exempt and nonexempt full-time employees who do not have the option of choosing to receive the amounts directly instead of having them paid by the employer to the pension plan. The contributions will be paid by the employer, City of Independence, even though the contributions are designated as employee contributions. (Ord. 1987-75. Passed 12-8-87.)