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OFFICIALS/EMPLOYEES
§ 32.20  EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK ADOPTED.
   (A)   The Office Employee Handbook will be distributed to all present office employees and all future office employees of the city and will be their guide to questions which might arise during the course of their employment with the city.
   (B)   The Office Employee Handbook shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Board of Aldermen.
   (C)   Amendments to the employment categories, vacation benefits, holidays, and sick leave benefits sections in the Office Employee Handbook and the Police Department Employee Handbook are adopted by reference and continue in force.
(Ord. 02-005, passed 6-18-2002; Ord. 02-006, passed 6-18-2002; Ord. 12-005, passed 7-3-2012; Ord. 13-005, passed 8-6-2013)
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, RSMo. §§ 610.021, 610.022, 610.025
§ 32.21  SICK PAY.
   (A)   All full-time city employees whose rate of pay is on a monthly basis shall earn sick leave at regular pay at the rate of one-half day for each calender month of service. Sick leave shall begin to accrue upon the successful completion of the six-month probationary period.
   (B)   Sick leave may never be taken in advance of earning the time. Sick leave may be accumulated up to six days in one calendar year. Each year shall begin a new series of accrual, and the previous years accumulated days shall be taken off the sick leave record with no compensation.
   (C)   An employee may be eligible for sick leave for the following reasons:
      (1)   Personal illness or physical incapacity; or
      (2)   Quarantine of an employee by a physician.
   (D)   An employee who is unable to report for work because of one of the above reasons shall report the reason for his or her absence to the City Administrator, City Clerk, or Mayor within four hours from the time he or she is expected to report for work. Sick leave with pay in excess of two working days shall be allowed only after presenting a written statement by a physician certifying that the employee’s condition prevented the employee from appearing for work.
   (E)   An employee terminating from city service shall not be allowed the use of sick leave in the last two calendar weeks of employment. Unused sick leave will not be compensated for in any way at the time of resignation or dismissal of an employee.
   (F)   Abuse of sick leave privilege can result in dismissal.
   (G)   As required by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k), pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions shall be treated the same as any other illness or short-term disability.
   (H)   Sick leave is provided as an aid to salaried employees and should be used only when there is a real need. Each employee should make every effort to establish steady work habits.
(Res. 91-006, passed 11-19-1991)
§ 32.22  BENEFITS.
   (A)   It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the city to extend to all eligible employees and officials of said city who are not excluded by law or by this section, and whether employed in connection with a governmental or proprietary function of said city, the benefits of the system of Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance, as authorized by the RSMo. §§ 105.300 through 105.445, as the same may be now and hereafter in effect.
   (B)   There shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of the city, to whom the benefits of said system of Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance are extended, by virtue of the plan and agreement hereinbefore provided for, the amount of each of said employees’ and officials’ contributions, as determined by the applicable state and federal laws and by said plan and agreement, the aggregate amount of said deductions to be paid into the OASDI Trust Fund created pursuant to RSMo. § 105.390: provided, however, that from the first payment of wages made to each of said employees and officials after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, there shall be deducted a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable from each said employee and official had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1988.
   (C)   There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund, and there is, and shall be, appropriated the sum or sums of money necessary to pay the contributions of the city, which shall be due and payable by virtue of the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance System to the eligible employees and officials of said city, said sum or sums of money to be paid into the OASDI Trust Fund created pursuant to RSMo. § 105.390: provided, however, that in making the first payment to said OASDI Trust Fund, after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, said first payment shall include a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1988. The fund from which said appropriation is made will, at all times, be sufficient to pay the contributions of the city by this section directed to be paid to said OASDI Trust Fund.
   (D)   The city shall fully comply with, and shall keep such records, make such reports, and provide such methods of administration of said plan and agreement as may be required by all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations now and hereafter in effect with respect to the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance System to the employees and officials of this city. For the purpose of administering said plan and agreement, the City Clerk shall be the official who shall make all required reports, keep all records, and be responsible for the administration of said plan and agreement.
(Ord. 88-50, passed 3-21-1988)
§ 32.23  PAROLE, PROBATION, AND COMPENSATION.
   (A)   Parole or probation. Any judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances may, when in his or her judgment it may seem advisable, grant a parole or probation to any person who shall plead guilty or who shall be convicted after a trial before said judge.
   (B)   Conditions of probation: compensation of victims: free work, public or charitable.
      (1)   The condition of probation shall be such as the court in its discretion deems reasonably necessary to ensure that the defendant will not again violate the law.
      (2)   When a defendant is placed on probation, he or she shall be given a certificate explicitly stating the conditions on which he or she is being released.
      (3)   In addition to such other authority as exists to order conditions of probation, the court may order such conditions as the court believes will serve to compensate the victim, any dependent of the victim, or society. Such conditions may include, but shall not be limited to:
         (a)   Restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim, in an amount to be determined by the judge;
         (b)   The performance of a designated amount of free work for a public or charitable purpose or purposes, as determined by the judge;
         (c)   The assessment of such jail time, so long as such jail time is within the range of punishment authorized by ordinance or law for the offense charged;
         (d)   The assessment of a such fine so long as such amount is within the range of punishment authorized by ordinance or law for the offense charged; and/or
         (e)   Completion of alcohol or substance abuse education, evaluation, or treatment programs at the expense of the defendant.
      (4)   The defendant may refuse probation conditioned on the performance of free work. If he or she does so, the court shall decide the extent or duration of sentence or other disposition to be imposed and render judgment accordingly.
      (5)   The court may modify or enlarge the conditions of probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the probation term.
      (6)   The court may suspend either the imposition or execution of sentence as a condition of
probation.
   (C)   Any county, city, person, organization, or agency, or employee of a county, city, organization, or agency charged with the supervision of such free work or who benefits from its performance shall be immune from any suit by the defendant or any person deriving a cause of action from him or her, if such cause or action arises from such supervision or performance, except for an intentional tort or gross negligence. The services performed by the defendant shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of RSMo. Chapter 288.
(Ord. 98-001, passed 1-27-1998)