(A) Compensation. When an employee’s employment with the village is terminated, the employee will receive the following compensation:
(1) Regular wages for all hours worked up to the time of termination which have not already been paid;
(2) Any accrued but previously unpaid overtime and accrued but unused vacation pay; and
(3) Termination pay.
(a) Regular employees who voluntarily resign shall give two weeks’ notice and salaried positions will give one month’s notice. Any employee who complies with this requirement shall be given pay to the date of separation plus earned vacation to that date.
(b) Regular employees terminated by the Village Board due to cause other than malfeasance or misfeasance shall be given 30 days’ notice, paid to the date of separation, plus earned vacation to that date.
(B) Removal.
(1) The Board shall have the power to dismiss an employee. Removal from his or her position shall be made only where the good of the village’s services requires that it be done. Said causes shall be substantial and important and relate directly to the disqualification of the person or to his or her failure in the performance of his or her duties so that he or she has become an unsatisfactory person to hold the position.
(2) Grounds for removal shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or any job-related crime or crimes involving fraud, moral turpitude or dishonesty;
(b) Working under the influence of drugs or alcoholic beverages, which interferes with expected job performance;
(c) Failure to report for duty upon termination of suspension or leave of absence and malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of duty; or
(d) Insubordination, neglect of duty or incompetence, violation of village policies and disrespectful behavior, or any other behavior the village deems inconsistent with the village’s best interests.
(Ord. 648, passed 11-9-2020; Ord. 688, passed 9-11-2023)