(a) Each hourly employee of the village, except hourly employees of the Village of Jefferson Police Department, shall be entitled to the sum of $25 plus an hourly rate of one and one-half his or her regular hourly rate for the number of hours actually worked for any call-out by his or her supervisor, the Village Administrator, or the Mayor outside of regular working hours for that employee. In emergency situations the police duty officer may call out individual employees directly.
(b) Each hourly employee of the Village of Jefferson Police Department shall be entitled to the sum of $25 plus an hourly rate of one and one-half his or her regular hourly rate for the maximum of two hours of hours actually worked for any call-out by his or her supervisor, the Village Administrator, or the Mayor outside of regular working hours for that hourly employee of the Village of Jefferson Police Department with any remaining hours worked during the call-out in excess of two hours being paid at that employee's regular rate of pay, provided the call-out notice to the hourly employee of the Village of Jefferson Police Department was received less than four hours prior to the time designated for the employee to report to work for the call-out.
(c) For purposes of this section, a call-out shall mean a request for emergency assistance requiring an employee to report to a work site during that employee's off duty time or day off to respond to an emergency situation that requires an immediate response to protect life and property. In the event there is a dispute as to whether an employee should be paid for a call-out pursuant to this section, the employee's department head and/or the Village Administrator shall have the authority to decide whether the work performed by that employee was pursuant to a call-out as defined above.
(Ord. 3050, passed 12-19-16; Ord. 3252, passed 1-3-22)