(A) Police Department and Fire Department.
(1) Any member of the Police or Fire Pension Plan who is unable to perform the duties of his employment due to an accident, sickness or injury as the result of actions taken in the line of duty, may receive paid leave at his regular rate of pay. Said paid leave shall be from 1 to 90 consecutive calendar days per accident, sickness or injury. The Board of Public Works and Safety may consider and approve a request for additional days. Such paid leave is subject to the following conditions and regulations:
(a) Paid leave shall not be granted to an employee if the Board of Public Works and Safety determines the accident, sickness or injury is a result of the employee’s violation of the established rules and regulations of either the Police or Fire Department.
(b) Paid leave under this section shall require a licensed doctor’s certification at the employee’s expense. Said doctor’s certification shall come from the doctor treating the employee. In the case of emotional illness, the certification shall come from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist treating the employee.
(c) An employee seeking paid leave under this section shall present the attending doctor’s certification to the Chief of his respective department. The employee’s payroll records shall reflect such paid leave request and said request shall be addressed at the next regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety.
(d) The Board of Public Works and Safety may request an update and/or review of the employee’s medical status within each 30-day period the employee remains on paid leave. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall require an employee granted paid leave due to emotional illness (including stress) to seek therapy and/or counseling from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist and the doctor shall provide the employee a written release before the employee will be allowed to return to active duty in his/her respective department.
(e) In addition to the established rules and regulations of the Police and Fire Departments, the Board of Public Works and Safety may investigate and discipline any employee believed to be intentionally violating the paid leave benefit of this section.
(2) Other sick leave. Any member of the Police or Fire Department who is unable to perform his or her duties by reason of sickness, accident, or injury not caused by or resulting from actions performed in the line of duty shall be entitled to not more than five working days sick leave in one calendar year at his or her regular rate of pay.
(a) Sick leave is to be utilized solely for the purpose of:
1. Illness or injury of the employee.
2. Illness or injury within the immediate family requiring the assistance of the employee.
(b) In order to qualify for sick leave pay the employee must:
1. Notify his or her department head if at all possible prior to the beginning of his or her shift.
2. Keep his or her department head or supervisor notified of the extent of the illness.
3. Provide a doctor’s slip, at the employee’s expense, upon request by the department head. At the sole option of the city, the city may also require the employee to be seen by a physician chosen by the city at the city’s expense. The employee shall execute a release allowing the physician to report to the city.
(c) In the event a member of the Fire Department or Police Department does not use all available sick days during a year, the member may carry over up to five unused sick days resulting in not more than 30 working days sick leave (five for the current year and up to 25 carry-over days) in one calendar year at his or her regular rate of pay.
(3) Should an illness or injury require more than five working days, and if an employee uses all the current year’s sick days (five days), then the employee must use carry over sick days, unused personal or vacation days. An employee may be granted leave without pay only after exhausting all sick, vacation, and personal days.
(4) (a) Any member of the Fire Department or Police Department not requiring sick leave during any calendar year shall receive three additional work days of paid vacation in the succeeding calendar year.
(b) Any member of the Fire Department or Police Department using only one sick day during any calendar year shall receive two additional work days of paid vacation in the succeeding calendar year.
(c) Any member of the Fire Department or Police Department using not more than two sick days during any calendar year shall receive one additional work day of paid vacation in the succeeding calendar year.
(5) At the time a member of the Fire Department or Police Department leaves employment with the city either voluntarily or involuntarily, no payment shall be made for any current or carry over unused sick days.
(B) Full-time employees (other than police officers and firefighters on active pension plans).
(1) Any full-time employee of the city or any of its departments or utilities, who is unable to perform his or her duties by reason of sickness, accident or injury, shall be entitled to not more than five working days sick leave in one calendar year with full pay. In the event a full-time employee does not use all available sick days during a year, the employee may carry over and accumulate up to 25 unused sick days resulting in not more than 30 working days sick leave (five for current year and up to 25 carry over days) in one calendar year at the employee’s regular rate of pay.
(2) Sick leave is to be utilized solely for the purpose of:
(a) Illness or injury to the employee.
(b) Illness or injury within the immediate family requiring the assistance of the employee.
(3) In order to qualify for sick leave pay the employee must notify the department head if at all possible prior to the beginning of his or her work day and keep his or her department head posted on the extent of the illness.
(4) Should an illness or injury require more than five working days, and if an employee uses all the current year’s sick days (five days), then the employee must use carry over sick days, unused personal or vacation days. An employee, only after exhausting all sick, vacation, and personal days, may be granted leave without pay.
(5) The employee shall provide a doctor’s slip, at the employee’s expense, upon request by the department head. At the sole option of the city, the city may also require the employee to be seen by a physician chosen by the city at the city’s expense. The employee shall execute a release allowing the physician to report to the city.
(6) At the time a full-time employee leaves employment with the city, either voluntarily or involuntarily, no payment shall be made for any current or carry over unused sick days.
(Ord. 86-11, passed 5-27-86; Am. Ord. 90-7, passed 5-14-90; Am. Ord. 91-4, passed 2-11-91; Am. Ord. 94-6, passed 4-25-94; Am. Ord. 01-17, passed 11-13-01; Am. Ord. 08-42, passed 12-22-08)