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Employees of the City, and volunteers of Lakewood Office on Aging, who are required to use their personal automobile in carrying out their duties on behalf of the City, shall be paid a mileage allowance indexed to the per mile rate authorized by the Internal Revenue Code; provided, however, that such personal car use shall be approved by the appropriate department head and provided further that, when applicable, such allowance shall not exceed the cost of round trip coach air fare for such trip.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
(a) The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to establish a voluntary deferred compensation plan for the City, to take any and all action as necessary to participate in the Ohio Deferred Compensation Plan on behalf of any employee who agrees to participate, and to continue any agreements currently in effect, for those employees formerly enrolled, in private deferred compensation plans.
(b) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized, by payroll deduction, to pay any approved amounts to the Ohio Deferred Compensation Program or any other existing deferred compensation program on behalf of enrolled employees.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “employee” means any person whether appointed, elected or under contract, providing services for the City for which compensation is paid.
(d) The deferred compensation program established by this section shall exist and serve in addition to retirement, pension or benefit systems established for the benefit of employees of the City and no deferral of income under the deferred compensation program shall effect a reduction of any retirement, pension or other benefit provided by law. However, any sum deferred under the deferred compensation program shall not be included for the purposes of computation of any taxes withheld on behalf of any such employee, except municipal income tax or as otherwise permitted by law.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
(a) With the approval of the Mayor, Department Director and the Personnel Administrator, annual salaried employees who have been employed by the City for a minimum of one year, excluding members of the Divisions of Police and Fire, may take accredited college courses which have a direct relationship to the employee’s currently assigned position. Employees shall be reimbursed tuition expenses by the City in accordance with the following schedule:
Grade Received | Tuition Reimbursement (Percent) |
A | 100 |
B | 75 |
C | 50 |
D or lower | No reimbursement |
(b) The Director of Finance is authorized to pay the tuition expenses in accordance with the above schedule upon completion of the course by the employee, provided such employee agrees, in writing, to refund the reimbursement to the City should the employee terminate his or her employment within one year subsequent to the date of reimbursement.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 149.20 was repealed by Ordinance 64-12.
An employee of the City, while serving upon a jury in any court, shall be paid at his or her regular salary rate for each of his or her work days during the period of time so served. Time so served shall be deemed active and continuous service for all purposes. In addition to the compensation provided for herein, any jury fees paid to the employee/juror for service in any court except the Lakewood Municipal Court shall be retained by the employee to compensate for the expenses of jury service.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
(a) If death occurs among members of the employee's family, such employee shall be granted paid funeral leave in accordance with the following schedule, provided, the employee attends the funeral:
(1) | Spouse, son, daughter, stepchild, mother, father, stepparent; | 10 calendar days |
(2) | Brother, sister, grandparent, grandparent- in-law, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law; | 5 calendar days |
(3) | Aunt, uncle, niece, nephew; | 1 calendar day |
A. Upon approval, if an employee on funeral leave for the death of the employee's aunt, uncle, niece or nephew requests additional time off, additional days may be granted and charged to sick leave or vacation at the employee's option, up to a maximum of 3 days.
(b) If the death of the family member occurs outside of the continental United States and the employee does not attend the funeral, one (1) day paid funeral leave will be granted.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
Effective July 1, 2002, the City shall provide a policy of life insurance in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for all full-time permanent hourly employees and all annual salaried employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
(Ord. 49-01. Passed 11-5-2001.)
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