Any officer, full-time or half-time employee as defined by Section 4.110(a) of this Code who is duly summoned to attend any court for the purpose of performing jury service or has been nominated and selected to serve on a Grand Jury shall, for those days during which jury service is actually performed and those days necessary to qualify for jury service, receive his or her regular salary; provided, however, that any jury attendance fees received by any officer or employee of the City who receives regular salary pursuant to this section, except for those fees received for jury service performed on a regular day off or a holiday, shall be paid to the City and deposited in the General Fund. A prorated portion of jury service fees received by a half-time employee shall be paid to the City when those fees are received for jury service performed on days for which the employee is scheduled to work a portion of a day. The absence of any officer or employee for the purpose of performing jury service shall be deemed to be an authorized absence with pay within the meaning of Section 4.75 of this Code. The absence of an intermittent employee for the purpose of performing jury service shall be deemed to be an authorized absence without pay.
Employees summoned for jury service are not authorized to waive jury attendance fees and will be expected to remit the appropriate fees to the City upon completion of service.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 89,100.
Amended by: Ord. No. 131,394; Ord. No. 137,255; Ord. No. 140,475, Eff. 7-18-70; Ord. No. 141,127, Eff. 10-19-70; Ord. No. 148,797, Eff. 9-17-76; In Entirety, Ord. No. 165,022, Eff. 7-14-89; In Entirety, Ord. No, 165,482, Eff. 2-1-90; Ord. No. 175,048, Eff. 1-23-03.